NAV and Investment Update

RNS Number : 6307L
Sequoia Economic Infra Inc Fd Ld
14 September 2021
 

NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION IN WHOLE OR IN PART IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES

 

14 September 2021

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 102.09 pence per share from the prior

month's NAV of 101.86 pence per share, representing an increase of 0.23 pence per share. A full attribution of the changes in the NAV per share is as follows:


pence per share

July NAV

101.86

 

Interest income, net of expenses

0.58

FX movements, net of hedges

-0.34

Increase in asset valuations

-0.01

August NAV

102.09

Portfolio update

As at 31 August 2021, the Company had cash of £145.5m and had drawn £83.9m on its £280m revolving credit facility. The Company also had undrawn commitments on existing investments collectively valued at £117.9m. The Company's invested portfolio comprised of 63 private debt investments and 12 infrastructure bonds across 8 sectors and 30 sub-sectors. It had an annualised yield-to-maturity (or yield-to worst in the case of callable bonds) of 9.3% and a cash yield of 5.9%. The weighted average portfolio life is approximately 4.4 years. Private debt investments represented 94% of the total portfolio and 50% of the portfolio comprised floating rate assets. The weighted average purchase price of the Company's investments was 99.0% of par. Investments which are pre-operational represented 15.2% of total assets. The Company's invested portfolio remains geographically diverse with 46% located across the US, 21% in the UK, 28% in Europe, and 5% 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 Investment Adviser, the Investment Manager, and PWC, the independent valuation agent continue to observe the previously identified uplift in valuations of the assets where COVID-19 has impacted performance to materialise. This trend is expected to persist as economies continue to recover and countries further open up on the back of their vaccination programmes. Talen performance continues to be poor as the company works through its plans to address its high debt load in light of its adverse performance, driven, as we understand it, primarily by an out-of the money hedging programme which has led to cash and non-cash losses which we further understand to be one-off adjustments with underlying operating performance net of these items remaining average. The Investment Adviser continues to proactively monitor this holding.

On 5 July 2021, the Company published its Annual Report   for the year ended 31 March 2021 which is available on its website (see results presentation ). The Board was pleased to announce a total NAV return of 13.5% in the year and an improvement to the portfolio's ESG profile year on year.

The Company's settled investment activities during August include:

Another $5.0m bond purchase of Inmarsat, the largest UK satellite communications company;

An additional $1.2m disbursement to Lanthanum, a leading developer of hyperscale data centres in Virginia;

An additional £6.5m loan to Trident Bidco, an acquisition financing facility for specialist healthcare in the UK;

An additional £1.0m loan to Lloyds Development Limited, a hotel development in Glasgow; and

An $35.0m loan to Brightline, a privately owned passenger rail project in Florida.

 

The following assets sold or prepaid in August:

A $30.0m primary loan to Prometheus Energy, a leading independent fuel distributor and convenience store retailer in the US;

A $30.0m Primary loan to CSG Holdings backed by 7 interconnecting natural gas pipelines throughout the US; and

A $30.0m Opco loan to Cardinal States Gathering Company LLC backed by 7natural gas pipelines throughout the US.

 

 

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 (%)










Madrid Metro

EUR

Private

HoldCo

66.8

Transport assets

Rolling stock

5.4

5.40

Infinis Energy

GBP

Private

Senior

65.0

Renewables

Landfill gas

5.0

5.00

AP Wireless Junior

EUR

Private

Mezz

60.9

TMT

Telecom towers

6.1

6.13

Bannister Senior Secured

GBP

Private

Senior

55.5

Accomm.

Health care

6.6

6.57

Hawkeye Solar HoldCo 2030 1, 2, and 3

USD

Private

HoldCo

54.9

Renewables

Solar & wind

7.8

7.84

Hawaiki Mezzanine Loan

USD

Private

Mezz

54.7

TMT

Undersea cable

9.5

9.51

Bulb Senior TL 2021

GBP

Private

Senior

54.7

Utility

Electricity supply

7.0

7.05

Tracy Hills TL 2025

USD

Private

Senior

53.6

Other

Residential infra

8.1

8.08

AP Wireless US Holdco

USD

Private

HoldCo

50.3

TMT

Telecom towers

6.0

6.00

Expedient Data Centers Senior Secured 2026

USD

Private

Senior

46.7

TMT

Data centers

5.8

5.75

Scandlines Mezzanine 2032

EUR

Private

HoldCo

44.4

Transport

Ferries

9.6

9.56

Sacramento Data Centre Senior Secured 2028

USD

Private

Senior

44.4

TMT

Data centers

6.9

6.94

Care4U Senior Secured 2026

EUR

Private

Senior

43.5

Accomm.

Health care

6.0

6.00

Euroports 2nd Lien 2026

EUR

Private

Mezz

43.4

Transport

Port

8.0

7.99

Project Rose

GBP

Private

Senior

40.0

Accomm.

Health care

6.8

6.84

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

This announcement is not for publication or distribution, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States of America.  This announcement is not an offer of securities for sale into the United States.  The securities referred to herein have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be offered or sold in the United States, except pursuant to an applicable exemption from registration.  No public offering of securities is being made in the United States.

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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