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Securities, Series 2007-1 -- GJW</B><br>Staff Writer<br><br>GlobeNewswire, Inc.. January 21, 2009</font><BR> <font face='Garmond,Helvetica,Times' size=1 color='#330066'> _________________________________________________________________________ </font> <BR><BR> <font face='Garmond,Helvetica,Times' size=2 color='#330066'> <!--PASTE ON THE LINE BELOW-->EXCERPT: Gardy & Notis, LLP has filed an amended complaint in the securities fraud class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of purchasers of Structured Repackaged Asset-Backed Trust Securities, Callable Class A Certificates, Series 2007-1, STRATS(SM) Trust for Ambac Financial Group, Inc. Securities, Series 2007-1 ("STRATS") (NYSE:GJW) from the date of issuance on June29, 2007, through and including April 22, 2008 (the "Class Period"). The case has been assigned No. 08 Civ. 11241. The defendants in the case are Robert J. Genader, Sean T. Leonard and Ambac Financial Group, Inc. The complaint alleges that defendants violated Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 by issuing a series of false and misleading statements concerning the financial results andoperations of Ambac Financial Group, Inc. <!--PASTE ON THE LINE ABOVE--> </font> </td> </tr> </table> <TABLE witdh=100% align='left' valign='top'> <BR> <font FACE='Garmond,Helvetica,Times' size=1 color=#330066> Back to <A HREF='/news.html'> <font FACE='Garmond,Helvetica,Times' size=1 color=#330066> News</font></A>&nbsp;page | <font FACE='Garmond,Helvetica,Times' size=1 color=#330066> Back to <A HREF='/news-archive/2009/list-index.html'> <font FACE='Garmond,Helvetica,Times' size=1 color=#330066> Archived News 2009</font></A>&nbsp;page | <font FACE='Garmond,Helvetica,Times' size=1 color=#330066> Back to <A HREF='#top'><font FACE='Garmond,Helvetica,Times' size=1 color=#330066> Top</font></A>&nbsp; <!--we may use this space--> </font></font></font></TABLE><BR> </td> </tr> </table> <BR> </TD> </TR></TABLE> <BR> </BODY></HTML>