Historical credit rating

Here you will find the historical credit rating changes for ABB Ltd by Moody's and Standard & Poor's.

Moody

December 19, 2006
Long-term Senior Unsecured Rating ("Issuer Rating"): Baa1
Short-term Debt rating: Prime-2
Outlook: Stable

April 12, 2006
Long-term Senior Implied Ratings: withdrawn due to investment grade upgrade
Long-term Senior Unsecured Rating: Baa3
US$ 1 billion multi-currency Revolving Credit Facility Rating: Baa3
Positive outlook

May 18, 2004
Long-term Senior Implied Ratings: Ba2
Long-term Senior Unsecured Rating: Ba2
US$ 1 billion multi-currency Revolving Credit Facility Rating: Ba2
Stable outlook

October 29, 2003
Positive outlook

December 20, 2002
Long-term Senior Implied Ratings: Ba3 (negative outlook)
Long-term Senior Unsecured Rating: B1 (negative outlook)

October 31, 2002
Long-term Senior Implied Rating: Ba2 (negative watch)

October 22, 2002
Long-term Senior Unsecured Rating: Baa3 (negative watch)
Short-term Debt Rating: NP

March 25, 2002
Long-term Senior Unsecured Rating: Baa2 (negative watch)
Short-term Debt Rating: Prime-3

March 15, 2002
Long-term Senior Unsecured Rating: A3 (negative outlook)
Short-term Debt Rating: Prime-2

December 19, 2001
Long-term Senior Unsecured Rating: A2 (negative outlook)

May 21, 2001
Long-term Senior Unsecured Rating: Aa3 (stable outlook)

December 1, 1989
Long-term Senior Unsecured Rating: Aa2
Short-term Debt Rating: Prime-1

Standard & Poor

May 15, 2006
Long-term Corporate Credit Rating: BBB+
Long-term Senior Unsecured debt: BBB
US$ 2 billion multi-currency Revolving Credit Facility Rating: BBB+
Short-term Corporate Credit Rating: A-2
Stable Outlook

April 3, 2006
Long-term Corporate Credit Rating: BBB-
Long-term Senior Unsecured debt: BB+
US$ 2 billion multi-currency Revolving Credit Facility Rating: BBB-
Short-term Corporate Credit Rating: A-3
Positive Outlook

November 7, 2005
CreditWatch with positive implications

December 6, 2004
Stable outlook

October 28, 2003
Positive outlook

January 13, 2003
Long-term Corporate Credit Rating: BB+ (negative outlook)
Long-term Senior Unsecured Debt: BB- (negative outlook)
Short-term Corporate Credit Rating: B

December 18, 2002
Long-term Senior Unsecured Debt: BB+ (negative watch)

November 5, 2002
Long-term Corporate Credit Rating: BBB- (negative watch)
Short-term Corporate Credit Rating: A-3

October 22, 2002
Long-term Corporate Credit Rating: BBB+ (negative watch)

October 1, 2002
Long-term Corporate Credit Rating: A- (negative outlook)

April 23, 2002
Short-term Corporate Credit Rating: A-2 (negative outlook)

March 26, 2002
Short-term Corporate Credit Rating: A (negative watch)

February 7, 2002
Long-term Corporate Credit Rating: A+ (negative outlook)
Short-term Corporate Credit Rating: A-1

December 23, 1998
Long-term Corporate Credit Rating: AA-

June 26, 1989
Long-term Corporate Credit Rating: AA

Last edited 2009-07-28
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