Standard & Poor's downgrades Eksportfinans

Today, the rating agency Standard & Poor's published their downgrade of Eksportfinans ASA to BBB+ from AA. The rating is placed on credit watch negative.

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The rating action follows the Norwegian Government’s decision made public on November 18, 2011, to assume responsibility for the government-supported export credit scheme that until now has been managed by Eksportfinans.

 

For more information, please refer to the report from Standard & Poor’s:

http://www.eksportfinans.no/sitecore/shell/Controls/Rich%20Text%20Editor/~/media/3E4932F330D34292A9F1BF702040A1C1.ashx

 

 

         Contact information:
         
         Chairman of the Board, Geir Bergvoll,
         tel: +47 91 31 54 85, e-mail: geir.bergvoll@dnb.no
         
         President and CEO, Gisele Marchand,
         tel: +47 22 01 23 70, e-mail: gma@eksportfinans.no
         
         EVP Director of Communications, Elise Lindbæk,
         tel: +47 90 51 82 50, e-mail: el@eksportfinans.no
         
         For more information about Eksportfinans, see www.eksportfinans.no

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