NAV and Investment Update

RNS Number : 9047M
Sequoia Economic Infra Inc Fd Ld
17 January 2023
 

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

17th January 2023

Sequoia Economic Infrastructure Income Fund Limited

("SEQI" or the "Company")

 

NAV update

The NAV per share for SEQI, the specialist investor in economic infrastructure debt, increased to 93.71 pence per share from the prior month's NAV per share of 93.25 pence per share, representing an increase of 0.46 pence per share.

 

 

pence per share

November NAV

93.25

Interest income, net of expenses

0.74

Asset valuations, net of FX movements

-0.28

December NAV

93.71

 

As the Company is approximately 100% currency hedged, it does not expect to realise any material FX gains or losses over the life of its investments. However, the Company's NAV may include unrealised short-term FX gains or losses, driven by differences in the valuation methodologies of its FX hedges and the underlying investments - such movements will typically reverse over time.


Portfolio update

 

As at 31 December 2022, the Company had cash of £59.3m and had drawn 163.8m on its £325.0m revolving credit facility with the remaining balance available to support the Company's working capital and liquidity requirements. The Company also had undrawn commitments on existing investments collectively valued at £61.3m. The Company's invested portfolio consisted of 62 private debt investments and 6 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 11.6% and a cash yield of 7.4%. The weighted average portfolio life is approximately 3.6 years. Private debt investments represented 98% of the total portfolio and 59% of the portfolio comprised floating rate assets.

 

The Company's invested portfolio remains geographically diverse with 51.9% located across the US, 23.7% in the UK, 24.2% in Europe, and 0.2% in Australia/New Zealand. 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 liquidity to cover margin calls on its hedging book.

 

Over recent months, reductions in asset values have been primarily due to increases in risk-free rates and credit spreads. The rise in risk-free rate adjustments have also increased the yield-to-maturity of floating rate investments and reduced the clean price of fixed rate assets (which further increases the yield-to-maturity). Investors are reminded that these declines are unrealised mark-to-market adjustments that should reverse over time as the investments approach their repayment date (the "pull-to-par" effect).

 

The following investments settled in December (excluding small loan drawings of less than $0.5m):

 

• An additional loan for £10.0m to Lightspeed, a high-speed Broadband provider in the UK;

• An additional loan for £2.5m to Clyde Street, a hotel construction project in Scotland; and

• An additional senior loan for $1.4m to Sunrun Safe Harbor Holdco LLC, a manufacturer of solar energy equipment in the USA.

 

No investments sold or prepaid in December.

 

Non-performing loans

 

There has been ongoing progress over the past month in relation to the Company's two non-performing loans and there has been no significant write-downs as at 31 December 2022.  

Dividend payment

 

The quarterly dividend with respect to the third quarter of the 2022 financial year is expected to be declared in January 2023. In November 2022, the annualised target dividend increased by 10% from 6.25p to 6.875p per share, with effect from the 3rd quarter of the current financial year ending 31st March 2023.

 

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

60.4

Accommodation

Health care

10.0

11.8

AP Wireless US Holdco

USD

Private

HoldCo

59.4

TMT

Telecom towers

6.3

9.4

Project Tyre

USD

Private

Senior

57.5

Transport assets

Specialist shipping

10.4

10.4

AP Wireless Junior

EUR

Private

Mezz

57.4

TMT

Telecom towers

7.0

8.5

Montreux HoldCo Facility

GBP

Private

HoldCo

57.3

Accommodation

Health care

13.5

13.9

Tracy Hills TL 2025

USD

Private

Senior

56.7

Other

Residential infra

10.6

10.6

Infinis Energy

GBP

Private

Senior

54.9

Renewables

Landfill gas

5.9

7.4

Hawkeye Solar HoldCo 2030

USD

Private

HoldCo

54.9

Renewables

Solar & wind

9.0

9.9

GenOn Bowline Senior

USD

Private

Senior

54.3

Power

Energy transition

11.8

11.8

Lightspeed Fibre Group Ltd

GBP

Private

Senior

53.5

TMT

Broadband

6.9

14.5

Expedient Data Centers

USD

Private

Senior

52.1

TMT

Data centers

10.4

11.1

Workdry

GBP

Private

Senior

50.0

Utility

Utility Services

7.0

7.0

EIF Van Hook TL B 2024

USD

Private

Senior

47.9

Utility

Midstream

10.0

10.8

Sacramento Data Centre Senior

USD

Private

Senior

46.7

TMT

Data centers

7.5

8.6

Madrid Metro

EUR

Private

HoldCo

46.2

Transport assets

Rolling stock

1.4

7.6

 

Note (1) - excluding accrued interest

 

Disclaimer: the dividend increase is a target and not a profit forecast

 

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

 

Tulchan Communications (Financial PR)  +44 (0)20 7353 4200

Martin Pengelley

Elizabeth Snow

 

Sanne Fund Services Guernsey Limited   +44 (0) 20 3530 3107

(Company Secretary)   

Matt Falla 

Shona Darling 

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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