Rating action     MARC has affirmed its rating of AA-IS  on Guan Chong Berhad’s (GCB) Sukuk Wakalah Programme of up to RM800.0 million with a stable outlook.Rationale     The affirmed rating reflects GCB’s strong position in the midstream cocoa supply chain as the largest cocoa grinder in Asia and fourth largest in the world, as well as its strong operational...

Rating action     MARC has assigned a final rating of AA- to 7-Eleven Malaysia Holdings Berhad’s (7-Eleven Holdings) proposed RM600.0 million Medium-Term Notes (MTN) Programme with a stable outlook.Rationale     The assigned rating mainly reflects 7-Eleven Holdings' strong and established market position in the convenience store segment, gained from a long operating...

Rating action     MARC has assigned ratings of AAAIS (CG) /MARC-1IS (CG) to funding vehicle F&N Capital Sdn Bhd’s (F&N Capital) Islamic Medium-Term Notes (IMTN) and Islamic Commercial Papers (ICP) programmes with a combined limit of up to RM3.0 billion. The ratings outlook is stable. F&N Capital is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fraser & Neave Holdings Bhd (F&NHB...

MARC has assigned a final rating of AA-IS with a stable outlook to Guan Chong Berhad’s (GCB) proposed Sukuk Wakalah Programme of up to RM800.0 million. The proposed rating incorporates GCB’s strong market position in the midstream cocoa industry, established operational track record and healthy debt coverage metrics. The rating is constrained by the group’s inherent exposure to fluctuations ...

MARC has affirmed its MARC-2ID rating on MM Vitaoils Sdn Bhd’s (MMV) RM45.0 million Murabahah Commercial Paper (MCP) Programme and maintained a negative outlook on the rating. The negative outlook reflects continued concerns over insufficient operating cash flows to support the build-up of MMV’s sinking fund from August 2011 onwards to meet its first CP redemption of RM20.25 million du...

MARC has affirmed its MARC-1ID/AID ratings of Tomei Consolidated Berhad’s (Tomei) RM100.0 million Islamic Commercial Paper/Medium Term Notes (ICP/IMTN) Programme. The rating outlook is maintained at stable. The affirmed ratings took into consideration Tomei’s profitable and established domestic fine jewellery chain operations, management’s regional growth strategy and the overall...

MARC has downgraded its ratings on Hytex Integrated Berhad’s (Hytex) RM100 Million Murabahah Underwritten Notes Issuance Facility / Islamic Medium Term Notes (MUNIF/IMTN) to MARC-3ID / BBB-ID from MARC-2ID /A-ID. The rating carries a developing outlook. The downgrade reflects the current strain on the apparel maker’s liquidity stemming from weaker industry fundamentals, recent ope...

MARC has revised its outlook on MM Vitaoils Sdn Bhd’s (MMV) rating of its RM45.0 million Murabahah Commercial Paper Programme (MCP) to negative from stable.  Concurrently, MARC affirmed its MARC-2ID rating on the MCP.  The outlook revision reflects the slow build-up of liquidity ahead of significant sinking fund payments in 2011 as a result of its modest positive cashflow from oper...

MARC has affirmed its MARC-1ID /AID ratings of Tomei Consolidated Berhad’s (Tomei) RM100.0 million Islamic Commercial Paper/ Medium Term Notes (ICP/IMTN) Programme. The ratings carry a stable outlook. The affirmed ratings reflect Tomei’s significant jewellery-chain operations in the local jewellery market, its integrated operations that have allowed the company to offer a wide product ...

MARC has affirmed the ratings of apparel manufacturer Hytex Integrated Berhad’s (Hytex) RM100.0 million Murabahah Underwritten Notes Issuance Facility/ Islamic Medium Term Notes (MUNIF/ IMTN) at MARC-2ID /A-ID. Concurrently, MARC has revised the rating outlook to negative from developing.Hytex’s revised rating outlook reflects MARC’s view that while contract manufacturing orders ...