I read about this new MC cable awhile ago and yes it is MC.
The manufacture had to get UL to change the listing requirements for MC in order to produce the product.
The original MC specifications required an overall wrap of plastic, in order to have that 12 AWG AL outside of the plastic wrap the rules had to change.
If I recall the 12 AWG AL is considered as a listed assembly with the sheath creating a reliable ground path.
You can terminate the 12 AWG AL but you do not have to.
Bob
