Half Year 2024 Investor Report

For the period ended 30th June 2024

NIDF Overview

OVERVIEW

The Nigeria Infrastructure Debt Fund (NIDF) is the first listed infrastructure debt fund in Nigeria registered with and regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission, Nigeria, and listed on the NGX and the FMDQ Exchange, Lagos. It is a closed ended investment trust which operates in the form of a company. NIDF offers the most attractive yield on the NGX and is renowned for paying quarterly distributions. Its objective is to provide investors with regular, sustained, long-term distributions and

IPO date

ISIN

Ticker

Listing Year-end Distributions

28-Jun-17

NGCHDNIDF005

NIDF

NGX, FMDQ

31 December Jan/Apr/Jul/Oct

to preserve capital over the long-term by generating exposure to Naira-denominated

Trading Information

infrastructure debt in Nigeria, which generates regular and predictable long-term cash flows.

PERFORMANCE

Cumulative performance to 30 June 2024

*2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

NIDF Total Return1

142.3

168.7

188.5

206.9

236.5

289.5

309.6

Units in issue

Last traded unit price Net Asset Value per unit

NAV

Distribution

960,946,520

N114.00

N107.69

N103.49 billion

Nigeria CPI

115.9

129.7

150.2

173.6

207.1

265.6

309.5

  • Base value of 100, as on 28 June 2017. 1 Total return is the amount of value an investor earns when all distributions are reinvested

UPDATES FOR THE PERIOD.

Q2 2024

N4.27 per unit

Distribution yield

18.02%

NIDF Parties

Portfolio summary

As at the period ending 30 June 2024, NIDF had a diversified portfolio of 25 investments. The infrastructure loan portfolio had a weighted average annualised yield of 20.6%, weighted average tenor at disbursement of 9.2 years, and weighted average remaining life of 4.8 years.

Performance

Notwithstanding inflation exceeding 30% for the first time since the late 1990s, NIDF is marginally ahead of the Consumer Price Index (CPI). NIDF continues to consistently outperform its benchmark: the 10-Year FGN bond. The loans are typically priced at 300-450bps over the benchmark on a floating rate basis.

Fund Manager

Joint Trustees

Custodian

Registrar

Auditor Valuation Adviser

Chapel Hill Denham

Management

NIDF CEO Saurabh Srivastava

Stanbic IBTC Trustees

Limited

STL Trustees Limited

Citi Nigeria Limited

Coronation Registrars

Limited

PWC Nigeria

KPMG Nigeria

Distribution

The Fund announced a quarterly distribution - for the second quarter ended 30 June 2024 - of 4.27 Naira per Unit on 11 July 2024 with a qualification date of 18 July 2024. This distribution will be paid to eligible Unitholders on 25 July 2024 and is fully funded from the cash inflows generated by the Fund during the quarter.

Going forward, it is the intention of the Fund Manager to continue paying quarterly distributions to Unitholders, in line with the actual performance of the Fund and the provisions of the Constitutional Documents.

Investment Committee

Chair

Philip Southwell

CIO

Bolaji Balogun

Independent

Jeremy Dolphin

Member

Anshul Rai

Advisory Board

1

Chair

NSIA

Stanbic IBTC Pension

AFDB

Progress Trust

NPF Pensions

Nominee of the Joint Trustees

Aminu Umar-Sadiq

Olumide Oyetan

Wale Shonibare

Joy Ojokavo

Representative of NPF

Pension

INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO AS AT 30th JUNE 2024

Student accommodation

1 site 3%

Off-grid solar

458 sites

Telecom towers

11%

1,125 sites

20%

Marine infrastructure

Captive power plants

1 site

11 sites

15%

7%

Pipeline networks

Broadband Internet

176km

3 sites

19%

1%

Gas processing plant

2 sites

IPP

13%

2 sites

5%

Solar home systems

6%

100%

Naira loans

94%

Senior secured loans

97%

Floating rate loans

16%

Construction Exposure

10

Sub-sectors represented in the portfolio

21 years

Longest tenor loan

2

SUMMARY OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Statement of Financial Position

Figures in NGN'000

H1 2024

FY 2023

(Unaudited)

(Audited)

Assets

Cash and cash equivalents

19,466,656

21,228,804

Other receivables

3,487,077

586,247

Financial assets held at fair value through profit or loss

85,487,908

85,812,843

Financial assets held at amortised cost

200,000

170,000

Total assets

108,641,640

107,797,894

Liabilities

Other payables

1,047,519

1,224,169

Distribution payable

4,106,968

3,267,724

Total liabilities

5,154,487

4,491,893

Net assets

103,487,153

103,306,000

Capital and reserves

Member's funds

103,487,153

103,306,001

Net assets attributable to unitholders

103,487,153

103,306,001

Number of units

960,947

960,649

NAV per unit (Naira per unit)

107.69

107.54

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Statement of Comprehensive Income

Figures in NGN'000

H1 2024

H1 2023

(Unaudited)

(Unaudited)

Income

Interest income on infrastructure loans

7,966,754

5,670,173

Net fair value losses on infrastructure loans

208,250

783,070

Other income

1,285,620

1,607,020

Total Income

9,490,024

8,060,263

Expenses

Operating expenses

1,115,843

827,484

Total Expenses

1,115,843

827,484

Total operating profit

8,374,181

7,232,778

Profit before tax

8,374,181

7,232,778

Profit after tax

8,374,181

7,232,778

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IMPORTANT NOTICE

This document is issued by Chapel Hill Denham Management Limited ("Chapel Hill Denham" or the "Fund Manager") an asset management firm, registered with the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Nigeria ("SEC"). Chapel Hill Denham Funds comprise the Chapel Hill Denham Money Market Fund, Women's Investment Fund, Paramount Equity Fund, Nigeria Real Estate Investment Trust and Nigeria Infrastructure Debt Fund and are collectively referred to as "Chapel Hill Denham Funds", "Funds" or "products", and individually as the "Fund". The Funds offered by the Fund Manager are registered with and regulated by SEC.

This document is intended solely for the information of the person to whom it is provided by Chapel Hill Denham. It is not intended as and does not constitute an offer or solicitation for the purchase of units of any Fund and should not be relied on by any person for the purpose of accounting, legal or tax advice or for making an investment decision. Persons into whose possession this document may come must inform themselves about and observe any and all restrictions on the distribution of this document and the offering, sale and trading of the units.

This document may contain certain forward-looking statements with respect to the financial condition, results of operations and business of the Funds. These forward-looking statements represent the Fund Manager's expectations or beliefs concerning future events and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainty that could cause actual results, performance or events to differ materially from those expressed or implied in such statements. Additional information on the Funds may be found in the Programme Prospectus, for Nigeria Infrastructure Debt Fund, or the Newsletter for the other Funds.

The payment of distribution and the repayment of capital are not guaranteed by the Fund or the Fund Manager. Any forecast, projection or target is indicative only and not guaranteed in any way, and any opinions expressed in this Report are not statements of fact and are subject to change, and the Fund Manager is not under any obligation to update such opinions.

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