Standard & Poor's also assigned its 'AA-' underlying rating (SPUR) to the upgraded bonds. The SPUR remains on CreditWatch with negative implications. For more information, see the article published Nov. 2, 2009, on RatingsDirect.
After the substitution date, the GSEs will provide both credit and liquidity support for both tenders and scheduled bond payments. We expect that the new support will expire on Dec. 23, 2012, and as currently written, it does not allow for extension. The bonds will be remarketed in a variable-rate weekly mode, and interest is payable on each Feb. 1, May 1, Aug. 1, and Nov. 1. If a bondholder elects to tender its bonds, it must provide seven days' notice of such intent.
The credit facility terminates on the earliest of:
The C & L facility expiration date,
The honoring of a draw that reduces the principal portion of the C & L facility to zero,
The conversion to a interest rate mode other than the weekly interest rate mode, or
The C & L facility provider's receipt of notice that no bonds are outstanding or that the trustee has received an alternate credit facility.
RELATED RESEARCH
USPF Criteria: Housing Finance Agencies, June 14, 2007
Criteria: Methodology And Assumptions: Approach To Evaluating Letter Of Credit-Supported Debt, July 6, 2009
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