ICRA Nepal reaffirms issuer rating of ICRANP-IR BB+ to National Hydro Power Company indicating moderate risk of default regarding timely servicing of financial obligations

ICRA Nepal Limited has reaffirmed the issuer rating of [ICRANP-IR] BB+ (Pronounced ICRA NP issuer rating double B plus) to National Hydro Power Company Limited. Issuers with this rating are considered to have a moderate  risk of default regarding timely servicing of financial obligations. The Rating is only an opinion on the general creditworthiness of the rated entity and not specific to any particular debt instrument.

For the Rating categories [ICRANP-IR] AA through to [ICRANP-IR] C the sign of + (plus) or – (minus) may be appended to the Rating symbols to indicate their relative position within the Rating categories concerned. Thus, the Rating of [ICRANP-IR] BB+ is one notch higher than [ICRANP-IR] BB, while [ICRANP-IR] BB- is one notch lower than [ICRANP-IR] BB.