Moody's rates Microsoft's new senior notes at Aaa; outlook negative
New York, January 30, 2017-- Moody's Investors Service assigned a Aaa rating to Microsoft Corporation's proposed senior unsecured notes. The proceeds from the new debt issuance will be used to refinance commercial paper that was raised to help fund Microsoft's $26 billion acquisition of professional-networking site LinkedIn Corporation, which closed December 2016.. The Aaa senior unsecured ratings and Prime-1 short-term commercial paper rating reflects Moody's...
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