NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Kroll Bond Rating Agency (“KBRA”) assigns ratings to five classes of Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed Bonds, Series 2007 (“the Bonds”) issued by Golden State Tobacco Securitization Corporation (“the Corporation”). The Bonds were issued in 2007 and originally refunded the Series 2003A transaction issued by the Corporation. The collateral for the securitization is a pledged percentage of annual payments made by the tobacco participating manufacturers (PMs) under the 1998
