Fitch Updates Recovery Analyses for U.S. Technology Sector

NEW YORK -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Link to Fitch Ratings' Report: U.S. Technology Recovery Models -- Third-Quarter 2011

http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=663829

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

--Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

--First Data Corp.

--Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.

--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. 12, 2011);

--'Recovery Ratings and Notching Criteria for Nonfinancial Corporate Issuers' (May 12, 2011);

--'Short-Term Ratings Criteria for Corporate Finance' (Aug. 12, 2011).

Applicable Criteria and Related Research:

Corporate Rating Methodology

http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=647229

Recovery Ratings and Notching Criteria for Non-Financial Corporate Issuers

http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=628489

Short-Term Ratings Criteria for Corporate Finance

http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=568726

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