MARC has affirmed its rating on KMCOB Capital Bhd's (KMCOB) RM343.1 million Sukuk Murabahah Medium Term Notes Programme of A+IS(CG) and revised its rating outlook to negative from stable.KMCOB is the funding vehicle of the Scomi Oilfield Limited (SOL) group. The sukuk benefits from a corporate guarantee from Scomi Oiltools Bermuda Limited (Scomi Oiltools), the present immediate holding company of ...

MARC has affirmed the ratings on Radicare Sdn Bhd’s (Radicare) RM100 million CP/MTN facility at MARC-1/A+. The rating outlook is revised to stable from negative.The rating action incorporates the indefinite extension of Radicare’s concession agreement (CA) granted by the Malaysian government after the expiry of a six-month extension in April 2012. The extension, which will be in force ...

MARC has affirmed its short-term and long-term Islamic debt ratings of MARC-1ID /AAAID on UMW Holdings Berhad (UMW) with a stable outlook. The rating actions affect RM800 million of outstanding notes issued under the investment holding company's RM300 million Islamic Commercial Paper/Islamic Medium Term Notes (ICP/IMTN) Programme and RM500 million IMTN Programme. The affirmed ratings and outlook r...

MARC has downgraded its rating on Scomi Group Berhad's RM500 million Medium Term Notes programme to BBB+ from A. The rating continues to be maintained on MARCWatch Negative. The rating action affects RM200 million of outstanding notes. The downgrade in Scomi's rating reflects noteholders' rising susceptibility to event risk as a result of a delay encountered in the completion of its announced dive...

MARC has downgraded its rating on Scomi Group Berhad’s (Scomi or group) RM500 million Medium Term Notes (MTN) programme to A from A+ and concurrently placed the rating on MARCWatch Negative. The rating action affects RM200 million of outstanding MTNs.The downgrade follows the release of Scomi’s unaudited results for the financial year ended December 31, 2011 (FY2011). While Scomi had e...

MARC has affirmed Sime Darby Berhad’s (Sime Darby) debt ratings as follows:RM4.5 billion Islamic Medium Term Note (IMTN) Programme (RM2.0 billion outstanding) and RM500 million Islamic Commercial Paper (ICP) Programme (RM500 million outstanding) with combined limit of RM4.5 billion at AAAID / MARC-1ID; andRM150 million Underwritten Murabahah Commercial Papers Facility at MARC-1ID.The outlook...

MARC has affirmed its rating on Boustead Holdings Berhad’s (Boustead Holdings) RM1.0 billion Bank Guaranteed Medium Term Notes (BG MTN) programme at AAA(bg) with a stable outlook. The rating reflects the credit strength of the syndicated bank guarantee facility provided by OCBC Bank (Malaysia) Berhad (OCBC Malaysia), Public Bank Berhad (Public Bank), Malayan Banking Berhad and The Bank of Ea...

MARC has affirmed its ratings on MISC Berhad's (MISC) RM2.5 billion Islamic Medium Term Notes (IMTN) and RM1.0 billion Murabahah Commercial Papers/Medium Term Notes (MCP/MTN) Programmes at AAAID and MARC-1ID /AAAID respectively and revised the outlook to negative from stable. The rating action affects RM2.25 billion of outstanding notes under the rated programmes.The outlook revision follows the c...

MARC has affirmed its ratings on Bayu Padu Sdn Bhd’s (Bayu Padu) RM500 million Istisna’ Serial Bonds (Istisna' Bonds) and RM100 million Murabahah Commercial Papers/Medium Term Notes (MCP/MTN) programme at AA-ID and MARC-1ID/AA-ID respectively with a stable outlook. The rating action affects RM220 million of Istisna' Bonds and RM95 million of MCP notes outstanding under the rated progra...

MARC has downgraded the rating of Olympia Industries Berhad’s (Olympia) outstanding RM49,733,635 nominal value Redeemable Unsecured Loan Stocks (RULS) to B+ from BB- and concurrently revised the rating outlook to stable from negative. The rating action reflects Olympia’s continued weak financial performance, in particular its limited cash flow generation ability arising from its weak b...