Securitas Direct Owner Verisure Holding Assigned 'B' Long-Term Rating; Outlook Stable Feb 12

Standard & Poors, February 2012

Abstract
Sweden-based residential security services group Securitas Direct AB was recently acquired by the current management team and private equity firms Bain Capital and Hellman & Friedman for about Swedish krona (SEK) 21 billion. We are assigning our 'B' long-term corporate credit rating to Verisure Holding AB, the intermediate holding company of Securitas Direct. We are also assigning issue ratings of 'B' and 'CCC+' to the proposed senior secured first-lien notes A and second-lien senior secured loan B, respectively. The stable outlook reflects our view that penetration rates for residential security alarm services in Europe will continue to increase, thereby improving Securitas Direct's long-term profitability. LONDON (Standard & Poor's) Feb. 6, 2012--Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said today that it assigned...

Companies mentioned in this report are: Verisure Holding AB
Action: New Rating
Action: Outlook: Stable

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