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AM Best Assigns Issue Credit Rating to Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited’s Senior Unsecured Notes

OLDWICK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AM Best has assigned a Long-Term Issue Credit Rating (Long-Term IR) of “bbb+” (Good) to the recently issued $1.0 billion 6.35% senior unsecured notes, due March 2054, of Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited (Fairfax) (Toronto, Canada) [TSX: FFH]. The outlook assigned to this Credit Rating (rating) is stable.

Fairfax intends to use the net proceeds of the offering for general corporate purposes. The Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of Fairfax, as well as the ratings of its operating subsidiaries and all other debt issuances are unchanged.

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Dan Hofmeister, CFA, FRM, CAIA, CPCU
Associate Director
+1 908 882 1893
dan.hofmeister@ambest.com

Christopher Sharkey
Associate Director, Public Relations
+1 908 882 2310
christopher.sharkey@ambest.com

Gregory Dickerson
Director
+1 908 882 1737
gregory.dickerson@ambest.com

Al Slavin
Senior Public Relations Specialist
+1 908 882 2318
al.slavin@ambest.com

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