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Fitch Affirms Ratings of Fidelity National Financial & Operating Subsidiaries.


CHICAGO -- Fitch affirmed the 'BB-' rating on the senior secured credit facility of Fidelity National Information Services Fidelity National Information Services, also known as FNIS or FIS, is a public corporation formed on February 1, 2006 when Certegy Inc. merged with Fidelity Information Services, a subsidiary of Fidelity National Financial.  (FIS FIS n abbr (BRIT) (= Family Income Supplement) → ayuda estatal familiar ) after today's announcement of the proposed merger between FIS and Certegy, Inc. (CEY CEY Conversion Electron Yield ). In addition, Fitch affirmed the 'A-' insurer financial strength ratings of the title insurance underwriting subsidiaries of Fidelity National Financial, Inc. (FNF FNF Fidelity National Financial
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) and the 'BBB-' long-term issuer rating of FNF. All ratings have a Stable Rating Outlook. E[acute accent acute accent
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 and real estate industries. FIS would be the surviving entity from the proposed merger through a stock-for-stock merger, where CEY shareholders would receive a share of FIS stock for every 0.6396 shares of CEY. E[acute accent]The combined FIS/CEY entity would produce an estimated $4 billion in annual revenue. The long-term nature of the servicing contracts produces a very stable revenue stream, comparing favorably to the more cyclical revenue produced on the title insurance side. After the proposed merger, FIS' share of consolidated annual FNF revenue would be approximately 35%, up from 28% during the first half of 2005. E[acute accent]Financial leverage at FIS would decline to an estimated 55% after the merger compared with the current 81%, and consequently, consolidated debt-to-total capital at FNF would fall below 40%. Balanced against the improvement in financial leverage are integration risks that are present in any merger, as well as considerable goodwill and other intangible assets that continue to create negative tangible equity at FIS. The title insurance business will be relatively unaffected by the proposed merger, other than the overall reduction in leverage at the consolidated enterprise. E[acute accent]Fitch expects further discussions with FIS' management team regarding detailed business plans for the combined FIS/CEY entity. Future favorable rating actions on the FIS debt might occur following successful integration and seasoning of the proposed merger.

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E[acute accent]-- Insurer financial strength affirmed at 'A-'/Stable Outlook.

E[acute accent]Fidelity National Financial Inc.

E[acute accent]-- Long-term issuer affirmed at 'BBB-'/Stable Outlook.

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E[acute accent]-- Senior Secured Credit Facility affirmed at 'BB-'/Stable Outlook.

E[acute accent]Fitch's rating definitions and the terms of use Terms of Use are rules set up by the owner of an intellectual property or service to govern how they may be legally used.

In many cases, terms of service are used as a contractual agreement between a company and users of a service they provide.
 of such ratings are available on the agency's public site, www.fitchratings.com. Published ratings, criteria and methodologies are available from this site, at all times. Fitch's code of conduct, confidentiality, conflicts of interest, affiliate firewall, compliance and other relevant policies and procedures Policies and Procedures are a set of documents that describe an organization's policies for operation and the procedures necessary to fulfill the policies. They are often initiated because of some external requirement, such as environmental compliance or other governmental  are also available from the 'Code of Conduct' section of this site.
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