Fitch to Rate Suffolk Tobacco Asset Securitization Corp Tobacco Bonds, Series 2008...

Fitch to Rate Suffolk Tobacco Asset Securitization Corp Tobacco Bonds, Series 2008 (New York)

NEW YORK--(Business Wire)--
Fitch expects to rate Suffolk Tobacco Asset Securitization
Corporation, Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed Bonds, Series 2008 as
follows:

--$665,000 Series 2008A current interest serial bonds, due June 1,
2010, 'BBB+';

--$735,000 Series 2008A current interest serial bonds, due June 1,
2011, 'BBB+';

--$815,000 Series 2008A current interest serial bonds, due June 1,
2012, 'BBB+';

--$30,000 Series 2008A current interest serial bonds, due June 1,
2013, 'BBB+';

--$115,000 Series 2008A current interest serial bonds, due June 1,
2014, 'BBB+';

--$205,000 Series 2008A current interest serial bonds, due June 1,
2015, 'BBB+';

--$345,000 Series 2008A current interest serial bonds, due June 1,
2016, 'BBB+';

--$300,000 Series 2008A current interest serial bonds, due June 1,
2017, 'BBB+';

--$1,385,000 Series 2008A current interest serial bonds, due June
1, 2018, 'BBB+';

--$43,230,000 Series 2008B current interest turbo term bonds, due
June 1, 2028, 'BBB+';

--$62,495,000 Series 2008B current interest turbo term bonds, due
June 1, 2048, 'BBB+';

--$107,436,934 Series 2008C convertible capital appreciation turbo
term bonds, due June 1, 2044, 'BBB+';

--14,372,990 Series 2008D capital appreciation turbo term bonds,
due June 1, 2048, 'BBB-'.

For more information, see the Suffolk Tobacco Asset Securitization
Corporation, Series 2008 (New York) presale report, available to all
investors on Fitch Rating's corporate site, www.fitchratings.com.

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