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NAV and Investment Update

16 Jun 2022 07:00

RNS Number : 0501P
Sequoia Economic Infra Inc Fd Ld
16 June 2022
 

NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION IN WHOLE OR IN PART IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES

16th June 2022

Sequoia Economic Infrastructure Income Fund Limited

("SEQI" or the "Company")

NAV update

The NAV for SEQI, the specialist investor in economic infrastructure debt, decreased to 98.39 pence per share from the prior month's NAV of 98.75 pence per share, representing a decrease of 0.36 pence per share. A full attribution of the changes in the NAV per share is as follows:

 

 

pence per share

April NAV

98.75

 

Interest income, net of expenses

 1.17

FX movements, net of hedges

0.01

Decrease in asset valuations

-1.54

May NAV

98.39

Portfolio update

 

As at 31 May 2022, the Company had cash of £170.20m and had drawn £123.10m on its £325m revolving credit facility. The Company also had undrawn commitments on existing investments collectively valued at £63.0m. The Company's invested portfolio consisted of 63 private debt investments and 8 infrastructure bonds across 8 sectors and 27 subsectors. It had an annualised yieldtomaturity (or yieldtoworst in the case of callable bonds) of 9.1% and a cash yield of 6.9%. The weighted average portfolio life is approximately 4.1 years. Private debt investments represented 95% of the total portfolio and 49% of the portfolio comprised floating rate assets. Investments which are preoperational represented 13% of total assets.

 

The Company's invested portfolio remains geographically diverse with 53% located across the US, 16% in the UK, 29% in Europe, and 2% in Australia/New Zealand. Currently the Company is not investing in Portugal or Italy but has selectively invested in opportunities in Spain. The Company's pipeline of economic infrastructure debt investments remains strong and is diversified by sector, subsector, and jurisdiction. At month end, approximately 100% of the Company's NAV consisted of either Sterling assets or was hedged into Sterling. The Company has adequate resources to cover margin calls on its hedging book.

 

The decrease in asset valuations in May can predominantly be attributed to two factors. Firstly, the income of PIK interest on Bulb, Hatch and Hawaiki, which equally increased the interest income, from 0.61 in April to 1.17 in May 22. Secondly, the valuation of fixed rate investments also declined during the month, primarily due to increases in term interest rates.

 

The Investment Advisor continues to focus on the Company's non-performing loans, as discussed below:

 

• Bulb Energy: as disclosed in last month's factsheet, the Company received an interim distribution of £10 million from the administrators appointed to Simple Energy (the parent of Bulb Energy). This paid all the interest that had accrued on the loan since the borrower entered administration, and reduced the loan balance by approximately £7.5 million;

 

• the overall position, consisting of £10 million of cash received plus the valuation of the remaining amount of the loan, is very close to last month's valuation of the loan and the fall in the valuation of the loan this month simply reflects the paydown and not a deterioration in the prospects for the loan's recovery;

 

• Salt Lake Potash: the Investment Advisor continues to work with the Receiver and other parties on the resolution of this investment. Currently, there is an active M&A process underway to sell the business, which is expected to be completed over the coming months, at which point additional information can be provided to investors; and

 

• Whittle School: as discussed previously, the borrower and its lenders (including the Company) have executed the definitive documentation that has put the borrower's capital structure on a more stable, long-term basis. On the back of that, the borrower has begun to execute its strategy for realising value from the property. The Investment Adviser believes that this is a very positive step forward.

 

The Company's settled investment activities during May include:

 

• a loan for $50m to Exmar Netherlands BV, a specialist shipping company based in Antwerp, Belgium;

• an additional loan of $22.5m to Genon Bowline Power LLC, an electricity generator based in New York, USA;

• an additional purchase of $5.8m to AP Wireless Domestic Investments II, LLC, a worldwide cell site lease investment firm, based in California, USA;

• an advance of $3.0m to Whittle School, a property tenanted by a private school in Washington DC, USA. The purpose of the funds is to fund property operating expenses, fund the reserve account and transactions costs;

• an additional £1.3m disbursement to Clyde Street, a hotel construction project in Glasgow, Scotland; and

• an additional $0.3m disbursement to Lanthanum, a leading developer of hyperscale data centres in Virginia, USA.

 

 

The following assets sold or prepaid in May:

 

• a loan of $65m to Hawaiki, an undersea cable linking Australia, New Zealand, American Samoa, Hawaii, and the US West Coast. Hawaiki is based in Auckland, New Zealand;

• a loan of $30m to Bourzou Equity LLC, a company created for a data centre in Virginia, USA;

• a loan of €19.7m to Hatch Copley Limited, a student accommodation provider based in Cork, Ireland; and

• a loan of £20m to Altas Smart Metering, a UK smart metering company based in London.

 

Ordinary Portfolio Summary (15 largest settled investments)

Investment name

Currency

Type

Ranking

Value £m(1)

Sector

Sub-sector

Cash-on-cash yield (%)

Yield to maturity / worst (%)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bannister Senior Secured

GBP

Private

Senior

64.7

Accommodation

Health care

7.29

7.58

AP Wireless Junior

EUR

Private

Mezz

60.1

TMT

Telecom towers

6.32

6.45

Infinis Energy

GBP

Private

Senior

59.9

Renewables

Landfill gas

5.43

6.09

AP Wireless US Holdco

USD

Private

HoldCo

59.0

TMT

Telecom towers

6.05

6.90

Hawkeye Solar HoldCo

USD

Private

HoldCo

54.4

Renewables

Solar & wind

8.71

9.19

GenOn Bowline Senior

USD

Private

Senior

54.4

Power

Energy transition

8.00

8.00

Tracy Hills TL 2025

USD

Private

Senior

54.4

Other

Residential infra

9.06

9.06

Project Camden

EUR

Private

HoldCo

54.1

Power

Base load

7.66

8.01

Brightline

USD

Private

Senior

53.3

Transport

Rail

8.32

8.81

Madrid Metro

EUR

Private

HoldCo

52.4

Transport assets

Rolling stock

1.34

6.19

Expedient Data Centers

USD

Private

Senior

51.5

TMT

Data centers

6.31

6.31

Lightspeed Fibre Group

GBP

Private

Senior

48.9

TMT

Broadband

7.11

7.38

Sacramento Data Centre

USD

Private

Senior

48.2

TMT

Data centers

7.00

7.00

Project Nimble

EUR

Private

HoldCo

45.0

TMT

Data centers

8.37

9.21

Kenai HoldCo 2024

EUR

Private

HoldCo

43.4

Power

Base load

0.00

11.65

Note (1) - excluding accrued interest

The Company's monthly investor report and additional portfolio disclosure will be made available at http://www.seqifund.com/.

LEI: 2138006OW12FQHJ6PX91

This announcement is not for publication or distribution, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States of America. This announcement is not an offer of securities for sale into the United States. The securities referred to herein have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be offered or sold in the United States, except pursuant to an applicable exemption from registration. No public offering of securities is being made in the United States.

For further information please contact:

Sequoia Investment Management Company +44 (0)20 7079 0480

Steve Cook

Dolf Kohnhorst

Randall Sandstrom

Greg Taylor

Anurag Gupta

 

Jefferies International Limited +44 (0)20 7029 8000

Gaudi le Roux

Neil Winward

 

Tulchan Communications (Financial PR) +44 (0)20 7353 4200

Martin Pengelley

Elizabeth Snow

Laura Marshall

 

Sanne Fund Services Guernsey Limited

(Company Secretary) +44 (0) 1481 755530

Matt Falla

Katrina Rowe

 

About Sequoia Economic Infrastructure Income Fund Limited

The Company seeks to provide investors with regular, sustained, long-term distributions and capital appreciation from a diversified portfolio of senior and subordinated economic infrastructure debt investments. The Company is advised by Sequoia Investment Management Company Limited.

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