Macquarie International Infrastructure Fund to sell Hua Nan Expressway stake, delist from SGX and wind up

ASIA-FOCUSED infrastructure company Macquarie International Infrastructure Fund (MIIF) on Friday announced it has agreed to sell its 81 per cent effective interest in Hua Nan Expressway for a total cash consideration of S$110 million, following which it will delist from Singapore Exchange (SGX) and wind up.

The proposed divestment to Topwise Consultants Limited - a shareholder of Hua Nan Expressway, a dual-carriage urban toll road in the Guangzhou province of China - is subject to MIIF shareholders' approval at a special general meeting to be convened.

MIIF intends to distribute the net proceeds and any residual cash following the settlement of its liabilities to shareholders by way of a redemption of ordinary shares in the capital of MIIF. The total proceeds to be distributed to shareholders following the proposed divestment are expected to be approximately 8.25 Singapore cents per share.

The proposed divestment is in line with the strategy to maximise returns to shareholders as announced by MIIF's board in December 2012 and endorsed by shareholders in March 2013.

Upon completion of MIIF's strategy to maximise returns to shareholders, MIIF would have delivered total net proceeds of approximately 66.4 Singapore cents per share to shareholders, 24 per cent higher than MIIF's share price of 53.5 Singapore cents per share when the review of MIIF's strategy was first announced in October 2012.

The MIIF Board has engaged KPMG Corporate Finance to act as an independent financial adviser to opine on the fairness and reasonableness of the transaction. KPMG's opinion would form part of the circular to be issued to shareholders in due course.

The pursuit of this strategy has resulted in the divestments of MIIF's interests in Taiwan Broadband Communications, Changshu Xinghua Port and Miaoli Wind, and the distribution of proceeds from these divestments to shareholders.