[ET Net News Agency, 9 September 2020] Moody's Investors Service has downgraded China
Everbright Limited's (CEL)(00165) long-term and short-term foreign and local currency
issuer ratings to Baa3/P-3 from Baa2/P-2. The outlook has been changed to stable from
ratings under review.
The rating action concludes the review for downgrade initiated on 21 April 2020.
The downgrade reflects a lowering of CEL's standalone assessment to Ba3 from Ba2. This
is driven by CEL's elevated leverage which continues to be high despite recent debt
reduction. Additionally, the fluid financial market conditions and the slowdown in
economic growth following the coronavirus outbreak will continue to pose uncertainties to
CEL's profitability and deleveraging timeline. (KL)