Articles From: Fitch Rates Lorillard's $500MM Proposed Notes Offering 'BBB' to Fitch: Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corp. 6.25% Series A MRPS Paid in Full


2013/5/15
Fitch Ratings has assigned a 'BBB' rating to Lorillard Tobacco Co.'s (NYSE: LO) proposed $500 million senior notes offering.
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2013/5/8
Fitch Ratings has assigned a 'BBB-' rating to M.D.C. Holdings, Inc.'s (NYSE: MDC) proposed $100 million add-on offering of its senior notes due 2043.
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2013/3/5
Fitch Ratings has assigned a 'BBB' rating to the issuances of $250 million in senior notes maturing in March 2023 and $250 million in senior notes maturing in March 2043 planned by the Markel Corporation (NYSE: MKL) .
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2013/5/15
Fitch Ratings has assigned an 'A' rating to McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) EUR350 million (approximately $454 million) 2% senior unsecured notes due May 22, 2023.
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2013/4/29
Fitch Ratings has assigned an 'A' rating to McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) proposed $500 million issuance of 30-year senior unsecured notes.
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2013/2/27
Fitch Ratings has assigned a 'BB-/RR3' rating to Meritage Homes Corporation's (NYSE: MTH) proposed offering of $150 million principal amount of senior unsecured notes due 2018.
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2013/5/30
Fitch Ratings has assigned a credit rating of 'BBB-' to the $250 million 5.7% Series E cumulative redeemable preferred stock issued by National Retail Properties, Inc. (NYSE: NNN) .
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2013/4/10
Fitch Ratings has assigned a credit rating of 'BBB+' to the $350 million 3.3% senior unsecured notes due 2023 issued by National Retail Properties, Inc. (NYSE: NNN) .
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2013/5/23
Fitch Ratings has assigned a 'BBB' rating to RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.'s (NYSE: RNR) new $275 million issue of 5.375% series E preference shares.
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2013/2/25
Fitch Ratings has assigned a 'BBB' rating to Spectra Energy Capital LLC (SEC) proposed offering of senior unsecured notes due 2023.
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2013/3/21
Fitch Ratings has assigned a 'BB' rating to The Hanover Insurance Group's (NYSE: THG) issuances of $175 million in subordinated debentures maturing March 30, 2053.
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2013/3/5
Fitch Ratings has assigned a credit rating of 'BBB+' to the $225 million aggregate principal amount of 5.45% senior unsecured notes due 2043 issued by the operating partnership of Ventas, Inc. (NYSE: VTR) , Ventas Realty, Limited Partnership (Ventas Realty), and a wholly owned subsidiary, Ventas Capital Corporation (collectively, Ventas). The notes are guaranteed by Ventas, Inc. on a senior unsecured basis and are redeemable at par in whole at any time, or from time to time in part, on or after March 7, 2018.
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2013/3/18
Fitch Ratings has assigned a credit rating of 'BBB+' to the $500 million aggregate principal amount of 2.7% senior unsecured notes due 2020 issued by the operating partnership of Ventas, Inc. (NYSE: VTR) , Ventas Realty, Limited Partnership (Ventas Realty), and a wholly owned subsidiary, Ventas Capital Corporation (collectively, Ventas). The notes are guaranteed by Ventas, Inc. on a senior unsecured basis.
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2013/3/4
Fitch Ratings has assigned an 'A' rating to Verizon Communications, Inc.'s (Verizon) (NYSE: VZ) proposed offering of $500 million of senior unsecured floating rate notes under Rule 144A.
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2013/4/5
-- Brazil's OGX isn't facing a liquidity crunch despite stock, bond sell-off --Long-term health of Eike Batista's oil company depends on boosting output --Fitch Ratings not anticipating any changes to OGX credit rating right now By Jeff Fick RIO DE JANEIRO --Brazilian independent oil company OGX Petroleo e Gas Participacoes SA (OGXP3.BR, OGXPY) is not facing a liquidity crunch despite a brutal selloff this week in the company's shares, Fitch Ratings analyst Ana Paula Ares said in an interview Friday.
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2013/3/11
Fitch Ratings Upgrades Ecopetrol S.A.'s Rating Outlook Canada NewsWire - The rating outlook was revised from "stable" to "positive" - The ratings remain unchanged at BBB- for foreign currency and BBB for local currency BOGOTA , Colombia , March 11, 2013 /CNW/ - Ecopetrol S.A. (BVC: ECOPETROL; NYSE: EC; TSX: ECP) reports that the credit rating agency Fitch Ratings has maintained its international ratings for both the company's local and foreign currency at BBB and BBB- respectively, and has revised the rating outlook from "stable" to "positive." The improved rating outlook for Ecopetrol S.A. is consistent with the change that the agency made to the rating outlook of the Republic of Colombia .
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2013/3/11
- The rating outlook was revised from "stable" to "positive" - The ratings remain unchanged at BBB- for foreign currency and BBB for local currency BOGOTA, Colombia , March 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Ecopetrol S.A. (BVC: ECOPETROL; NYSE: EC; TSX: ECP) reports that the credit rating agency Fitch Ratings has maintained its international ratings for both the company's local and foreign currency at BBB and BBB- respectively, and has revised the rating outlook from "stable" to "positive." The improved rating outlook for Ecopetrol S.A. is consistent with the change that the agency made to the rating outlook of the Republic of Colombia .
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2013/3/18
Fitch Ratings has removed the Rating Watch Negative and affirmed the following ratings for Equity Residential (NYSE: EQR) and ERP Operating Limited Partnership, EQR's principal operating subsidiary (collectively EQR): Equity Residential --Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at 'BBB+'; --Preferred stock at 'BBB-'.
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2013/5/8
Fitch Ratings has affirmed the credit ratings of First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: FR) and its operating partnership, First Industrial, L.P. (collectively, First Industrial) as follows: First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. --Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at 'BB'; --$125 million preferred stock at 'B+'. First Industrial, L.P. --IDR at 'BB'; --$450 million unsecured revolving credit facility 'BB'; --$474.2 million senior unsecured notes at 'BB'.
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2013/5/10
Fitch Ratings has affirmed the ratings for Meritage Homes Corporation (NYSE: MTH) , including the company's long-term IDR at 'B+'. Fitch has also revised MTH's Rating Outlook to Positive from Stable.
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2013/5/22
Fitch Ratings has upgraded the credit ratings of DDR Corp.
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2013/2/28
Fitch Ratings has upgraded the credit ratings of Host Hotels & Resorts (NYSE: HST) and its operating partnership, Host Hotels & Resorts Limited Partnership (collectively Host, or the company) as follows: Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. --
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2013/3/4
Fitch Ratings has upgraded the ratings on Pioneer Natural Resources Co.
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2013/4/25
The following auction market preferred shares (AMPS) issued by Boulder Growth & Income Fund, Inc. (NYSE: BIF) are paid in full (PIF) following the full redemption of outstanding shares, according to Fitch Ratings: --$25,000,000 of AMPS, series M28 redeemed April 23, 2013 to 'PIF' from 'AAA'.
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2013/2/15
Fitch Ratings notes that all series of Auction Preferred Shares (APS) issued by Eaton Vance Floating-Rate Income Trust (NYSE: EFT) , a closed-end management investment company sponsored and managed by Eaton Vance Management, are paid in full as of Jan 04, 2013.
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2013/2/20
Fitch Ratings notes that the Series B Notes issued by Kayne Anderson Energy Total Return Fund Corp.
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2013/5/16
Fitch Ratings notes that the 4,000,000 series D mandatory redeemable preferred shares (MRPS) previously issued by Kayne Anderson MLP Investment Company (NYSE:KYN) have been paid in full.
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2013/5/29
Fitch Ratings notes that the $60,000,000 series I senior unsecured notes previously issued by Kayne Anderson MLP Investment Company (NYSE:KYN) have been paid in full.
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2013/4/26
Prologis, Inc.'s (NYSE: PLD) recent $1.3 billion follow-on common stock offering is a material credit positive, according to Fitch Ratings.
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2013/2/7
Fitch Ratings notes that the 6.25% Series A Mandatory Redeemable Preferred Shares (MRPS) issued by Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corp.
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