NAV and Investment Update

RNS Number : 1858F
Sequoia Economic Infra Inc Fd Ld
13 November 2020
 

13 November 2020

Sequoia Economic Infrastructure Income Fund Limited

("SEQI" or the "Company")

NAV update

The NAV for SEQI, the specialist investor in economic infrastructure debt, increased to 98.96 pence per share from the prior month's NAV of 98.61 pence per share (being the 30 September 2020 cum-income NAV of 100.17 pence less the dividend of 1.5625 pence per share declared in respect of the quarter ended 30 September 2020), representing an increase of 0.35 pence per share.

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


pence per share

September NAV

100.17

Dividend declared for quarter ending 30 September 2020

-1.56

Adjusted opening NAV

98.61

Interest income, net of expenses

0.45

FX movements, net of hedges

0.25

Decrease in asset valuations

-0.35

October NAV

98.96

 

Update on the effects of COVID-19 on the Portfolio

The Investment Adviser, the Investment Manager, and PWC, the independent valuation agent, have continued their close analysis of the effects of COVID-19 on the Company's portfolio which also includes a market benchmarking exercise to conclude on spread and yield adjustments for each of the investments. The Investment Adviser is also closely monitoring the Company's assets that have not been performing as expected. The decline in asset valuations can be attributed primarily to PWC adjusting the marks of certain private loans where Borrowers continue to face challenges associated with the COVID-19 crisis, including for example where reduced demand or sales have impacted the Borrowers' short term liquidity positions. This reduction has been partially offset by gains on assets in the telecommunications sector that have been performing better than expected throughout this period and have seen valuations improve significantly.

Broadly speaking, the spread widening across the portfolio during the second half of March 2020 continued its reversal until August and remained stable since then, with several of the Company's investments performing better than expectations after the initial lockdown.

Further Portfolio update

As at 30 October 2020, the Company had cash of £116.5m and had drawn £80.5m on its £280m Revolving Credit Facility. The Company also had undrawn commitments on existing investments collectively valued at £18.1m. As of 30 October 2020, the Company's invested portfolio comprised of 60 private debt investments and 12 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 9.6% and a cash yield of 6.3%. Based on the Investment Adviser's analysis of our current portfolio we continue to believe that our annual dividend remains fully cash covered, net of all expenses. The weighted average portfolio life is approximately 5.5 years. Private debt investments represented 94% of the total portfolio and 62% of the portfolio comprised floating rate assets. The weighted average purchase price of the Company's investments was 97.0% of par. Investments which are pre-operational represented 11.1% of total assets.

The Company's invested portfolio remains geographically diverse with 52% located across the US, 16% in the UK, 26% in Europe, and 6% in Australia/New Zealand. Currently the Company is not investing in Portugal or Italy but has selectively invested in opportunities in Spain. 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.

The Company's settled investment activities during October include:

· An additional $0.1m disbursement to Bourzou Equity, a company created for a data centre in Virginia.

The following Company's investments were sold or prepaid in October:

· A £8.5m loan to Forsa Energy, a company with a portfolio of gas-fired flexible generation assets in the UK, at 106.5% of purchase price; and

· A €30.6m loan to Aliwin Plus SL, a portfolio of operational solar PV plants in the Cáceres region of Spain.

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 (%)










AP Wireless Junior

EUR

Private

Mezz

62.4

TMT

Telecom towers

4.25

6.25

Hawaiki Mezzanine Loan

USD

Private

Mezz

55.1

TMT

Undersea cable

9.01

11.31

Warnow Tunnel

EUR

Private

Senior

49.7

Transport

Road

1.54

4.30

Expedient Data Centers

USD

Private

Senior

49.6

TMT

Data centers

5.67

5.84

Euroports 2nd Lien 2026

EUR

Private

Mezz

44.1

Transport

Port

8.06

8.60

Scandlines Mezzanine 2032

EUR

Private

HoldCo

43.5

Transport

Ferries

6.95

7.67

Bannister Senior Secured

GBP

Private

Senior

42.1

Accom.

Health care

6.58

6.77

Hawkeye Solar HoldCo 2030

USD

Private

HoldCo

42.1

Renewables

Solar & wind

9.25

9.25

Bizkaia TL 2021

EUR

Private

HoldCo

41.2

Power

  Electricity generation

7.80

8.57

Jetpeaks HoldCo 2027

USD

Private

HoldCo

40.7

Power

Electricity generation

7.49

8.02

Terra-Gen Power TL B

USD

Private

Senior

40.5

Renewables

Solar & wind

5.34

6.75

Tracy Hills TL 2025

USD

Private

Senior

39.9

Other

Residential infra

8.15

8.15

Adani Abbot HoldCo 2021

AUD

Private

HoldCo

39.6

Transport

Port

6.72

17.20

Kenai HoldCo 2024

EUR

Private

HoldCo

39.4

Power

Electricity generation

0.00

11.60

GenOn Bowline

USD

Private

Senior

38.6

Power

Electricity generation

8.00

8.00

Note (1) - excluding accrued interest

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

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

Laura Marshall

 

Praxis Fund Services Limited (Company Secretary)  +44 (0) 1481 755530

Matt Falla

Katrina Rowe 

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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