...Standard & Poor's Ratings Services raised its rating on Citigroup Global Markets ROCs/ROLs II-R Trust reset option certificates series 12043, relating to Illinois Educational Facilities Authority's revenue bonds (Northwestern University) series 2003, to '###/A-1' from '##+/A-1+'. The long-term component of the rating is based on the '###' rating on the underlying bonds. The short-term component of the rating is based on a liquidity facility provided by Citigroup Financial Products Inc., and the guarantor is Citigroup Inc. (A-1). This action follows Standard & Poor's upgrade of the underlying bond to '###' from '##+' and the downgrade of Citigroup Inc. to 'A/A-1' from '##-/A-1+'. Complete ratings information is available to RatingsDirect subscribers at www.ratingsdirect.com. All ratings affected by this rating action can be found on Standard & Poor's public Web site at www.standardandpoors.com; under Ratings in the left navigation bar, select Find a Rating....
