Fitch Withdraws Ratings on 5 Money Mkt Investor Funding Facility Related ABCP Programs

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Mon Nov 2, 2009 12:35pm EST

NEW YORK--(Business Wire)--
Effective Oct. 31, 2009, Fitch withdrew the 'F1' ratings assigned to the notes
issued by each of five ABCP programs that were created last fall in conjunction
with the Money Market Investor Funding Facility. This Federal Reserve Board
initiative, designed to provide liquidity to U.S. money market investors by
facilitating the sales of money market instruments in the secondary market,
terminated effective Oct. 31, 2009. 

The 'F1' rating assigned to the ABCP notes issued by the following programs were
withdrawn effective Oct. 31, 2009: 

--Hadrian Funding Co., LLC; 

--Trajan Funding Co., LLC; 

--Aurelius Funding Co., LLC; 

--Antoninus Funding Co., LLC; 

--Nerva Funding Co., LLC. 

Applicable Criteria is available on Fitch's web site at 'www.fitchratings.com': 

--'Global Asset-Backed Commercial Paper Criteria' dated Oct. 22, 2009; 

--'Global Structured Finance Rating Criteria', dated Sept. 30, 2009. 

Additional information is available at 'www.fitchratings.com'. 

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PLEASE READ THESE LIMITATIONS AND DISCLAIMERS BY FOLLOWING THIS LINK:
HTTP://FITCHRATINGS.COM/UNDERSTANDINGCREDITRATINGS. IN ADDITION, RATING
DEFINITIONS AND THE TERMS OF USE OF SUCH RATINGS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE AGENCY'S
PUBLIC WEBSITE 'WWW.FITCHRATINGS.COM'. PUBLISHED RATINGS, CRITERIA AND
METHODOLOGIES ARE AVAILABLE FROM THIS SITE AT ALL TIMES. FITCH'S CODE OF
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Fitch Ratings, New York
Sandro Scenga, +1-212-908-0278
sandro.scenga@fitchratings.com
Kevin Corrigan, +1-212-908-9156
Darryl Osojnak, +1-212-908-0602
Michael Dean, +1-212-908-0556 

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