On June 29, 2007, Standard&Poor's Ratings Services raised its issue rating on Chart Industries Inc.'s senior secured bank facilities to 'BB' from 'B+' and revised the recovery rating to '1' (indicating expectation of very high (90%-100%) recovery in the event of a payment default) from '3'. At the same time, we affirmed the corporate credit rating of 'B+'. The outlook is stable. (For the complete recovery analysis, see "Chart Industries Inc.'s Senior Secured Facilities," to be published immediately after this research update.) The improved recovery rating reflects the company's lower senior secured debt. On June 12, 2007, the company received $38 million of proceeds from the sale of common stock and used the proceeds to repay a portion