Press Release

VIS Assigns Final Rating to Short Term Sukuk-6 of Mahmood Textile Mills Limited

Karachi, June 24, 2026: VIS Credit Rating Company Limited (VIS) has assigned final rating of ‘A1’ to Mahmood Textile Mills Limited’s (‘MTML’, ‘MEHT’ or ‘the Company’) Short Term Sukuk-6 (STS-6). Short term rating of ‘A1’ reflects strong likelihood of timely repayment of short-term obligations with excellent liquidity factors. Previous rating action was announced on June 04, 2026.

MEHT placed a privately rated Short-Term Sukuk (STS-6) of PKR 3,000 million (inclusive of PKR 1,000 million green shoe option) with 6 months tenure, to finance working capital needs. The issuance date and maturity date of the instrument are June 11, 2026 and December 11, 2026, respectively. The Sukuk carries bullet repayment of principal at maturity, with profit payable alongside the principal amount. The profit rate is benchmarked to the three-month Karachi Interbank Offered Rate (KIBOR) plus 100 basis points, set on the last working day prior to issuance with quarterly base rate revision.

Assigned rating reflects its security structure, which includes a ranking charge over company current assets with 25% margin, undertaking from Company ensuring that sufficient cushion in assets will be available at all time during Sukuk Tenor, undertaking from Company ensuring that Sukuk Equivalent short term banking limits to remain unutilized at any point in time during Sukuk Tenor and a dedicated Debt Payment Account (DPA) under lien is established for repayment under lien with Investment Agent, to be built up in the last 20 days of instrument maturity and complete funding to be arranged 7 working days before maturity date.


For further information on this ratings announcement, please contact at 021-35311861-64 or email at info@vis.com.pk

Applicable Rating Criteria: Corporates:
https://docs.vis.com.pk/docs/CorporateMethodology.pdf

VIS Issue/Issuer Rating Scale:
https://docs.vis.com.pk/docs/VISRatingScales.pdf

Instrument Rating:
https://docs.vis.com.pk/Methodologies-2025/IRM-Apr-25.pdf

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