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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 Dec 2017 07:00

RNS Number : 2768Z
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14 December 2017
 

14 December 2017

Sequoia Economic Infrastructure Income Fund Limited

Net Asset Value as at 30 November 2017 and Investment Update

Ordinary Share update

SEQI's NAV increased to 101.36p per share from 100.75p per share on 31 October 2017 which arose primarily through:

· Interest income net of expenses of 0.65p;

· An increase of 0.17p in asset valuations;

· A decrease of 0.22p from FX movements.

The Company's total invested portfolio represented 82.4% of the Company's NAV, with an additional £77.6m either traded but not settled or undrawn commitments. The total amount invested and committed represents 92.6% of the Company's NAV.

The portfolio comprised a total of 50 investments collectively valued at £633.6m (including accrued interest): 32 private debt investments and 18 infrastructure bonds across 8 sectors and 22 subsectors.

The annualised yield-to-maturity (or yield-to-worst in the case of callable bonds) was 8.0% and the acquired portfolio had a weighted average life of approximately 4.8 years. Private debt investments represented 74.4% of the Company's investments and 58% of the invested portfolio comprised floating rate assets. The weighted average purchase price of the Company's acquired investments was c.95.2% of par. Investments which are pre-operational represent 16.9% of total assets.

As of the 30 November 2017, approximately 89% 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 November include:

· A $35m secondary acquisition of a loan to Aquaventure, a leading water service provider through its purification and desalination technologies;

· £8.0m-equivalent of NOK and USD bonds issued by Exmar, a leading operator of LNG and LPG vessels; and

· An incremental £1.5m disbursement to the Clyde Street Glasgow student housing transaction.

Additionally, the Company sold the following positions following positive price movements:

· $10m NRG 2027 bonds; and

· $10.5m Bristow 2022 bonds.

Lastly, AUD$48.3m of the Reliance Rail bonds and $18.8m of the Global Ship Lease 2019 bonds prepaid in line with the Company's expectations.

Revolving Credit Facility ("RCF")

The Company is pleased to announce that it has repaid its previous gross leverage of £40m in full, and subsequently secured a multi-currency RCF of £100m. The tenor of the facility will be three years at a cost of LIBOR plus 2.10%, and will be used for working capital purposes and to acquire additional investments in accordance with the Company's investment policy.

The RCF will enable the Company to reduce cash drag by buying assets through the use of leverage with the intention to pay this down in the future through equity issuance.

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

39.0

Transport

Road

2.2

Hawaiki Mezzanine Loan

USD

Private

Mezz

38.4

TMT

Undersea cable

11.2

IO Data Centers

USD

Private

Senior

37.0

TMT

Data centers

9.0

Cory Environmental

GBP

Private

HoldCo

32.7

Utility

Waste-to-energy

8.5

Regard Group Mezzanine

GBP

Private

Mezz

29.0

Accomm.

Health care

12.1

Abteen Ventures

USD

Private

Senior

25.9

TMT

Data centers

8.0

Aquaventure

USD

Private

Senior

25.9

Utility

Water

7.3

Warnow Tunnel

EUR

Private

Senior

21.1

Transport

Road

6.8

Exeltium Mezzanine

EUR

Private

Mezz

20.6

Power

PPA

12.4

Natgasoline

USD

Private

Mezz

20.4

Other

Industrial infra

10.0

Welcome Break No.1 Ltd

GBP

Private

Mezz

18.3

Transport

Motorway services

8.4

NGG Finance 5.625% 2073

GBP

Public

Mezz

17.0

Utility

Elec. distribution

3.6

Terra-Gen Power TL B

USD

Private

Senior

16.8

Renewables

Solar & wind

8.2

Neoen Production

EUR

Private

HoldCo

16.6

Renewables

Solar & wind

7.0

Tracy Hills TL 2025

USD

Private

Senior

15.5

Other

Residential infra

9.3

Note (1) - excluding accrued interest

Market Summary

A total of 11 project finance transactions closed in November throughout the Company's eligible jurisdictions, worth $7.9bn in aggregate. Notable transactions during the month include:

· The €2.26bn additional financing of the Pedemontana Veneta toll road in Italy through a senior and subordinated bond issue;

· The €150m loan by the European Investment Bank to build eight wind farms throughout Italy; and

· The €115m financing of the new police headquarters in Antwerp, Belgium.

In November, the estimate of third quarter US growth was further revised to 3.3%, the highest growth rate since the third quarter of 2014. The US economy added 228,000 jobs, keeping the unemployment rate at 4.1%.

The UK economy has grown 0.5% in the three months to November, helped by an increase in exports. During November, the Euro strengthened and the US Dollar weakened against Sterling ending the month at €1.1360 and $1.3509 respectively, and the Bloomberg USD High Yield Corporate Bond Index fell slightly to 182.7.

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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