Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. (Brookfield Infrastructure,
BIP, or the Partnership) (NYSE: BIP; TSX: BIP.UN) today announced
its results for the year ended December 31, 2024.
“During 2024 we generated strong financial
results and closed on all of our capital recycling initiatives,
showcasing the resilience and durability of our business strategy”
said Sam Pollock, Chief Executive Officer of Brookfield
Infrastructure. “2025 is off to a great start as we continue to
capture elevated inflation in our results, secure meaningful
proceeds from asset sales and add to our robust growth initiatives
led by digitalization tailwinds.”
|
For the twelve months ended December 31 |
US$ millions (except per unit amounts), unaudited1 |
|
2024 |
|
|
2023 |
Net income attributable to the partnership2 |
$ |
391 |
|
$ |
432 |
– per unit3 |
|
0.04 |
|
|
0.14 |
FFO4 |
|
2,468 |
|
|
2,288 |
– per unit5 |
|
3.12 |
|
|
2.95 |
For the year ended December 31, 2024, we
reported net income attributable to the partnership of
$391 million. Current year results benefited from strong
operational performance, contributions from recent acquisitions and
mark-to-market gains on our hedging activities. These positive
impacts were partially offset by higher financing costs and
one-time transaction fees associated with our growth initiatives,
which for accounting purposes are expected.
Funds from operations (FFO) for 2024 was $2.5
billion, representing an increase of approximately 8% compared to
2023. Organic growth for the year was 7%, driven by elevated levels
of inflation in the countries where we operate, stronger volumes
across our critical infrastructure networks and the commissioning
of over $1 billion of new capital projects from our backlog. In
addition, we deployed over $2 billion into new investments during
the second half of 2023 and completed three accretive tuck-in
acquisitions in 2024, all of which are now contributing to
earnings. Results were partially offset by higher borrowing costs
and the impact of foreign exchange.
Segment Performance
The following table summarizes FFO by
segment:
|
For the twelve months ended December 31 |
US$ millions, unaudited |
|
2024 |
|
|
|
2023 |
|
FFO by segment |
|
|
|
Utilities |
$ |
760 |
|
|
$ |
879 |
|
Transport |
|
1,224 |
|
|
|
888 |
|
Midstream |
|
625 |
|
|
|
684 |
|
Data |
|
333 |
|
|
|
275 |
|
Corporate |
|
(474 |
) |
|
|
(438 |
) |
FFO |
$ |
2,468 |
|
|
$ |
2,288 |
|
The utilities segment generated FFO of $760
million, which on a comparable basis was up 7% year over year.
After taking into account asset sales and currency it compares to
$879 million in the prior year. The reduction was primarily
attributable to the sale of our interest in an Australian utility
business in the third quarter of 2023 and the recapitalization of
our Brazilian gas transmission business in the first quarter. The
base business continued to perform well during the year, driven by
inflation indexation and the contribution from $470 million of
capital commissioned into our rate base.
FFO for the transport segment was $1,224
million, representing a step change increase of nearly 40% over the
prior year. This was primarily attributable to the acquisition of
our global intermodal logistics company in the third quarter of
2023 and an incremental 10% stake in our Brazilian integrated rail
and logistics operation in the first quarter of 2024. We continued
to generate strong results across the remaining businesses, driven
by higher volumes and average tariff increases of 7% across our
rail networks and 6% across our toll road portfolio.
The midstream segment generated FFO of $625
million, which on a comparable basis had growth of 11% year over
year. The growth reflects higher volumes across our midstream
assets due to robust customer activity levels, particularly at our
North American gas storage business. This elevated demand for
long-term services was constant during the year, with several
recent commercial wins across all our midstream assets. When
considering the impact of asset sales and foreign exchange, total
FFO decreased from $684 million in the prior year, primarily
relating to capital recycling activities at our U.S. gas
pipeline.
Lastly, FFO for the data segment was $333
million, representing a 21% increase over the prior year. The
increase is attributable to strong organic growth and the
contribution of several new investments completed over the last
twelve months, including three data center platforms and a tower
portfolio in India.
Update on Strategic Initiatives
In 2024, we achieved our targeted $2 billion of
capital recycling proceeds in a challenging but improving asset
sale environment. As we ended the year, we were seeing greater
investor interest in high quality infrastructure assets and a
larger universe of buyers able to transact. This momentum has
accelerated into 2025, and we have already secured approximately
$850 million in proceeds from asset sales (approximately $200
million net to BIP) one month into the new year.
In relation to our previously secured
transactions, during the fourth quarter we closed the sale of our
fiber platform within our French telecom infrastructure business,
which generated approximately $100 million in proceeds and an IRR
of 17%. We closed the sale of one of our Mexican regulated natural
gas transmission pipelines and remain on track to close the second
in the first quarter of 2025 for total net proceeds of
approximately $500 million ($125 million net to BIP), locking in a
strong IRR of 22% during our five-year ownership period.
We believe the level of asset sale activity we
have experienced so far in 2025 will be indicative of the year
ahead. We have several advanced transactions that are on track to
be signed in the first half of the year, in-line with our
expectations and we are very confident in our ability to deliver
$5-6 billion in asset sale proceeds over the next two years.
Supporting this confidence is the return of buyers for core assets,
which many of our mature businesses attract from a risk/return
perspective on exit. We have seen this activity firsthand in
Brookfield’s own super core infrastructure fund, which has been
experiencing an influx of capital as fundraising at the end of 2024
increased to the highest levels in almost three years, and this
momentum has continued into 2025.
Distribution and Dividend
Increase
The Board of Directors has declared a quarterly
distribution in the amount of $0.43 per unit, payable on March 31,
2025 to unitholders of record as at the close of business on
February 28, 2025. 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 has been declared, which will also be
payable on March 31, 2025 to holders on February 28, 2025. The
Series 13 and Series 14 regular quarterly dividends has also been
declared and will be payable on March 17, 2025 to holders on
February 28, 2025. In conjunction with the Partnership’s
distribution declaration, the Board of Directors of BIPC has
declared an equivalent quarterly dividend of $0.43 per share,
payable on March 31, 2025 to shareholders of record as at the close
of business on February 28, 2025.
Conference Call and Quarterly Earnings
Details
Investors, analysts and other interested parties
can access Brookfield Infrastructure’s Fourth Quarter 2024 Results,
as well as Letter to Unitholders and Supplemental Information, at
https://bip.brookfield.com.
To participate in the Conference Call today at
9:00am EST, please pre-register
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Upon registering, you will be emailed a dial-in number and direct
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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 $1 trillion 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
Relations Stephen Fukuda Senior Vice President, Corporate
Development & Investor Relations Tel: +1 (416) 956-5129 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 twelve-month period ended
December 31, 2024 was 461.6 million (2023: 459.4
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 items 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 twelve-month period ended
December 31, 2024 was 792.1 million (2023: 776.9
million).
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners
L.P.Consolidated Statements of Financial
Position |
|
As of December 31 |
US$ millions, unaudited |
|
2024 |
|
|
2023 |
|
|
|
|
Assets |
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents |
$ |
2,071 |
|
$ |
1,857 |
Financial assets |
|
255 |
|
|
787 |
Property, plant and equipment
and investment properties |
|
55,910 |
|
|
52,879 |
Intangible assets and
goodwill |
|
28,622 |
|
|
30,333 |
Investments in associates and
joint ventures |
|
5,672 |
|
|
5,402 |
Assets held for sale |
|
1,958 |
|
|
— |
Deferred income taxes and other |
|
10,102 |
|
|
9,526 |
Total assets |
$ |
104,590 |
|
$ |
100,784 |
|
|
|
|
Liabilities and
partnership capital |
|
|
|
Corporate borrowings |
$ |
4,542 |
|
$ |
4,911 |
Non-recourse borrowings |
|
46,552 |
|
|
40,904 |
Financial liabilities |
|
2,780 |
|
|
2,875 |
Liabilities held for sale |
|
1,209 |
|
|
— |
Deferred income taxes and
other |
|
19,654 |
|
|
18,078 |
|
|
|
|
Partnership
capital |
|
|
|
Limited partners |
|
4,704 |
|
|
5,321 |
General partner |
|
27 |
|
|
28 |
Non-controlling interest
attributable to: |
|
|
|
Redeemable partnership units held by Brookfield |
|
1,926 |
|
|
2,190 |
Exchangeable units/shares1 |
|
1,417 |
|
|
1,605 |
Perpetual subordinated notes |
|
293 |
|
|
293 |
Interest of others in operating subsidiaries |
|
20,568 |
|
|
23,661 |
Preferred unitholders |
|
918 |
|
|
918 |
Total partnership capital |
|
29,853 |
|
|
34,016 |
Total liabilities and partnership capital |
$ |
104,590 |
|
$ |
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 twelve months ended December 31 |
US$ millions, except per unit information, unaudited |
|
2024 |
|
|
|
2023 |
|
|
|
|
|
Revenues |
$ |
21,039 |
|
|
$ |
17,931 |
|
Direct operating costs |
|
(15,676 |
) |
|
|
(13,470 |
) |
General and administrative
expense |
|
(405 |
) |
|
|
(413 |
) |
|
|
4,958 |
|
|
|
4,048 |
|
Interest expense |
|
(3,387 |
) |
|
|
(2,501 |
) |
Share of earnings from
associates and joint ventures |
|
439 |
|
|
|
459 |
|
Mark-to-market losses |
|
(26 |
) |
|
|
(118 |
) |
Other
(loss) income |
|
(31 |
) |
|
|
141 |
|
Income before income tax |
|
1,953 |
|
|
|
2,029 |
|
Income tax (expense)
recovery |
|
|
|
Current |
|
(594 |
) |
|
|
(576 |
) |
Deferred |
|
324 |
|
|
|
(5 |
) |
Net income |
|
1,683 |
|
|
|
1,448 |
|
Non-controlling interest of others in operating subsidiaries |
|
(1,292 |
) |
|
|
(1,016 |
) |
Net income attributable to partnership |
$ |
391 |
|
|
$ |
432 |
|
|
|
|
|
Attributable to: |
|
|
|
Limited partners |
$ |
57 |
|
|
$ |
102 |
|
General partner |
|
294 |
|
|
|
265 |
|
Non-controlling interest |
|
|
|
Redeemable partnership units held by Brookfield |
|
23 |
|
|
|
42 |
|
Exchangeable units/shares1 |
|
17 |
|
|
|
23 |
|
Basic and diluted earnings per unit attributable to: |
|
|
|
Limited partners2 |
$ |
0.04 |
|
|
$ |
0.14 |
|
- 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 twelve-month period ended December 31,
2024 was 461.6 million (2023: 459.4 million).
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners
L.P.Consolidated Statements of Cash
Flows |
|
For the twelve months ended December 31 |
US$ millions, unaudited |
|
2024 |
|
|
|
2023 |
|
|
|
|
|
Operating
Activities |
|
|
|
Net income |
$ |
1,683 |
|
|
$ |
1,448 |
|
Adjusted for the following
items: |
|
|
|
Earnings from investments in associates and joint ventures, net of
distributions received |
|
(156 |
) |
|
|
323 |
|
Depreciation and amortization expense |
|
3,644 |
|
|
|
2,739 |
|
Mark-to-market, provisions and other |
|
32 |
|
|
|
201 |
|
Deferred income tax (recovery) expense |
|
(324 |
) |
|
|
5 |
|
Change
in non-cash working capital, net |
|
(226 |
) |
|
|
(638 |
) |
Cash from operating activities |
|
4,653 |
|
|
|
4,078 |
|
|
|
|
|
Investing
Activities |
|
|
|
Net (investments in) proceeds
from: |
|
|
|
Operating assets |
|
(2,446 |
) |
|
|
(10,145 |
) |
Associates |
|
(350 |
) |
|
|
9 |
|
Long-lived assets |
|
(4,366 |
) |
|
|
(2,325 |
) |
Financial assets |
|
350 |
|
|
|
191 |
|
Net settlements of foreign
exchange contracts |
|
37 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Other
investing activities |
|
(126 |
) |
|
|
(720 |
) |
Cash used by investing activities |
|
(6,901 |
) |
|
|
(12,990 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Financing
Activities |
|
|
|
Distributions to limited and
general partners |
|
(1,644 |
) |
|
|
(1,516 |
) |
Net borrowings: |
|
|
|
Corporate |
|
(144 |
) |
|
|
1,164 |
|
Subsidiary |
|
8,715 |
|
|
|
4,490 |
|
Partnership units issued
(repurchased) |
|
11 |
|
|
|
(13 |
) |
Net capital provided (to) by
non-controlling interest |
|
(3,178 |
) |
|
|
6,072 |
|
Lease liability repaid and
other |
|
(1,148 |
) |
|
|
(778 |
) |
Cash from financing activities |
|
2,612 |
|
|
|
9,419 |
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash
equivalents |
|
|
|
Change during the period |
$ |
364 |
|
|
$ |
507 |
|
Impact of foreign exchange on cash |
|
(150 |
) |
|
|
71 |
|
Balance, beginning of period |
|
1,857 |
|
|
|
1,279 |
|
Balance, end of period |
$ |
2,071 |
|
|
$ |
1,857 |
|
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners
L.P.Reconciliation of Net Income to Funds from
Operations |
|
For the twelve months ended December 31 |
US$ millions, unaudited |
|
2024 |
|
|
|
2023 |
|
|
|
|
|
Net income |
$ |
1,683 |
|
|
$ |
1,448 |
|
Add back or deduct the following: |
|
|
|
Depreciation and amortization |
|
3,644 |
|
|
|
2,739 |
|
Share of earnings from investments in associates and joint
ventures |
|
(439 |
) |
|
|
(459 |
) |
FFO contribution from investments in associates and joint
ventures1 |
|
941 |
|
|
|
923 |
|
Deferred tax (recovery) expense |
|
(324 |
) |
|
|
5 |
|
Mark-to-market on hedging items |
|
26 |
|
|
|
118 |
|
Other expense2 |
|
387 |
|
|
|
183 |
|
Consolidated Funds from Operations |
|
5,918 |
|
|
|
4,957 |
|
FFO attributable to non-controlling interests3 |
|
(3,450 |
) |
|
|
(2,669 |
) |
FFO |
$ |
2,468 |
|
|
$ |
2,288 |
|
- 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 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
aquisitions 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 twelve months ended December 31 |
US$, unaudited |
|
2024 |
|
|
2023 |
|
|
|
|
Earnings per limited
partnership unit1 |
$ |
0.04 |
|
$ |
0.14 |
Add back or deduct the
following: |
|
|
|
Depreciation and amortization |
|
2.12 |
|
|
1.84 |
Deferred taxes and other items |
|
0.96 |
|
|
0.97 |
FFO per unit2 |
$ |
3.12 |
|
$ |
2.95 |
- Average
number of limited partnership units outstanding on a time weighted
average basis for the twelve-month period ended December 31,
2024 was 461.6 million (2023: 459.4 million).
- Average
number of partnership units outstanding on a fully diluted time
weighted average basis for the twelve-month period ended
December 31, 2024 was 792.1 million (2023: 776.9
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 Strong 2024 Year-End Results &
Announces Dividend Increase
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
$0.43 per class A exchangeable subordinate voting share of BIPC (a
“Share”), payable on March 31, 2025 to shareholders of record as at
the close of business on February 28, 2025. This dividend
represents a 6% increase compared to the prior year. This dividend
is identical in amount per Share and has identical record and
payment dates to the quarterly distribution announced today by BIP
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.com.
Results
The net income of BIPC is captured in the
Partnership’s financial statements and results.
BIPC reported net income of $72 million compared
to $606 million in the prior year. After removing the impact of the
revaluation on our own Shares that are classified as liabilities
under IFRS and the impact of foreign exchange on loans with BIP
denominated in Canadian dollars, underlying earnings were 20% above
the prior year. Earnings benefited from the acquisition of our
global intermodal logistics operation that closed at the end of
September 2023, 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
dividend compared to the prior year and approximately 21 million
exchangeable shares issued in connection with our acquisition of
our global intermodal logistics 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 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 December 31 |
US$ millions, unaudited |
|
2024 |
|
|
|
2023 |
|
|
|
|
|
Assets |
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents |
$ |
674 |
|
|
$ |
539 |
|
Due from Brookfield
Infrastructure |
|
1,278 |
|
|
|
1,288 |
|
Property, plant and
equipment |
|
12,572 |
|
|
|
14,151 |
|
Intangible assets |
|
2,892 |
|
|
|
3,699 |
|
Goodwill |
|
1,609 |
|
|
|
1,726 |
|
Assets held for sale |
|
1,958 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Deferred tax asset and other |
|
2,604 |
|
|
|
2,506 |
|
Total assets |
$ |
23,587 |
|
|
$ |
23,909 |
|
|
|
|
|
Liabilities and
Equity |
|
|
|
Accounts payable and
other |
$ |
994 |
|
|
$ |
1,099 |
|
Loans payable to Brookfield
Infrastructure |
|
102 |
|
|
|
26 |
|
Shares classified as financial
liability |
|
4,644 |
|
|
|
4,153 |
|
Non-recourse borrowings |
|
12,178 |
|
|
|
12,028 |
|
Financial liabilities |
|
33 |
|
|
|
75 |
|
Liabilities held for sale |
|
1,209 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Deferred tax liabilities and
other |
|
2,205 |
|
|
|
2,460 |
|
|
|
|
|
Equity |
|
|
|
Equity in net assets
attributable to the Partnership |
|
(1,253 |
) |
|
|
(399 |
) |
Non-controlling interest |
|
3,475 |
|
|
|
4,467 |
|
Total equity |
|
2,222 |
|
|
|
4,068 |
|
Total liabilities and equity |
$ |
23,587 |
|
|
$ |
23,909 |
|
Brookfield Infrastructure
CorporationConsolidated Statements of Operating
Results |
|
For the twelve months ended December 31 |
US$ millions, unaudited |
|
2024 |
|
|
|
2023 |
|
|
|
|
|
Revenues |
$ |
3,666 |
|
|
$ |
2,503 |
|
Direct operating costs |
|
(1,378 |
) |
|
|
(778 |
) |
General
and administrative expense |
|
(75 |
) |
|
|
(67 |
) |
|
|
2,213 |
|
|
|
1,658 |
|
|
|
|
|
Interest expense |
|
(1,065 |
) |
|
|
(697 |
) |
Share of losses from
investments in associates |
|
— |
|
|
|
(20 |
) |
Remeasurement of shares
classified as financial liability |
|
(477 |
) |
|
|
34 |
|
Mark-to-market and other |
|
(234 |
) |
|
|
(1 |
) |
Income before income tax |
|
437 |
|
|
|
974 |
|
Income tax expense |
|
|
|
Current |
|
(356 |
) |
|
|
(348 |
) |
Deferred |
|
(9 |
) |
|
|
(20 |
) |
Net income |
$ |
72 |
|
|
$ |
606 |
|
|
|
|
|
Attributable to: |
|
|
|
Partnership |
$ |
(608 |
) |
|
$ |
111 |
|
Non-controlling interest |
|
680 |
|
|
|
495 |
|
Brookfield Infrastructure
CorporationConsolidated Statements of Cash
Flows |
|
For the twelve months ended December 31 |
US$ millions, unaudited |
|
2024 |
|
|
|
2023 |
|
|
|
|
|
Operating
Activities |
|
|
|
Net income |
$ |
72 |
|
|
$ |
606 |
|
Adjusted for the following
items: |
|
|
|
Earnings from investments in associates, net of distributions
received |
|
— |
|
|
|
23 |
|
Depreciation and amortization expense |
|
775 |
|
|
|
365 |
|
Mark-to-market and other |
|
323 |
|
|
|
73 |
|
Remeasurement of shares classified as financial liability |
|
477 |
|
|
|
(34 |
) |
Deferred income tax expense |
|
9 |
|
|
|
20 |
|
Change
in non-cash working capital, net |
|
87 |
|
|
|
6 |
|
Cash from operating activities |
|
1,743 |
|
|
|
1,059 |
|
|
|
|
|
Investing
Activities |
|
|
|
Disposal of associates |
|
— |
|
|
|
435 |
|
Purchase of long-lived assets,
net of disposals |
|
(1,088 |
) |
|
|
(519 |
) |
Purchase of financial assets
and other |
|
(22 |
) |
|
|
(4 |
) |
Acquisition of subsidiaries |
|
— |
|
|
|
(3,086 |
) |
Cash used by investing activities |
|
(1,110 |
) |
|
|
(3,174 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Financing
Activities |
|
|
|
Net capital provided (to) by
non-controlling interest |
|
(1,846 |
) |
|
|
2,453 |
|
Net borrowings
(repayments) |
|
1,469 |
|
|
|
(238 |
) |
Other financing
activities |
|
(51 |
) |
|
|
(32 |
) |
Cash (used by) from financing activities |
|
(428 |
) |
|
|
2,183 |
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash
equivalents |
|
|
|
Change during the period |
$ |
205 |
|
|
$ |
68 |
|
Impact of foreign exchange on cash |
|
(70 |
) |
|
|
26 |
|
Balance, beginning of period |
|
539 |
|
|
|
445 |
|
Balance, end of period |
$ |
674 |
|
|
$ |
539 |
|
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