OVERVIEW On Oct. 10, 2012, we lowered our long- and short-term sovereign ratings on the Kingdom of Spain to 'BBB-/Negative/A-3' from 'BBB+/Negative/A-2'. Under our nonsovereign ratings criteria, the highest rating we would assign to a structured finance transaction is six notches above the investment-grade rating on the country in which the securitized assets are located. Consequently, we have lowered our ratings on 116 tranches in 87 Spanish securitizations. MADRID (Standard&Poor's) Oct. 11, 2012--Standard&Poor's Ratings Services today took various credit rating actions on 116 tranches in 87 Spanish securitizations. Specifically, we have: Lowered our ratings on 63 tranches in 51 residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) transactions; Lowered our ratings on 37 tranches in 23 small and midsize enterprise