MARC has affirmed its AA+IS rating on Ample Zone Berhad’s (AZB) Sukuk Al-Ijarah (Sukuk) RM13.3 million Class B and lowered its rating on the RM75.0 million Class C Sukuk to B+IS from BB-IS. Additionally, MARC has assigned negative outlooks to both classes of Sukuk to reflect the downward pressure on the ratings arising from the continuing failure of entities related to AZB to pay rent for sp...

MARC has affirmed its AA+IS rating on Ample Zone Berhad’s (AZB) Sukuk Al-Ijarah (Sukuk) RM13.3 million Class B and lowered its rating on the RM75.0 million Class C Sukuk to B+IS from BB-IS. Additionally, MARC has assigned negative outlooks to both classes of Sukuk to reflect the downward pressure on the ratings arising from the continuing failure of entities related to AZB to pay rent for sp...

MARC has issued this rating update in connection with Sime Darby Property Berhad’s (SDPB) (formerly known as Guthrie Property Development Holding Berhad) proposed early redemption of the outstanding Islamic Medium Term Notes Programme (IMTN) totalling RM100 million which matures in March 2011. SDPB is currently seeking bondholders’ approval for the proposed early redemption and subsequ...

MARC has assigned ratings of B+ID, B and B- to Talam Corporation Berhad's (Talam) RM134.21 million Settlement Bithaman Ajil Islamic Debt Securities (Settlement BaIDS), RM356.25 million Redeemable Convertible Secured Loan Stocks (RCSLS) and RM257.40 million Redeemable Convertible Preference Shares (RCPS), respectively. The Settlement BaIDS, RCSLS and RCPS will be issued in connection with Talam's f...

MARC has affirmed its ‘A’ rating on Berjaya Land Berhad’s (BLand) Secured Exchangeable Bonds, of which RM882.0 million remains outstanding currently. Concurrently, the outlook was revised to developing from stable. MARC’s revised outlook for the rating reflects increased uncertainty posed by the exchangeable bonds’ approaching put option date of August 15, 2009 and co...

MARC has affirmed the ratings of MARC-1/AAA and MARC-1/AA on the RM125.0 million Senior Class A Notes and RM50.0 million Senior Class B Notes (Senior Notes) of the special purpose vehicle, Mutual Streams Sdn Bhd’s (MSSB) RM650 million Commercial Papers/Medium Term Notes (CP/MTN) programme. The ratings carry a stable outlook. The affirmation and stable outlook reflect the performance of the c...

In MARC’s last rating update on September 30, 2008, Inverfin Sdn Bhd’s (Inverfin) noteholders had approved the proposed buy-back of the company’s outstanding notes under its RM200.0 million Commercial Papers/Medium Term Notes (Notes) programme. This was in connection with IOI Corporation Bhd’s (IOI) execution of a conditional sale and purchase agreement to acquire Inverfin ...

MARC has affirmed its ratings of MARC-1/AAA, MARC-1/AA and MARC-1/A to Gandalf Capital Sdn. Bhd.’s (Gandalf Capital) RM118.0 million CPs/MTNs (the Notes) comprising RM87.0 million Class A Notes, RM16.0 million Class B Notes and RM15.0 million Class C Notes, respectively. The ratings carry a stable outlook. The affirmed ratings and stable outlook are premised on the low loan-to-value (LTV) ra...

MARC continues to maintain MK Land Holdings Bhd’s (MK Land) BBB+ rated RM60.0 million outstanding bonds on MARCWatch Negative. The company was first placed on MARCWatch Negative on May 7, 2008 due to liquidity concerns following the deferment of scheduled payments to build up its sinking fund account. MK Land has since met the timeline to place RM30.0 million into the sinking fund account be...

MARC has affirmed its AID and A-ID ratings on OSK Property Holdings Berhad’s (OSKP) RM50 million Class A BaIDS and RM50 million Class B BaIDS respectively; and revised the outlook to stable from negative. The affirmation and outlook revision reflect OSKP’s improved debt protection measures with respect to both Classes of BaIDS as a result of its partial redemption of Class A BaIDS in A...