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Sequoia Economic Infrastructure Income is an Investment Trust

To provide investors with regular, sustained, long-term distributions and capital appreciation from a diversified portfolio of senior and subordinated economic infrastructure debt investments.

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NAV and Investment Update

14 Dec 2022 07:00

RNS Number : 6097J
Sequoia Economic Infra Inc Fd Ld
14 December 2022
 

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

14th Dec 2022

Sequoia Economic Infrastructure Income Fund Limited

("SEQI" or the "Company")

Increased dividend target

 

In November 2022, the annualised target dividend increased by 10% from 6.25p to 6.875p per share, with effect from the current (3rd) quarter of the 2023 financial year. The quarterly dividend with respect to the third quarter of the 2023 financial year is expected to be declared in January 2023.

 

The Investment Adviser expects the Company's dividend cover to improve materially for the 2023 financial year as the portfolio's floating rate investments (representing 59% of the portfolio) continue to benefit from increasing short term interest rates.

 

NAV update

The NAV per share for SEQI, the specialist investor in economic infrastructure debt, increased to 93.25 pence per share from the prior month's NAV per share of 92.14 pence per share, representing an increase of 1.11 pence per share.

 

A full attribution of the changes in the NAV per share is as follows:

 

 

 

pence per share

October NAV

92.14

Interest income, net of expenses

0.49

Asset valuations

FX movements, net of hedges

1.11

-0.49

November NAV

93.25

 

 

Portfolio update

 

As at 30 November, the Company had cash of £39.5m and had drawn £165.2m on its £325.0m revolving credit facility. The Company also had undrawn commitments on existing investments collectively valued at £66.9m. The Company's invested portfolio consisted of 62 private debt investments and 6 infrastructure bonds across 8 sectors and 27 sub-sectors. It had an annualised yield-to-maturity (or yield-to-worst in the case of callable bonds) of 11.0% and a cash yield of 7.1%. The weighted average portfolio life is approximately 3.7 years. Private debt investments represented 98% of the total portfolio and 59% of the portfolio comprised floating rate assets.

 

The Company's invested portfolio remains geographically diverse with 52.6% located across the US, 23.1% in the UK, 24.1% in Europe, and 0.2% in Australia/New Zealand. The Company's pipeline of economic infrastructure debt investments remains strong and is diversified by sector, sub-sector, 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.

 

Over recent months reductions in asset values have been primarily due to increases in risk-free rates and credit spreads. The rise in risk-free rate adjustments have also increased the yield-to-maturity of floating rate investments and reduced the clean price of fixed rate assets (which also increases the yield-to-maturity). Investors are reminded that these declines are unrealised mark-to-market adjustments that should reverse over time as the investments approach their repayment date (the "pull-to-par" effect).

 

The following investments settled in November (excluding small loan drawings of less than $0.5m):

 

• An additional loan for $11.6m to Sunrun Safe Harbor HoldCo, a US-based manufacturer of solar energy equipment;

• An additional loan for £5.8m to Clyde Street, a hotel construction project in Scotland; and

• An additional Senior loan for PLN 13.3m (equivalent to $3.0m) to Green Genius to finance the construction of solar PV projects in Poland.

 

The following investments sold or prepaid in November:

 

• A full sale of Bluewater Holding BV's 10% 2023 bonds for $16.6m, a midstream oil and gas processing, storage, and offloading facility in Norway;

• A full sale of American Tanker (AMSC) 2025 bonds for $11.9m, a US-based tanker company;

• A partial sale for $8.4m of Brightline 2028 bonds, a privately owned passenger rail project in Florida; and

• A partial sale for $4.6m of Windstream 2027 bonds, a high-speed Broadband provider in the USA.

 

On average, the new investments have a higher ESG Score than those disposed of during the month.

 

There has been good progress over the past month in relation to the Company's non-performing loans:

 

• 4000 Connecticut Avenue (formerly Whittle School): the borrower has continued the execution of its re-capitalisation strategy for the property and the value of this loan has remained unchanged this month.

 

 • Bulb Energy: the Investment Adviser continues with its strategy of achieving value from Bulb Energy and its parent, Simple Energy. To date, SEQI has received £14.0 million of repayments from Simple Energy. The mark on the Bulb loan has remained unchanged this month.

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

GBP

Private

Senior

60.3

Accommodation

Health care

10.03

11.76

AP Wireless US

USD

Private

HoldCo

60.0

TMT

Telecom towers

6.28

9.40

Project Tyre

USD

Private

Senior

58.6

Transport assets

Specialist shipping

8.26

8.26

Tracy Hills TL 2025

USD

Private

Senior

57.4

Other

Residential infra

10.59

10.59

AP Wireless Junior

EUR

Private

Mezz

57.4

TMT

Telecom towers

6.78

7.93

Montreux HoldCo

GBP

Private

HoldCo

57.4

Accommodation

Health care

12.96

13.14

Hawkeye Solar

USD

Private

HoldCo

55.7

Renewables

Solar & wind

8.99

9.84

Infinis Energy

GBP

Private

Senior

55.2

Renewables

Landfill gas

5.89

7.28

GenOn Bowline

USD

Private

Senior

55.0

Power

Energy transition

9.30

9.29

Expedient Data

USD

Private

Senior

52.8

TMT

Data centers

9.25

9.88

Madrid Metro

EUR

Private

HoldCo

51.8

Transport assets

Rolling stock

1.41

7.46

EIF Van Hook TL

USD

Private

Senior

51.0

Utility

Midstream

9.48

10.80

Workdry

GBP

Private

Senior

50.0

Utility

Utility Services

5.69

5.69

Sacramento Data

USD

Private

Senior

47.3

TMT

Data centers

7.50

8.57

Lightspeed Fibre

GBP

Private

Senior

43.4

TMT

Broadband

7.05

13.57

 

 

Note (1) - excluding accrued interest

 

Disclaimer: the dividend increase is a target and not a profit forecast

 

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

 

Sanne Fund Services Guernsey Limited

(Company Secretary) +44 (0) 1481 755530

Matt Falla

Shona Darling

 

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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