Sao Paulo, March 20, 2013 -- Moody's América Latina has downgraded the long-term global
local currency issuer rating of BNDES Participações S.A.
(BNDESPAR), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Banco Nacional de
Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social S.A. (BNDES,
Baa2 positive), to Baa2, from A3, and its long-term
global local currency senior unsecured debt rating to Baa2, from
A3. Moody's also affirmed BNDESPAR's long-term
Brazilian national scale issuer and senior unsecured debt ratings of Aaa.br.
The outlook on all ratings is positive, in line with the positive
outlook on BNDES, which, in turn, is in line with the
positive outlook on Brazil's government bond rating.
The following ratings were downgraded:
- Long-term Global Local Currency Issuer Rating: to
Baa2 from A3, with positive outlook
- Long-term Global Local Currency Senior Unsecured Debt
Rating assigned to MTN Program: to (P)Baa2 from (P)A3, with
positive outlook
- Long-term Global Local Currency Senior Unsecured Debt
Rating assigned to outstanding debentures: to Baa2 from A3,
with positive outlook
The following ratings were affirmed:
- Long-term Brazilian National Scale Issuer Rating:
Aaa.br, with stable outlook
- Long-term Brazilian National Scale Senior Unsecured Debt
Rating assigned to MTN Program: Aaa.br, with stable
outlook
- Long-term Brazilian National Scale Senior Unsecured Debt
Rating assigned to outstanding debentures: Aaa.br,
with stable outlook
RATINGS RATIONALE
Moody's said the downgrade of BNDESPAR's ratings are a direct consequence
of the downgrade of the standalone and supported ratings of its 100%
shareholder, BNDES, to ba1 from baa2, and to Baa2 from
A3, respectively.
For a detailed consideration of Moody's action on BNDES' ratings,
please refer to the press release dated March 20, 2013 "Moody's
downgrades BNDES' and Caixa's senior ratings to Baa2;
lowers standalone credit assessment by two notches".
BNDESPAR's main role is to support the Brazilian capital markets
through minority and temporary equity investments in the corporate sector,
as well as investments in fixed income instruments. The agency's
investment portfolio has important holdings of domestic corporations including
Petrobrás, Vale, and Eletrobrás. In 2012,
BNDESPAR's investments were affected by the poor performance of
the domestic equity markets, as a reported 12.5% drop
in the value of equity investments contributed to a 93% decline
in the company's net income. Such performance also translated
into additional volatility to BNDES's results, weighing in
to the 9.55% annual decline in the bank's net income.
The last rating action on BNDESPAR was on March 8, 2012, when
Moody's affirmed all ratings of the issuer.
The principal methodology used in BNDESPAR's rating was "Government-Related
Issuers: Methodology Update" published in July 22, 2010.
Please see the Credit Policy page on www.moodys.com.br
for a copy of this methodology.
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with NSRs for other rated debt issues and issuers within the same country.
NSRs are designated by a ".nn" country modifier signifying the
relevant country, as in ".mx" for Mexico. For further
information on Moody's approach to national scale ratings, please
refer to Moody's Rating Methodology published in October 2012 entitled
"Mapping Moody's National Scale Ratings to Global Scale Ratings".
BNDESPAR is headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and had
total assets of R$98.6 billion (US$44.7 billion)
and total equity of R$79.1 billion (US$35.8
billion) as of December 31, 2012.
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Moody's downgrades BNDESPAR's issuer rating to Baa2