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Fitch changes Saudi Electricity Company's rating Outlook to Positive

Fitch Ratings has today changed the Outlook on Saudi Electricity Company's ('SEC') 'A+' Long-term Issuer Default ('IDR') rating to Positive from Stable. Its senior unsecured debt class rating is affirmed at 'A+'.

  • Saudi Arabia: Wednesday, August 01 - 2007 at 15:31
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This follows the change in the Outlook of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's ('KSA') 'A+' Long-term IDR to Positive from Stable (see 'Credit Analysis on Kingdom of Saudi Arabia', available shortly at www.fitchratings.com ).

SEC's ratings are aligned with those of the KSA due to the government's strong tangible and intangible support for SEC. The IDR of SEC is therefore likely to be upgraded if the sovereign ratings are upgraded, depending on an updated evaluation of linkage and support mechanisms and the group's standalone credit fundamentals.

SEC is the incumbent vertically integrated electricity utility in the KSA.




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Anne-Birte Stensgaard Posted by Anne-Birte Stensgaard, Senior News Editor
Wednesday, August 01 - 2007 at 15:31 UAE local time (GMT+4)

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