Citi's Macro & Pan-Asia Investor Conference
29 - 30 May 2024
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Outline
▪ | Overview | 4 |
▪ Proposed Acquisition of Ventura | 11 | |
▪ KMC CTA Extension and Capital Restructuring | 22 | |
▪ Growth and Value Creation | 25 | |
▪ | 1Q 2024 Operational Updates | 30 |
Constituent of:
Awards and Accreditations1:
MSCI Singapore | FTSE ST Large |
Small Cap Index | & Mid-Cap Index |
1. Keppel Infrastructure Fund Management Pte Ltd is a signatory to the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment, under the membership of Keppel Capital.
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Overview
European Onshore Wind
Platform
Largest SGX-listed Infrastructure Business Trust1
Providing exposure to the resilient and growing global infrastructure sector
S$8.1b AUM
Portfolio of scale providing global access to attractive real assets
Essential businesses | >10 mature economies |
and assets | Focused on investment grade jurisdictions |
underpinned by strong secular tailwinds | with well-developed regulatory frameworks |
and strong sovereign credit ratings | |
NORWAY and SWEDEN | KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA | |
ENERGY TRANSITION | ENERGY TRANSITION | |
▪ European Onshore Wind | ▪ Aramco Gas Pipelines Company | |
Platform | ||
GERMANY | THE PHILIPPINES | |
ENERGY TRANSITION | DISTRIBUTION & STORAGE | |
▪ Borkum Riffgrund 2 (BKR2) | ▪ | Philippine Coastal Storage & |
▪ German Solar Portfolio2 | Pipeline Corporation | |
(Philippine Coastal) |
SOUTH KOREA ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES
- Eco Management Korea Holdings (EMK)
SINGAPORE ENERGY TRANSITION ▪ City Energy
- Keppel Merlimau Cogen Plant
ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES
▪ Senoko Waste-to-Energy (WTE) Plant
- Keppel Seghers Tuas WTE Plant
- Keppel Seghers Ulu Pandan NEWater Plant
- SingSpring Desalination Plant
AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND DISTRIBUTION & STORAGE
- Ixom
- Proposed acquisition of Ventura
1. | By enterprise value. | |
2. | Completed first closing of the German Solar Portfolio acquisition on 2 Jan 2024 and second closing on 15 Mar 2024 with the remaining phases to be completed | 5 |
by end-Jun 2024. |
Building the Infrastructural Foundation for a Sustainable Future
Supports energy transition, safeguards the environment and drives economic growth
FY 2023: Record Year
Driven by strong portfolio performance from growth and value creation
Record EBITDA
$463.7m1
Up 15.3%y-o-y
Record DI2
$316.8m
Up 42% y-o-y
Delivering DPU-accretion4
>16%
For 1Q 2024 transactions
(FY 2023 pro forma)
Record DPU (cents)
6.193
3.72 3.72 3.78 3.82
FY 2019 | FY 2020 | FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 |
Focus on growth and value creation:
- KMC CTA extension and capital restructuring: +11%4
- Proposed acquisition of Ventura: +3.4%4
- Acquisition of German Solar Portfolio: +1.7%4,5
1. Excludes one-off acquisition related cost incurred ($3.7m), unrealised exchange gains ($3.3m), fair value gain on the investment in Aramco Gas Pipelines Company (AGPC) ($9.3m), write-off of EMK's fixed assets ($1.7m) and reversal of impairment loss on the Lista onshore wind farm in Norway ($1.5m). Group adjusted EBITDA would be $472.4m without the adjustments.
2. Computed as Funds from Operations less mandatory debt repayment and other charges, credits or adjustments as deemed appropriate by the Trustee-Manager.
3. Includes special distribution of 2.33 cents supported by successful value creation strategy.
4. Assume that all Distributable Income generated will be distributed to KIT and minority shareholders. The pro forma DPU-accretion set out herein should not be interpreted as being representative of the future DPU.
5. DPU-accretion of 2% as disclosed in the announcement made on 21 Dec 2023 is based on FY 2022 pro forma.
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Driving Portfolio Growth through Acquisitions and Value Creation
Well-positioned for growth
milestones | Expand into transportation infrastructure | ||||
Acquisition of Ventura | |||||
Made 1st solar investment | |||||
2024- | German Solar Portfolio | ||||
Concession and CTA extensions | |||||
2023 | Senoko WTE Plant and KMC | Oct 2022 | |||
Sep 2022 | |||||
Crystalised value creation | |||||
Ixom and City Energy | |||||
Jun 2022 | |||||
Feb 2022 | Acquired 52% | ||||
Jan 2021 | interest in EMK, | ||||
Acquired 50% | an integrated | ||||
waste platform | |||||
Feb 2019 | interest in | Acquired 13.4% | |||
in South Korea | |||||
Philippine Coastal | Acquired | interest in a | |||
Acquired 100% | |||||
remaining 30% | European Onshore | ||||
stake in Ixom | |||||
stake in the | Wind Platform, | ||||
Acquired 49% | SingSpring | with three wind | |||
stake in Aramco | Desalination | farms across | |||
Gas Pipelines | Plant | Norway and | |||
Company as part | Sweden | ||||
of a consortium |
Dec 2022
Acquired 20.5% interest in BKR2, an offshore wind farm in Germany
Feb 2024
Jan 2024
Dec 2023
Announced | |||
acquisition of | |||
Acquired 13.4% | Acquired 45% | Ventura, a | |
leading | |||
interest in | interest in a | ||
Fäbodliden II, | German solar | transportation | |
business in | |||
an onshore | portfolio | 1 | |
wind farm in | Australia |
Sweden |
Pro forma
AUM: $8.7b
Up 7% from $8.1b2
as at 2 Jan 2024
- Completed first closing of the German Solar Portfolio acquisition on 2 Jan 2024 and second closing on 15 Mar 2024 with the remaining phases to be completed by end-Jun 2024.
- Assets under Management (AUM). Based on independent valuation conducted by Ernst & Young. Represents KIT's equity stake in the enterprise value of its investments plus cash held at the Trust. Excluding first phase of German Solar Portfolio acquisition, AUM would be $7.4b as at 31 Dec 2023.
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Voluntary Independent Portfolio Valuation
Portfolio AUM of $8.1b with new acquisitions and value creation initiatives
- Improve transparency and better reflect asset values which are largely recognised at cost in statutory reports
- Higher valuation of existing portfolio: $7.4b vs $7.3b for FY 2022 driven by growth in existing businesses
A resilient and growing portfolio..
Assets under Management (AUM) | |||
By Business and Assets | By Geography | ||
Australia and | |||
Others, 2% | New Zealand | Singapore, 21% | |
23% | |||
Energy | |||
Transition, 63% | S$8.1b1 | Philippines, 5% | |
S$8.1b1 | |||
Korea, 5% | |||
Europe, 19% | Kingdom of Saudi | ||
Distribution | |||
Arabia, 27% | |||
and Storage, | |||
28% | Environmental | ||
Services, 7% |
- that is well insulated from inflation
Inflation-protection
>90%
~65% of portfolio with costs pass through mechanisms / CPI-linked;~30% in businesses with leading position and price-setting capabilities
1. Assets under Management (AUM). Based on independent valuation conducted by Ernst & Young (except the German Solar Portfolio). Represents KIT's equity stake in the enterprise value of its investments plus cash held at the Trust. Excluding first phase of German Solar Portfolio acquisition, AUM would be $7.4b as at
31 December 2023. | 9 |
Deepen Renewables Exposure with First Solar Portfolio Investment
Attractive de-risked portfolio backed by 20-year lease contracts with German households
- Acquisition of a 45% stake in a German solar portfolio comprising > 60,000 bundled solar photovoltaic (PV) systems, including > 55,000 battery storage systems and > 30,000 EV charging equipment, backed by 20-year contracts
- Developed and maintained by Enpal, the largest provider of solar solutions to residential homes in Germany
- Jointly acquiring with Equitix, a global infrastructure investor and fund manager, and their co-investors
✓ Accretive investment | ||||
Renewables Exposure | Carbon emissions avoidance | ✓ Highly predictable cash flows | ||
1.3GW | 115k tonnes1 | ✓ Residential solar installation fueled | ||
Up from 740MW | per annum | |||
by price benefits | ||||
Seller | Enpal GmbH | |||
Purchase Consideration | €109m (S$159m)2 | ✓ | Portfolio significantly de-risked | |
Enterprise Value | €733m (S$1.1b)2 | ✓ Further KIT's environmental | ||
Proposed Funding | Internal sources of funds and/or external borrowings | |||
Expected Completion3 | First 53,500 systems: Completed in Jan 2024 | targets |
Remaining 6,500 systems: By end-Jun 2024 | ||
- Based on conversion factor of 349 gCO2/KWh per IEA emissions factors.
- Based on EUR/SGD of 1.465. Purchase consideration exclude acquisition and transaction costs.
- Completed first closing on 2 Jan 2024 and second closing on 15 Mar 2024 with the remaining phases to be completed by end-Jun 2024.
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