Extraordinary General Meeting
17 April 2023
Largest SGX-listed Diversified Infrastructure Business Trust
Providing exposure to the resilient and growing global infrastructure sector
S$7.3b AUM
Portfolio of scale providing global access to attractive real assets
12 evergreen businesses | >10 mature economies |
and concession 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 & |
Pipeline Corporation | |
(Philippine Coastal) | |
SINGAPORE | |
ENERGY TRANSITION | AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND |
SOUTH KOREA | ▪ City Energy | DISTRIBUTION & STORAGE | ||
▪ Keppel Merlimau Cogen Plant | ||||
ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES | ▪ | Ixom | ||
▪ Eco Management Korea | ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES | |||
Holdings (EMKH) | ▪ | Senoko Waste-to-Energy (WTE) Plant | ||
- Keppel Seghers Tuas WTE Plant
- Keppel Seghers Ulu Pandan NEWater Plant
- SingSpring Desalination Plant
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Growing the Energy Transition and Environmental Service sectors
Completed three transformative acquisitions in 2H 2022 that support long-term DIPU growth
European Onshore Wind Platform1 | |
▪ 3 operating wind farms in Norway and | |
Description | Sweden with total power generation |
capacity of 258MW, and 1.2GW2 of | |
pipeline opportunity in Sweden and UK |
BKR2 - German Offshore Wind Farm1 | EMKH - Integrated Waste Platform1 | |
▪ 465MW operating wind farm in the | ▪ Leading integrated waste management | |
North Sea off the coast of Germany, an | player in South Korea | |
area with strong wind resources |
- Fred Olsen Renewables AS (FORAS): one of the largest renewables
independent power producers in
Operating partner Northern Europe with 788MW of operating wind farms and ~3.5GW pipeline as at 30 Sep 2022
▪ Ørsted AS: the largest developer and | ▪ In-house O&M: best-in-class |
operator of offshore wind farms in the | maintenance capabilities with value-add |
world with 8.9GW installed capacity and | potential |
~2.2GW under construction as at 31 | |
Dec 2022 |
Key highlights
KIT equity contribution and
effective stake
- Built-ingrowth potential with de- risked asset dropdowns from FORAS
- €131.2m (~S$191.6m)4
- 13.4%4
- Predictable cashflows with FiT regime; ✓ Evergreen business3 with high barriers
receives higher of FiT or capture price | to entry | ||
▪ | €250.1m (~S$365.1m)4 | ▪ | ₩296.7b (~S$315.6m) |
▪ | 20.5%4 | ▪ | 52.0% |
- Jointly defined as the "Acquisitions".
- As of 31 Dec 2022. FORAS is committed to inject and investors are committed to invest in 49% of eligible FORAS pipeline projects, up to the FundCo capital commitment of €480m or within 5 years from the entry into the Subscription Agreement.
- Landfill business commenced in Jan 2022 with a useful life of approx. 10 years.
4. KIT invests as part of JVCo with KRI, where KIT contributes 82% share of the JVCo's required equity commitment. Total effective stake acquired by the JVCo | 3 |
is 16.3% in the European Onshore Wind Platform, and 25.0% in BKR2. |
Rationale for the Acquisitions
1 Transformative acquisitions that align with KIT's growth strategy
▪ | Strong sectoral megatrends underpin portfolio |
▪ | Well-balanced mix of infrastructure businesses and assets |
in developed markets with best-in-class partners | |
Account for 16% of KIT's FY2022 AUM of S$7.3bn1
2 Growing KIT's exposure to green infrastructure segments
▪ | Benefit from secular tailwinds of a circular economy |
▪ | Well-positioned in a global decarbonisation roadmap |
723 MW
Operational
Capacity
~1.2GW2
Exclusive
Pipeline
3 Strengthens cash flow resilience
▪ | Improved cash flow visibility post Acquisitions |
▪ | Leverage proprietary expertise across the Keppel Group |
to achieve further growth |
Expanded presence into 5 developed jurisdictions with AA-AAAcredit ratings
4 Accretive acquisitions
▪ Created new long-term income streams for Unitholders |
during 2H 2022, supporting sustainable FFO and DIPU |
growth |
35.6%
Growth
in FFO3
3.5%
DIPU
Accretion3
5 Reinforces KIT's commitment to ESG targets
▪ | Drive long-term value creation through sustainable |
investments | |
▪ | Support the global climate agenda |
Exposure to renewable energy to 10% of AUM
- Based on FY2022 AUM, following the AUM Portfolio Valuation.
- As of 31 Dec 2022. As part of the Wind Fund Acquisition, Wind Fund has a five-year exclusive right and obligation to further co-invest with a 49% stake in a pipeline of onshore wind projects across
Sweden and United Kingdom with FORAS.
3. Pro forma FY2022, as if the Acquisitions and the Equity Fund Raising had been completed on 1 January 2022, and KIT held the interests acquired pursuant to4 the Acquisitions through to 31 December 2022.
Financial Impact
Acquisitions deliver new long-term income streams, supporting sustainable DIPU growth
Pro-forma FFO1
(S$m)
314.5 | |
82.6 | |
232.3 | 231.9 |
(0.4) |
FY2022 Adjustment Adjusted Acquisitions Adjusted
Basefor the
Acquisitions
Pro-forma DIPU1
(S$ cents per unit)
4.60 | ||
4.46 | 4.45 | 0.15 |
(0.01) |
FY2022 Adjustment Adjusted Acquisitions Adjusted
Basefor the
Acquisitions
Pro-forma net gearing1
(%) | ||||
39.8 | ||||
35.2 | ||||
(9.3) | 30.5 | 4.7 | ||
FY2022 | Adjustment | Adjusted | Acquisitions | Adjusted |
Base | for the | |||
Acquisitions |
1. Excludes contribution from Basslink Group. Pro-forma FFO, DIPU and net gearing for FY2022 prepared as if the Acquisitions and the Equity Fund Raising had been completed on 1 January 2022, and KIT held the interests acquired pursuant to the Acquisitions through to 31 December 2022. Assumes the Acquisitions are funded in the following sequence: (i) 40% debt funding; (ii) existing free cash; then (iii) remaining balance by the Equity Fund Raising. FFO is calculated before mandatory debt repayment.
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