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Merck & Co., Inc. - Ratings Navigator

Published Dec 05, 2014

3 pages (2049 words) — Published Dec 05, 2014

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...Rating pressure would stem from a rise in leverage above 1.8x in the intermediate term. The increase in total debt leverage would likely result from oprational stress and/or incremental borrowing to fund acquisitions or share repurchases. Fitch does not anticipate a positive rating action in the near term. However, the Outlook could be revised to Stable if Merck pursues a more conservative capital deployment strategy with leverage below 1.5x....

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Merck & Co., Inc.

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