Credit Rating
A Credit Rating is an assessment of the credit worthiness of an issuer, the so-called Issuer Rating, or of a financial instrument, for example, Bonds, known as the Issuance Rating.
Since June 2002 Bertelsmann has an Issuer Rating from the rating agencies Standard & Poor's and Moody's. The current ratings of Bertelsmann are as follows:
Rating agency | Long-term | Short-term | Outlook | Last Update |
Standard & Poor's | BBB+ | A-2 | stable | May 2011 |
Moody's | Baa1 | P-2 | stable | June 2011 |
The benchmark bonds ISIN XS0268584298, ISIN XS0268583993 and ISIN XS0408678133 as well as benchmark bonds issued under the under Debt Issuance Programme (MTN) ISIN XS0230962853 and ISIN XS0408678133 were rated by Standard and Poor's and Moody's at the issuance date with BBB+ and Baa1, respectively. The rating of the financial instruments corresponds to the issuer rating.
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Bertelsmann announces preliminary figures for 2011
Slight growth in revenues and solid operating EBIT
Bertelsmann’s Revenues and Group Profit Up Year-on-Year After Nine Months of 2011
Revenues increase to €10.7 billionOperating EBIT stable at €1.03 billion Group profit rises to €377 millionBertelsmann, the international media group, reports increased revenues and Group profit...
Thomas Rabe Appointed New Chairman & CEO of Bertelsmann AG Effective January 1, 2012 - Hartmut Ostrowski to Move to Supervisory Board
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