CHICAGO (Standard&Poor's) Feb. 23, 2012--Standard&Poor's Ratings Services today affirmed its 'B' issue-level rating on the revolving credit facility of Southlake, Texas-based online travel services company Sabre Holdings Corp.'s operating subsidiary, Sabre Inc., following the company's proposal to amend the loan and extend the maturity date to Sept. 30, 2016. The recovery rating on the revolver remains at '3', indicating our expectation of meaningful (50% to 70%) recovery for lenders in the event of a payment default. In addition, we assigned the proposed extended portion of the company's term loan due Sept. 30, 2017 an issue-level rating of 'B' with a recovery rating of '3'. The revolving credit facility commitment will likely begin at $500 million. If
