TORONTO (Standard&Poor's) Jan. 29, 2014--Standard&Poor's Ratings Services today said it assigned its 'BBB-' global scale and 'P-2(Low)' Canada scale ratings to National Bank of Canada's (NBC) proposed Tier 1 non-cumulative five-year reset first preferred shares series 30. The issuer credit rating on NBC is A/Stable/A-1. "In accordance with our criteria for hybrid capital instruments, the ratings reflect our analysis of the proposed instrument, and our assessment of NBC's 'a-' stand-alone credit profile," said Standard&Poor's credit analyst Thomas Connell. (For more information, see "Bank Hybrid Capital Methodology And Assumptions," published Nov. 1, 2011, on RatingsDirect). The 'BBB-' rating stands three notches below the stand-alone credit profile (SACP), incorporating: A deduction of two notches, the minimum