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PANTHEON INFRASTRUCTURE PLC
Net Asset Value
Pantheon Infrastructure PLC ("PINT" or the "Company"), the listed global infrastructure fund, announces that its Net Asset Value ("NAV") as at 30 September 2023 was 106.6 pence per share.
Commentary
? The NAV increased by 5.6 pence per share in the quarter, an increase of 5.5% on the NAV of 101 pence per share as at 30 June 2023.
? Underlying fair value movements on the investment portfolio contributed 4.6 pence per share during the period. Performance was driven by unrealized movements across eleven of the Company's investments, with notable valuation uplifts on Calpine, CyrusOne, National Gas and GlobalConnect. One of the Company's twelve investments funded by the quarter end date, GD Towers, was valued on an adjusted cost basis.
? There was an appreciation of both EUR and USD vs. GBP, which resulted in a positive FX valuation movement on the investment portfolio, equivalent to an increase in NAV of 2.0 pence per share. This was partially offset by opposing movements in the Company's NAV FX hedging instruments, contributing a decrease in the NAV of 1.0 pence per share.
? Other contributions to the movement in NAV included: deposit interest income (0.2 pence per share), operating costs (-0.4 pence per share) and the NAV accretion from the Company's buyback of shares at a discount to NAV during the period (0.2 pence per share).
? During the period, the Company committed £35 million to an investment in Zenobe, a UK battery storage and electric vehicle fleet specialist (with the funds drawn subsequent to the period end). Cash totaling £19.4 million was advanced under existing commitments during the period, primarily on the investment into GlobalConnect, which had been committed to in the previous quarter. The Company also invested £2.8 million into the acquisition of its own shares at a weighted average discount of 21.6% to the NAV as at 30 June 2023.
? As at 30 September 2023, the Company's net assets were £506.5 million, comprising the investment portfolio valued at £441.4 million, net working capital of £68.5 million and a derivative mark-to-market liability of £3.4 million. At the end of the quarter, the Company had undrawn commitments of £48.1 million and its £115 million Revolving Credit Facility was fully undrawn.
Richard Sem, Partner at Pantheon, PINT's investment manager, commented: "We are pleased to see the performance of PINT's investments flowing through to the NAV. The valuation movements across the Portfolio during the period are testament to the quality of the assets that PINT has invested in and underpins our continued confidence in the investment strategy going forward."
NAV Bridge Q3 2023
Opening NAV per share at 30 June 2023 | 101.0p |
Fair value gains / (losses) | 4.6p |
FX movement | 2.0p |
FX hedge movement | (1.0)p |
Deposit interest | 0.2p |
Expenses | (0.4)p |
NAV accretion from share buybacks | 0.2p |
Closing NAV per share at 30 September 2023 | 106.6p |
Investment Portfolio as at 30 September 2023
# | Status | Portfolio Company | Sponsor | Announced | Sector | Region | Total Investment (£m)1 |
1 | Invested | Primafrio | Apollo | Mar-22 | Transport & Logistics | Europe | 44 |
2 | Invested | CyrusOne | KKR | Mar-22 | Digital - Data Centre | North America | 30 |
3 | Invested | National Gas | Macquarie | Mar-22 | Power & Utilities - Gas utility and metering | UK | 44 |
4 | Invested | Vertical Bridge | DigitalBridge | Apr-22 | Digital - Towers | North America | 28 |
5 | Invested | Delta Fiber | Stonepeak | Apr-22 | Digital - Fibre | Europe | 26 |
6 | Invested | Cartier Energy | Vauban | May-22 | Power & Utilities - District Heating | North America | 35 |
7 | Invested | Calpine | ECP | Jun-22 | Power & Utilities - Electricity Generation | North America | 64 |
8 | Invested | Vantage | DigitalBridge | Jul-22 | Digital - Data Centre | North America | 27 |
9 | Invested | Fudura | DIF | Jul-22 | Renewables & Energy Efficiency | Europe | 47 |
10 | Invested | National Broadband Ireland | Asterion | Nov-22 | Digital - Fibre | Europe | 49 |
11 | Invested | GD Towers | DigitalBridge | Jan-23 | Digital - Towers | Europe | 41 |
12 | Invested | GlobalConnect | EQT | June-23 | Digital - Fibre | Europe | 20 |
13 | Committed | Zenobe | Infracapital | Sep-23 | Renewables & Energy Efficiency | UK | 35 |
| Total | 490 |
1 Investment refers to the investment fair value plus unfunded commitments as at 30 September 2023, adjusted for FX at that date as necessary.
Company diversification at 30 September 20231
Geography
North America | 36% |
Europe | 53% |
UK | 7% |
Uncommitted | 4% |
Sector
Digital Infrastructure | 43% |
Power & Utilities | 28% |
Renewable & Energy Efficiency | 16% |
Transport & Logistics | 9% |
Uncommitted | 4% |
Market Segment2
Contracted | 79% |
GDP Linked | 9% |
Regulated | 8% |
Uncommitted | 4% |
Sponsor
Digital Bridge | 19% |
ECP | 13% |
Asterion Industrial Partners | 9% |
DIF | 9% |
Apollo | 9% |
Macquarie | 8% |
Vauban | 7% |
Infracapital | 7% |
KKR | 6% |
Stonepeak | 5% |
EQT | 4% |
Uncommitted | 4% |
1 Refers to investment fair values, or amounts committed as of 30 September 2023. Charts are based on % of gross asset value (portfolio value + net cash). Net cash is comprised of cash, hedge and debtor balances.
2 This classification represents where the majority of each portfolio company cash flow is contracted in nature vs. regulated or GDP linked.
For further information, contact:
Pantheon Ventures (UK) LLP Investment Manager
Richard Sem, Partner Ben Perkins, Principal
| +44 (0) 20 3356 1800 pint@pantheon.com
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Investec Bank plc Corporate Broker
Tom Skinner (Corporate Broking) Lucy Lewis (Corporate Finance)
| +44 (0) 20 7597 4000
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TB Cardew Public relations advisor
Ed Orlebar Tania Wild Henry Crane
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Notes to editors
Pantheon Infrastructure PLC (PINT)
Pantheon Infrastructure PLC is a closed-ended investment company and an approved UK Investment Trust, listed on the Premium Segment of the London Stock Exchange's Main Market. Its Ordinary Shares trade under the ticker 'PINT'. The independent Board of Directors of PINT have appointed Pantheon, one of the leading private markets investment managers globally, as investment manager. PINT aims to provide exposure to a global, diversified portfolio of high-quality infrastructure assets through building a portfolio of direct co-investments in infrastructure assets with strong defensive characteristics, typically benefitting from contracted cash flows, inflation protection and conservative leverage profiles.
Further details can be found at www.pantheoninfrastructure.com
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Pantheon
Pantheon is a leading global private equity, infrastructure & real assets, private debt and real estate investor with 40 years' experience sourcing and executing private market investment opportunities on behalf of clients. Pantheon has US$94.6 billion in assets under management and advice (as at 30 June 2023) and employs over 456 staff, including more than 136 investment professionals, across offices in London, San Francisco, New York, Chicago, Hong Kong, Seoul, Singapore, Bogotá, Tokyo, Dublin, Berlin and a presence in Tel Aviv.
Further details can be found at www.pantheon.com
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