Tuesday, Oct 31, 2006
MARC has received confirmation from Standard Chartered Bank Malaysia Berhad as the facility agent for Ranhill Berhad (“Ranhill”), that the partially underwritten RM300.0 million Murabahah Commercial Papers (“MCP”) / Murabahah Medium-Term Notes (“MMTN”) Programme has been redeemed and refinanced through an issuance of USD220 million nominal value Guaranteed Notes by Ranhill (L) Limited (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ranhill) and the MCP/MMTN Programme has been cancelled. As such, MARC no longer has any rating obligation on the facility and the MARC-1ID/A+ID ratings are hereby withdrawn.