(The following statement was released by the rating agency) LONDON/MILAN, July 03 (Fitch) Fitch Ratings has revised Nestle SA's (Nestle) Outlook to Stable from Negative and affirmed its Long-term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) and senior unsecured notes rating at 'AA+', including those issued by Nestle Holdings, Inc. (USA) and Short-term IDR at 'F1+. A full list of rating actions is at the end of this release. The revision of the Outlook reflects the expectation that leverage will return to metrics consistent with Nestle's 'AA+' rating more quickly than anticipated following the announcement of the USD11.85bn Wyeth acquisition, while also gaining sufficient financial headroom from 2015 for...
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