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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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13 Jul 2018 07:00

RNS Number : 5030U
Sequoia Economic Infra Inc Fd Ld
13 July 2018
 

13 July 2018

Sequoia Economic Infrastructure Income Fund Limited

("SEQI" or the "Company")

Net Asset Value as at 29 June 2018 and Investment Update

Ordinary Share update

The NAV for SEQI, the specialist investor in economic infrastructure debt, increased to 101.66p from the prior month's NAV of 101.10p per share. The changes in NAV arose primarily through:

· Interest income net of expenses of 0.53p;

· An increase of 0.04p in asset valuations; and

· A decrease of 0.01p from FX movements.

During June, the Company drew c. £80.6m from its revolving credit facility to acquire a number of attractive new economic infrastructure debt opportunities, resulting in gross leverage of £85.6m at month end. The Company's total net assets after deducting net borrowings were £835.1m at month end. The Company also had undrawn commitments and three additional investments in the process of settlement, collectively valued at £145.3m.

The Company's invested portfolio comprised of 41 private debt investments and 20 infrastructure bonds across 8 sectors and 24 subsectors, and had an annualised yield-to-maturity (or yield-to-worst in the case of callable bonds) of 8.3% and a weighted average life of approximately 4.8 years. Private debt investments represented 84.0% of the total portfolio and 64.1% of the portfolio comprised floating rate assets. The weighted average purchase price of the Company's investments was c.96.5% of par. Investments which are pre-operational represented 14.3% of total assets.

The Company's invested portfolio remains geographically diverse with 38% located across the US, 21% in the UK, 30% in Europe, and 11% in Australia/New Zealand. Currently the Company is not investing in Portugal or Italy, but has invested in selective opportunities in Spain.

As at 29 June 2018, the Company's NAV consisted entirely 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 June include:

· A €50.0m primary loan to Scandlines, a ferry operator serving one of the strategic connections between Scandinavia and Germany;

· A €40.0m primary loan to Bizkaia Holdings, an operational CCGT power plant in the Basque region of Spain;

· An AUD 75.0m primary holdco loan to Adani Abbot, a coal export terminal located in Queensland, Australia;

· An additional €20.2m primary loan disbursed to ReneSola, a portfolio of solar assets in Poland;

· An additional $10.0m secondary purchase of a loan to Panda Patriot, an operator of an 829MW CCGT power plant in Pennsylvania;

· An $8m primary participation in class C bonds issued by STARR 2018-1, a portfolio of 24 aircraft on lease to 16 different airlines; and

· An additional €600k disbursement to Project Hatch, the student housing transaction in Cork, Ireland.

There were no called/prepaid positions or scheduled repayments during the month of June.

Ordinary Portfolio Summary (15 largest settled investments)

Transaction name

Currency

Type

Ranking

Value £m(1)

Sector

Sub-sector

Yield to maturity / worst (%)

Hawaiki Mezzanine Loan

USD

Private

Mezz

53.9

TMT

Undersea cable

12.0

Salt Creek Midstream

USD

Private

Senior

49.3

Utility

Midstream

6.8

Scandlines Mezzanine 2032

EUR

Private

Holdco

44.3

Transport

Ferries

6.5

Adani Abbot Holdco 2021

AUD

Private

Holdco

42.0

Transport

Port

6.7

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

EUR

Private

Senior

39.1

Transport

Road

5.8

Tracy Hills TL 2025

USD

Private

Senior

36.3

Other

Residential infra

10.3

Bizkaia TL 2021

EUR

Private

Holdco

35.4

Power

Electricity Generation

7.7

Cory Environmental

GBP

Private

HoldCo

30.6

Utility

Waste-to-energy

8.5

Sunrun Hera 2017-B

USD

Private

Mezz

30.3

Renewables

Solar & Wind

7.4

Bulb Energy Senior Secured

GBP

Private

Senior

26.9

Utility

Electricity supply

8.9

Aquaventure

USD

Private

Senior

26.5

Utility

Water

8.3

Abteen Ventures

USD

Private

Senior

26.4

TMT

Data centers

7.9

Warnow Tunnel

EUR

Private

Senior

25.3

Transport

Road

6.9

Terra-Gen Power TL B

USD

Private

Senior

23.7

Renewables

Solar & wind

9.8

Panda Patriot

USD

Private

Senior

22.0

Power

Electricity Generation

8.6

Note (1) - excluding accrued interest

Market Summary

A total of 64 project finance transactions closed in June throughout the Company's eligible jurisdictions, worth $32.0bn in aggregate. Notable transactions during the month include:

· A €1.6bn refinancing of the 396MW Merkur Offshore Wind Farm in Germany;

· A $1.5bn PPP financing of an Automated People Mover system in Los Angeles International Airport;

· A $1.2bn acquisition financing for the renewable energy firm Saeta Yield in Spain by Bookfield Asset Management;

· A €1.2bn financing of the Ankara-Nigde Motorway in Turkey.

The Federal Reserve raised interest rates by 0.25% in June, to 2.0%. Although fears of a trade war continue to linger over the US economy, 213,000 jobs were added in June, keeping unemployment at 3.8%.

The Eurozone economy had an indicated Q2 2018 growth of 0.5%, although there is little indication that eurozone interest rates will be raised in the near future.

The UK economy achieved its Q2 growth target of 0.4%, trailing slightly behind the eurozone, but above the 0.1% seen in Q1. The probability of an interest rate rise has increased as evidence suggested that the prior slowdown may prove temporary

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 755530

Matt Falla

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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