Petronas Gas Bhd
said its 65%-owned subsidiary Pengerang LNG (Two) Sdn Bhd (PLNG2) had today
lodged the latter’s proposed Islamic bonds under the sukuk murabahah programme
with the Securities Commission Malaysia (SC).
In a statement to
Bursa Malaysia today, Petronas Gas said the sukuk will raise funds, which will
be used to, among others, repay shareholders’ advances.
"The sukuk
murabahah programme shall have a tenure of 30 years from the date of the first
issue of sukuk murabahah under the sukuk murabahah programme which shall be
made within 60 business days from the date of the lodgment with the SC or any
other extended dates approved by the SC.
"The sukuk
murabahah programme has been assigned an indicative rating of AAA by Malaysian
Rating Corp Bhd.
"The sukuk
murabahah programme will provide PLNG2 the flexibility to raise medium- to
long-term funding to meet its business funding requirements as and when
required including capital structure optimisation, general capital expenditure,
working capital and for revenue-liability hedging. PLNG2 will also be able to
diversify its funding sources for better financial flexibility by tapping the
Islamic debt capital markets," Petronas Gas said.
CIMB Investment
Bank Bhd is the sole principal adviser as well as the sole lead arranger and
lead manager for the sukuk murabahah programme while CIMB Islamic Bank Bhd is
the shariah adviser for the corporate exercise, according to Petronas Gas.
At Bursa's
12.30pm break today, Petronas Gas' share price settled up two sen or 0.12% at
RM16.56 for a market capitalisation of RM32.73 billion. The stock saw 423,500
shares traded.