MARC is issuing this interim update following the completion of its review initiated in November 2009 on its AAAID and AAID ratings on ABS Plantation Assets Berhad’s (ABS Plantation) RM50.0 million Class A and RM45.0 million Class B Senior Notes Bai-Bithaman Ajil Islamic Debt Securities (BaIDs) respectively. For this review, MARC’s assessment of the securitised plantation assets’...

MARC has affirmed the ratings of ABS Plantation Assets Berhad’s (ABSP) RM50.0 million Class A and RM45.0 million Class B Bai Bithaman Ajil Islamic debt securities (Notes) at AAAID and AAID respectively. Additionally, MARC has assigned a stable outlook to the ratings. The affirmed ratings follow a satisfactory performance review of the securitised palm oil estates. The performance of this pla...

MARC has reaffirmed the long term ratings of ABS Plantation Assets Berhad’s (ABSP) RM50.0 million Class A and RM45.0 million Class B Bai Bithaman Ajil Islamic debt securities (Notes) at AAAID and AAID respectively. The affirmed ratings reflect the satisfactory performance of underlying plantation assets with the net operating income (NOI) of RM17.1 million for the period under review, well a...

MARC has affirmed the long term ratings of ABS Plantation Assets Berhad’s (ABSP) RM50.0 million Class A and RM45.0 million Class B Bai Bithaman Ajil debt securities (Notes) at AAAID and AAID respectively. The ratings reflect the economics of underlying plantation assets; and the structural features of the sale and leaseback transaction which include low loan-to-value (LTV) ratios at maturi...

Under this transaction, a bankruptcy remote special purpose vehicle, ABS Plantation Assets Berhad (ABS), will acquire the plantation properties from Benta Plantations (Perak) Sdn. Bhd. (BPSB) and its subsidiaries (sellers) and subsequently lease the properties to the sellers for the benefit of noteholders. The purchase of the properties will be funded by proceeds from issuance of RM95 million B...