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25 Jan 2011
Approximately MXN4 billion in debt instruments affected
Mexico, January 25, 2011 -- Moody's de México (Moody's) has assigned Baa1 global and Aaa.mx
Mexican national scale ratings to Comisión Federal de Electricidad's
(CFE) proposed senior unsecured certificados bursátiles fiduciarios
(add-on to CFECB 10-2).
RATINGS RATIONALE
Moody's de México (Moody's) has assigned Baa1 global and Aaa.mx
Mexican national scale ratings to Comisión Federal de Electricidad's
(CFE) proposed senior unsecured certificados bursátiles fiduciarios
(add-on to CFECB 10-2).
The proposed notes would be the first add-on to the fifth draw
down under CFE's five year MXN24 billion certificados bursátiles
(local MTN) program established at Fideicomiso No. F/411,
a trust operated by Bank of America Mexico's fiduciary division on behalf
of CFE. The proposed issuance will consists of floating rate notes
with an approximate ten year remaining tenor (CFECB 10-2) not to
exceed MXN3.8 billion. CFE will use proceeds from the issuance
for refinancing certain public works investments (obra publica financiada).
Moody's has reviewed preliminary draft legal documentation related to
the debt issuance and the assigned ratings assume that there will be no
material variation from the drafts reviewed and that all agreements will
be legally valid, binding and enforceable. In particular,
Moody's ratings of all the notes issued under CFE's certificados
bursatiles programs assume the due execution and delivery of each of the
Assignment Agreements (Contrato de Cesion) entered by and among CFE,
the assignor (here Banco Nacional de Mexico, S.A.;
Banamex) and Bank of America Mexico, S.A. acting as
trustee of the Fideocomiso No. F/411, the assignee,
and that the assignments of the collection rights under the Loan Agreements
that takes place when Exhibit B of the Assignment Agreement is executed
is deemed to have a certain date (fecha cierta) as permitted by the Mexican
law.
CFE, wholly-owned by the Mexican federal government,
is Mexico's dominant, vertically-integrated electric utility
and the largest electric utility in Latin America, with installed
generation capacity of 50 GW when including independent power producers,
or IPPs. CFE is a decentralized government agency which,
with certain limited exceptions, pursuant to the Mexican constitution
has exclusive responsibility for the strategic development, construction,
operation and maintenance of the country's electricity system.
The company accounts for the vast majority of Mexico's total installed
capacity and electricity production and, since the liquidation of
Luz y Fuerza del Centro (LFC) in October 2009 by presidential decree,
is also responsible for operating the assets in Mexico City and adjacent
areas that were previously owned by LFC. These assets mainly relate
to transmission and distribution activities and currently belong to the
Servicio de Administración y Enajenación de Bienes,
or SAE, a decentralized government agency.
The Baa1 and Aaa.mx ratings reflect the application of Moody's
joint default analysis (JDA) framework for government related issuers
(GRIs), which takes into account the following four input factors:
i) a baseline credit assessment (BCA) of 10 as a measure for the rated
entity's standalone creditworthiness (which is consistent with a Baa3
rating), ii) the Baa1 rating of the Mexican government as the support
provider, as well as iii) our estimates of a high degree of implied
government support in the case of financial distress and iv) a pronounced
default dependence between CFE and the Mexican government. Moody's
assigns BCAs on a scale from 1 to 21, with 1 reflecting the lowest
credit risk.
The Mexican government does not guarantee CFE's debt obligations;
however, we believe that there is significant likelihood of government
support in the case of distress for several reasons, including the
company's status as a major government-owned entity, its
strategic importance to the country's economy overall, and the low
likelihood of privatization in the foreseeable future. Moody's
estimate of pronounced default dependence reflects the expectation that
there is an elevated likelihood that the government and CFE would default
simultaneously due to common risk factors.
CFE's BCA of 10 reflects a low-Baa standalone credit profile,
which balances the company's dominant market position and solid financial
profile with a number of credit challenges, which include (1) the
sector's significant longer term investment needs for satisfying future
electricity demand; (2) subsidies for residential and agricultural
rates; and (3) the risk of political interference with established
automatic cost recovery mechanisms, which could affect the company's
cash flow and financial profile going forward. We believe that
on average CFE benefits from solid cash generation through the cycle despite
the drag from subsidized residential and agricultural rates and high cash
payouts to service obligations related to its unfunded defined benefit
pension plan for its retirees.
CFE's stable rating outlook reflects i) the stable outlook on the rating
of the Mexican government, ii) Moody's expectation that implied
support or dependence levels will not change, iii) that the company's
operating performance will remain solid, with at least breakeven
free cash flow, and iv) that over the medium term the company can
manage its existing investment needs while maintaining credit metrics
at appropriate levels for its current BCA.
The last rating action on Comisión Federal de Electricidad was
January 5, 2011, when Moody's assigned Baa1 global and Aaa.mx
Mexican national scale ratings to CFE's proposed additional senior
unsecured floating rate certificados bursatiles (local notes, first
add-on to CFE 10) due 2014 and fixed rate certificados bursatiles
(first add-on to CFE 10-2) due 2020, which are CFE's
direct obligations under its MXN 25 billion dual certificados bursatiles
(local medium-term note, or MTN) a five year tenor program
that was registered with the Mexican regulatory authorities in November
30, 2010. At the same time, Moody's affirmed the company's
existing senior unsecured ratings pof Baa1 global and Aaa.mx Mexican
national scale ratings.
The principal methodologies used in rating Comisión Federal de
Electricidad are Moody's Regulated Electric and Gas Utilities rating methodology
published in August 2009 and Government Related Issuers: Methodology
Update published in July 2010.
Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE), headquartered in
Mexico City, Mexico, is the Mexican government's agency responsible
for the strategic development, construction, operation,
and maintenance of Mexico's electricity system. For the 12 months
ended September 30, 2010, CFE reported revenues of MXN249
billion (about USD19.4 billion).
Moody's National Scale Ratings (NSRs) are intended as relative measures
of creditworthiness among debt issues and issuers within a country,
enabling market participants to better differentiate relative risks.
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2010 entitled "Mapping Moody's National Scale Ratings to Global Scale
Ratings."
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Natividad Martel
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Moody's rates CFE's proposed certificados bursátiles; outlook stable
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