Fitch Ratings expects to assign the following ratings to LCM VIII Limited Partnership:
--$197,000,000 class A notes 'AAAsf/LS3', Outlook Stable.
The expected ratings are based on information provided to Fitch as of Nov. 3, 2010.
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Applicable Criteria & Related Research:
--'Global Structured Finance Rating Criteria' (Aug 13, 2010);
--'Global Rating Criteria for Corporate CDOs' (July 5, 2010);
--'Global Criteria for Cash Flow Analysis in CDOs' (Sept. 17, 2010);
--'Criteria for Interest Rate Stresses in Structured Finance Transactions' (Feb. 17, 2010);
--'Counterparty Criteria for Structured Finance Transactions' (Oct. 22, 2009);
--'Criteria for Structured Finance Loss Severity Ratings' (Feb. 17, 2009).
Applicable Criteria and Related Research: LCM VIII Limited Partnership
http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=572186
Criteria for Structured Finance Loss Severity Ratings
http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=426038
Counterparty Criteria for Structured Finance Transactions
http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=475588
Criteria for Interest Rate Stresses in Structured Finance Transactions (Global SF)
http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=500306
Global Criteria for Cash Flow Analysis in CDOs
http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=557485
Global Structured Finance Rating Criteria
http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=547326
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