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Reckitt Benckiser Group Plc: Stronger Business Profile After Mead Johnson Acquisition Not Enough To Offset Higher Leverage

CORPORATES ISSUER IN-DEPTH 22 March 2017 RATINGS Reckitt Benckiser Group Plc Long Term Issuer A3 Outlook Stable Reckitt Benckiser Treasury Services Plc Backed Senior Unsecured A3 Backed Commercial Paper P-2 Outlook Stable KEY METRICS: Reckitt Benckiser Group Plc 2015
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Reckitt Benckiser Group plc

Reckitt Benckiser Group develops, acquires, produces, distributes and promotes consumer products in the health, hygiene and home categories. Co.'s health category covers treatment products such as pain and flu, and also wellness products in sexual wellbeing, footcare, vitamins and supplements. Co.'s hygiene category consists of personal and home hygiene products. Co.'s geographical segments comprise Europe (ENA) and Africa, Middle East (DvM). ENA comprises Europe, Russia/CIS, Israel, North America, Australia and New Zealand. DvM principally comprises North Africa, Middle East (excluding Israel) and Turkey, Africa, South Asia, North Asia, Latin America, Japan, South Korea and ASEAN.

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