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Bertelsmann XS0230962853 rating bbb. Qualcuno ha qualche opinione sulla situazione del gruppo?
New Bank DE000NWB12E7 rating aa. Qualcuno la conosce e sopratutto la cedola rimane sempre 1,2%? Non riesco a trovare il prospetto
Downgradata a giugno da S&P e a settembre da Moody's, con un commento che mette a fuoco in maniera sintetica l'andamento del gruppo.
A meno di una ripresa davvero consistente, secondo me va a perdere l'IG nel medio periodo... qualcosa si può prendere magari prudenzialmente cominciando a valutare l'emittente come se già fosse un HY di fascia alta...
Moody's downgrades Bertelsmann's senior unsecured ratings to Baa2 (from Baa1); rating outlook is stable
London, 01 September 2009 -- Moody's Investors Service said today that it had downgraded the senior unsecured ratings of Bertelsmann AG and of its rated subsidiaries, including RTL Group SA to Baa2 (from Baa1).
The rating change reflects Moody's expectation that Bertelsmann's debt protection measurements will deteriorate visibly during 2009 as the current macro economic downturn takes a toll on the company's business, which has significant exposure to advertising revenues and discretionary consumer spending.
Moody's does not anticipate that debt protection measurements (such as the RCF/Net Debt ratio), which had been weak for the Baa1 category, will recover sufficiently in the immediate future to warrant maintaining the rating. A stable outlook assumes that Bertelsmann can contain second half revenue decline and can make further progress in cost management.
Indications that this can not be achieved could lead to renewed ratings pressure.
Bertelsmann's recently published results for H 1 2009 show a significant revenue decline of -6.8% on a reported basis (-7.6% organic), which is spread over all divisions. Most affected are the heavily advertising-reliant Gruner + Jahr (-10.6% reported, -11.5% organic) and RTL Group (-9.6% reported, -10.1% organic) divisions, with RTL's revenues additionally affected by key competitor ProSiebenSat1 recovering some of its market share losses.
Reported revenue decline was less pronounced at Random House (-4.2% reported, -9.6% organic), helped by positive currency effects, while Arvato, Bertelsmann's media services division, managed to hold revenues relatively constant as growth in the services and outsourcing businesses compensated for weak demand trends at the unit's Prinovis gravure printing business (jointly-owned with Gruner+Jahr and Springer AG).
While there are signs of a gradual stabilization of Bertelsmann's markets and Random House should benefit from a strong second half release schedule and an end of de-stocking in the US supply chain, visibility on key advertising markets remains low and adds a strong element of uncertainty to Bertelsmann's outlook.
Moody's acknowledges the significant cost control measures Bertelsmann is executing across the group, which have helped to contain the impact of a declining top line on operating results.
Measures include staff reduction, process optimization (e.g. magazine production process at Gruner + Jahr) and cuts in input costs (RTL programming). As a consequence of these measures taking hold, Bertelsmann has managed to improve reported operating margins to 6.6% for the first half from 3.3% for the first quarter.
This gives some confidence that margins can be stabilized during the second half. However, there will be significant cash outflows in 2009 related to the restructuring steps taken and Bertelsmann has recognized further value impairments, mainly related to broadcasting assets, including a reduction of the goodwill for Five, RTL's UK TV asset to zero.
Against a backdrop of uncertainty about further macro-economic developments, Moody's would also expect that Bertelsmann maintains a strategic focus on further portfolio management and the sale of non-strategic assets.
This might be needed to facilitate further debt reduction so that the company can achieve a more comfortable positioning in the Baa2 category and also to allow it to move towards achieving its own financial comfort targets, in particular a Bertelsmann leverage factor ratio (Economic Debt i.e. net financial debt plus provisions for pensions, profit participation capital and net present value of operating leases in relation to operating EBITDA) of below 3x, which evidences the company's ambition to be rated at the upper end of the Baa category.
This factor stands at 3.5 x for the 30 June 2009 LTM period. Portfolio management steps might also be needed to provide the company with additional financial flexibility to move the portfolio towards an improved growth profile as and when the current downturn comes to an end. Moody's notes that raising funds from asset sales/portfolio management remains challenging in the current deal environment.
Moody's regards Bertelsmann's current liquidity position as adequate for its near-term needs. Cash and Cash Equivalents on hand were Euro 1.3 billion as of June 30 2009, following the repayment of Euro 805 million in long-term debt and the issuance of Euro 780 million in new long term debt during the first half of 2009.
Cash on hand together with access to a Euro 1.2 billion syndicated bank facility (due 2012), which was un-drawn as of June 2009 should put Bertelsmann in position to address its substantial short-term financial obligations of just under Euro 1 billion as of June 30, 2009, which include long term debt maturities of ~ Euro 750 million in April/May 2010.
Following the H1 2010 long term maturities, amounts falling due are moderate until Q3 2012 when Euro 500 million in long-term debt need to be repaid and the syndicated bank facilities matures. Moody's notes that the syndicated bank facilities and certain private placements are subject to financial covenants, under which Moody's believes Bertelsmann to have sufficient headroom. Moody's would expect the company to continue to seek term debt replacements on a timely basis and to demonstrate continued prudence in managing its operational cash needs.
Ratings affected are :
- the issuer ratings for Bertelsmann AG and RTL Group SA to Baa2 (from Baa1),
- the rating of Bertelsmann AG's / Bertelsmann Finance LLC 's Euro debt issuance programme to Baa2 (from Baa1),
- the rating of Bertelsmann AG's bonds/notes falling due 2012,2014,2015 and 2016 to Baa2 (from Baa1) and
- the rating of Bertelsmann Finance LLC's bonds/notes falling due 2010 to Baa2 (from Baa1).
The last rating action for Bertelsmann AG was taken on 27th March 2009 when the rating outlook was changed to negative (from stable).
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Bertelsmann AG, a globally operating diversified media company is based in Guetersloh, Germany. 
