Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. (Brookfield Infrastructure,
BIP, or the Partnership) (NYSE: BIP; TSX: BIP.UN) today announced
its results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2023.
“We are pleased to report a strong start to 2023
for Brookfield Infrastructure, with future growth secured from
several successful capital deployment initiatives,” said Sam
Pollock, Chief Executive Officer of Brookfield Infrastructure. “Our
diversified portfolio of high-quality infrastructure assets are
well positioned to deliver resilient results during all market
conditions.”
|
For the three monthsended March 31 |
US$ millions (except per unit amounts), unaudited1 |
|
2023 |
|
|
|
2022 |
|
Net income2 |
$ |
23 |
|
|
$ |
70 |
|
– per unit3,4 |
$ |
(0.07 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.01 |
) |
FFO5 |
$ |
554 |
|
|
$ |
493 |
|
– per
unit4,6 |
$ |
0.72 |
|
|
$ |
0.64 |
|
Brookfield Infrastructure reported net income of
$23 million for the three-month period ended March 31, 2023
compared to net income of $70 million in the prior year. Current
year results benefited from the contributions associated with
recent acquisitions and organic growth across our base business,
which were offset by mark-to-market losses on commodity contracts
and one-time transaction costs associated with the acquisition of
HomeServe and the European telecom tower portfolio, which are
expensed on acquisition.
Funds from operations (FFO) for the first
quarter was $554 million, increasing 12% relative to the comparable
period. Organic growth for the quarter was robust at 9%, reflecting
the benefits of continued elevated levels of inflation on tariffs,
strong volumes across our transport networks and the commissioning
of approximately $1 billion in new capital projects over the
last twelve months. Results were further supported by the
contribution of approximately $2.4 billion of capital deployed
in new acquisitions over the past year. Partially offsetting the
strong underlying performance of our business was the normalization
of market sensitive revenues, as the prior year benefited from
elevated commodity prices, and the impact of asset sales.
Segment Performance
The following table summarizes FFO by
segment:
|
For the three monthsended March 31 |
US$ millions, unaudited1 |
|
2023 |
|
|
|
2022 |
|
FFO by segment |
|
|
|
Utilities |
$ |
208 |
|
|
$ |
167 |
|
Transport |
|
192 |
|
|
|
185 |
|
Midstream |
|
198 |
|
|
|
196 |
|
Data |
|
70 |
|
|
|
58 |
|
Corporate |
|
(114 |
) |
|
|
(113 |
) |
FFO5 |
$ |
554 |
|
|
$ |
493 |
|
The utilities segment generated FFO of $208
million, an increase of 25% from the same period last year. Organic
growth for the segment was over 10%, reflecting higher than
historical average inflation indexation and the commissioning of
approximately $450 million of capital into the rate base during the
last twelve months. Current quarter results benefited from the
expansion of our residential decarbonization infrastructure
platform in North America and Europe, following the acquisition of
HomeServe that closed early in the quarter. Results also benefited
from a full quarter contribution of an Australian regulated utility
we acquired in February 2022.
FFO for the transport segment was $192 million
for the quarter, an increase of 11% excluding our North American
container terminal from prior year results that was divested in the
second quarter of 2022. As a result of strong customer demand and
activity levels, we continue to benefit from higher volumes across
our networks and increased rates that are generally in-line with
inflation across the countries where we operate. Specifically, our
global toll road portfolio saw traffic levels increase 3% compared
to the prior year, our rail networks transported 11% more volume
this year and our global ports businesses moved 5% more cargo.
Our midstream segment generated $198 million of
FFO, consistent with the prior year. Strong performance at our
North American gas storage business continued from the fourth
quarter, offsetting the normalization of market sensitive revenues
at our U.S. gas pipeline and diversified Canadian midstream
business.
The data segment generated FFO of $70 million,
an increase of 21% from the same period last year. Organic growth
for the segment was 9% driven by additional points-of-presence and
inflationary tariff escalators across the portfolio. Our integrated
data distribution business in New Zealand benefited from a recovery
in roaming revenue due to an uptake in international travel, as
well as fiber connectivity requirements from the commissioning of
new third-party data centers. Current quarter results also
benefited from the acquisition of a European telecom tower
operation in February, as well as the contribution from an
Australian fiber business acquired in August 2022.
Update on Strategic
Initiatives
We had an excellent start to the year as we
committed to a number of transactions in addition to completing
those secured last year. In April, we were successful securing two
marquee infrastructure platforms. Together, we expect our share of
deployment to be roughly $1.6 billion across two high-quality
investments, Data4 Group (Data4) and Triton International
(Triton).
Data4 is a premier hyperscale data center
platform in Europe, with operations in France, Italy, Spain, Poland
and Germany. The business has approximately 100 megawatts of
in-place capacity currently generating revenue, with a plan to add
400 megawatts of capacity. A significant proportion of this
incremental growth has been contracted or reserved, which provides
a high degree of certainty for the first five years of our
development plan. The entire growth profile of the business has
been further de-risked, with all of the required land already owned
and power secured to support the expansion. The transaction is
expected to close in the third quarter, with a total Brookfield
equity investment of $2.4 billion (BIP’s share – approximately $600
million).
In April, we announced our intention to acquire
100% of the common equity of Triton for $85 per share in a
take-private transaction, equating to an enterprise value of $13.3
billion. Triton is the world’s largest owner and lessor of
intermodal shipping containers and is a critical provider of global
transport logistics infrastructure, with a fleet of over 7 million
twenty-foot equivalent units. The container leasing industry has
high barriers to entry and is characterized by a small group of
industry players. The size and scale of Triton’s global network
differentiates it from competitors, making it the partner of choice
for the world’s top 10 shipping lines that collectively account for
approximately 85% of global shipping capacity. Brookfield
Infrastructure’s share of the equity is expected to be
approximately $1 billion at close, primarily funded by over $900
million of BIPC shares being included as part of the transaction.
Closing is expected to occur in the fourth quarter, subject to
customary closing conditions and Triton shareholder approval.
We have a proven track record of monetizing
de-risked investments and recycling the capital into higher
returning new investments. Since interest rates began rising in
March of 2022, we have successfully secured seven asset sales, six
of which are already closed, with the remaining Indian Toll Road
portfolio sale scheduled to close in the second quarter. These
sales have been to core and strategic buyers at values in-line or
above expectations, demonstrating the continued demand for
high-quality infrastructure assets.
Most recently, we completed the sale of our
interests in two U.S. gas storage assets to strategic buyers for
gross proceeds of $235 million (BIP’s share – approximately $100
million). The sale included our interest in Tres Palacios in Texas
and our Salt Plains facility in Oklahoma. We realized attractive
transaction multiples for these assets of 21 times and 15 times
EBITDA, respectively. Both storage assets and the previously
announced sale of Geelong Port closed in April. As we move forward,
we remain committed to our 2023 capital recycling objective and
continue to see strong interest from potential buyers. In
aggregate, our asset sale program is expected to generate
approximately $2 billion of proceeds this year.
Distribution and Dividend
Declaration
The Board of Directors of BIP has declared a
quarterly distribution in the amount of $0.3825 per unit, payable
on June 30, 2023 to unitholders of record as at the close of
business on May 31, 2023. The regular quarterly dividends on the
Cumulative Class A Preferred Limited Partnership Units, Series 1,
Series 3, Series 9, Series 11, Series 13 and Series 14 have also
been declared, as well as the capital gains dividend for BIP
Investment Corporation Senior Preferred Shares, Series 1. In
conjunction with the Partnership’s distribution declaration, the
Board of Directors of BIPC has declared an equivalent quarterly
dividend of $0.3825 per share, also payable on June 30, 2023
to shareholders of record as at the close of business on
May 31, 2023.
Conference Call and Quarterly Earnings
Details
Investors, analysts and other interested parties
can access Brookfield Infrastructure’s First Quarter 2023 Results,
as well as Letter to Unitholders and Supplemental Information at
https://bip.brookfield.com.
To participate in the Conference Call today at
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Additional Information
The Board has reviewed and approved this news
release, including the summarized unaudited financial information
contained herein.
About Brookfield
Infrastructure
Brookfield Infrastructure is a leading global
infrastructure company that owns and operates high-quality,
long-life assets in the utilities, transport, midstream and data
sectors across North and South America, Asia Pacific and Europe. We
are focused on assets that generate stable cash flows and require
minimal maintenance capital expenditures. Investors can access its
portfolio either through Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P.
(NYSE: BIP; TSX: BIP.UN), a Bermuda-based limited partnership, or
Brookfield Infrastructure Corporation (NYSE, TSX: BIPC), a Canadian
corporation. Further information is available at
https://bip.brookfield.com.
Brookfield Infrastructure is the flagship listed
infrastructure company of Brookfield Corporation, a global
alternative asset manager with over $825 billion of assets under
management. For more information, go to https://brookfield.com.
Contact Information
MediaSimon
MaineManaging Director, Corporate Communications Tel: +44 739
890-9278Email: simon.maine@brookfield.com |
Investor
RelationsStephen FukudaVice President, Corporate
Development & Investor RelationsTel: +1 416 956 5129Email:
stephen.fukuda@brookfield.com |
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Forward-looking Statements
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Forward-looking statements in this news release include statements
regarding the three-for-two split of BIP and BIPC’s respective
units and shares, and may include statements regarding expansion of
Brookfield Infrastructure’s business, the likelihood and timing of
successfully completing the transactions referred to in this news
release, statements with respect to our assets tending to
appreciate in value over time, the future performance of acquired
businesses and growth initiatives, the commissioning of our capital
backlog, the pursuit of projects in our pipeline, the level of
distribution growth over the next several years and our
expectations regarding returns to our unitholders as a result of
such growth. Although Brookfield Infrastructure believes that these
forward-looking statements and information are based upon
reasonable assumptions and expectations, the reader should not
place undue reliance on them, or any other forward-looking
statements or information in this news release. The future
performance and prospects of Brookfield Infrastructure are subject
to a number of known and unknown risks and uncertainties. Factors
that could cause actual results of Brookfield Infrastructure to
differ materially from those contemplated or implied by the
statements in this news release include general economic conditions
in the jurisdictions in which we operate and elsewhere which may
impact the markets for our products and services, the ability to
achieve growth within Brookfield Infrastructure’s businesses and in
particular completion on time and on budget of various large
capital projects, which themselves depend on access to capital and
continuing favorable commodity prices, and our ability to achieve
the milestones necessary to deliver the targeted returns to our
unitholders, the impact of market conditions on our businesses, the
fact that success of Brookfield Infrastructure is dependent on
market demand for an infrastructure company, which is unknown, the
availability of equity and debt financing for Brookfield
Infrastructure, the impact of health pandemics on our business and
operations, the ability to effectively complete transactions in the
competitive infrastructure space (including the ability to complete
announced and potential transactions that may be subject to
conditions precedent, and the inability to reach final agreement
with counterparties to transactions referred to in this press
release as being currently pursued, given that there can be no
assurance that any such transaction will be agreed to or completed)
and to integrate acquisitions into existing operations, the future
performance of these acquisitions, changes in technology which have
the potential to disrupt the business and industries in which we
invest, the market conditions of key commodities, the price, supply
or demand for which can have a significant impact upon the
financial and operating performance of our business and other risks
and factors described in the documents filed by Brookfield
Infrastructure with the securities regulators in Canada and the
United States including under “Risk Factors” in Brookfield
Infrastructure’s most recent Annual Report on Form 20-F and other
risks and factors that are described therein. Except as required by
law, Brookfield Infrastructure undertakes no obligation to publicly
update or revise any forward-looking statements or information,
whether as a result of new information, future events or
otherwise.
Any statements contained herein with respect to
tax consequences are of a general nature only and are not intended
to be, nor should they be construed to be, legal or tax advice to
any person, and no representation with respect to tax consequences
is made. Unitholders and shareholders are urged to consult their
tax advisors with respect to their particular circumstances.
References to Brookfield Infrastructure are to
the Partnership together with its subsidiaries and operating
entities. Brookfield Infrastructure’s results include limited
partnership units held by public unitholders, redeemable
partnership units, general partnership units, Exchange LP units,
BIPC exchangeable LP units and BIPC exchangeable shares.
References to the Partnership are to Brookfield
Infrastructure Partners L.P.
- Please refer to page 10 for results
of Brookfield Infrastructure Corporation.
- Includes net income attributable to
limited partners, the general partner, and non-controlling
interests ‒ Redeemable Partnership Units held by Brookfield,
Exchange LP units, BIPC exchangeable LP units and BIPC exchangeable
shares.
- Average number of limited
partnership units outstanding on a time weighted average basis for
the three-month period ended March 31, 2023 was
458.4 million (2022: 457.9 million).
- On June 10, 2022, Brookfield
Infrastructure completed a three-for-two split of our units, BIPC
exchangeable shares, Exchange LP Units, and BIPC exchangeable LP
units, by way of a subdivision whereby unitholders/shareholders
received an additional one-half of a unit/share for each unit/share
held. The Managing General Partner Units, Special General Partner
Units and Redeemable Partnership Units of the Holding LP were
concurrently split. Brookfield Infrastructure’s preferred units
were not affected by the split. All historical unit and share
counts, as well as per unit/share disclosures have been adjusted to
effect for the change in units due to the splits.
- We define FFO as net income
excluding the impact of depreciation and amortization, deferred
income taxes, mark-to-market gains (losses) and other income
(expenses) that are not related to the revenue earning activities
and are not normal, recurring cash operating expenses necessary for
business operations. FFO includes balances attributable to the
Partnership generated by investments in associates and joint
ventures accounted for using the equity method and excludes amounts
attributable to non-controlling interests based on the economic
interests held by non-controlling interests in consolidated
subsidiaries. We believe that FFO, when viewed in conjunction with
our IFRS results, provides a more complete understanding of factors
and trends affecting our underlying operations. FFO is a measure of
operating performance that is not calculated in accordance with,
and does not have any standardized meaning prescribed by IFRS as
issued by the International Accounting Standards Board. FFO is
therefore unlikely to be comparable to similar measures presented
by other issuers. A reconciliation of net income to FFO is
available on page 9 of this release. Readers are encouraged to
consider both measures in assessing our company’s results.
- Average number of partnership units
outstanding on a fully diluted time weighted average basis for the
three-month period ended March 31, 2023 were
771.4 million (2022: 771.1 million).
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners
L.P.Consolidated Statements of Financial
Position
|
As of |
US$
millions, unaudited |
March 31,2023 |
|
Dec. 31,2022 |
|
|
|
|
Assets |
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents |
$ |
1,515 |
|
$ |
1,279 |
Financial assets |
|
717 |
|
|
785 |
Property, plant and equipment
and investment properties |
|
38,324 |
|
|
37,991 |
Intangible assets and
goodwill |
|
27,129 |
|
|
20,611 |
Investments in associates and
joint ventures |
|
5,824 |
|
|
5,325 |
Deferred income taxes and other |
|
8,416 |
|
|
6,978 |
Total assets |
$ |
81,925 |
|
$ |
72,969 |
|
|
|
|
Liabilities and
partnership capital |
|
|
|
Corporate borrowings |
$ |
4,571 |
|
$ |
3,666 |
Non-recourse borrowings |
|
30,246 |
|
|
26,567 |
Financial liabilities |
|
2,087 |
|
|
2,067 |
Deferred income taxes and
other |
|
16,709 |
|
|
15,115 |
|
|
|
|
Partnership
capital |
|
|
|
Limited partners |
|
5,112 |
|
|
5,372 |
General partner |
|
25 |
|
|
27 |
Non-controlling interest
attributable to: |
|
|
|
Redeemable partnership units held by Brookfield |
|
2,149 |
|
|
2,263 |
Exchangeable units/shares1 |
|
1,293 |
|
|
1,361 |
Perpetual subordinated notes |
|
293 |
|
|
293 |
Interest of others in operating subsidiaries |
|
18,522 |
|
|
15,320 |
Preferred unitholders |
|
918 |
|
|
918 |
Total partnership capital |
|
28,312 |
|
|
25,554 |
Total liabilities and partnership capital |
$ |
81,925 |
|
$ |
72,969 |
- Includes non-controlling interest
attributable to BIPC exchangeable shares, BIPC exchangeable LP
units and Exchange LP units.
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners
L.P.Consolidated Statements of Operating
Results
|
For the three monthsended March 31 |
US$ millions, except per unit information, unaudited |
|
2023 |
|
|
|
2022 |
|
|
|
|
|
Revenues |
$ |
4,218 |
|
|
$ |
3,411 |
|
Direct operating costs |
|
(3,229 |
) |
|
|
(2,506 |
) |
General
and administrative expense |
|
(103 |
) |
|
|
(121 |
) |
|
|
886 |
|
|
|
784 |
|
Interest expense |
|
(568 |
) |
|
|
(409 |
) |
Share of earnings from
associates and joint ventures |
|
103 |
|
|
|
54 |
|
Mark-to-market losses |
|
(94 |
) |
|
|
(54 |
) |
Other
(expense) income |
|
(95 |
) |
|
|
57 |
|
Income before income tax |
|
232 |
|
|
|
432 |
|
Income tax (expense)
recovery |
|
|
|
Current |
|
(132 |
) |
|
|
(120 |
) |
Deferred |
|
43 |
|
|
|
(18 |
) |
Net income |
|
143 |
|
|
|
294 |
|
Non-controlling interest of others in operating subsidiaries |
|
(120 |
) |
|
|
(224 |
) |
Net income attributable to partnership |
$ |
23 |
|
|
$ |
70 |
|
|
|
|
|
Attributable to: |
|
|
|
Limited partners |
$ |
(25 |
) |
|
$ |
6 |
|
General partner |
|
65 |
|
|
|
60 |
|
Non-controlling interest |
|
|
|
Redeemable partnership units held by Brookfield |
|
(11 |
) |
|
|
3 |
|
Exchangeable units/shares1 |
|
(6 |
) |
|
|
1 |
|
Basic and diluted losses per unit attributable to: |
|
|
|
Limited partners2 |
$ |
(0.07 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.01 |
) |
- Includes non-controlling interest
attributable to BIPC exchangeable shares, BIPC exchangeable LP
units and Exchange LP units.
- Average number of limited
partnership units outstanding on a time weighted average basis for
the three-month period ended March 31, 2023 was 458.4 million
(2022: 457.9 million).
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P.
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
|
For the three monthsended March 31 |
US$ millions, unaudited |
|
2023 |
|
|
|
2022 |
|
|
|
|
|
Operating
Activities |
|
|
|
Net income |
$ |
143 |
|
|
$ |
294 |
|
Adjusted for the following
items: |
|
|
|
Earnings from investments in associates and joint ventures, net of
distributions received |
|
52 |
|
|
|
70 |
|
Depreciation and amortization expense |
|
645 |
|
|
|
544 |
|
Mark-to-market, provisions and other |
|
201 |
|
|
|
21 |
|
Deferred income tax expense |
|
(43 |
) |
|
|
18 |
|
Change
in non-cash working capital, net |
|
(481 |
) |
|
|
(212 |
) |
Cash from operating activities |
|
517 |
|
|
|
735 |
|
|
|
|
|
Investing
Activities |
|
|
|
Net (investments in) proceeds
from: |
|
|
|
Operating assets |
|
(4,699 |
) |
|
|
(42 |
) |
Associates |
|
(702 |
) |
|
|
(455 |
) |
Long-lived assets |
|
(489 |
) |
|
|
(590 |
) |
Financial assets |
|
121 |
|
|
|
(44 |
) |
Settlements of foreign exchange contracts |
|
(1 |
) |
|
|
(1 |
) |
Other
investing activities |
|
(683 |
) |
|
|
8 |
|
Cash used by investing activities |
|
(6,453 |
) |
|
|
(1,124 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Financing
Activities |
|
|
|
Distributions to limited and
general partners |
|
(376 |
) |
|
|
(357 |
) |
Net borrowings: |
|
|
|
Corporate |
|
898 |
|
|
|
439 |
|
Subsidiary |
|
2,534 |
|
|
|
642 |
|
Deposit received from
parent |
|
— |
|
|
|
200 |
|
Net preferred units
redeemed |
|
— |
|
|
|
(243 |
) |
Partnership units issued |
|
6 |
|
|
|
4 |
|
Net capital provided by
non-controlling interest |
|
3,005 |
|
|
|
130 |
|
Lease
liability repaid and other |
|
70 |
|
|
|
(18 |
) |
Cash from financing activities |
|
6,137 |
|
|
|
797 |
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash
equivalents |
|
|
|
Change during the period |
$ |
201 |
|
|
$ |
408 |
|
Cash reclassified as held for sale |
|
(6 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
Impact of foreign exchange on cash |
|
41 |
|
|
|
155 |
|
Balance, beginning of period |
|
1,279 |
|
|
|
1,406 |
|
Balance, end of period |
$ |
1,515 |
|
|
$ |
1,969 |
|
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners
L.P. Reconciliation of Net Income to Funds from
Operations
|
For the three monthsended March 31 |
US$ millions, unaudited |
|
2023 |
|
|
|
2022 |
|
|
|
|
|
Net income |
$ |
143 |
|
|
$ |
294 |
|
Add back or deduct the following: |
|
|
|
Depreciation and amortization |
|
645 |
|
|
|
544 |
|
Share of earnings from investments in associates and joint
ventures |
|
(103 |
) |
|
|
(54 |
) |
FFO contribution from investments in associates and joint
ventures1 |
|
239 |
|
|
|
206 |
|
Deferred tax expense (recovery) |
|
(43 |
) |
|
|
18 |
|
Mark-to-market losses |
|
94 |
|
|
|
54 |
|
Other expense (income)2 |
|
163 |
|
|
|
(3 |
) |
Consolidated Funds from Operations |
$ |
1,138 |
|
|
$ |
1,059 |
|
FFO Attributable to non-controlling interests3 |
|
(584 |
) |
|
|
(566 |
) |
FFO |
$ |
554 |
|
|
$ |
493 |
|
- FFO contribution from investments
in associates and joint ventures correspond to the FFO attributable
to the partnership that are generated by its investments in
associates and joint ventures accounted for using the equity
method.
- Other expense (income) corresponds
to amounts that are not related to the revenue earning activities
and are not normal, recurring cash operating expenses necessary for
business operations. Other income/expenses excluded from FFO
primarily includes gains on the disposition of subsidiaries,
associates and joint ventures, acquisition costs, gains/losses on
remeasurement of borrowings, amortization of deferred financing
costs, fair value remeasurement gains/losses, accretion expenses on
deferred consideration or asset retirement obligations, and gains
or losses on debt extinguishment.
- Amounts attributable to
non-controlling interests are calculated based on the economic
ownership interests held by non-controlling interests in
consolidated subsidiaries. By adjusting FFO attributable to
non-controlling interests, our partnership is able to remove the
portion of FFO earned at non-wholly owned subsidiaries that are not
attributable to our partnership.
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners
L.P.Statements of Funds from Operations per
Unit
|
For the three monthsended March 31 |
US$, unaudited |
|
2023 |
|
|
|
2022 |
|
|
|
|
|
Losses per limited partnership
unit1 |
$ |
(0.07 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.01 |
) |
Add back or deduct the
following: |
|
|
|
Depreciation and amortization |
|
0.45 |
|
|
|
0.42 |
|
Deferred taxes and other items |
|
0.34 |
|
|
|
0.23 |
|
FFO per unit2 |
$ |
0.72 |
|
|
$ |
0.64 |
|
- Average number of limited
partnership units outstanding on a time weighted average basis for
the three-month period ended March 31, 2023 was 458.4 million
(2022: 457.9 million).
- Average number of partnership units
outstanding on a fully diluted time weighted average basis for the
three-month period ended March 31, 2023 was 771.4 million
(2022: 771.1 million).
Notes:
The Statements of Funds from Operations per unit
above are prepared on a basis that is consistent with the
Partnership’s Supplemental Information and differs from net income
per limited partnership unit as presented in Brookfield
Infrastructure’s Consolidated Statements of Operating Results on
page 7 of this release, which is prepared in accordance with IFRS.
Management uses funds from operations per unit (FFO per unit) as a
key measure to evaluate operating performance. Readers are
encouraged to consider both measures in assessing Brookfield
Infrastructure’s results.
Brookfield Infrastructure Corporation
Reports First Quarter 2023 Results
The Board of Directors of Brookfield
Infrastructure Corporation (“BIPC” or our “company”) (NYSE, TSX:
BIPC) today has declared a quarterly dividend in the amount of
$0.3825 per class A exchangeable subordinate voting share of BIPC
(a “Share”), payable on June 30, 2023 to shareholders of record as
at the close of business on May 31, 2023. This dividend is
identical in amount per Share and has identical record and payment
dates to the quarterly distribution announced today by Brookfield
Infrastructure Partners L.P. (“BIP” or the “Partnership”) on its
units.
The Shares of BIPC are structured with the
intention of being economically equivalent to the non-voting
limited partnership units of Brookfield Infrastructure Partnership
L.P. (“BIP” or the “Partnership”) (NYSE: BIP; TSX: BIP.UN). We
believe economic equivalence is achieved through identical
dividends and distributions on the Shares and BIP’s units and each
Share being exchangeable at the option of the holder for one BIP
unit at any time. Given the economic equivalence, we expect that
the market price of the Shares will be significantly impacted by
the market price of BIP’s units and the combined business
performance of our company and BIP as a whole. In addition to
carefully considering the disclosure made in this news release in
its entirety, shareholders are strongly encouraged to carefully
review BIP’s letter to unitholders, supplemental information and
its other continuous disclosure filings. BIP’s letter to
unitholders and supplemental information are available at
https://bip.brookfield.com. Copies of the Partnership’s continuous
disclosure filings are available electronically on EDGAR on the
SEC’s website at https://sec.gov or on SEDAR at
https://sedar.com.
Results
The net income and funds from operations1 (FFO)
of BIPC are captured in the Partnership’s financial statements and
results.
BIPC reported a net loss of $195 million
for the three-month period ended March 31, 2023, compared to a
net loss of $216 million in the prior year. Current earnings
benefited from capital commissioned into rate base at our U.K.
regulated distribution business and inflation indexation at our
Brazilian regulated gas transmission business. Earnings generated
by our base businesses in both the current and comparable periods
were more than offset by revaluation losses on the Shares that are
classified as liabilities under IFRS.
FFO increased to $111 million this quarter,
representing a 9% increase compared to the same period in the prior
year. FFO benefited from inflation-indexation at our Brazilian
regulated gas transmission business and capital commissioned into
rate base, as well as higher connections activity at our U.K.
regulated distribution business. FFO further benefited from a full
quarter’s contribution from the acquisition of our Australian
regulated utility which was completed in February last year. These
benefits were partially offset by an increase in financing costs at
our Brazilian regulated gas transmission business.
Cautionary Statement Regarding
Forward-looking Statements
This news release may contain forward-looking
information within the meaning of Canadian provincial securities
laws and “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section
27A of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Section 21E of
the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, “safe harbor”
provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995 and in any applicable Canadian securities
regulations. The words “believe”, “expect”, “will” derivatives
thereof and other expressions which are predictions of or indicate
future events, trends or prospects and which do not relate to
historical matters, identify the above mentioned and other
forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements in this news
release include statements regarding the three-for-two split of
BIP’s and BIPC’s respective units and Shares, the impact of the
market price of BIP’s units and the combined business performance
of our company and BIP as a whole on the market price of the
Shares. Although Brookfield Infrastructure believes that these
forward-looking statements and information are based upon
reasonable assumptions and expectations, the reader should not
place undue reliance on them, or any other forward-looking
statements or information in this news release. The future
performance and prospects of Brookfield Infrastructure are subject
to a number of known and unknown risks and uncertainties. Factors
that could cause actual results of Brookfield Infrastructure to
differ materially from those contemplated or implied by the
statements in this news release include general economic conditions
in the jurisdictions in which we operate and elsewhere which may
impact the markets for our products and services, the ability to
achieve growth within Brookfield Infrastructure’s businesses and in
particular completion on time and on budget of various large
capital projects, which themselves depend on access to capital and
continuing favorable commodity prices, and our ability to achieve
the milestones necessary to deliver the targeted returns to our
unitholders, the impact of market conditions on our businesses, the
fact that success of Brookfield Infrastructure is dependent on
market demand for an infrastructure company, which is unknown, the
availability of equity and debt financing for Brookfield
Infrastructure, the impact of health pandemics on our business and
operations, the ability to effectively complete transactions in the
competitive infrastructure space (including the ability to complete
announced and potential transactions that may be subject to
conditions precedent, and the inability to reach final agreement
with counterparties to transactions being currently pursued, given
that there can be no assurance that any such transaction will be
agreed to or completed) and to integrate acquisitions into existing
operations, the future performance of these acquisitions, changes
in technology which have the potential to disrupt the business and
industries in which we invest, the market conditions of key
commodities, the price, supply or demand for which can have a
significant impact upon the financial and operating performance of
our business and other risks and factors described in the documents
filed by BIPC with the securities regulators in Canada and the
United States including “Risk Factors” in BIPC’s most recent Annual
Report on Form 20-F and other risks and factors that are described
therein. Except as required by law, Brookfield Infrastructure
Corporation undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise
any forward-looking statements or information, whether as a result
of new information, future events or otherwise.
- We define FFO as net income
excluding the impact of depreciation and amortization, deferred
income taxes, mark-to-market gains (losses) and other income
(expenses) that are not related to the revenue earning activities
and are not normal, recurring cash operating expenses necessary for
business operations. We exclude from FFO dividends paid on the
exchangeable shares of our company that are presented as interest
expense, as well as the interest expense on loans payable to the
partnership which represent the partnership’s investment in our
company. FFO includes balances attributable to our company
generated by investments in associates accounted for using the
equity method and excludes amounts attributable to non-controlling
interests based on the economic interests held by non-controlling
interests in consolidated subsidiaries. We believe that FFO, when
viewed in conjunction with our IFRS results, provides a more
complete understanding of factors and trends affecting our
underlying operations. FFO is a measure of operating performance
that is not calculated in accordance with, and does not have any
standardized meaning prescribed by IFRS as issued by the
International Accounting Standards Board. FFO is therefore unlikely
to be comparable to similar measures presented by other issuers. A
reconciliation of net income to FFO is available on page 15 of this
release. Readers are encouraged to consider both measures in
assessing our company’s results.
Brookfield Infrastructure
CorporationConsolidated Statements of Financial
Position
|
As of |
US$
millions, unaudited |
March 31,2023 |
|
|
Dec. 31,2022 |
|
|
|
|
|
Assets |
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents |
$ |
309 |
|
|
$ |
445 |
|
Due from Brookfield
Infrastructure |
|
761 |
|
|
|
566 |
|
Property, plant and
equipment |
|
4,908 |
|
|
|
4,718 |
|
Intangible assets |
|
2,903 |
|
|
|
2,847 |
|
Investments in associates |
|
405 |
|
|
|
428 |
|
Goodwill |
|
538 |
|
|
|
518 |
|
Deferred tax asset and other |
|
636 |
|
|
|
656 |
|
Total assets |
$ |
10,460 |
|
|
$ |
10,178 |
|
|
|
|
|
Liabilities and
Equity |
|
|
|
Accounts payable and
other |
$ |
627 |
|
|
$ |
781 |
|
Loans payable to Brookfield
Infrastructure |
|
26 |
|
|
|
26 |
|
Exchangeable and class B
shares |
|
3,735 |
|
|
|
3,426 |
|
Non-recourse borrowings |
|
4,965 |
|
|
|
4,577 |
|
Financial liabilities |
|
60 |
|
|
|
72 |
|
Deferred tax liabilities and
other |
|
1,695 |
|
|
|
1,657 |
|
|
|
|
|
Equity |
|
|
|
Equity in net assets
attributable to the Partnership |
|
(1,411 |
) |
|
|
(1,119 |
) |
Non-controlling interest |
|
763 |
|
|
|
758 |
|
Total equity |
|
(648 |
) |
|
|
(361 |
) |
Total liabilities and equity |
$ |
10,460 |
|
|
$ |
10,178 |
|
Brookfield Infrastructure
CorporationConsolidated Statements of Operating
Results
|
For the three monthsended March 31 |
US$ millions, unaudited |
|
2023 |
|
|
|
2022 |
|
|
|
|
|
Revenues |
$ |
497 |
|
|
$ |
461 |
|
Direct operating costs |
|
(147 |
) |
|
|
(134 |
) |
General
and administrative expenses |
|
(16 |
) |
|
|
(20 |
) |
|
|
334 |
|
|
|
307 |
|
|
|
|
|
Interest expense |
|
(153 |
) |
|
|
(102 |
) |
Share of earnings (losses)
from investments in associates |
|
1 |
|
|
|
(6 |
) |
Remeasurement of exchangeable
and class B shares |
|
(307 |
) |
|
|
(397 |
) |
Mark-to-market and other |
|
10 |
|
|
|
101 |
|
Loss before income tax |
|
(115 |
) |
|
|
(97 |
) |
Income tax expense |
|
|
|
Current |
|
(80 |
) |
|
|
(90 |
) |
Deferred |
|
— |
|
|
|
(29 |
) |
Net loss |
$ |
(195 |
) |
|
$ |
(216 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Attributable to: |
|
|
|
Partnership |
$ |
(301 |
) |
|
$ |
(373 |
) |
Non-controlling interest |
|
106 |
|
|
|
157 |
|
Brookfield Infrastructure
CorporationConsolidated Statements of Cash
Flows
|
For the three monthsended March 31 |
US$ millions, unaudited |
|
2023 |
|
|
|
2022 |
|
|
|
|
|
Operating
Activities |
|
|
|
Net loss |
$ |
(195 |
) |
|
$ |
(216 |
) |
Adjusted for the following
items: |
|
|
|
(Earnings) losses from investments in associates, net of
distributions received |
|
(1 |
) |
|
|
6 |
|
Depreciation and amortization expense |
|
55 |
|
|
|
54 |
|
Mark-to-market and other |
|
5 |
|
|
|
(82 |
) |
Remeasurement of exchangeable and class B shares |
|
307 |
|
|
|
397 |
|
Deferred income tax expense |
|
— |
|
|
|
29 |
|
Change
in non-cash working capital, net |
|
(181 |
) |
|
|
(65 |
) |
Cash (used by) from operating activities |
|
(10 |
) |
|
|
123 |
|
|
|
|
|
Investing
Activities |
|
|
|
Investments in associates |
|
— |
|
|
|
(455 |
) |
Purchase of long-lived assets,
net of disposals |
|
(125 |
) |
|
|
(113 |
) |
Purchase of financial assets and other |
|
(4 |
) |
|
|
(71 |
) |
Cash used by investing activities |
|
(129 |
) |
|
|
(639 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Financing
Activities |
|
|
|
Distributions to
non-controlling interest |
|
(115 |
) |
|
|
(19 |
) |
Proceeds from borrowings, net
of repayments |
|
111 |
|
|
|
1,144 |
|
Cash (used by) from financing activities |
|
(4 |
) |
|
|
1,125 |
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash
equivalents |
|
|
|
Change during the period |
$ |
(143 |
) |
|
$ |
609 |
|
Impact of foreign exchange on cash |
|
7 |
|
|
|
141 |
|
Balance, beginning of period |
|
445 |
|
|
|
469 |
|
Balance, end of period |
$ |
309 |
|
|
$ |
1,219 |
|
Brookfield Infrastructure
CorporationStatements of Funds from
Operations
|
For the three monthsended March 31 |
US$ millions, unaudited |
|
2023 |
|
|
|
2022 |
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss |
$ |
(195 |
) |
|
$ |
(216 |
) |
Add back or deduct the following: |
|
|
|
Depreciation and amortization |
|
55 |
|
|
|
54 |
|
Share of (earnings) losses from investments in associates |
|
(1 |
) |
|
|
6 |
|
FFO contribution from investments in associates1 |
|
15 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
Deferred income tax expense |
|
— |
|
|
|
29 |
|
Mark-to-market and foreign currency revaluation |
|
— |
|
|
|
(101 |
) |
Other expenses2 |
|
4 |
|
|
|
13 |
|
Remeasurement of exchangeable and class B shares |
|
307 |
|
|
|
397 |
|
Dividends classified as interest expense and interest expense on
intercompany loans |
|
42 |
|
|
|
40 |
|
Consolidated Funds from Operations |
|
227 |
|
|
|
227 |
|
FFO attributable to non-controlling interests3 |
|
(116 |
) |
|
|
(125 |
) |
FFO |
$ |
111 |
|
|
$ |
102 |
|
- FFO contribution from investments
in associates correspond to the FFO attributable to our company
that are generated by its investments in associates accounted for
using the equity method.
- Other expenses correspond to
amounts that are not related to the revenue earnings activities and
are not normal, recurring cash operating expenses necessary for
business operations. Other expenses excluded from FFO primarily
include fair value remeasurement gains/losses and accretion expense
on deferred consideration.
- Amounts attributable to
non-controlling interests are calculated based on the economic
ownership interests held by non-controlling interests in
consolidated subsidiaries. By adjusting FFO attributable to
non-controlling interests, our company is able to remove the
portion of FFO earned at non-wholly owned subsidiaries that are not
attributable to our company.
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