SAN FRANCISCO (S&P Global Ratings) Feb. 19, 2020--S&P Global Ratings today assigned its 'BBB+' issue-level rating to Milpitas, Calif.-based semiconductor equipment manufacturer KLA Corp.'s new senior unsecured note. The company will use the net proceeds for general corporate purposes, including to refinance debt maturing in 2021 and repay outstanding borrowings under its revolving credit facility. We rate the new note the same our long-term issuer credit rating on KLA. All of our other ratings on the company are unchanged. For more detail, see our most recent research update on KLA, published Feb. 13, 2020. General Criteria: Group Rating Methodology, July 1, 2019 Criteria Corporates General: Corporate Methodology: Ratios And Adjustments, April 1, 2019 Criteria Corporates General: