New York, July 19, 2012 -- Moody's Investors Service has assigned a B2 rating to the proposed senior secured, first-lien notes due 2020 of SPL Logistics Escrow, LLC and SPL Logistics Finance Corporation, and a B2 Corporate Family Rating (CFR) and Probability of Default Rating (PDR) to their parent company - SPL Logistics, LLC ('SPL Logistics' or 'the Company'). The ratings outlook is stable.

RATINGS RATIONALE

The B2 CFR reflects the sizeable amount of debt that results from the leveraged acquisition of a controlling interest in the Company, which is a carve-out of the existing third party logistics segment of Caterpillar, Inc. ('Caterpillar'), by private equity sponsor Platinum Equity. With almost $900 million of total debt at closing (including Moody's standard adjustments, primarily for leases and pensions), we estimate pro forma 2012 metrics of the following: Debt to EBITDA at approximately 5 times; EBIT to Interest of about 1.6 times; and Retained Cash Flow to Debt of 11%. These metrics are consistent with a B2 rating level. We do not anticipate any substantial improvement in these metrics over the near term, as revenue growth is expected to be muted by soft economic conditions affecting many of the Company's key customer industries. In particular, the automotive sector drives approximately 60% of the Company's revenues.

Partially offsetting the high leverage, Moody's recognizes the strong underlying third-party logistics franchise that Caterpillar has created under this business unit which we expect will continue with SPL Logistics after the close of the acquisition. The Company employs a service parts logistics business model, whereby it can provide more value-added services to their customers than do their peers in the contract logistics segment. This allows the Company to enjoy relatively a relatively stable revenue base with long term customers on multi-year contracts. In addition operating margins are superior to those typically earned by many of its competitors. The stability of the Company's revenue base and margins will be an important factor in its ability to generate cash flow to repay debt and to improve its credit metrics over time. However, this also heightens the importance of the Company executing this strategy as a stand-alone operation. Any degradation in services levels, particularly where large, long-term customers are concerned, might result in a deterioration the Company's contract renewal rates, possibly resulting in weakening revenue growth and declining margins.

The senior secured notes are rated B2, which is the same as the CFR and PDR. Under Moody's Loss Given Default (LGD) methodology, the $425 million senior secured notes represent the majority of the Company's liability structure. Within the LGD waterfall, the notes have a senior claim relative to approximately $121 million in unsecured, non-debt liabilities that include pensions and lease obligations. The notes rank pari-passu with the Company's proposed $60 million senior secured, first lien revolving credit facility (unrated), but a first-out payment provision favors the revolving credit facility and lowers the implied recovery of the notes relative to the revolver. Moody's also notes that a substantial portion of the Company's operations are performed by foreign, subsidiaries that do not provide guarantees to the senior secured debt instruments. However, we believe that the proposed terms governing the notes provide sufficient protection against any substantial leveraging event at non-guaranteeing entities that would negatively affect holders of the proposed senior secure notes.

Moody's believes that the Company will maintain an adequate liquidity position. On close of the proposed refinancing, the Company will have modest cash balances -- less than $15 million. However, with strong operating margins on a sizeable revenue base, we expect that the company will generate operating cash flow well in excess of required investment levels. As such, the Company's cash levels are expected to grow over the near term, exceeding $50 million by the end of 2012. The Company will have a $60 million revolving credit facility on close of the financing, which we view as somewhat small for a company of this size. However, due to the limited amount of capital investment implied in its asset-light business model, we do not expect that the Company will make large use of this facility over the near term. We estimate that the Company will be compliant with financial covenants prescribed under its revolving credit facility.

The stable ratings outlook reflects Moody's expectations that the Company will be able to maintain a steady revenue base over the near term, renew contracts with long term customers as they expire and garner a modest amount of new business, while maintaining operating margins. This should allow it to maintain credit metrics at current pro forma levels through 2013, and to generate sufficient free cash flow over the longer term.

Ratings or their outlook could be adjusted downward if the Company were to lose a substantial portion of its current customer base and thereby suffer a material decline in revenue. Rating pressure could also occur with metrics of the following levels: a substantial reduction in operating margins; free cash flow that becomes substantially negative; Debt to EBITDA in excess of 6.0 times; EBIT to Interest of less than 1.2 times; or Retained Cash Flow to Debt of less than 8%. In addition, any material tightness to financial covenants prescribed under the revolving credit facility, possibly resulting from weaker than expected operating performance, could pressure the ratings downward.

Upward rating consideration could be warranted if the Company reduces leverage while demonstrating steady revenue growth at strong operating margins. In particular, Debt to EBITDA of less than 4.5 times or EBIT to Interest of over 2 times could warrant a ratings upgrade.

Assignments:

..Issuer: SPL Logistics, LLC

.... Probability of Default Rating, Assigned B2

.....Corporate Family Rating, Assigned B2

..Issuer: SPL Logistics Escrow, LLC (to be merged with and into Caterpillar Logistics Services, LLC, an operating subsidiary of SPL Logistics, LLC)

....Senior Secured Regular Bond/Debenture, Assigned B2, LGD3 - 46%

SPL Logistics' ratings were assigned by evaluating factors that Moody's considers relevant to the credit profile of the issuer, such as the company's (i) business risk and competitive position compared with others within the industry; (ii) capital structure and financial risk; (iii) projected performance over the near to intermediate term; and (iv) management's track record and tolerance for risk. Moody's compared these attributes against other issuers both within and outside SPL Logistics' core industry and believes SPL Logistics' ratings are comparable to those of other issuers with similar credit risk. Other methodologies used include Loss Given Default for Speculative-Grade Non-Financial Companies in the U.S., Canada and EMEA published in June 2009. Please see the Credit Policy page on www.moodys.com for a copy of these methodologies.

SPL Logistics, LLC, headquartered in Downers Grove, IL, is a global provider of service parts logistics.

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