Fitch downgrades outlook for ChelPipe’s BB- rating to Negative

MOSCOW, Dec 1 (PRIME) -- Global rating agency Fitch has downgraded outlook for a BB- long-term issuer’s default rating of Russia’s Chelyabinsk Pipe-Rolling Plant, or ChelPipe, to Negative from Stable, it said in a statement on Friday.

The Negative outlook reflects Fitch’s wariness about ChelPipe’s ability to reduce liabilities and the overall debt to funds from operations (FFO) ratio from 4x at the end of 2017 to below 3.5x in 2018-2020, which is necessary for a Stable outlook, the agency said.

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