Press Releases MARC WITHDRAWS MERBOK HILIR BERHAD’S RATING

Thursday, Dec 07, 2006

MARC has withdrawn the AID rating assigned to Merbok Hilir Berhad (Merbok)’s RM150 million Bai’ Bithaman Ajil Islamic Debt Securities (BaIDS). Merbok has confirmed that it has purchased and cancelled the BaIDS, and there is no amount outstanding against the rating. At the time of withdrawal, the rating was on Negative MARCWATCH.