LONDON (Standard&Poor's) June 30, 2005--Standard&Poor's Ratings Services said today it placed its 'BBB+' long-term counterparty credit ratings on Czech Republic-based Ceska Sporitelna a.s. (CS), Komercni Banka A.S. (KB), and Ceskoslovenska Obchodni Banka A.S. (CSOB), and its 'BBB' long-term counterparty credit ratings on Poland-based Bank Polska Kasa Opieki S.A. (Pekao), on CreditWatch with positive implications. In addition, Standard&Poor's placed its 'BB+' long-term and 'B' short-term counterparty credit ratings on Slovak Republic-based Vseobecna Uverova Banka, a.s. (VUB) and its 'BBB-' long-term and 'A-3' short-term counterparty credit ratings on Tatra Banka (Tatra) on CreditWatch with positive implications. The 'A-2' short-term counterparty credit ratings on CS, KB, CSOB, and Pekao were also affirmed. The ratings on these banks