Singapore, September 30, 2019 -- Moody's Investors Service ("Moody's") has confirmed the B2 corporate family
rating (CFR) of Agung Podomoro Land Tbk (P.T.) ("Agung Podomoro
Land").
At the same time, Moody's has confirmed the B2 backed senior unsecured
rating of the 2024 notes issued by APL Realty Holdings Pte. Ltd.,
a wholly owned subsidiary of Agung Podomoro Land. The notes are
guaranteed by Agung Podomoro Land and some of its subsidiaries.
The outlook on all ratings is negative.
These rating actions conclude the review for downgrade initiated on 15
July 2019.
RATINGS RATIONALE
On 26 September 2019, Agung Podomoro Land announced that it has
received IDR800 billion ($57 million) of advances from its controlling
shareholder, Trihatma Kusuma Haliman and family, which will
be converted into equity after obtaining approval at the company's
extraordinary general meeting in November 2019.
At the same time, Agung Podomoro Land has signed a $127 million
senior secured term facility agreement with Credit Opportunities II Pte.
Limited (managed by SSG Capital Management) that has a tenor of 18 months
and will be secured by Central Park Mall.
The company will use the funds raised to repay its (1) outstanding IDR1.178
trillion syndicated facilities due 30 September 2019; (2) IDR451
billion domestic bond due 19 December 2019; (3) IDR99 billion domestic
bond due 25 March 2020; and (4) IDR750 billion syndicated facilities
due 24 May 2021.
"The confirmation of Agung Podomoro Land's B2 CFR reflects
that the company has been able to arrange funds to address its significant
refinancing requirements over the next six months," says Jacintha
Poh, a Moody's Vice President and Senior Credit Officer.
"The negative outlook reflects our expectation that Agung Podomoro
Land's liquidity will weaken over the next 12-18 months and
that the company will face refinancing risk, because its new secured
term facility will come due by March 2021," adds Poh.
Agung Podomoro Land's B2 CFR also reflects the company's established market
position and portfolio of investment properties that provides a healthy
recurring income base. For the 12 months ended 30 June 2019,
the company's recurring revenue accounted for 33% of total
revenue, at around IDR1.5 trillion. Moody's estimates
the recurring cash flow covered around 0.8x of interest expense.
Over the next 12-18 months, Moody's expects the company's
recurring revenue to grow by around 10%, largely driven by
the opening of a new retail mall in Medan and hotels in Bandung.
Moody's estimates the recurring cash flow coverage of interest expense
will also remain around 0.8x.
In the first eight months of 2019, Agung Podomoro Land achieved
around IDR1.3 trillion of core marketing sales, equivalent
to 43% of its IDR3.2 trillion full-year target.
Despite the good pick-up in July and August, Moody's
estimates the company will likely achieve core marketing sales of only
around IDR2 trillion in 2019. Consequently, Agung Podomoro
Land's credit metrics will remain weak, with adjusted debt/homebuilding
EBITDA at around 5.0x and homebuilding EBIT/interest expense below
2.0x.
Agung Podomoro Land plans to sell one of its investment properties in
the second half of 2019 and use part of the proceeds to reduce debt,
in turn supporting an improvement in liquidity and credit metrics.
However, the sale may be subject to delays.
In terms of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors,
Moody's has considered Agung Podomoro Land's weak financial management.
The company's ownership is also concentrated in its founder and
his family, but this risk is partially mitigated by the oversight
exercised through independent board directors. Furthermore,
the founder has shown support for the company by injecting funds in times
of stress.
Given the negative ratings outlook, an upgrade is unlikely over
the next 12-18 months. Nonetheless, the outlook could
return to stable if the company (1) improves its liquidity such that cash
balances and committed facilities are sufficient to cover operating cash
needs and debt repayments over the next 12-18 months; and
(2) successfully executes its business plans, leading to a sustained
improvement in its credit metrics, with adjusted debt/homebuilding
EBITDA falling below 5.0x and adjusted homebuilding EBIT/interest
expense rising above 2.0x.
Moody's could downgrade the ratings if Agung Podomoro Land's credit metrics
and liquidity weaken, owing to (1) a deterioration in the property
market, leading to protracted weakness in the company's operations;
and (2) a material depreciation in the Indonesian rupiah, which
could increase the company's debt servicing obligations.
Metrics indicative of a downgrade include (1) adjusted debt/homebuilding
EBITDA exceeding 5.0x; (2) adjusted homebuilding EBIT/interest
coverage falling below 2.0x; or (3) insufficient cash balances
and committed facilities to cover operating cash needs and debt repayments
over a 6-12 month period.
The principal methodology used in these ratings was Homebuilding And Property
Development Industry published in January 2018. Please see the
Rating Methodologies page on www.moodys.com for a copy of
this methodology.
Agung Podomoro Land Tbk (P.T.) is an integrated property
developer, and listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange in 2010.
The company and its subsidiaries are engaged in the development,
management and operation of apartments, houses, shopping centers,
office towers and hotel properties. It is controlled by Mr.
Trihatma Kusuma Haliman and family, who held an approximate 84%
stake in the company at 30 June 2019.
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Jacintha Poh
VP - Senior Credit Officer
Corporate Finance Group
Moody's Investors Service Singapore Pte. Ltd.
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