Comment on Budget Statement
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Download PDF(opens in a new tab)9 July 2015
GCP Infrastructure Investments Limited
("the Company")
Comment on Budget Statement
The Board of Directors of the Company has noted the Chancellor's statements in yesterday's Budget relating to the removal of the Climate Change Levy exemption for certain renewable energy projects from 1 August 2015.
Gravis Capital Partners LLP, the investment adviser to the Company, has conducted a preliminary review of the potential impact of these statements on the assets of the Company. It is the view of the Board, as advised by the investment adviser, that a minority (by value) of the projects against which the Company has provided debt will see a modest reduction in the forecast net cashflows available to service such debt during the period to 2022.
However, it is the opinion of the investment adviser that these reductions will not have a material impact on the ability of the projects to service such debt. As a result, it is the view of the Board, as advised by the investment adviser, that the cashflows expected to arise from the investments held by the Company will be wholly unaffected by the removal of the Climate Change Levy exemption.
Ian Reeves, the chairman of the Company, commented "The Company offers shareholders exposure to subordinated PFI debt and related assets including renewable energy. Its focus on investing in debt instruments ensures that the Company benefits from an element of protection whereby equity holders in investee projects suffer the first loss arising from any reduction in projects' free cash flows. In light of yesterday's announcement of a reduction in the level of public sector support for certain renewable energy projects, it is pleasing to see that the fundamentally conservative approach of the Company in providing debt to such projects leaves the Company essentially unaffected by that announcement".
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Gravis Capital Partners LLP |
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Stephen Ellis |
+44 (0)20 7518 1495 |
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Rollo Wright |
+44 (0)20 7518 1493 |
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Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited |
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Neil Winward |
+44 (0)20 7710 7600 |
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Mark Bloomfield |
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Tunga Chigovanyika |
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Cenkos Securities |
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Dion Di Miceli |
+44 (0)20 7397 1921 |
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Tom Scrivens |
+44 (0)20 7397 1915 |
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Buchanan |
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Charles Ryland |
+44 (0)20 7466 5000 |
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Victoria Watkins |
Notes to Editors
The Company
The Company is a closed-ended London Stock Exchange-listed investment company that seeks to generate returns from senior and subordinated infrastructure debt and related and/or similar assets. The Company is advised by Gravis Capital Partners LLP.
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