OREANDA-NEWS.  On 04 March 2008 was announced, that at February Credit-Rating assigned 17 ratings, 3 ratings have been upgraded, outlooks on 5 ratings have been revised, 2 ratings have been suspended, 3 ratings have been downgraded, and 5 ratings have been withdrawn.

ISSUER RATINGS

Financial sector

Feb. 08 Simferopol-based European Bank for Development and Savings OJSC has been downgraded to uaBB- from uaBBB-.

Feb. 26 Rating of Simferopol-based European Bank for Development and Savings OJSC has been suspended. By the date of this rating action the bank carried a long-term credit rating of uaBB- with negative outlook.

ISSUE RATINGS

Corporate sector

Feb. 4 Kiev-based Planeta-Bud CJSC: a long-term investment grade rating of uaA (provisional) has been assigned to upcoming UAH100m 5-year registered coupon bonds (A, B series).

Feb. 5 Kiev-based MD Holding LLC: a long-term investment grade rating of uaBBB has been assigned to upcoming UAH50m 3-year registered coupon bonds (A series).

Feb. 6 Kiev-based Metallurgical Centre LLC: a long-term speculative grade rating of uaBB has been assigned to upcoming UAH200m 5-year registered coupon bonds (D-G series).

Feb. 7 Kiev-based BMB Compound LLC: a long-term speculative-grade rating of uaBB has been assigned to upcoming UAH12.5m 4-year registered coupon bonds.

Feb. 8 Kharkiv-based Trest Zhylbud-1 OJSC: a long-term investment grade rating of uaBBB has been assigned to UAH80.9m 1-year registered housing bonds (l2-L4 series) and to UAH100m 9-year registered discount bonds (C4 series). The outlook on both ratings is positive.

Feb. 11Kiev-based MD Group LLC: a long-term investment grade rating of uaBBB has been assigned to upcoming UAH100m 3-year registered coupon bonds (C, D series).

Feb. 12 Vinnytsya-based Vinnytsyamiskbud LLC: a long-term speculative grade rating of uaB has been assigned to UAH44.1m 3-year registered housing bonds (B-E series).

Feb. 13 Simferopol-based Krymmedservice LLC: a long-term speculative-grade rating of uaBB- has been assigned to upcoming UAH22.2m 2-year registered housing bonds (A series).

Feb. 14 Odessa-based Alyans-Zhylstroy LLC: a long-term investment-grade rating of uaBBB has been assigned to UAH21.8m 2-year registered housing bonds (B series).

Feb. 15 Ivano-Frankivsk-based ARS-DIM LLC: a long-term speculative grade rating of uaB has been assigned to upcoming UAH100m 10-year registered discount bonds (B series).

Feb. 18 Odessa-based Alyans-Vysotstroy LLC: a long-term investment grade rating of uaBBB has been assigned to upcoming UAH19.4m 2-year registered housing bonds (B series).

Feb. 19 Zaporizhya Oblast-based Image Holding Sbsd.: a long-term investment grade rating of uaA has been assigned to UAH50m 3-year registered coupon bonds (C series).

Feb. 20 Odessa-based Odessa Cognac Factory CJSC: a long-term investment grade rating of uaBBB has been assigned to UAH90m 3-year registered coupon bonds (M series). Outlook on the rating is positive.

Feb. 21 Lviv Oblast-based Galychina CJSC: a long-term credit rating assigned to UAH30m 3-year registered coupon bonds (A, B series) has been upgraded to uaBBB from uaBB+.

Feb. 22 Kiev-based Investment and Consulting Centre Transstroy LLC: a long-term speculative grade rating of uaCCC has been assigned to upcoming UAH109.8m 3-year registered housing bonds (A-F series).

Feb. 25 Cherkassy-based Krug-budinvest LLC: a long-term investment grade rating of uaBBB has been assigned to upcoming UAH24.2 3-year registered coupon bonds (A-C series).

Feb. 26 Zhytomyr-based Zhytomyroblenergo ES OJSC: a long-term investment grade rating of uaA- (provisional) has been assigned to upcoming UAH100m 5-year registered coupon bonds (B series).

Feb. 27 Sevastopol-based Sevastopoloblenergo OJSC: a long-term investment grade rating of uaA- (provisional) has been assigned to upcoming UAH100m 5-year registered coupon bonds (B series).

Feb. 28 Kirovograd-based Kirovogradoblenergo OJSC: a long-term investment grade rating of uaA- (provisional) has been assigned to upcoming UAH120m 5-year registered coupon bonds (B series).

Feb. 29 Sevastopol-based Bytradiotekhnika OJSC: a long-term speculative grade rating of uaB has been assigned to upcoming UAH37.7m 1 Ѕ-year registered housing bonds (A-D series).

Credit-Rating agency has operated in the Ukrainian market since 2001 being committed to assignment of the national scale ratings. The agency has assigned 790 ratings, specifically to 602 Ukrainian companies, 147 financial institutions and 40 municipalities, and 1 corporate governance rating.

As of March 01, 2008 Credit-Rating maintains monitoring of 675 ratings, in fact 515 of corporate, 137 of financial and 33 of municipal sectors.