Moody’s increases Chorus’ credit rating threshold
Moody’s Investors Service has today announced that the downgrade threshold for Chorus has been increased to a debt to EBITDA ratio of 5.25x at the current rating level, compared with a ratio of 4.2x previously.
The report is attached.
The long-term rating remains at Baa2 stable.
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