NAV and Investment Update

RNS Number : 4126S
Sequoia Economic Infra Inc Fd Ld
14 July 2022
 

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

14th July 2022

Sequoia Economic Infrastructure Income Fund Limited

("SEQI" or the "Company")

NAV update

The NAV for SEQI, the specialist investor in economic infrastructure debt, decreased to 98.08 pence per share from the prior month's NAV of 98.39 pence per share, representing a decrease of 0.31 pence per share. A full attribution of the changes in the NAV per share is as follows:

 

 

pence per share

May NAV

98.39

 

Interest income, net of expenses

 1.03

FX movements, net of hedges

0.14

Decrease in asset valuations

  -1.48

June NAV

98.08

Portfolio update

 

As at 11 July 2022, the Company performed a share buyback for 500,000 shares at 88 pence per share. The 2022 annual report is also now available on the Company's website.

 

The yield to maturity increase is due to credit spreads widening across the whole portfolio, coupled with risk free rate adjustments / lower marks on fixed rate assets. While increases in longer-term interest rates and widening spreads are likely to have the effect of temporarily decreasing NAV, since the values of loans decline (fixed-rate loans being the most affected), they too should eventually be positive for the Company, since reinvestment opportunities will offer higher interest rates, and prices of existing loans will pull to par.

 

As at 30 June 2022, the Company had cash of £157.9m and had drawn 124.7m on its £325m revolving credit facility. The Company also had undrawn commitments on existing investments collectively valued at £52.7m. The Company's invested portfolio consisted of 62 private debt investments and 8 infrastructure bonds across 8 sectors and 26 sub-sectors. It had an annualised yield-to-maturity (or yield-to-worst in the case of callable bonds) of 9.8% and a cash yield of 6.5%. The weighted average portfolio life is approximately 4.0 years. Private debt investments represented 95% of the total portfolio and 49% of the portfolio comprised floating rate assets. We also expect the floating rate percentage to increase in the near future, with our current pipeline. Investments which are pre-operational represented 14% of total assets.

 

The Company's invested portfolio remains geographically diverse with 52% located across the US, 19% in the UK, 27% in Europe, and 2% 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 following investments settled in June:

 

• A loan of £57.4m to Montreux HoldCo Facility, a specialist owner of mental healthcare services in the UK, specifically the Active Care Group, a UK national provider of accommodation and complex care services;

• An additional loan of £9.5m to Project Spinnaker, a high-speed Broadband provider in the UK;

• An advance of $1.44m 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; and

• An additional $0.3m disbursement to Lanthanum, a leading developer of hyperscale data centres in Virginia, USA.

 

The Investment Advisor continues to focus on the Company's non-performing loans, as discussed below:

 

•  Bulb Energy: the administrators of Simple and Bulb continue to progress on the M&A process, and we will be able to update investors once that concludes. Our loan has been marked up slightly this month to reflect anticipated improvements in our recovery in a range of possible scenarios;

 

• Salt Lake Potash: the Investment Advisor continues to work with the Receiver and other parties on the resolution of this investment. Currently, there is an active M&A process underway to sell the business, which is expected to be completed over the coming months, at which point additional information can be provided to investors; and

 

• Whittle School: the borrower has continued the execution of its strategy for the property, and has started the legal process of terminating the defaulted lease with Whittle School and the initial court hearing expected on 2 September 2022. This court process may not be necessary, however, as Whittle School has already announced it is leaving the premises. Further information will be provided as matters progress.

 

 

The following assets sold or prepaid in June:

 

• A loan of $50m to Corral Petroleum Holdings, a Swedish refiner and distributor of oil and petroleum products.

 

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 2025

GBP

Private

Senior

63.5

Accommodation

Health care

7.39

8.08

AP Wireless US Holdco

USD

Private

HoldCo

60.6

TMT

Telecom towers

6.10

8.01

AP Wireless Junior

EUR

Private

Mezz

57.8

TMT

Telecom towers

6.65

7.45

Montreux HoldCo Facility

GBP

Private

HoldCo

57.4

Accommodation

Health care

11.45

11.45

Infinis Energy

GBP

Private

Senior

57.0

Renewables

Landfill gas

5.71

6.78

GenOn Bowline Senior Secured 2026

USD

Private

Senior

56.4

Power

Energy transition

8.00

7.99

Tracy Hills TL 2025

USD

Private

Senior

56.3

Other

Residential infra

9.67

9.67

Hawkeye Solar HoldCo 2030 1, 2, and 3

USD

Private

HoldCo

53.9

Renewables

Solar & wind

9.12

10.03

Brightline

USD

Private

Senior

53.6

Transport

Rail

8.58

9.47

Project Camden

EUR

Private

HoldCo

53.0

Power

Base load

7.91

8.77

Madrid Metro

EUR

Private

HoldCo

52.1

Transport assets

Rolling stock

1.40

7.12

Expedient Data Centers Senior Secured 2026

USD

Private

Senior

51.5

TMT

Data centers

7.75

8.43

Sacramento Data Centre Senior Secured 2028

USD

Private

Senior

47.5

TMT

Data centers

7.36

8.06

Lightspeed Fibre Group Ltd

GBP

Private

Senior

45.6

TMT

Broadband

7.95

9.00

Kenai HoldCo 2024

EUR

Private

HoldCo

43.9

Power

Base load

0.00

11.88

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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