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RNS Number : 1116U  VH Global Energy Infrastructure PLC  06 August 2025

06 August 2025

 

VH Global Energy Infrastructure plc

 

Net Asset Value and Factsheet

 

ENRG Overview

ENRG is focused on enabling the energy transition globally through its
investments. Its objective is to generate stable returns, principally in the
form of income distributions, by investing in a diversified portfolio of
global sustainable energy infrastructure assets, predominantly in countries
that are members of the EU, OECD, OECD Key Partner countries or OECD Accession
countries. The Company's investments in sustainable energy infrastructure seek
to make an impact by supporting the attainment and pursuit of key Sustainable
Development Goals ("SDGs") where energy and energy infrastructure investments
are a direct contributor to the acceleration of the energy transition.

 

About Victory Hill Capital Partners LLP

 

Victory Hill is a London-based specialist investment management firm founded
by an experienced team of energy financiers. The investment team has
participated in more than $200bn in transaction values across 91 conventional
and renewable energy related transactions in over 30 jurisdictions worldwide.
The Victory Hill team deploys its experience across different financial
disciplines in order to assess investments holistically from multiple points
of view. The firm pursues operational stability and well-designed corporate
governance to generate sustainable positive returns for investors.

 

Asset Realisation Strategy

 

On 23 May 2025, the Board announced its intention to commence an asset
realisation strategy involving the mandate of Victory Hill to realise the
portfolio of assets in a timely manner with a view to maximising value for its
shareholders.

 

While both the Board and Victory Hill maintain strong confidence in the
quality and long-term potential of the Company's assets, the Board believes
that, given current market conditions, it is in the best interests of
shareholders to provide a clear and structured path towards the realisation of
portfolio value and the return of capital.

 

To this end, the Board expects to publish a Circular on or around 6 August
2025 to convene a General Meeting on 28 August 2025 at which shareholders may
vote on the resolutions that would implement the proposed asset realisation
strategy. The Directors intend to vote in favour of these resolutions in
respect of their holdings of shares.

 

Financial & Operational Highlights

Dividends

The Company announced an interim dividend of 1.45p per share in respect of the
period 1 April 2025 to 30 June 2025, in line with the dividend target for
2025. Based on the share price as at 30 June 2025, the resulting annual
dividend yield would be 8.0%. As at 30 June 2025, the dividend was 0.84x
covered. The performance of the assets that have recently become operational
is expected to increase dividend coverage in future periods.

Leverage

Total leverage of the Company is 7.0% of NAV as at 30 June 2025, which
comprises of asset-level leverage at its US, Iberian and Swedish assets. The
Company does not employ leverage at the fund level.

 

30 June 2025 Net Asset Value (NAV)

 

The Company's NAV as at 30 June 2025 was 100.90p per share, a decrease of 2.3%
versus the NAV of 103.29p per share as at 31 March 2025. The movements in the
NAV during the quarter include:

                                                                     Pence per share
 NAV per share as at 31 March 2025                                   103.29
 Dividend paid during the quarter                                    (1.45)
 Distributions from investments & fair value of asset movements      1.92
 Fund expenses                                                       (0.34)
 Movement in foreign exchange                                        (2.52)
 NAV per share as at 30 June 2025                                    100.90

NAV Movements - Key Drivers:

Fair Value of Assets

·      During the quarter, discount rates increased by 10bps on average
across the portfolio, yielding a weighted discount rate of 8.20%. The movement
in discount rates was driven by an increase in country risk premium for the US
from 0% to 0.5%, for the UK from 0% to 0.3% and for Spain from 0.35% to 0.71%,
as well as an increase in the US 20‑year government bond yield from 4.60% to
4.78%. The country risk premium for Brazil decreased from 3.80% to 3.58%,
while the equity risk premium decreased from 4.30% to 3.96%.

·      Discount rates for the operational assets as at 30 June 2025 were
6.4% in the UK, 7.1% in the US, 7.5% in Australia, 9.9% for the Brazilian
hydro facility, 10.0% for the Brazilian solar PV assets, and 9.1% for the
operational assets of the Iberian and Swedish portfolio.

Foreign Exchange

During the quarter, movements in foreign exchange led to a 2.5p per share
decrease in the NAV. GBP strengthened versus USD, AUD, and BRL by 6.2%, 0.9%
and 1.2% respectively, and weakened versus the EUR by 2.3%.

Portfolio Update

The quarter saw continued momentum across the portfolio, with new assets
coming online in the UK, Australia and Brazil, bringing the operational
portion of the Company's portfolio to 84%, up from 68% as of 31 March 2025.

 

UK flexible power with carbon capture and reuse (CCR) asset:

·      As of 4 August 2025, the project started generating baseload
power under the 15-year power purchase agreement with Axpo.

 

US terminal storage assets:

·      Whilst volumes through the facility were on track versus budget
over the period, the facility earned quite a significant uplift from ancillary
revenues versus budget on the PEMEX volumes due to the additional handling
needs of high sulfur fuel products. Ancillary services registered higher
margins than volume commitments, and this drove a strong EBITDA overage
against budget for Q2 and the half year overall.

 

Australian solar PV with battery storage assets:

·      An additional solar and energy storage hybrid system in New South
Wales has been successfully energised post-period, on time and on budget. The
asset ramp‑up is currently operating and generating power into the grid in
accordance with a ramp up procedure set by the network operator.

·      The seventh asset in the programme is still expected to be
energised in Q3 2025, and upon completion, the total capacity of the
Australian programme will be 37MW/60MWh, across seven assets in New South
Wales, Queensland and South Australia.

·      Performance of the operational assets during the quarter was in
line with expectations, with several positive volatility events being captured
by the hybrid systems.

 

 

 

 

Brazilian solar PV assets:

·      An additional solar site, with a capacity of 6.25MWdc, is
expected to be energised in August. This will bring the Company's total number
of operational solar distributed generation projects in Brazil to 13, with a
capacity of 40.5MWdc.

·      In Q2 2025, performance in the operational portfolio was in line
with P50 forecasts, demonstrating the reliability of the assets.

 

Iberian solar and onshore wind assets:

·      Both the 10.3MW Spanish solar PV asset and the Portuguese solar
PV asset totalling 9.8MW are expected to reach operational status by the end
of 2025.

·      In June 2025, a EUR 29.7m project facility was put in place for
the construction of the two ready-to build solar PV sites in Spain totalling
98.3MW. The financing was structured with 50% leverage over a 20-year period
against fully merchant revenue sources, demonstrating the strength of bank
appetite for well-structured merchant power projects in Spain.

 

Brazilian hydro facility:

·      During the period under review, Brazil experienced a drier than
average season, resulting in higher costs for the plant in order to meet
contractual power delivery commitments, and negatively affecting revenues and
EBITDA. Nevertheless, year-to-date performance remains above expectation. The
operating partner continues to actively manage spot price exposure via short
term hedges, securing the earnings for the year.

·      In June, the plant achieved for the first time in its 51-year
history a whole year with no unplanned interruptions. This unprecedented
achievement demonstrates the quality of the team operating the plant.

Sustainability Update

·      A total of 55,635 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions were avoided
in the second quarter of 2025.

·      A total 176,246 MWh of renewable energy was generated from the
portfolio over the same time period, equivalent to over 65,276 average UK
homes powered annually.

·      Almost 6,839 tonnes of sulfur were avoided in the second quarter,
attributable to the US terminal storage assets..

 

* Sustainability data is calculated internally at Victory Hill as at 30 June
2025. Historical data and analysis should not be taken as an indication or
guarantee of any future.

 

www.globalenergyinfrastructure.co.uk
(http://www.globalenergyinfrastructure.co.uk/)

 

The Company's LEI is 213800RFHAOF372UU580.

 

For further information, please contact:

 

Edelman Smithfield (PR Adviser)

Ged Brumby          +44  (0)7540 412 301

Hamza Ali              +44  (0)7976 308 914

 

Victory Hill Capital Partners LLP (Investment Manager)

Navin
Chauhan                       info@victory-hill.com
(mailto:info@victory-hill.com)

 

Deutsche Numis (Corporate Broker)

Hugh Jonathan         +44 (0)20 7260 1000

Matt Goss

 

Ocorian Administration (UK) Limited (Company Secretary)

oaukcosecteam@ocorian.com (mailto:oaukcosecteam@ocorian.com)

About Victory Hill Capital Partners LLP

Victory Hill Capital Partners LLP ("Victory Hill") is authorised and
regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FRN
961570).

Victory Hill is based in London and was founded in May 2020 by an
experienced team of energy financiers that have spun-out of a large
established global project finance banking group. The team has participated in
more than $200bn in transaction values across 91 conventional and renewable
energy-related transactions in over 30 jurisdictions worldwide. Victory Hill
is the investment manager of the Company.

The Victory Hill team deploys its experience across different financial
disciplines in order to assess investments holistically from multiple points
of view. The firm pursues operational stability and well-designed corporate
governance to generate sustainable positive returns for investors. It focuses
on supporting and accelerating the energy transition and the attainment of the
UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Victory Hill is a signatory of the United Nations Principles for Responsible
Investing (UN PRI), the United Nations Global Compact (UN GC), Net Zero Asset
Managers Initiative (NZAMI), a member of the Global Impact Investing Network
(GIIN) and is a formal supporter of the Financial Stability Board's Task-Force
on Climate-related Disclosures (TCFD).

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