On Aug. 7, 2008, Standard&Poor's Ratings Services lowered its ratings on Chrysler LLC, including the corporate credit rating, to 'CCC+' from 'B-'. At the same time, we lowered the counterparty credit rating on DaimlerChrysler Financial Services Americas LLC (DCFS), the auto finance affiliate of Chrysler, to 'CCC+' from 'B-'. In addition, we removed all ratings from CreditWatch with negative implications, where they were placed originally on June 20, 2008. We lowered the ratings to 'B-' on July 31, 2008, and stated then that the ratings would remain on CreditWatch until certain bank lines at DCFS had been renewed, which has occurred. The outlook on both issuers is negative. Separately, we revised the recovery rating on DCFS's $2 billion