On Feb. 27, 2004, NEW YORK (Standard&Poor's) Feb. 27, 2004--Standard&Poor's Ratings Services today said it has affirmed its 'A+' long-term corporate credit rating and other ratings on one of the world's leading agribusiness companies, Cargill Inc., and removed them from CreditWatch, where they were placed Jan. 27, 2004. At the same time, Standard&Poor's assigned its 'A+' rating to Cargill's proposed $500 million senior unsecured notes due 2009. Privately owned, Minneapolis, Minn.-based Cargill has approximately $8.0 billion of rated debt (including medium-term note programs). The outlook is negative. These rating actions reflect some of the recent events at the company: -- The Jan. 27, 2004, announcement of a definitive agreement with IMC Global Inc. to
