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Fitch Downgrades Banca Italease's Trust Preferred Securities to 'CCC'
01 Apr 2009 4:44 AM (EDT)
Fitch Ratings-London/Milan-01 April 2009: Fitch Ratings has today downgraded Italy-based Banca Italease's (Italease) EUR150m trust preferred securities to 'CCC' from 'B-' (B minus) and removed them from the Rating Watch Negative (RWN). This follows the bank's announcement that coupon payments on these securities will be deferred.
The bank's Long-term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) of 'BBB-' (BBB minus) and Short-term IDR of 'F3' - which are on Rating Watch Positive - and its Support Rating of '2' are not affected by the rating action. Following a net loss of EUR1,094m for 2008, the bank's total regulatory capital ratio has fallen below 5%, triggering a mandatory deferral of the coupon.
Fitch expects coupon payments to resume on the basis of public statements made by prospective parent, Banco Popolare (BP; rated 'A-' (A minus) on Rating Watch Negative), which plans to increase Italease's capital by end-2009, following its acquisition of Italease in H109.
Fitch will review the rating of these securities once more information on the recapitalisation has become available. The notes were placed on RWN on 5 March 2009.
Fitch Downgrades Banca Italease's Trust Preferred Securities to 'CCC'
01 Apr 2009 4:44 AM (EDT)
Fitch Ratings-London/Milan-01 April 2009: Fitch Ratings has today downgraded Italy-based Banca Italease's (Italease) EUR150m trust preferred securities to 'CCC' from 'B-' (B minus) and removed them from the Rating Watch Negative (RWN). This follows the bank's announcement that coupon payments on these securities will be deferred.
The bank's Long-term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) of 'BBB-' (BBB minus) and Short-term IDR of 'F3' - which are on Rating Watch Positive - and its Support Rating of '2' are not affected by the rating action. Following a net loss of EUR1,094m for 2008, the bank's total regulatory capital ratio has fallen below 5%, triggering a mandatory deferral of the coupon.
Fitch expects coupon payments to resume on the basis of public statements made by prospective parent, Banco Popolare (BP; rated 'A-' (A minus) on Rating Watch Negative), which plans to increase Italease's capital by end-2009, following its acquisition of Italease in H109.
Fitch will review the rating of these securities once more information on the recapitalisation has become available. The notes were placed on RWN on 5 March 2009.