Telkom SA SOC Limited: Appoints A Single Credit Rating Agency

By paragraph 6.29 of the JSE Debt and Specialist Securities Listings Requirements (“the DSS Requirements”), Telkom would like to advise its shareholders and noteholders of its decision to no longer have two crediting rating agencies in line with the company’s broader cost reduction initiatives. As a result, Telkom will continue and have appointed S&P Global Ratings (S&P) as the sole credit rating agency and terminate the Moody’s Ratings (Moody’s) credit rating agency services effective 11 December 2024.
By paragraph 6.29 of the JSE Debt and Specialist Securities Listings Requirements (“the DSS Requirements”), Telkom would like to advise its shareholders and noteholders of its decision to no longer have two crediting rating agencies in line with the company’s broader cost reduction initiatives. As a result, Telkom will continue and have appointed S&P Global Ratings (S&P) as the sole credit rating agency and terminate the Moody’s Ratings (Moody’s) credit rating agency services effective 11 December 2024.
Moody’s last issued a Credit Opinion on Telkom in July 2024 with a corporate family rating of Ba2, a national scale rating of Aa2.za and a stable outlook.
S&P’s most recent rating publication was issued in September 2024 and affirmed Telkom’s ‘BB’long-termm global scale issuer credit rating with a stable outlook and subsequently issued a National Scale Rating (“NSR”) of ‘za.AAA’ in December 2024. Both reports can be found on the Telkom website https://group.telkom.co.za/ir/debt-investors/debt-securities.html.
For the full document click the link below:
Telkom SA SOC Limited
Stay ahead of the curve! Subscribe to InsidEntity for daily updates on all your favourite companies.