Article: Fitch Affirms 'AA+(chl)' & 'A-' Ratings of CMPC; Rates Proposed Issuance 'AA+(chl)'.

CHICAGO -- Fitch Ratings has affirmed the 'AA+(chl)' national scale rating of Empresas CMPC S.A. (CMPC), as well as the 'A-' local and foreign currency credit ratings. In conjunction with this rating action Fitch has affirmed the 'AA+(chl)' rating of Inversiones CMPC S.A.'s peso-denominated bonds due in 2015 and the 'A-' rating of its U.S.-dollar-denominated notes due in 2013. Fitch has also assigned a rating of 'AA+(chl)' to Inversiones CMPC's proposed issuance of up to 7 million Unidad de Fomento of peso-denominated notes. These notes will be divided into two tranches, one which amortizes over a 30-year period, and the second tranche with a bullet maturity in 2011. ...

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