Ameriprise Financial Inc. is issuing approximately $300 million in senior unsecured notes. We are assigning our 'A' rating on Ameriprise Financial's new debt issuance. The other ratings on Ameriprise Financial and its subsidiaries are unaffected. The outlook remains negative, based on continued equity market pressures on the business model and earnings profile. On June 3, 2009, Standard&Poor's Ratings Services assigned its 'A' rating on Ameriprise Financial Inc.'s approximately $300 million senior unsecured notes. Our other ratings on Ameriprise Financial and its subsidiaries are unaffected. The outlook remains negative. The issuance has a scheduled maturity in 2019. We expect the company to use proceeds from the notes to prefund a portion of the $800 million that it has scheduled
