MARC has affirmed its AAA(bg) and AAA(fg) ratings on Premier Merchandise Sdn Bhd’s (Premier Merchandise) RM300 million 7-year Medium-Term Notes (MTN) Programme (Tranche 1) and RM300 million 9-year MTN Programme (Tranche 2) respectively with a stable outlook. Tranche 1 and Tranche 2 are guaranteed by Malayan Banking Berhad (Maybank) and Danajamin Nasional Berhad (Danajamin) respectively, and th...

MARC is issuing this update on Sime Darby Berhad (Sime Darby) following the group’s recent asset disposals and share placement exercise, in line with its announced deleveraging exercise. The group has made steady progress in utilising the proceeds from the exercise to pare down its borrowings which rose sharply following the acquisition of New Britain Palm Oil Limited for RM6.0 billion in March...

MARC has downgraded its rating on DRB-HICOM Berhad’s (DRB-HICOM) Islamic Medium-Term Notes (IMTN) Programme of up to RM1.8 billion to A+IS from AA-IS. Concurrently, the rating agency has lowered the rating on the Perpetual Sukuk Musharakah Programme (Perpetual Sukuk) of up to RM2.0 billion to A-IS from AIS. The outlook on all ratings has been revised to stable from negative. The rating actions ...

MARC has withdrawn its rating of DID on Malaysian Merchant Marine Berhad’s (MMM) RM120.0 million Al Bai’ Bithaman Ajil Islamic Debt Securities (BaIDS). The rating withdrawal follows the cancellation of the BaIDS programme on June 10, 2016, as confirmed by the facility agent. In MARC’s last rating action on April 2, 2010, the rating was downgraded to DID following MMM’s failure to mee...

MARC has withdrawn its ratings of MARC-1(cg) and MARC-1ID(cg) on Tesco Stores (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd’s (Tesco Malaysia) short-term debt programmes due to the expiration of the Conventional and Islamic Commercial Paper (CP and ICP) components of the combined RM3.5 billion programmes. The CP and ICP programmes were part of Tesco Malaysia’s RM3.5 billion CP and ICP, and Medium-Term Notes and Islamic...

MARC has affirmed its AAAID rating on MISC Berhad's RM2.5 billion Islamic Medium-Term Notes (IMTN) programme. The outlook on the rating is stable. The rating incorporates a three-notch rating uplift from MISC’s standalone rating based on MARC’s assessment of very strong parental support from Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS) which carries a AAA/stable rating from the rating agency. The sup...

MARC has assigned a final rating of AAIS to Sime Darby Berhad’s (Sime Darby) RM3.0 billion Perpetual Subordinated Sukuk Programme (Perpetual Sukuk). The rating outlook is negative. Upon review of the final documentation of the issuance, MARC is satisfied that the terms and conditions of the Perpetual Sukuk have not changed in any material way from the draft documentation on which the earli...

MARC has affirmed its ratings of AA-IS and AIS on DRB-HICOM Berhad’s (DRB-HICOM) Islamic Medium-Term Notes (IMTN) Programme of up to RM1.8 billion and Perpetual Sukuk Musharakah Programme (Perpetual Sukuk) of up to RM2.0 billion respectively. The ratings outlook has been revised to negative from stable. The outlook revision is mainly driven by the impact of the challenges in the domestic a...

MARC has affirmed its AAA(bg) rating on Boustead Holdings Berhad’s (Boustead) RM1.0 billion Bank-Guaranteed Medium-Term Notes (BG MTN) programme 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 (Maybank) and The Bank of East As...

MARC has assigned a preliminary rating of AAIS to Sime Darby Berhad’s (Sime Darby) Perpetual Subordinated Sukuk Programme (Perpetual Sukuk) of up to RM3.0 billion, and has affirmed the ratings of MARC-1ID/AAAID on the existing RM4.5 billion Islamic Medium Term Note (IMTN) Programme and RM500.0 million Islamic Commercial Paper/Islamic Medium Term Note (ICP/IMTN) Programme with...