MARC has affirmed its AAAID(S) rating on Kuching Port Authority’s (KPA) RM180.0 million Al-Bai’ Bithaman Ajil Islamic Debt Securities (BaIDS) with a stable outlook. The rating action affects the outstanding BaIDS of RM30.0 million. The rating is aligned to MARC’s public assessment on the Sarawak State Government (SSG) on the basis of KPA’s status as a state-owned statutory body and state ...

MARC has affirmed its AAIS rating on toll road concessionaire ANIH Berhad's (ANIH) RM2.5 billion Senior Sukuk Musharakah Programme with a stable outlook. The rating is premised on ANIH’s overall stable traffic performance from a portfolio of matured toll road concessions from which cash flow generation remains sufficient to meet its financial obligations. The rating is also supported by the sub...

MARC has lowered the rating of Celcom Networks Sdn Bhd’s (CNSB) RM5.0 billion Sukuk Murabahah Programme to AA+IS from AAAIS. The outlook is revised to stable from negative. CNSB provides network telco services to Celcom Axiata Berhad (Celcom) through network telco assets that it acquired from the parent in an earlier internal reorganisation. Given the financial and operational links between bot...

MARC has affirmed its AA-IS rating on Kimanis Power Sdn Bhd's (KPSB) RM1,160.0 million Sukuk Programme (sukuk) with a stable outlook. The affirmed rating incorporates the favourable terms of KPSB’s 21-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with the offtaker Sabah Electricity Sdn Bhd (SESB). The PPA transfers demand risk and fuel price risk to SESB, an 83%-owned subsidiary of Tenaga Nasional Berhad...

MARC has affirmed its AAAIS(bg) rating on Ranhill Group Sdn Bhd’s (Ranhill Group) RM300 million bank-guaranteed (Tranche 1) and AAAIS(fg) rating on the company’s RM500 million Danajamin-guaranteed (Tranche 2) Sukuk Musharakah facilities. The ratings outlook is maintained at stable. The affirmed ratings are underpinned by the credit strength of the unconditional and irrevocable guarantees from...

MARC has affirmed its ratings of AAAIS(fg) on Ranhill Powertron II Sdn Bhd’s (RPII) RM350 million guaranteed notes and AAIS on RM360 million non-guaranteed notes. The outlook for both ratings is stable. Both guaranteed and non-guaranteed notes were issued under the RM710 million Islamic Medium-Term Notes (IMTN) Programme.             &nb...

MARC has affirmed its AA+IS rating on Kapar Energy Ventures Sdn Bhd’s (KEV) RM2.0 billion Sukuk Ijarah (sukuk) with a stable outlook. The affirmed rating incorporates a two-notch uplift from KEV’s standalone rating of AA- premised on MARC’s continued assessment of a very high probability of support from majority shareholder Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB). The rating agency’s assessment ...

MARC has affirmed its AA-IS rating on Tanjung Bin O&M Berhad’s (Tanjung Bin O&M) RM470.0 million Islamic Securities (Sukuk Wakalah) with a stable outlook. Tanjung Bin O&M is the main operator of the 2,100-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power plant owned by related entity Tanjung Bin Power Sdn Bhd (TBP). The issuer’s key operational obligations under the O&M agreement (OMA) with TBP have been transf...

MARC has affirmed its AAAIS rating on TNB Northern Energy Berhad's (TNB Northern Energy) Islamic securities (sukuk) of RM1.625 billion with a stable outlook. TNB Northern Energy is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) and was established to undertake the construction of a 1,071.43-megawatt combined-cycle gas turbine power plant in Seberang Perai Tengah, Penang, under a ...

MARC has assigned a rating of AA-IS to Grand Sepadu (NK) Sdn Bhd’s (Grand Sepadu) issuance of RM210.0 million Sukuk Murabahah (sukuk). The outlook on the rating is stable. The proceeds from the issuance will be mainly utilised to facilitate the roll-over of Grand Sepadu’s existing bridging loan of RM200 million that was taken to part-finance the acquisition of assets and concession rig...