Standard&Poor's Ratings Services affirmed its 'AAA/A-1' and 'AAA' ratings on Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. Receipts' series DBE-1006 short puttable exempt adjustable receipts (SPEARS) and long inverse floating exempt receipts (LIFERS), respectively, relating to custodial receipts series DBE-1006, relating to District of Columbia's (Howard University issue) series 2011A revenue bonds. The 'AAA' rating on the custodial receipts is also affirmed. This action follows an amendment to the series trust agreement. The long-term component of the ratings on the SPEARs and LIFERs is based on the series DBE-1006 custodial receipt, whose rating is based jointly (assuming low correlation) on the ratings on the underlying bond CUSIPs and a liquidity facility provided by Deutsche Bank AG. The short-term component of the
