NEW YORK (Standard&Poor's) April 27, 2007--Standard&Poor's Ratings Services assigned its bank loan and recovery ratings to TRW Automotive Inc.'s proposed $2.5 billion senior secured credit facilities. The credit facilities were rated 'BBB-' (one notch higher than the corporate credit rating) with a recovery rating of '1', indicating a high expectation for full recovery of principal in the event of a payment default. (For the complete recovery analysis, see Standard&Poor's recovery report on TRW, to be published on RatingsDirect immediately following the release of this report.) At the same time, Standard&Poor's affirmed its ratings on the auto supplier, including its 'BB+' long- and 'A-3' short-term corporate credit ratings. The outlook is stable. TRW