Track: Corporate Finance and Capital Structure

Rating Agency Relationships: Navigating a Dynamic Environment

Monday, October 20, 2008
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Room: 406 AB

Credit ratings can be crucial in determining access to credit markets and defining the cost of capital. This session brings together the corporate and agency perspectives to discuss best practices in managing these relationships thru a dynamic market environment.

Speakers:

• Melody Joy Hart, CTP, CPA
  Director- Creditor Relations
  The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company

• Jeffrey L. Johnson, CTP, CPA
  Assistant Treasurer
  Deluxe Corporation

Objectives

• Understand the best practice processes of working with rating agencies
• Develop a proactive approach to communicating with rating agencies
• Develop a strategy for dealing with the agencies
• Understand how the rating agencies approach communications with corporates

Pre-Requisites

• None

Take-Aways

• Presentation planning template
• Timeline

CPA Field of Study: FIN