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, 2024.
“The benefits of inflation indexation, better
than expected economic activity and strong contributions from new
investments have favorably impacted our financial results,” said
Sam Pollock, Chief Executive Officer of Brookfield Infrastructure
Partners. “With the base business performing well and successful
capital recycling, we are positioned for success over the balance
of 2024.”
|
For the three months ended March 31 |
US$ millions (except per unit amounts), unaudited1 |
|
2024 |
|
|
|
2023 |
|
Net income (loss)2 |
$ |
170 |
|
|
$ |
23 |
|
– per unit3 |
$ |
0.10 |
|
|
$ |
(0.07 |
) |
FFO4 |
$ |
615 |
|
|
$ |
554 |
|
– per
unit5 |
$ |
0.78 |
|
|
$ |
0.72 |
|
Brookfield Infrastructure reported net income of
$170 million for the three month period ended March 31, 2024
compared to $23 million in the prior year. Current quarter results
benefited from strong operational performance and the contribution
from recent acquisitions. The current period also reflects higher
mark-to-market gains relative to losses incurred in the prior
period. These positive impacts were partially offset by higher
borrowing costs associated with our recent capital recycling
initiatives.
Funds from operations (FFO) of $615 million
increased by 11% compared with the same period last year. This
increase reflects organic growth of 7%, as well as strong
contributions associated with over $2 billion of new investments,
partially offset by the impact of our capital recycling program and
higher interest costs. Organic growth during the period was
supported by inflation indexation, strong transportation volumes
and the commissioning of over $1 billion of new capital from our
capital backlog.
Segment Performance
The following table presents FFO by segment:
|
For the three months ended March 31 |
US$ millions, unaudited1 |
|
2024 |
|
|
|
2023 |
|
FFO by segment |
|
|
|
Utilities |
$ |
190 |
|
|
$ |
208 |
|
Transport |
|
302 |
|
|
|
192 |
|
Midstream |
|
170 |
|
|
|
198 |
|
Data |
|
68 |
|
|
|
70 |
|
Corporate |
|
(115 |
) |
|
|
(114 |
) |
FFO4 |
$ |
615 |
|
|
$ |
554 |
|
The utilities segment generated FFO of $190
million, compared to $208 million in the same period last year. The
decline is primarily attributable to the sale of our interest in an
Australian regulated utility business. After adjusting for asset
sales and financings completed, organic growth for the segment was
approximately 8%. This growth is primarily from inflation
indexation and the commissioning of over $450 million of capital
into the rate base during the last twelve months.
FFO for the transport segment was $302 million,
representing a 57% increase over the same period last year. The
step-change is attributable to strong underlying performance and
the acquisition of Triton which is performing well above our plan.
The balance of our transport operations grew by 10%, driven by
inflationary tariff increases and higher volumes. Our rail networks
and toll roads realized average rate increases of 9% and 7%,
respectively, over the same period last year, highlighting the
benefits of inflation indexation. Traffic levels on our roads
increased by 4% and our diversified terminals recorded 7% higher
volumes.
Our midstream segment generated FFO of $170
million, which is comparable to the prior year after excluding the
impact of capital recycling initiatives. Although our direct
commodity price exposure is limited, the prevailing environment has
been very favorable for customer activity levels and demand for our
critical midstream assets. This demand has been most robust across
our North American Gas Storage operations where we have extended
contract duration and achieved rates higher than last year.
FFO from our data segment was $68 million, which
is comparable to the same period last year. Results for the quarter
benefited from a full quarter contribution from our German telecom
tower operation, two hyperscale data center platform acquisitions
and the purchase of 40 retail colocation data center sites out of
bankruptcy. These acquisitions were largely offset by the sale of
our interest in a New Zealand integrated data distribution
business, which closed in June 2023.
Update on Strategic Initiatives
Market conditions have continued to improve
during 2024. Activity levels for M&A processes have increased,
and as a result, the environment for transacting should be more
balanced this year as compared to the prior year. We have made
significant progress on our capital recycling plans, securing $1.2
billion in proceeds of which $1.1 billion has been closed to date.
This success sets us up well to achieve our $2 billion annual
capital recycling target.
In April, we signed binding documentation to
sell the fiber platform within our French Telecom Infrastructure
business to a financial buyer. The transaction has an enterprise
value of over €1 billion (approximately €175 million net to BIP)
and is expected to result in an IRR of 17% and a multiple of
capital of approximately 1.9x. We expect to generate up to $100
million in net-to-BIP proceeds when the transaction closes later
this year.
During the quarter we also completed several
opportunistic asset level financings to right-size capital
structures and pull forward future sale proceeds. At our Brazilian
regulated gas transmission business, we completed a $1.6 billion
financing that resulted in approximately $500 million of proceeds
net to BIP. When combined with two refinancings completed at two
pipeline operations in North America, we have generated over $1
billion for the partnership, while making these businesses more
attractive to a wider buyer universe.
The investment pipeline remains quite full, but
we are being very selective in pursuing only those opportunities
with high risk adjusted returns. There are a significant number of
organic and tuck-in opportunities that are our primary focus at the
moment, since these are typically our highest returning
investments.
Our largest investment in the quarter was a
low-risk follow-on investment. We acquired an incremental 10% stake
in our Brazilian integrated rail and logistics provider from an
existing shareholder for approximately $365 million. The purchase
increased our ownership to 21% (37% total Brookfield ownership) in
a high performing business with strong fundamentals at an over 20%
discount to our view of fair value. Additionally, the acquisition
improves Brookfield’s governance as we are now the business’s
largest shareholder.
We are also continuing to advance the follow-on
acquisition of a portfolio of telecom towers in India, which is
expected to close in Q4 2024, subject to regulatory approvals. The
total equity consideration is expected to be approximately $1
billion, with BIP’s share expected to be approximately $150
million. All together our total capital deployment so far this year
is over $500 million.
Distribution and Dividend Declaration
The Board of Directors of BIP declared a
quarterly distribution in the amount of $0.405 per unit, payable on
June 28, 2024 to unitholders of record as at the close of business
on May 31, 2024. This distribution represents a 6% increase
compared to the prior year. 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 $0.405 per share, also payable on June 28, 2024 to
shareholders of record as at the close of business on May 31,
2024.
Conference Call and Quarterly Earnings
Details
Investors, analysts and other interested parties
can access Brookfield Infrastructure’s First Quarter 2024 Results,
as well as Letter to Unitholders and Supplemental Information,
under the Investor Relations section 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 the Americas, Asia Pacific and Europe. We are
focused on assets that have contracted and regulated revenues that
generate predictable and stable cash flows. 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 Asset Management, a global
alternative asset manager with over $900 billion of assets under
management. For more information, go to https://brookfield.com.
Contact Information
Media: |
Investors: |
Simon Maine |
Stephen Fukuda |
Managing Director |
Senior Vice President |
Corporate Communications |
Corporate Development &
Investor Relations |
Tel: +44 739 890 9278 |
Tel: +1 416 956 5129 |
Email:
simon.maine@brookfield.com |
Email:
stephen.fukuda@brookfield.com |
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
applicable securities laws. The words “will”, “target”, “future”,
“growth”, “expect”, “believe”, “may”, 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 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. 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.
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, 2024 was
461.4 million (2023: 458.4 million).
- 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 8 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, 2024 was 792.0 million
(2023: 771.4 million).
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners
L.P.Consolidated Statements of Financial
Position |
|
As of |
US$
millions, unaudited |
March 31, 2024 |
|
|
Dec. 31, 2023 |
|
|
|
|
|
Assets |
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents |
$ |
1,580 |
|
|
$ |
1,857 |
|
Financial assets |
|
647 |
|
|
|
787 |
|
Property, plant and equipment
and investment properties |
|
55,014 |
|
|
|
52,879 |
|
Intangible assets and
goodwill |
|
30,068 |
|
|
|
30,333 |
|
Investments in associates and
joint ventures |
|
5,378 |
|
|
|
5,402 |
|
Deferred income taxes and other |
|
10,573 |
|
|
|
9,526 |
|
Total assets |
$ |
103,260 |
|
|
$ |
100,784 |
|
|
|
|
|
Liabilities and
partnership capital |
|
|
|
Corporate borrowings |
$ |
4,937 |
|
|
$ |
4,911 |
|
Non-recourse borrowings |
|
44,136 |
|
|
|
40,904 |
|
Financial liabilities |
|
2,702 |
|
|
|
2,875 |
|
Deferred income taxes and
other |
|
18,862 |
|
|
|
18,078 |
|
|
|
|
|
Partnership
capital |
|
|
|
Limited partners |
|
5,162 |
|
|
|
5,321 |
|
General partner |
|
28 |
|
|
|
28 |
|
Non-controlling interest
attributable to: |
|
|
|
Redeemable partnership units held by Brookfield |
|
2,122 |
|
|
|
2,190 |
|
Exchangeable units/shares1 |
|
1,557 |
|
|
|
1,605 |
|
Perpetual subordinated notes |
|
293 |
|
|
|
293 |
|
Interest of others in operating subsidiaries |
|
22,543 |
|
|
|
23,661 |
|
Preferred unitholders |
|
918 |
|
|
|
918 |
|
Total partnership capital |
|
32,623 |
|
|
|
34,016 |
|
Total liabilities and partnership capital |
$ |
103,260 |
|
|
$ |
100,784 |
|
- 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 months ended March 31 |
US$ millions, except per unit information, unaudited |
|
2024 |
|
|
|
2023 |
|
|
|
|
|
Revenues |
$ |
5,187 |
|
|
$ |
4,218 |
|
Direct operating costs |
|
(3,913 |
) |
|
|
(3,229 |
) |
General
and administrative expense |
|
(97 |
) |
|
|
(103 |
) |
|
|
1,177 |
|
|
|
886 |
|
Interest expense |
|
(794 |
) |
|
|
(568 |
) |
Share of earnings from
associates and joint ventures |
|
41 |
|
|
|
103 |
|
Mark-to-market gains
(losses) |
|
4 |
|
|
|
(94 |
) |
Other
income (expense) |
|
398 |
|
|
|
(95 |
) |
Income before income tax |
|
826 |
|
|
|
232 |
|
Income tax (expense)
recovery |
|
|
|
Current |
|
(162 |
) |
|
|
(132 |
) |
Deferred |
|
150 |
|
|
|
43 |
|
Net income |
|
814 |
|
|
|
143 |
|
Non-controlling interest of others in operating subsidiaries |
|
(644 |
) |
|
|
(120 |
) |
Net income attributable to partnership |
$ |
170 |
|
|
$ |
23 |
|
|
|
|
|
Attributable to: |
|
|
|
Limited partners |
$ |
56 |
|
|
$ |
(25 |
) |
General partner |
|
74 |
|
|
|
65 |
|
Non-controlling interest |
|
|
|
Redeemable partnership units held by Brookfield |
|
23 |
|
|
|
(11 |
) |
Exchangeable units/shares1 |
|
17 |
|
|
|
(6 |
) |
Basic and diluted gains (losses) per unit attributable to: |
|
|
|
Limited partners2 |
$ |
0.10 |
|
|
$ |
(0.07 |
) |
- 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, 2024 was
461.4 million (2023: 458.4 million).
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners
L.P.Consolidated Statements of Cash
Flows |
|
For the three months ended March 31 |
US$ millions, unaudited |
|
2024 |
|
|
|
2023 |
|
|
|
|
|
Operating
Activities |
|
|
|
Net income |
$ |
814 |
|
|
$ |
143 |
|
Adjusted for the following
items: |
|
|
|
Earnings from investments in associates and joint ventures, net of
distributions received |
|
13 |
|
|
|
52 |
|
Depreciation and amortization expense |
|
936 |
|
|
|
645 |
|
Mark-to-market, provisions and other |
|
(353 |
) |
|
|
201 |
|
Deferred income tax recovery |
|
(150 |
) |
|
|
(43 |
) |
Change
in non-cash working capital, net |
|
(419 |
) |
|
|
(481 |
) |
Cash from operating activities |
|
841 |
|
|
|
517 |
|
|
|
|
|
Investing
Activities |
|
|
|
Net (investments in) proceeds
from: |
|
|
|
Operating assets |
|
(658 |
) |
|
|
(4,699 |
) |
Associates |
|
— |
|
|
|
(702 |
) |
Long-lived assets |
|
(1,483 |
) |
|
|
(489 |
) |
Financial assets |
|
23 |
|
|
|
121 |
|
Net settlements of foreign
exchange contracts |
|
5 |
|
|
|
(1 |
) |
Other
investing activities |
|
(46 |
) |
|
|
(683 |
) |
Cash used by investing activities |
|
(2,159 |
) |
|
|
(6,453 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Financing
Activities |
|
|
|
Distributions to limited and
general partners |
|
(411 |
) |
|
|
(376 |
) |
Net borrowings: |
|
|
|
Corporate |
|
86 |
|
|
|
898 |
|
Subsidiary |
|
3,529 |
|
|
|
2,534 |
|
Partnership units issued |
|
3 |
|
|
|
6 |
|
Net capital provided (to) by
non-controlling interest |
|
(1,637 |
) |
|
|
3,005 |
|
Lease
liability repaid and other |
|
(513 |
) |
|
|
70 |
|
Cash from financing activities |
|
1,057 |
|
|
|
6,137 |
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash
equivalents |
|
|
|
Change during the period |
$ |
(261 |
) |
|
$ |
201 |
|
Cash reclassified as held for sale |
|
— |
|
|
|
(6 |
) |
Impact of foreign exchange on cash |
|
(16 |
) |
|
|
41 |
|
Balance, beginning of period |
|
1,857 |
|
|
|
1,279 |
|
Balance, end of period |
$ |
1,580 |
|
|
$ |
1,515 |
|
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P.
Reconciliation of Net Income to Funds from
Operations |
|
For the three monthsended March 31 |
US$ millions, unaudited |
|
2024 |
|
|
|
2023 |
|
|
|
|
|
Net income |
$ |
814 |
|
|
$ |
143 |
|
Add back or deduct the following: |
|
|
|
Depreciation and amortization |
|
936 |
|
|
|
645 |
|
Share of earnings from investments in associates and joint
ventures |
|
(41 |
) |
|
|
(103 |
) |
FFO contribution from investments in associates and joint
ventures1 |
|
225 |
|
|
|
239 |
|
Deferred tax recovery |
|
(150 |
) |
|
|
(43 |
) |
Mark-to-market (gains) losses |
|
(4 |
) |
|
|
94 |
|
Other (income) expense2 |
|
(309 |
) |
|
|
163 |
|
Consolidated Funds from Operations |
$ |
1,471 |
|
|
$ |
1,138 |
|
FFO Attributable to non-controlling interests3 |
|
(856 |
) |
|
|
(584 |
) |
FFO |
$ |
615 |
|
|
$ |
554 |
|
- 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 (income)
expense 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 acquisitions and
dispositions of subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures, gains
or losses relating to foreign currency translation reclassified
from accumulated comprehensive income to other expense, 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, impairment losses, 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 months ended March 31 |
US$, unaudited |
|
2024 |
|
|
|
2023 |
|
|
|
|
|
Earnings (losses) per limited
partnership unit1 |
$ |
0.10 |
|
|
$ |
(0.07 |
) |
Add back or deduct the
following: |
|
|
|
Depreciation and amortization |
|
0.54 |
|
|
|
0.45 |
|
Deferred taxes and other items |
|
0.14 |
|
|
|
0.34 |
|
FFO per unit2 |
$ |
0.78 |
|
|
$ |
0.72 |
|
- Average
number of limited partnership units outstanding on a time weighted
average basis for the three-month period ended March 31, 2024
was 461.4 million (2023: 458.4 million).
- Average
number of partnership units outstanding on a fully diluted time
weighted average basis for the three-month period ended
March 31, 2024 was 792.0 million (2023:
771.4 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 6 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 2024 Results
The Board of Directors of Brookfield
Infrastructure Corporation (“BIPC” or our “company”) (NYSE, TSX:
BIPC) today declared a quarterly dividend in the amount of $0.405
per class A exchangeable subordinate voting share of BIPC (a
“Share”), payable on June 28, 2024 to shareholders of record as at
the close of business on May 31, 2024. 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://sedarplus.ca.
Results
The net income of BIPC is captured in the
Partnership’s financial statements and results.
BIPC reported net income of $197 million
for the three-month period ended March 31, 2024, compared to a
net loss of $195 million in the prior year. After removing the
impact of the revaluation on our own Shares that are classified as
liabilities under IFRS, underlying earnings were 43% higher than
the prior year. Current period results benefited from the
acquisition of Triton International, our global logistics
operation, inflation indexation across our business and capital
commissioned into rate base at our U.K. regulated distribution
business. These benefits were partially offset by higher financing
costs at our businesses as a result of incremental borrowings.
Additionally offsetting results was an increase in dividends paid
on our exchangeable shares, which are classified as interest
expense, due to the 6% increase in our quarterly dividend compared
to the prior year.
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 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.
Brookfield Infrastructure
CorporationConsolidated Statements of Financial
Position |
|
As of |
US$
millions, unaudited |
March 31, 2024 |
|
|
Dec. 31, 2023 |
|
|
|
|
|
Assets |
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents |
$ |
355 |
|
|
$ |
539 |
|
Due from Brookfield
Infrastructure |
|
1,826 |
|
|
|
1,288 |
|
Property, plant and
equipment |
|
14,033 |
|
|
|
14,151 |
|
Intangible assets |
|
3,576 |
|
|
|
3,699 |
|
Goodwill |
|
1,710 |
|
|
|
1,726 |
|
Deferred tax asset and other |
|
2,404 |
|
|
|
2,506 |
|
Total assets |
$ |
23,904 |
|
|
$ |
23,909 |
|
|
|
|
|
Liabilities and
Equity |
|
|
|
Accounts payable and
other |
$ |
888 |
|
|
$ |
1,099 |
|
Loans payable to Brookfield
Infrastructure |
|
26 |
|
|
|
26 |
|
Exchangeable and class B
shares |
|
4,117 |
|
|
|
4,153 |
|
Non-recourse borrowings |
|
13,498 |
|
|
|
12,028 |
|
Financial liabilities |
|
65 |
|
|
|
75 |
|
Deferred tax liabilities and
other |
|
2,394 |
|
|
|
2,460 |
|
|
|
|
|
Equity |
|
|
|
Equity in net assets
attributable to the Partnership |
|
(379 |
) |
|
|
(399 |
) |
Non-controlling interest |
|
3,295 |
|
|
|
4,467 |
|
Total equity |
|
2,916 |
|
|
|
4,068 |
|
Total liabilities and equity |
$ |
23,904 |
|
|
$ |
23,909 |
|
Brookfield Infrastructure
CorporationConsolidated Statements of Operating
Results |
|
For the three months ended March 31 |
US$ millions, unaudited |
|
2024 |
|
|
|
2023 |
|
|
|
|
|
Revenues |
$ |
902 |
|
|
$ |
497 |
|
Direct operating costs |
|
(339 |
) |
|
|
(147 |
) |
General
and administrative expenses |
|
(18 |
) |
|
|
(16 |
) |
|
|
545 |
|
|
|
334 |
|
|
|
|
|
Interest expense |
|
(239 |
) |
|
|
(153 |
) |
Share of earnings from
investments in associates |
|
— |
|
|
|
1 |
|
Remeasurement of exchangeable
and class B shares |
|
37 |
|
|
|
(307 |
) |
Mark-to-market and other |
|
(47 |
) |
|
|
10 |
|
Income (loss) before income tax |
|
296 |
|
|
|
(115 |
) |
Income tax (expense)
recovery |
|
|
|
Current |
|
(101 |
) |
|
|
(80 |
) |
Deferred |
|
2 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Net income (loss) |
$ |
197 |
|
|
$ |
(195 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Attributable to: |
|
|
|
Partnership |
$ |
28 |
|
|
$ |
(301 |
) |
Non-controlling interest |
|
169 |
|
|
|
106 |
|
Brookfield Infrastructure
CorporationConsolidated Statements of Cash
Flows |
|
For the three months ended March 31 |
US$ millions, unaudited |
|
2024 |
|
|
|
2023 |
|
|
|
|
|
Operating
Activities |
|
|
|
Net income (loss) |
$ |
197 |
|
|
$ |
(195 |
) |
Adjusted for the following
items: |
|
|
|
Earnings from investments in associates, net of distributions
received |
|
— |
|
|
|
(1 |
) |
Depreciation and amortization expense |
|
195 |
|
|
|
55 |
|
Mark-to-market and other |
|
45 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
Remeasurement of exchangeable and class B shares |
|
(37 |
) |
|
|
307 |
|
Deferred income tax recovery |
|
(2 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
Change
in non-cash working capital, net |
|
(120 |
) |
|
|
(181 |
) |
Cash from (used by) operating activities |
|
278 |
|
|
|
(10 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Investing
Activities |
|
|
|
Purchase of long-lived assets,
net of disposals |
|
(97 |
) |
|
|
(125 |
) |
Purchase of financial assets
and other |
|
— |
|
|
|
(4 |
) |
Other
investing activities |
|
31 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Cash used by investing activities |
|
(66 |
) |
|
|
(129 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Financing
Activities |
|
|
|
Net capital provided to
non-controlling interest |
|
(1,363 |
) |
|
|
(115 |
) |
Net borrowings |
|
957 |
|
|
|
111 |
|
Other
financing activities |
|
18 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Cash used by financing activities |
|
(388 |
) |
|
|
(4 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash
equivalents |
|
|
|
Change during the period |
$ |
(176 |
) |
|
$ |
(143 |
) |
Impact of foreign exchange on cash |
|
(8 |
) |
|
|
7 |
|
Balance, beginning of period |
|
539 |
|
|
|
445 |
|
Balance, end of period |
$ |
355 |
|
|
$ |
309 |
|
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