MARC has affirmed its MARC-1ID/AAAID ratings on Sime Darby Berhad’s (Sime Darby) RM4.5 billion Islamic Medium Term Notes Programme (IMTN Programme) and RM500 million Islamic Commercial Papers (ICP) with a combined limit of RM4.5 billion (ICP/IMTN Programme). The outlook of the ratings is stable. The rating of MARC-1ID on the RM150 million Underwritten Murabahah Commercial Papers Facility has...

MARC has affirmed the rating on Boustead Holdings Berhad’s (Boustead) RM1.0 billion Bank Guaranteed Medium Term Notes (BG MTN) programme at AAA(bg) with a stable outlook. The rating reflects the credit strength of the syndicated bank guarantee facility provided by OCBC Bank (Malaysia) Berhad (OCBC Malaysia), Public Bank Berhad (Public Bank), Malayan Banking Berhad (Maybank) and The Bank of E...

MARC has affirmed the ratings of AAAID and MARC-1ID /AAAID on MISC Berhad's (MISC) RM2.5 billion Islamic Medium Term Notes (IMTN) and RM1.0 billion Murabahah Commercial Papers/Medium Term Notes (CP/MTN) programmes respectively, and concurrently revised the outlook on the ratings to stable from negative. The rating action affects RM1.3 billion of outstanding notes under the rated programmes. The ou...

MARC has affirmed the rating of AA-ID on Bayu Padu Sdn Bhd’s (Bayu Padu) RM500 million Istisna’ Serial Bonds (Istisna' Serial Bonds) with a stable outlook. The rating action affects RM190 million of outstanding Istisna' Serial Bonds. Bayu Padu, formerly a special purpose funding entity of SapuraCrest Petroleum Bhd (SapuraCrest), became a wholly-owned subsidiary of SapuraKencana Petrole...

MARC has affirmed its AA-ID and AID ratings on Alpha Circle Sdn Bhd’s (Alpha Circle) RM345.0 million Senior Musharakah Medium Term Notes (MMTN) programme and RM35.0 million Junior MMTNs respectively. The ratings carry a stable outlook. The ratings affirmation incorporates the strong performance of Alpha Circle due to the higher-than-projected issuance of foreign work permits for which fixed ...

MARC has affirmed Tesco Stores (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd’s (Tesco Malaysia) RM3.5 billion Conventional Commercial Papers/Medium Term Notes (CP/MTN) Facility and Islamic Commercial Papers/Medium Term Notes (ICP/IMTN) Facility at MARC-1(cg) /AAA(cg) and MARC-1ID(cg) /AAAID(cg) respectively. The outlook for the ratings is revised to negative from stable. The ratings reflect the credit strength of the ...

MARC has affirmed the rating of AA-IS on DRB-HICOM Berhad’s (DRB-HICOM) RM1.8 billion Islamic Medium Term Notes (IMTN) programme. The rating outlook is maintained at negative. The affirmed rating considers DRB-HICOM’s asset disposals which give the holding company moderate visibility as to its funding sources for debt servicing requirements over the next two years. MARC’s assessm...

MARC has affirmed its rating of AA+IS(bg) on Aras Sejagat Sdn Bhd’s (Aras Sejagat) RM500 million Bank Guaranteed Sukuk Ijarah (Sukuk Ijarah) programme with a stable outlook. The affirmed rating solely reflects MARC’s affirmation on the financial institution rating of the guarantor, Kuwait Finance House (Malaysia) Berhad (KFHMB), full details of which are provided in the rating announce...

MARC has affirmed its AAAID(s) rating on Sarawak Specialist Hospital & Medical Centre Sdn Bhd’s (SSHMC) outstanding RM120 million Istisna’ Serial Bonds with a stable outlook. The affirmed rating is underpinned by MARC’s AAA/stable public information rating on Sarawak state, which through the State Financial Secretary (SFS), a body corporate established under the State Financi...

MARC has assigned ratings of AAA(bg) and AAA(fg) to Premier Merchandise Sdn Bhd’s (PMSB) issuance of up to RM300 million 7-year Medium-Term Notes (MTN) Programme (Tranche 1) of and RM300 million 9-year MTN Programme (Tranche 2). The outlook for both ratings is stable. The assigned ratings reflect the credit strength of the unconditional and irrevocable guarantees provided by Malayan Banking ...