LONDON (Standard&Poor's) Jan. 14, 2009--Standard&Poor's Ratings Services said today that it lowered its long-term counterparty credit rating on Lloyds TSB Bank PLC (LTSB) by one notch to 'AA-' from 'AA'. At the same time, the 'A-1+' short-term counterparty credit rating on LTSB was affirmed. Furthermore, the long- and short-term counterparty credit ratings on the holding company, Lloyds TSB Group PLC (to be renamed Lloyds Banking Group PLC), were lowered to 'A+/A-1' from 'AA-/A-1+'. Additionally, the 'AA' long-term and the 'AA-/A-1+' long- and short-term counterparty credit ratings on LTSB and Lloyds TSB Group PLC, respectively, were removed from CreditWatch with negative implications, where they had originally been placed on Sept. 18, 2008. At the same time, Standard