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Table 1 ---- Long-Term Sovereign Foreign Currency Ratings

S&P Moodys Fitch
Rating Outlook Rating Outlook Rating Outlook
BB– Negative Ba3 Positive BB– Positive
---- sovereign foreign debt is rated "BB-" (negative outlook) by Standard & Poor’s, “BB-" (positive outlook) by Fitch Ratings and "Ba3" (positive outlook) by Moody’s Investors’ Service as of August 2007.