Centurion Bidco S.p.A.: Update following issuance of senior secured notes

Moody's assigns a B2 rating to Engineering's new backed senior secured notes - Rating Action – 2023/05/04 – US$ 180.00 – ...MOODY'S CREDIT RATINGS, ASSESSMENTS, OTHER OPINIONS, AND PUBLICATIONS ARE NOT INTENDED FOR USE BY RETAIL INVESTORS AND IT WOULD BE RECKLESS AND INAPPROPRIATE FOR RETAIL INVESTORS TO USE MOODY'S CREDIT RATINGS, ASSESSMENTS, OTHER OPINIONS OR PUBLICATIONS WHEN MAKING AN INVESTMENT DECISION. IF IN DOUBT YOU SHOULD CONTACT YOUR FINANCIAL OR OTHER PROFESSIONAL ADVISER. ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS PROTECTED BY LAW, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, COPYRIGHT LAW, AND NONE OF SUCH INFORMATION MAY BE COPIED OR OTHERWISE REPRODUCED, REPACKAGED, FURTHER TRANSMITTED, TRANSFERRED, DISSEMINATED, REDISTRIBUTED OR RESOLD, OR STORED FOR SUBSEQUENT USE FOR ANY SUCH PURPOSE, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, IN ANY FORM OR MANNER OR BY ANY MEANS WHATSOEVER, BY ANY PERSON WITHOUT MOODY'S PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT. MOODY'S CREDIT RATINGS, ASSESSMENTS, OTHER OPINIONS AND PUBLICATIONS ARE NOT INTENDED FOR USE BY ANY PERSON AS A BENCHMARK AS THAT TERM IS DEFINED FOR REGULATORY PURPOSES AND MUST NOT BE USED IN ANY WAY THAT...

Centurion Bidco S.p.A.: Update to credit analysis - Credit Opinion – 2022/12/12 – US$ 250.00 – ...Centurion Bidco S.p.A.'s (Engineering) B2 corporate family rating (CFR) and negative outlook reflects the weakening of Engineering's financial profile following the debt-funded acquisition of BE Shaping the Future S.p.A. (BE). Although we expect that the company will improve its financial metrics over the next 12-18 months as shown in Exhibit 1, we consider there to be execution risk, with the recent disclosure of accounting errors, which constitutes the second corporate governance issue faced by the company since June 2020, negatively impacting the company's risk profile. More generally, Engineering's B2 CFR is supported by the company's leading market position and strong technical know-how; an attractive Italian IT market with significant growth potential; and relatively high switching costs for Engineering's services as well as good customer retention. Concurrently, the rating is constrained by Engineering's limited geographical diversification and significant customer concentration;...

Moody's affirms Engineering's B2 CFR, outlook changed to negative - Rating Action – 2022/12/02 – US$ 180.00 – ...MOODY'S CREDIT RATINGS, ASSESSMENTS, OTHER OPINIONS, AND PUBLICATIONS ARE NOT INTENDED FOR USE BY RETAIL INVESTORS AND IT WOULD BE RECKLESS AND INAPPROPRIATE FOR RETAIL INVESTORS TO USE MOODY'S CREDIT RATINGS, ASSESSMENTS, OTHER OPINIONS OR PUBLICATIONS WHEN MAKING AN INVESTMENT DECISION. IF IN DOUBT YOU SHOULD CONTACT YOUR FINANCIAL OR OTHER PROFESSIONAL ADVISER. ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS PROTECTED BY LAW, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, COPYRIGHT LAW, AND NONE OF SUCH INFORMATION MAY BE COPIED OR OTHERWISE REPRODUCED, REPACKAGED, FURTHER TRANSMITTED, TRANSFERRED, DISSEMINATED, REDISTRIBUTED OR RESOLD, OR STORED FOR SUBSEQUENT USE FOR ANY SUCH PURPOSE, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, IN ANY FORM OR MANNER OR BY ANY MEANS WHATSOEVER, BY ANY PERSON WITHOUT MOODY'S PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT. MOODY'S CREDIT RATINGS, ASSESSMENTS, OTHER OPINIONS AND PUBLICATIONS ARE NOT INTENDED FOR USE BY ANY PERSON AS A BENCHMARK AS THAT TERM IS DEFINED FOR REGULATORY PURPOSES AND MUST NOT BE USED IN ANY WAY THAT...

Centurion Bidco S.p.A.: Update to credit analysis - Credit Opinion – 2021/10/07 – US$ 250.00 – ...Centurion Bidco S.p.A.'s (Engineering) B2 corporate family rating (CFR) and stable outlook are supported by its leading market position and technical expertise; an attractive Italian IT market; relatively high switching costs for its services and good customer retention; and our expectation of revenue and EBITDA growth over the next 12-18 months, which will provide an opportunity to improve leverage towards 5x as shown in Exhibit 1, and increase Moody's- adjusted free cash flow (FCF)/debt towards 5%. Concurrently, the CFR is constrained by Engineering's limited geographical diversification and significant customer concentration; strong competition in the Italian IT services market; risks associated with the company's large working capital position; and the possibility of delays in leverage reduction because of debt-funded acquisitions or shareholder-friendly actions. Engineering's CFR also reflects our assessment of the effects on the company of the alleged breaches of the Italian Legislative...

Centurion Bidco S.p.A. - LGD Assessment – 2020/10/26 – US$ 750.00

Moody's assigns B2 rating to Centurion Bidco S.p.A. proposed senior secured notes - Rating Action – 2020/09/30 – US$ 180.00 – ...ASSESSMENTS, OTHER OPINIONS AND PUBLICATIONS ARE NOT INTENDED FOR USE BY ANY PERSON AS A BENCHMARK AS THAT TERM IS DEFINED FOR REGULATORY PURPOSES AND MUST NOT BE USED IN ANY WAY THAT COULD RESULT IN THEM BEING CONSIDERED A BENCHMARK. All information contained herein is obtained by MOODY'S from sources believed by it to be accurate and reliable. Because of the possibility of human or mechanical error as well as other factors, however, all information contained herein is provided "AS IS" without warranty of any kind. MOODY'S adopts all necessary measures so that the information it uses in assigning a credit rating is of sufficient quality and from sources MOODY'S considers to be reliable including, when appropriate, independent third-party sources. However, MOODY'S is not an auditor and cannot in every instance independently verify or validate information received in the rating process or in preparing its Publications. To the extent permitted by law, MOODY'S and its directors, officers,...

Centurion Bidco S.p.A.: New issuer - Credit Opinion – 2020/07/10 – US$ 250.00 – ...Centurion Bidco S.p.A.'s (Engineering or the company) B2 corporate family rating (CFR) is supported by its leading company status and strong technical know-how; an attractive Italian IT market with significant growth potential; the relatively high switching costs for its services and good customer retention; our expectation of Engineering's resilience to the coronavirus outbreak and the related economic downturn, combined with healthy revenue and EBITDA growth over the medium term; and our forecast for Moody's-adjusted free cash flow (FCF)/ debt of above 5%. Conversely, the CFR is constrained by Engineering's limited geographical diversification and significant customer concentration; strong competition in the Italian IT services market; the company's limited record of growth in cash flow generation despite gains in revenue and EBITDA; risks associated with the company's large net working capital position; and the possibility of delays in deleveraging from Moody's-adjusted (gross) leverage...

Moody's withdraws B2 rating assigned to Engineering's proposed senior secured notes - Rating Action – 2020/07/10 – US$ 180.00 – ...ASSESSMENTS, OTHER OPINIONS AND PUBLICATIONS ARE NOT INTENDED FOR USE BY ANY PERSON AS A BENCHMARK AS THAT TERM IS DEFINED FOR REGULATORY PURPOSES AND MUST NOT BE USED IN ANY WAY THAT COULD RESULT IN THEM BEING CONSIDERED A BENCHMARK. All information contained herein is obtained by MOODY'S from sources believed by it to be accurate and reliable. Because of the possibility of human or mechanical error as well as other factors, however, all information contained herein is provided "AS IS" without warranty of any kind. MOODY'S adopts all necessary measures so that the information it uses in assigning a credit rating is of sufficient quality and from sources MOODY'S considers to be reliable including, when appropriate, independent third-party sources. However, MOODY'S is not an auditor and cannot in every instance independently verify or validate information received in the rating process or in preparing its Publications. To the extent permitted by law, MOODY'S and its directors, officers,...

Moody's assigns a B2 rating to Engineering; outlook stable - Rating Action – 2020/06/23 – US$ 180.00 – ...ASSESSMENTS, OTHER OPINIONS AND PUBLICATIONS ARE NOT INTENDED FOR USE BY ANY PERSON AS A BENCHMARK AS THAT TERM IS DEFINED FOR REGULATORY PURPOSES AND MUST NOT BE USED IN ANY WAY THAT COULD RESULT IN THEM BEING CONSIDERED A BENCHMARK. All information contained herein is obtained by MOODY'S from sources believed by it to be accurate and reliable. Because of the possibility of human or mechanical error as well as other factors, however, all information contained herein is provided "AS IS" without warranty of any kind. MOODY'S adopts all necessary measures so that the information it uses in assigning a credit rating is of sufficient quality and from sources MOODY'S considers to be reliable including, when appropriate, independent third-party sources. However, MOODY'S is not an auditor and cannot in every instance independently verify or validate information received in the rating process or in preparing its Publications. To the extent permitted by law, MOODY'S and its directors, officers,...