Standard & Poor's Places Certain Municipal Tobacco Bonds on CreditWatch

Our October 31 entry here mentions that Standard & Poor's placed certain municipal tobacco bonds on CreditWatch negative. Here is a list of affected classes within certain deals in California, along with a Puerto Rico transaction. Just remember, not all maturities of certain deals are on CreditWatch. Also check the exact series that is under review. Our source for this list is Standard & Poor's.

California County Tobacco Securitization Agency (Fresno County Tobacco Funding Corp.)

US$92.955 mil tobacco settlement asset backed bonds series 2002

                Sale amount       Rating

Class    Maturity  (mil. $)         To                      From

2035     06/01/35  35.27    BBB (sf)/ Watch Neg     BBB (sf)

2038     06/01/38  18.50    BBB (sf)/ Watch Neg     BBB (sf)

California County Tobacco Securitization Agency (Gold Country Settlement Funding Corp.)

US$59.372 mil tobacco settlement asset backed bonds, gold county settlement funding corp., series 2006

                Sale amount       Rating

Class    Maturity  (mil. $)         To                      From

2006A    06/01/46  45.00    B- (sf)/ Watch Neg      B- (sf)

2006B    06/01/33  14.37    B- (sf)/ Watch Neg      B- (sf) 

California County Tobacco Securitization Agency (Sonoma County Securitization Corp.)

US$83.06 mil tobacco asset backed refunding bonds Sonoma county securitization corp. series 2005

                Sale amount       Rating

Class   Maturity  (mil. $)         To                       From

2005    06/01/26  9.92     BBB (sf)/ Watch Neg      BBB (sf)

2005    06/01/38  31.05    BBB (sf)/ Watch Neg      BBB (sf)

2005    06/01/45  27.26    BBB- (sf)/ Watch Neg     BBB- (sf)

California County Tobacco Securitization Agency (Kern County Tobacco Funding Corp.)

US$105.245 mil tobacco settlement asset-backed bonds

                Sale amount       Rating

Class    Maturity  (mil. $)         To                      From

2002A    06/01/43  40.96    BBB (sf)/ Watch Neg     BBB (sf)

2002B    06/01/29  27.88    BBB (sf)/ Watch Neg     BBB (sf)

2002B    06/01/37  29.01    BBB (sf)/ Watch Neg     BBB (sf)

Children's Trust (Puerto Rico)

US$1.171 bil tobacco settlement asset-backed bonds series 2002

                Sale amount       Rating

Class    Maturity  (mil. $)         To                      From

2039     05/15/39  310.38   BBB (sf)/ Watch Neg     BBB (sf)

2043     05/15/43  296.26   BBB (sf)/ Watch Neg     BBB (sf)

Golden State Tobacco Securitization Corp.

US$4.447 bil tobacco settlement asset backed bonds series 2007

               Sale amount       Rating

Class    Maturity (mil. $)         To                        From

2007A-1  06/01/27  863.10  BBB- (sf)/ Watch Neg      BBB- (sf)

2007A-1  06/01/33  610.53  BB+ (sf)/ Watch Neg       BB+ (sf)

2007A-1  06/01/47  693.58  BB+ (sf)/ Watch Neg       BB+ (sf)

2007A-1  06/01/47  1250.00 BB+ (sf)/ Watch Neg       BB+ (sf)

2007A-2  06/01/37  389.19  BB+ (sf)/ Watch Neg       BB+ (sf)

2007-B   06/01/47  271.96  B (sf)/ Watch Neg         B (sf)

2007-C   06/01/47  78.55   B- (sf)/ Watch Neg        B- (sf) 

Tobacco Securitization Authority of Southern California

US$583.631 mil tobacco asset backed bonds (San Diego County) Series 2006

                Sale amount       Rating

Class    Maturity  (mil. $)         To                         From

2006A    06/01/37  186.44   BBB (sf)/Watch Neg         BBB (sf)    

2006A    06/01/46  236.31   BBB (sf)/Watch Neg         BBB (sf)    

2006B    06/01/46  19.77    BB- (sf)/Watch Neg         BB- (sf)    

2006C    06/01/46  8.69     B+ (sf)/Watch Neg          B+ (sf)    

2006D    06/01/46  20.57    B- (sf)/Watch Neg          B- (sf)    

Tobacco Securitization Corp. of Northern California

US$255.487 mil bonds series 2005A-1 series 2005A-2 series 2005B series 2005C (Sacramento County)

                Sale amount       Rating

Class    Maturity  (mil. $)         To                         From

2005A-1  06/01/23  45.83    BBB (sf)/Watch Neg         BBB (sf)    

2005A-1  06/01/38  87.29    BB (sf)/Watch Neg          BB (sf)    

2005A-1  06/01/45  86.57    BB- (sf)/Watch Neg         BB- (sf)    

2005A-2  06/01/27  12.47    BBB (sf)/Watch Neg         BBB (sf)    

2005B    06/01/45  11.67    B (sf)/Watch Neg           B (sf)    

2005C    06/01/45  11.66    B- (sf)/Watch Neg          B- (sf) 

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