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Correction: Fitch Assigns Final Ratings to MSC 2007-SRR3.


NEW YORK -- This is a correction for a previous message. It corrects SPGS SPGS Springs
SPGS St. Paul's Girls' School (London, UK)
SPGS South Plains Genealogical Society (Texas)
SPGS São Paulo Graded School (American school of São Paulo, Brazil) 
 SPC's portfolio size in the second paragraph.

Fitch assigns the following ratings to SPGS SPC's variable floating-rate notes, acting for the account of MSC 2007-SRR3 Segregated Portfolio (all notes maturing December 2049):

-- $28,110,000 class A 'AAA'

-- $14,055,000 class B 'AA+';

-- $14,055,000 class C 'AA';

-- $14,055,000 class D 'AA-';

-- $14,055,000 class E 'A+';

-- $14,055,000 class F 'A';

-- $10,541,250 class G 'A-';

-- $10,541,250 class H 'BBB+';

-- $10,541,250 class J 'BBB';

-- $10,541,250 class K 'BBB-';

-- $15,854,040 class L 'BBB-';

-- $9,491,810 class M 'BB+';

-- $4,000,990 class N 'BB';

-- $3,007,770 class O 'BB-';

-- $3,495,010 class P 'B+';

-- $2,501,790 class Q 'B';

-- $1,499,200 class R 'B-'.

SPGS SPC, acting for the account of MSC 2007-SRR3 Segregated Portfolio (MSC) incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands, is a static synthetic collateralized debt obligation Synthetic Collateralized Debt Obligation

An artificial collateralized debt obligation that is backed by a pool of credit derivatives.

Notes:
Rather than the traditional pools of assets such as bonds and loans, the pools of credit derivatives that back synthetic CDOs
 (CDO (Collaborative Data Objects) A programming interface from Microsoft for accessing MAPI-based e-mail, calendaring and scheduling servers. Originally called "OLE Messaging" and "Active Messaging," CDO wraps the Enhanced MAPI library into a COM object that provides the ) transaction that references a $937 million portfolio. The portfolio consists of 62 separately rated commercial mortgage-backed security Commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) are a type of bond commonly issued in American security markets. They are a type of Mortgage-backed security which are backed by mortgages on commercial rather than residential real estate.  (CMBS CMBS

See: Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities
) bonds. The transaction is designed to provide credit protection for realized losses on a reference portfolio through a credit default swap Credit Default Swap

A swap designed to transfer the credit exposure of fixed income products between parties.

Notes:
The buyer of a credit swap receives credit protection, whereas the seller of the swap guarantees the credit worthiness of the product.
 (CDS) between MSC and the swap counterparty, Morgan Stanley Capital Services Inc. (MSCS See Microsoft Cluster Server. ). The legal maturity date of the CDS is 2049. The securities are rated to the timely payment of interest and the ultimate repayment of principal on the maturity date.

Proceeds from the issuance of the securities are invested in a pool of eligible investments, which are protected through the total return swap Total Return Swap

Any swap in which the non-floating rate side is based on the total return of an equity or fixed income instrument with a life longer than the swap.

Notes:
Total return swaps are most common in equity or physical commodity markets.
 agreement (TRS) between MSC and MSCS, the TRS counterparty. The payment obligations of the TRS counterparty are guaranteed by Morgan Stanley, the swap counterparty guarantor. Under the TRS agreement, MSCS will make periodic interest payments to MSC and pay any depreciation in market value with respect to eligible collateral upon its disposition to MSC. MSC will then pay MSCS all the interest and similar amounts payable with respect to the eligible collateral. In addition, MSC will pay to MSCS any appreciation in market value of the eligible collateral upon its disposition.

The ratings are based on the credit quality of the reference portfolio, the credit enhancement provided by subordination for each tranche, the strength of the counterparties, and the transaction's sound financial and legal structures. For more information, please see the new issue report titled 'MSC 2007-SRR3', available on the Derivative Fitch web site at www.derivativefitch.com.

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 of such ratings are available on the agency's public site, www.derivativefitch.com. Published ratings, criteria and methodologies are available from this site, at all times. Fitch's code of conduct, confidentiality, conflicts of interest, affiliate firewall, compliance and other relevant policies and procedures Policies and Procedures are a set of documents that describe an organization's policies for operation and the procedures necessary to fulfill the policies. They are often initiated because of some external requirement, such as environmental compliance or other governmental  are also available from the 'Code of Conduct' section of this site. Fitch means Fitch, Inc., Fitch Ratings, Ltd. and their subsidiaries including Derivative Fitch, Inc. and Derivative Fitch Ltd. and any successor or successors thereto.
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