Standard&Poor's Ratings Services has assigned a 'AAA' rating to the "særligt dækkede realkredit obligationer" (Danish legislation-enabled mortgage covered bonds; SDROs) program and first series covered by the new Capital Center 2 established by Nordea Kredit Realkredit A/S. Ratings will be assigned to each subsequent series established by Nordea Kredit under the new Capital Center 2. This is the second Danish covered bond program rated by Standard&Poor's under the amended covered bond law which was passed by the Danish legislators on June 6, 2007 (Act No. 577 and associated executive orders), and enacted on July 1, 2007. Following a review of this amended legislation Standard&Poor's concluded that the amended covered bond framework remains sufficiently robust