TORONTO (Standard&Poor's) March 25, 2014--Standard&Poor's Ratings Services today said it assigned its 'BB' global scale and 'P-3' Canada scale ratings to Laurentian Bank of Canada's (LBC) proposed Tier 1 non-cumulative five-year preferred shares series 13. The issuer credit rating on LBC is BBB/Stable/A-2. "In accordance with our criteria for hybrid capital instruments, the ratings reflect our analysis of the proposed instrument, and our assessment of LBC's 'bbb' stand-alone credit profile," said Standard&Poor's credit analyst Michael Leizerovich. (For more information, see "Bank Hybrid Capital Methodology And Assumptions," published Nov. 1, 2011, on RatingsDirect on the Global Credit Portal.) The 'BB' rating stands three notches below the stand-alone credit profile (SACP), incorporating: A deduction of two