The Icelandic electorate's resounding rejection at a referendum of legislation to compensate the governments of The Netherlands and the United Kingdom for their deposit insurance outlays on failed Icelandic internet bank Icesave has no immediate effect on the sovereign ratings. We are keeping our 'BBB-/A-3' foreign currency ratings and our 'BBB+/A-2' local currency ratings on Iceland on CreditWatch with negative implications. We expect to resolve the CreditWatch status when we obtain greater clarity on the availability of external financing. On March 8, 2010, Standard&Poor's Ratings Services said it was keeping its 'BBB-/A-3' long- and short-term foreign currency ratings and its 'BBB+/A-2' long- and short-term local currency ratings on the Republic of Iceland on CreditWatch, where they were placed