MARC continues to maintain Malaysian International Tuna Port Sdn Bhd’s (MITP) A+ID rated RM240.0 million Bai’ Bithaman Ajil Islamic Securities (BAIS) on MARCWatch Negative, where it had been first placed on February 19, 2009. The continuing MARCWatch Negative placement reflects MARC’s view that MITP faces acute and immediate challenges as implied by its strained liquidity profile...

MARC continues to place its ratings on Oilcorp Bhd’s (Oilcorp) RM70 million Murabahah Underwritten Notes Issuance Facility / Islamic Medium Term Notes Facility (MUNIF/IMTN) of MARC-2ID /A-ID ratings on MARCWatch Negative where they were first placed on May 22, 2008.  The continued MARCWatch placement highlights Oilcorp’s thin liquidity cushion relative to its significant upcoming ...

MARC has downgraded M-Trex Corporation Sdn Bhd’s (M-Trex) RM48.0 million Islamic Commercial Papers (ICPs) rating to DID from MARC-3ID arising from its failure to redeem RM30 million of the Notes due on May 7, 2009 by way of conversion into a term loan as planned earlier. Concurrently, MARC removed M-Trex’s rating from MARCWatch Negative where it had been placed on February 24, 2009 to ...

MARC has affirmed Prima Uno Berhad’s (Prima Uno) ratings of RM290.0 million Super Senior A, RM335.0 million Super Senior B and RM190.0 million Senior at AAA; RM40.0 million Mezzanine bonds at AA; and downgraded the rating on the RM95.0 million subordinated bonds from BB to BB-. MARC has assigned a negative outlook to the mezzanine and subordinated bonds and a stable outlook to all the other ...

MARC has assigned the rating of A+ID to Makro Utama Sdn Bhd’s (Makro) up to RM100.0 million Al-Istisna’ Bonds (Bonds). Makro is a special purpose vehicle wholly owned by construction and engineering company Redmax Sdn Bhd (Redmax) and incorporated to facilitate the issuance of the Bonds. The Bonds proceeds will be used to repay Redmax’s existing debts, part of which was incurred ...

MARC has placed its AA-ID rating on SAJ Holdings Sdn Bhd’s (SAJH) RM1.28 billion Bai Bithaman Ajil Islamic Debt Securities (BaIDS) on MARCWatch Positive following the announced signing of a Master Agreement on March 11, 2009 by the federal government, Johor state government, Syarikat Air Johor Sdn Bhd (SAJSB), Ranhill Utilities Berhad (RUB), Pengurusan Aset Air Berhad (PAAB) and SAJH.  ...

MARC has affirmed Musyarakah One Capital Berhad’s (Musyarakah One) Sukuk Musyarakah Series 2005-A under its RM2,500 million Sukuk Musyarakah Programme at AAAIS. The outlook on the rating is stable. The affirmation is premised on the underlying credit strength of the Government of Malaysia (GOM) as the sole obligor under the supply contracts from which the receivables backing the sukuk arise....

MARC has assigned ratings of AAAIS and MARC-1IS to Pinnacle Tower Sdn Bhd’s (PTSB) RM400.0 million Islamic Medium Term Notes (IMTN) and RM50.0 million Islamic Commercial Papers (ICP) (Islamic Securities), respectively. The ratings carry a stable outlook. PTSB, wholly-owned by Sarawak-based Sacofa Sdn Bhd (Sacofa), was incorporated for the sole purpose of raising financing via the issuance of...

MARC has removed its rating of A- on Haisan Resources Berhad (HRB)’s RM12 million outstanding Bonds from MARCWatch Negative and affirmed the rating. Concurrently, it has assigned a negative outlook to the rating. The rating was first placed on MARCWatch Negative on August 20, 2008 following a breach of its debt-to-equity (DE) covenant, its weak first half year 2008 performance, and uncertain...

MARC has downgraded Boon Koon Group Bhd’s (BKGB) long-term rating to A-ID from AID and affirmed its short-term rating at MARC-2ID with respect to its RM100 million Islamic Commercial Papers / Islamic Medium Term Notes (ICP/IMTN). The ratings carry a negative outlook. The downgrade reflects the group’s weakened competitive position arising from unfavourable changes to the import quota r...