MARC affirmed its short-term and long-term Islamic debt ratings of MARC-1ID/AAAID on UMW Holdings Berhad (UMW) and maintained its stable outlook on the ratings. The rating actions affect RM610 million of outstanding notes issued under the investment holding company's RM300 million Islamic Commercial Paper/Islamic Medium Term Notes (ICP/IMTN) Programme and RM500 million Islamic Medium Term Notes (I...

MARC has affirmed its bank guaranteed ratings of MARC-1ID(bg)/AA-ID(bg) on Mulpha International Berhad’s (Mulpha) RM75 million Bank Guaranteed Murabahah Notes Issuance Facility (MUNIF). The outlook on the MUNIF ratings has been revised to positive to reflect the revised rating outlook of the lower of the financial institution ratings of AmInvestment Bank Berhad and CIMB Bank Berhad, the guar...

MARC has downgraded its Sukuk ratings on Offshore Works Capital Sdn Bhd's (OWC) RM200 million Sukuk Musyarakah (Sukuk Musyarakah) and RM150 million Musyarakah Commercial Papers/Medium Term Notes Programme (MCP/MMTN) to A+IS and MARC-2IS /A+IS from AA-IS and MARC-1IS/AA-IS respectively. The rating action resolves the MARCWatch Negative status of OWC's rated obligations, which was initiated on Novem...

MARC has affirmed the rating of Olympia Industries Berhad’s (Olympia) outstanding RM72,981,306 nominal value Redeemable Unsecured Loan Stocks (RULS) at BB-. The outlook on the rating is maintained at negative. The rating action incorporates continued concern on the group’s weak profitability measures and earnings sustainability for its property and gaming divisions. MARC notes the slow...

MARC has affirmed its ratings on 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 stable. The ratings reflect the credit strength of the corporate gu...

MARC has upgraded the long-term Islamic debt rating of Bayu Padu Sdn Bhd (Bayu Padu) to AA-ID from A+ID and affirmed the company's short-term Islamic debt rating at MARC-1ID. The outlook for the ratings is stable. The rating action affects RM250 million of outstanding Istisna' Serial Bonds (Istisna' Bonds) maturing from 2012 through 2015, and RM100 million Murabahah CPs issued under Bayu Padu's Mu...

MARC has affirmed its AA- rating on Scomi Group Bhd's (Scomi) RM500 million Medium Term Notes Programme (MTN) and revised its rating outlook to negative from stable. The outlook revision incorporates some weakening in Scomi's business and financial profile as a result of current negative industry fundamentals.The affirmed rating, meanwhile, incorporates steps taken by Scomi to bolster its liquidit...

MARC has affirmed its AA-ID(CG) rating on KMCOB Capital Berhad's (KMCOB) RM630 million Murabahah Medium Term Notes and revised its rating outlook to negative from stable. KMCOB is ultimately held by Scomi Group Bhd (Scomi) through 76%-owned subsidiary Scomi Oilfield Limited (SOL). SOL has guaranteed the obligations of KMCOB under the rated facility. The rating action is concurrent with MARC's affi...

MARC has affirmed the AAAID(s) rating on Sarawak Specialist Hospital & Medical Centre Sdn Bhd’s (SSHMC) RM425 million Istisna’ Serial Bonds with a stable outlook. The affirmed rating is primarily underpinned by MARC’s AAA/stable public information rating on Sarawak state based on the state’s strong fiscal performance, low debt burden and fairly strong financial manageme...

MARC has affirmed Radicare (M) Sdn Bhd’s (Radicare) ratings on its RM100 million Commercial Papers/Medium Term Notes (CP/MTN) and RM50 million Medium Term Notes (MTN) facilities at MARC-1/A+ and A+ respectively. The rating outlook has been revised to developing from stable to reflect the near-term expiry of Radicare’s 15-year concession agreement in October 2011. The extension of the c...