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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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14 Feb 2018 07:00

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14 February 2018
 

14 February 2018

Sequoia Economic Infrastructure Income Fund Limited

("SEQI" or the "Company")

Net Asset Value as at 31 January 2018 and Investment Update

Ordinary Share update

The NAV for SEQI, the specialist investor in economic infrastructure debt, increased to 101.04p per share from 100.31p (ex-dividend) per share on 29 December 2017 which arose primarily through:

· Interest income net of expenses of 0.60p;

· An increase of 0.29p in asset valuations;

· A decrease of 0.16p from FX movements.

The Company's invested portfolio represented 87.1% of the Company's NAV, with an additional £79.6m either traded but not settled or undrawn commitments. The total portfolio, including both acquired assets and assets which the Company has committed to buy but remain unsettled or undrawn, represented 97.6% of the Company's NAV.

The total portfolio comprised a total of 54 investments collectively valued at £745.1m (including accrued interest): 34 private debt investments and 20 infrastructure bonds across 8 sectors and 23 subsectors.

The total portfolio had an annualised yield-to-maturity (or yield-to-worst in the case of callable bonds) of 7.9% and a weighted average life of approximately 5.2 years. Private debt investments represented 75% of the total portfolio and 61% of it comprised floating rate assets. The weighted average purchase price of the Company's investments was c.95.3% of par.

Investments which are pre-operational represented 15.9% of total assets.

As at 31 January 2018, approximately 93% of NAV consisted of either Sterling assets or was hedged into Sterling. The Company has adequate resources to cover the cash costs associated with its hedging activities.

The Company's settled investment activities during January include:

· A £36.0m primary loan to Active Assistance, provides specialised health care throughout the UK;

· An additional $27.0m disbursement to Tracy Hills, the residential infrastructure project in Northern California;

· An additional $7.4m loan to Terra-Gen, a renewable energy company focused on utility-scale wind, solar and geothermal generation;

· An additional €4.8m disbursement to Project Warsaw, a portfolio of wind farms in Poland;

· Primary participations of $2.0m and $5.0m of Apollo Aviation 2018-1B and 2018-1C;

· An additional £1.1m disbursement to the Clyde Street Student Housing development in Glasgow.

Lastly, three investments repaid during the month of January in line with the Company's expectations:

· IO Data Centres which prepaid its amount due in full equal to $50.0m;

· The Regard Mezzanine and HoldCo healthcare loans worth £24.4m; and

· The $11.2m of All Aboard Florida bonds were also called.

Ordinary Portfolio Summary (15 largest settled investments)

Transaction name

Currency

Type

Ranking

Value £m(1)

Sector

Sub-sector

Yield to maturity / worst (%)

A'lienor S.A.S. (A65)

EUR

Private

Senior

39.2

Transport

Roads

5.5(2)

Hawaiki Mezzanine Loan

USD

Private

Mezz

37.3

TMT

Undersea Cable

11.6

Active Assistance Group

GBP

Private

Senior

36.4

Accomm.

Health Care

8.4

Tracy Hills TL 2025

USD

Private

Senior

33.8

Other

Residential Infrastructure

9.7

Cory Environmental

GBP

Private

HoldCo

31.3

Utility

Waste-to-energy

8.5

Aquaventure

USD

Private

Senior

24.7

Utility

Water & Waste

7.7

Abteen Ventures

USD

Private

Senior

24.7

TMT

Data Centers

8.0

Warnow Tunnel

EUR

Private

Senior

20.7

Transport

Roads

6.8

Terra-Gen Power TL B

USD

Private

Senior

20.3

Renewables

Solar & Wind

9.4

NatGasoline

USD

Private

Mezz

19.4

Other

Industrial Infra

10.0

Exeltium Mezzanine

EUR

Private

Mezz

19.3

Power

PPA

9.4

Welcome Break No.1 Ltd

GBP

Private

Mezz

18.3

Transport

Motorway Services

8.5

Bulb Energy Senior Secured

GBP

Private

Senior

17.7

Utility

Electricity Supply

9.0

NGG Finance 5.625% 2073

GBP

Public

Mezz

17.1

Utility

Elec. Distribution

3.4

Neoen Production

EUR

Private

HoldCo

15.3

Renewables

Solar & Wind

7.0

Note (1) - excluding accrued interest

Note (2) - Yield-to-date of expected refinancing;

 

Market Summary

A total of 27 project finance transactions closed in January throughout the Company's eligible jurisdictions, worth $7.4bn in aggregate. Notable transactions during the month include:

· A CAD $411m primary financing of development of a new patient care tower in Michael Garron Hospital in Toronto;

· A £40m term loan for the construction of new student housing in Birmingham;

· A €164m PPP contract given by the City of Cologne to refurbish and expand four schools; and

· The €135m refinancing of Lestenergia's 144MW Portuguese wind portfolio, designed to pay back existing debt and improve the company's liquidity position.

The equity markets experienced extreme volatility in February, with US VIX more than doubling and the Dow falling 10%. This was triggered by inflationary fears, increasing the risk of the Fed raising rates faster than expected. Equity price weakness has not, however, spilled over to the credit markets with the US CDX high yield index falling by only 1.8% during the same period. Moreover, we have not noticed any material drop in our asset values, as infrastructure debt has a low correlation to the market and is defensive in nature.

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

LEI: 2138006OW12FQHJ6PX91

For further information please contact:

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

Steve Cook

Dolf Kohnhorst

Randall Sandstrom

Greg Taylor

 

Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited +44 (0)20 7710 7600

Neil Winward

Mark Bloomfield

Gaudi Le Roux

 

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

James Macey White

Martin Pengelley

Elizabeth Snow

 

Praxis Fund Services Limited (Company Secretary) +44 (0) 1481 755528

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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