Fitch Publishes U.S. Leveraged Finance Spotlight Series: Dean Foods Company

Fitch Ratings has published a 36-page company report on Dean Foods Company, the latest in Fitch's recurring 'Spotlight Series' of leveraged finance reports.

Fitch's Spotlight Series of company reports provide in-depth credit analysis on a high-profile U.S. leveraged issuer with a significant amount of debt and/or complex capital structure. In addition to the operating, liquidity and financial analysis, the report also provides:

-- Capital Structure analysis with debt diagrams;

-- Recovery Analysis;

-- Detailed debt document summaries;

-- Industry Risk, Market Structure and Competition; and

-- Summary of Corporate Governance Issues.

Previous Spotlight Series reports include:

-- MGM Resorts International (Feb. 2, 2012)

-- Energy Future Holdings Corp. (Oct. 27, 2011)

-- Del Monte Corporation (Nov. 17, 2011)

-- Sprint Nextel Corp. Spotlight (Oct. 26, 2011)

-- HCA, Inc. (Oct. 11, 2011)

-- Toys 'R' Us, Inc. (Sept. 29, 2011)

Upcoming Spotlight Series reports include:

-- Nielsen Company B.V. (to be published today)

-- First Data Corporation

-- Clear Channel Communications, Inc.

-- Calpine Corporation

The full report 'Dean Foods Company' as well as 'Fitch 50 - Structural Profiles of 50 Leveraged Credits' are available on the Fitch web site at:

www.fitchratings.com/usleveragedfinance

Additional information is available at 'www.fitchratings.com'

Applicable Criteria and Related Research:

U.S. Leveraged Finance Spotlight -- MGM Resorts International
http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=666969

U.S. Leveraged Finance Spotlight -- Energy Future Holdings Corp.
http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=653289

U.S. Leveraged Finance Spotlight -- Del Monte Corporation
http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=655192

U.S. Leveraged Finance Spotlight -- Sprint Nextel Corp.
http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=653926

U.S. Leveraged Finance Spotlight -- HCA, Inc.
http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=651626

U.S. Leveraged Finance Spotlight -- Toys 'R' Us, Inc.
http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=636270

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