NAV and Investment Update

RNS Number : 5875E
Sequoia Economic Infra Inc Fd Ld
14 March 2022
 

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

 

14th March 2022

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 100.34 pence per share from the prior month's NAV of 100.31 pence per share, representing an increase of 0.03 pence per share.

 

pence per share

January NAV

100.31

 

Interest income, net of expenses

 0.46

FX movements, net of hedges

0.11

Decrease in asset valuations

  -0.54

February NAV

100.34

Portfolio update

 

With regards to the ongoing conflict in the Ukraine, the Company confirms it has no investments in Russia, Belarus or the Ukraine (none of which is an eligible jurisdiction) and is compliant with the international sanctions imposed on Russia.

 

As at 28 February 2022, the Company had cash of £109m and had drawn £120m on its £325m revolving credit facility. The Company also had undrawn commitments on existing investments collectively valued at £95.57m. The Company's invested portfolio consisted of 66 private debt investments and 10 infrastructure bonds across 8 sectors and 29 sub sectors. It had an annualised yield to maturity (or yield to worst in the case of callable bonds) of 8.5% and a cash yield of 6.4%. The weighted average portfolio life is approximately 4.2 years. Private debt investments represented 94% of the total portfolio and 49% of the portfolio comprised floating rate assets. Investments which are pre operational represented 12% of total assets.

 

The Company's invested portfolio remains geographically diverse with 51% located across the US, 16% 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 Advisor continues to focus on the Company's non-performing loans. In relation to the loans to Bulb and Salt Lake Potash, there is no material news this month, although work towards their resolution is ongoing. In the case of the loan backed by a private school in Washington DC, discussions in relation to a re-capitalisation of the asset continue and, if successful, will put the project on a more stable basis. In each case, the loans' marks this month remain approximately unchanged.

 

The Company's settled investment activities during February include:

• A purchase of $40.0m for Generation Bridge II, an acquisition facility for a non-coal conventional power asset portfolio in the USA;

• An advance of $2.4m under the Salt Lake Potash Super Senior Facility, an Australian potash facility in Australia. This is a super-senior liquidity facility to a non-performing asset. The purpose of the loan is to finance the company during the restructuring process;

• An additional loan of £3.3m to Clyde Street, a hotel construction project in Scotland; and

• An additional $1.2m disbursement to Lanthanum, a leading developer of hyperscale data centres in the USA.

 

The following assets sold or prepaid in February:

• A loan of €50.1m to Care4u Invest Unlimited, an accommodation provider in the healthcare industry, based in

Ireland; and

• A full sale for £9.4m of Voyage Care bonds, an accommodation provider for people with learning disabilities, based

in the UK

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 (%)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bannister Senior Secured

GBP

Private

Senior

64.7

Accommodation

Health care

6.80

7.07

Infinis Energy

GBP

Private

Senior

62.9

Renewables

Landfill gas

5.16

5.42

AP Wireless Junior

EUR

Private

Mezz

59.9

TMT

Telecom towers

6.21

6.14

Hawaiki Mezzanine Loan

USD

Private

Mezz

57.0

TMT

Undersea cable

8.41

9.13

Project Camden

EUR

Private

HoldCo

54.6

Power

Base load

7.48

7.42

Hawkeye Solar HoldCo

USD

Private

HoldCo

54.2

Renewables

Solar & wind

8.25

8.25

Madrid Metro

EUR

Private

HoldCo

53.1

Transport assets

Rolling stock

1.30

5.49

AP Wireless US Holdco

USD

Private

HoldCo

51.7

TMT

Telecom towers

6.00

6.00

Brightline

USD

Private

Senior

51.6

Transport

Rail

8.11

8.28

Tracy Hills TL 2025

USD

Private

Senior

51.2

Other

Residential infra

8.21

8.21

Expedient Data Centers

USD

Private

Senior

48.5

TMT

Data centers

5.59

5.59

Project Nimble

EUR

Private

HoldCo

45.4

TMT

Data centers

8.16

8.43

Sacramento Data Centre

USD

Private

Senior

45.4

TMT

Data centers

7.00

7.00

Kenai HoldCo 2024

EUR

Private

HoldCo

42.7

Power

Base load

0.00

11.05

Euroports 2nd Lien 2026

EUR

Private

Mezz

42.6

Transport

Port

7.76

7.61

Scandlines Mezzanine

EUR

Private

HoldCo

40.0

Transport

Ferries

8.36

8.89

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

 

Sanne Fund Services Guernsey 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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