Fitch Updates Recovery Analyses for U.S. Technology Sector

NEW YORK--()--Link to Fitch Ratings' Report: U.S. Technology Recovery Models -- Second-Quarter 2012
http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=688343

Fitch Ratings has published updated recovery analyses for U.S. technology companies, including:

--Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

--First Data Corp.

--Freescale Semiconductor Holdings I, Ltd.

--Sanmina-SCI Corp. (Sanmina)

--SunGard Data Systems, Inc.

The interactive recovery analysis worksheets are available at 'www.fitchratings.com' under the following headers:

Sectors >> Corporate Finance >> Corporates >> Research

Additional information is available at 'www.fitchratings.com'.

Applicable Criteria and Related Research:

--'Corporate Rating Methodology', Aug. 08, 2012;

--'Recovery Ratings and Notching Criteria for Nonfinancial Corporate Issuers', Aug 14, 2012;

--'Short-Term Ratings Criteria for Corporate Finance', Jan. 18, 2012.

Applicable Criteria and Related Research:

Corporate Rating Methodology

http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=684460

Recovery Ratings and Notching Criteria for Non-Financial Corporate Issuers

http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=686476

Short-Term Ratings Criteria for Non-Financial Corporates

http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=685553

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Contacts

Fitch Ratings
Jamie Rizzo, CFA, +1-212-908-0548
Senior Director
Fitch, Inc.
One State Street Plaza
New York, NY 10004
or
Jason Paraschac, CFA, +1-212-908-0746
Senior Director
or
Jason Pompeii, +1-312-368-3210
Senior Director
or
Brian Taylor, CFA, +1-212-908-0620
Associate Director
or
William Dickson, +1-212-908-0808
Analyst
or
Media Relations
Brian Bertsch, New York, +1 212-908-0549
brian.bertsch@fitchratings.com