IDEAL Holdings announces that the Credit Rating Agency ICAP CRIF S.A. has carried out an assessment of the Company's credit worthiness and has assigned an AA credit rating, placing the Company in a low credit risk category.

The Company's AA rating reflects:

- diversified investment portfolio, which includes companies with significant growth prospects and an outward orientation,

- very low leverage combined with easy access to funding lines, elements which strengthen the credit profile and facilitate the implementation of its investment plan,

- very strong capital structure in relation to the net equity which is strengthening over time and is having a positive effect on its investments,

- strong dividend yield which is expected to continue over the next 12 months resulting from the company's investment plan and strategic actions.