MARC has affirmed its AAAIS rating on Projek Lebuhraya Usahasama Berhad's (PLUS) RM23.35 billion Sukuk Musharakah Programme (sukuk). Concurrently, the rating outlook has been revised to stable from negative. PLUS is the toll concessionaire of five major highways in Malaysia, of which the 772-km North-South Expressway (NSE) is its key highway in terms of revenue generation. The outlook revi...

MARC has affirmed its rating of AA-IS on Jimah East Power Sdn Bhd’s (JEP) outstanding RM8.98 billion Sukuk Murabahah with a stable outlook. JEP was established to develop, design, construct and operate a 2x1,000-megawatt (MW) ultra-supercritical coal-fired power plant in Jimah, Negeri Sembilan under a 25-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB). The affirmed ra...

MARC has affirmed its rating of AA-IS on Cerah Sama Sdn Bhd’s RM420.0 million sukuk. Concurrently, the rating outlook has been revised to stable from negative. Cerah Sama is the investment holding company of Grand Saga Sdn Bhd, the concessionaire of the 11.5-km Cheras-Kajang Highway. The rating affirmation incorporates Cheras-Kajang Highway’s steady traffic performance that remains suppo...

MARC has affirmed its ratings of AA-IS and A- on Konsortium Lebuhraya Utara-Timur (KL) Sdn Bhd’s (Kesturi) RM2.3 billion Sukuk Musharakah (Senior Sukuk) and RM180 million Redeemable Secured Junior Bonds (Junior Bonds). The three-notch rating differential between the Senior Sukuk and Junior Bonds reflects the latter’s subordination to the Senior Sukuk in regard to security ranking and payment ...

MARC has affirmed its MARC-1IS/AAAIS ratings on PETRONAS Dagangan Berhad’s (PDB) Islamic Commercial Papers (ICP) and Islamic Medium-Term Notes (IMTN) Programme of up to RM2.0 billion. The outlook on the ratings is stable. The ratings affirmation reflects PDB’s strong financial metrics, characterised by its sound liquidity and strong leverage position. PDB’s ratings also incorporate hi...

MARC has affirmed its AAAIS rating on TNB Western Energy Berhad’s Sukuk of up to RM4.0 billion with a stable outlook. TNB Western Energy is the funding vehicle of parent TNB Manjung Five Sdn Bhd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of TNB. The rating and outlook are equalised with Tenaga Nasional Berhad’s (TNB) corporate credit rating of AAA/stable on the basis of the rolling guarantee and c...

MARC has affirmed its AAIS rating on ANIH Berhad's RM2.5 billion Senior Sukuk Musharakah Programme. Concurrently, the rating outlook has been revised to stable from negative. ANIH is the concessionaire of Kuala Lumpur-Karak Highway (KL-Karak) and Phase 1 of East Coast Expressway (ECE1) until 2032. Its toll concession for Kuala Lumpur-Seremban Expressway (KL-Seremban) ended on May 31, 2018. Th...

MARC has affirmed its AA-IS rating on Malakoff Power Berhad’s (MPower) RM5.4 billion Sukuk Murabahah with a stable outlook. MPower is the operations and maintenance (O&M) operator of its parent company Malakoff Corporation Berhad’s (Malakoff) majority-owned domestic power plants. The rating reflects the consolidated credit profile of MPower and Malakoff in light of the strong operati...

MARC has affirmed its AAAIS rating on TTM Sukuk Berhad’s (TTM SPV) RM600.0 million Sukuk Murabahah with a stable outlook. The outstanding sukuk amounted to RM400 million as at end-December 2018. The affirmed rating reflects MARC’s assessment of a very high likelihood of support from project sponsors, Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS) and PTT Public Company Ltd (PTT), based on their st...

MARC has downgraded Quantum Solar Park (Semenanjung) Sdn Bhd’s (QSP Semenanjung) RM1.0 billion Green SRI Sukuk rating to A+IS from AA-IS/Negative and concurrently placed the rating on MARCWatch Negative. The rating action reflects the heightened risk of termination of solar power purchase agreements (SPPAs) related to QSP Semenanjung’s Merchang and Jasin solar power plant projects follo...