GCP Infrastructure
Investments Limited
("GCP Infra" or the
"Company")
LEI:
213800W64MNATSIV5Z47
Company update, net asset
value and dividend declaration
24 October 2024
Net Asset Value
GCP Infra announces that at
close of business on 30 September 2024, the unaudited net asset
value ("NAV") per ordinary share of the Company was 105.22 pence
(30 June 2024: 107.58 pence), a decrease of 2.36 pence per ordinary
share. The NAV takes into account cash, other assets, accrued
liabilities and expenses and leverage of the Company attributable
to the ordinary share class.
In December 2023, the Company
announced its intention to recycle £150 million of assets as part
of a capital allocation programme (the "Programme"). To date,
the Company has announced c. £31 million of realisations. The
proceeds of the Programme are intended to: (i) repay the Company's
borrowings; and (ii) return a minimum of £50 million to
shareholders.
The Company is in active due
diligence and negotiations on disposals of material components of
its investment portfolio and does not wish to risk such processes
through publication of further detail on the constituent movements
in the NAV since 30 June 2024. Further attribution of the NAV
movements will be published as part of the Company's forthcoming
annual report and accounts, due to be published in December.
At 30 September 2024, the Company
had £57 million (30 June 2024: £65 million)
outstanding under its revolving credit arrangements, representing a
net debt position of c. £45 million (30 June 2024: c. £51 million)
which compares to the Company's unaudited NAV of £913 million (30
June 2024: £934 million).
Portfolio
The Company's portfolio continues to
perform materially in line with the Company's expectations. The
Company's mature, diverse and operational portfolio provides
defensive access to stable and predictable income. It is the view
of the Investment Adviser that the long-term and structural demand
for infrastructure, and particularly infrastructure debt, offers
investors an attractive exposure to an asset class whose
performance is not correlated to wider markets and benefits from
long-term and partially inflation protected income. Further
portfolio information is available at: www.graviscapital.com/funds/gcp-infra/literature,
including a line-by-line breakdown of the investment portfolio and
underlying assets that is updated by the Company
periodically.
Dividend
GCP Infra is pleased to announce a
dividend of 1.75 pence per ordinary share for the period from 1
July 2024 to 30 September 2024. This is in line with the Company's
annual dividend target of 7 pence per ordinary share.
The dividend will be paid on 29 November 2024 to holders of
ordinary shares recorded on the register as at the close of
business on 1 November 2024.
Expected timetable:
Shares quoted ex-dividend
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31 October
2024
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Record date for dividend
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1 November
2024
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Dividend payment date
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29
November 2024
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For further information please
contact:
Gravis Capital Management
Limited
Philip Kent
Max Gilbert
Cameron Gardner
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+44 (0)20 3405 8500
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RBC Capital Markets
Matthew Coakes
Elizabeth Evans
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+44 (0)20 7653 4000
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Stifel Nicolaus Europe
Limited
Edward Gibson-Watt
Jonathan Wilkes-Green
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+44 (0)20 7710 7600
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Burson Buchanan
Helen Tarbet
Henry Wilson
George Beale
Samuel Adams
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+44 (0)20 7466 5000
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Notes to the Editor
About GCP Infra
GCP Infra is a closed-ended
investment company and FTSE-250 constituent. Its shares are traded
on the main market of the London Stock Exchange. The Company's
objective is to provide shareholders with regular, sustained,
long-term distributions and to preserve capital over the long term
by generating exposure to UK infrastructure debt and related and/or
similar assets.
The Company primarily targets
investments in infrastructure projects with long term, public
sector-backed, availability-based revenues. Where possible,
investments are structured to benefit from partial inflation
protection. GCP Infra is advised by Gravis Capital Management
Limited.
GCP Infra has been
awarded with the London Stock
Exchange's Green Economy Mark in recognition of its contribution to
positive environmental outcomes.