NEW YORK (Standard&Poor's) March 5, 2007--Standard&Poor's Ratings Services today assigned ratings to Sabre Inc.'s proposed $3.515 billion secured credit facility. Sabre Inc. is the major operating subsidiary of travel distribution company Sabre Holdings Corp. (BB/Watch Neg/--). We assigned a 'B+' rating to Sabre Inc.'s proposed $3.215 billion first-lien senior secured credit facility, with a recovery rating of '2', indicating expectations of substantial (80%-100%) recovery of principal in the event of a payment default. The facility consists of a $500 million revolver due March 2013 and a $2.715 billion term loan due September 2014. In addition, we assigned a 'B-' rating to the $300 million second-lien term loan that matures in March 2015, with a recovery rating
