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Moody's lowers Hexion's CFR to Caa2; rates new first lien notes Caa1

New York, January 20, 2017-- Moody's Investors Service lowered the Corporate Family Rating of Hexion Inc. to Caa2 and assigned a Caa1 rating to $460 million guaranteed senior secured first lien notes due December 2022 to be issued by Hexion 2 U.S. Finance Corp., a wholly owned unrestricted subsidiary of Hexion. Additionally, Moody's lowered the ratings on Hexion's first lien debt to Caa1 from B3; secured notes due 2018 to Caa3 from Caa2; second lien notes to Ca from Caa3; and unsecured...
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