MARC has downgraded Jana Niaga Sdn Bhd’s (“JNSB”) RM100.0 million Murabahah Underwritten Notes Issuance Facility (“MUNIF”) from MARC-3 ID to MARC-4ID following the failure of University Industri Selangor (“UNISEL”) to make good outstanding guaranteed rental payments amounting to RM8.7 million (as at October 2006) by 31 January 2007. In December 2006, t...

Jana Niaga Sdn Bhd (“JNSB”) RM100 million Murabahah Underwritten Notes Issuance Facility’s (“MUNIF”) rating has been downgraded to MARC-3ID from MARC-2ID (2004). The rating action stems from the failure by Universiti Industri Selangor (“UNISEL”) to meet the minimum rental payments guaranteed (based on guaranteed student numbers and full occupancy of staf...

Supporting the rating is the guaranteed minimum rental payments to be made by Universiti Industri Selangor (UNISEL). Moderating factors, on the other hand, include construction and completion risks of the university’s main campus, student and staff accommodation, and high initial debt leverage of the issuer.JNSB is a special purpose vehicle which was awarded a concession by UNISEL, a whol...