Sequoia Economic Infrastructure Fund Regulatory News (SEQI)

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Sequoia Economic Infrastructure Income Fund Limited (the "Company")

Result of Open Offer, Placing and Offer for Subscription of C Shares

28 October 2015

Sequoia Economic Infrastructure Income Fund Limited is pleased to announce that it has raised gross proceeds of approximately £147 million through the Open Offer, Placing and Offer for Subscription of C Shares (the "Issue").

A total of 146,853,627 C Shares will be issued (subject to Admission) of which 66,558,993 C Shares will be issued pursuant to the Open Offer (including the Excess Application Facility) and 80,294,634 C Shares will be issued pursuant to the Placing and the Offer for Subscription.

Application has been made for the C Shares to be admitted to the Official List and to trading on the London Stock Exchange's standard segment of the Main Market ("Admission"). It is expected that Admission will become effective and dealings in the C Shares will commence on 2 November 2015.

Following Admission, the Company expects to have 150,039,862 Ordinary Shares and 146,853,627 C Shares in issue. The C Shares do not carry any right to attend or vote at any meeting of the Company, save for limited circumstances, where the consent of the holders of the C Shares as a class by special resolution shall be required. Therefore, the total number of voting rights of the Company will be 150,039,862 and this figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in the Company.

Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited acted as Sponsor and Sole Bookrunner.

Unless otherwise defined, the terms used in this Announcement shall have the same meaning as set out in the Prospectus.

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This announcement does not contain, constitute or form part of an offer for sale of, resale of, transfer of or delivery of or the solicitation of an offer to purchase directly or indirectly, securities in the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person (as defined in Regulation S of the Securities Act). The securities referred to herein have not been, and will not, be registered under the Securities Act or any other applicable securities laws of the United States, and may not be offered or sold in the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, any U.S. Person. The Company has not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and neither the Investment Manager nor the Investment Adviser will be registered as an investment adviser under the U.S. Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended. Consequently, investors will not be entitled to the benefits and protections of the U.S. Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended or the U.S. Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended. The shares of the Company will be offered and sold only to non-US persons outside the United States in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act. There will be no offer of the Company's securities in the United States. The distribution of this document may also be restricted by law in other jurisdictions.

This announcement does not constitute or form part of any offer or invitation to sell, or any solicitation of any offer to purchase or subscribe for any C Shares, ordinary shares or any other securities nor shall it (or any part of it) or the fact of its distribution, form the basis of, or be relied on in connection with, any contract.

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Subject to certain exceptions, the securities referred to herein may not be offered or sold in South Africa, Canada, Ireland or Japan or to, or for the account or benefit of, any national, resident or citizen of Canada, Japan, Ireland or South Africa. There will be no offer of the C Shares or ordinary shares in the United States, Canada, South Africa, Japan or Ireland.

Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited ("Stifel"), which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Conduct Authority, is acting exclusively for the Company and no-one else in connection with the equity issue. Stifel will not regard any other person as its client in relation to the potential issue and will not be responsible to anyone other than the Company for providing the protections afforded to its clients, nor for providing advice in relation to the potential issue, the contents of this announcement or any transaction, arrangement or other matter referred to herein.

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The Company has been established in Guernsey and has been registered as a registered closed-ended collective investment scheme under the Protection of Investors (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 1987, as amended. It is suitable only for professional or experienced investors, or those who have taken appropriate professional advice.

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