...S&P Global Ratings affirmed its `##+', `##+/A-1', and `##+' ratings on the custody, floater, and residual receipts (collectively the receipts), following the replacement of the liquidity and credit provider. The ratings reflect S&P Global Ratings' opinion of the likelihood that the trust, as custody receiptholder, will have sufficient assets to pay timely interest and full principal when due on the receipts. Trust assets include all distributions of principal; interest; and premiums, if any, from the custody receipts and liquidity facility, which is in place to support tender payments on the floaters. The long-term rating on the custody receipts jointly reflects, assuming a low correlation, the ratings on the underlying securities and the credit-enhancement provider, which is now Barclays Bank PLC, replacing UBS AG Stamford branch. The long-term component of our rating on the floaters reflects the ratings on the custody receipts and addresses full and timely interest-and- principal payments...
