02.05.2013 16:35:00
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Pearson Funding Five plc -- Moody's assigns Baa1 rating to Pearson Funding Five plc; outlook stable
London, 02 May 2013 -- Moody's Investors Service said today that it had assigned a Baa1 backed senior unsecured credit rating to the proposed USD500 million of senior notes to be issued by Pearson Funding Five plc, a newly created borrowing vehicle, wholly-owned by Pearson plc. The notes are guaranteed irrevocably and unconditionally by Pearson plc (Pearson) on a senior unsecured basis. The outlook on the rating is stable. Other existing ratings of Pearson and its affiliates as well as the stable outlook remain unchanged.