Article: Fitch: Fidelity National's Common Stock Issue Favorable but Neutral to Ratings.

CHICAGO -- Fidelity National Financial, Inc.'s (NYSE: FNF) ratings (and those of its subsidiaries) remain unchanged following today's announcement that it will issue $300 million of common equity. Proceeds from the issuance will go toward paying down bank debt, reducing holding company debt-to-total capital to approximately 24% from 32% at Dec. 31, 2008. This level of financial leverage is within management's long-range target of 20%-25% of total capital. See a full list of ratings below.

While the reduction in leverage is a positive development, Fitch did not take a rating action at this time as the stock issuance does not affect the capitalization at the title ...

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