NEW YORK (Standard&Poor's) May 31, 2013--Standard&Poor's Ratings Services today assigned its 'BBB' issue-level rating to Roper Industries Inc.'s $800 million senior unsecured notes due 2018. The rating is the same as the corporate credit rating on Roper. The company will use the proceeds to repay outstanding debt under its $1.5 billion unsecured revolving credit facility due 2017, which the company had drawn to fund the acquisition of MHA Inc. in May 2013. The proposed new notes contain a change-of-control provision. The ratings on Roper reflect our view of the company's "satisfactory" business risk profile and "intermediate" financial risk profile. The company is acquisitive, which exposes it to credit risk. The acquisition of MHA is aligned with
