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Alcatel & Units on S&PWatch Negative Mar 97
Standard & Poors, March 1997
Abstract
LONDON -- Standard & Poor's CreditWire 3/14/97 -- Standard & Poor's today has placed its senior unsecured, medium-term notes and commercial paper ratings of Alcatel Alsthom S.A. (Alcatel) and its guaranteed subsidiaries on CreditWatch with negative implications (see list below). The rating action follows Alcatel's March 12th press announcement that, jointly with the French aircraft manufacturer Dassault (unrated), they will bid for the French government's majority stake into the defense electronics group Thomson-CSF, which will likely be subject to a bid by France's defense and media group Lagardere (unrated) within the privatization process. The long-term and short-term ratings on debt issued or guaranteed by Thomson S.A. remains on CreditWatch with developing implications (see list below for ratings). The magnitude of...
Companies mentioned in this report are: Alcatel-Lucent,TSA,Alcatel N.V.,Alcatel Inc.,Alcatel Canada Finance Inc.,Alcatel Australia Ltd.
Action: New Rating
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Research type: News
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