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Abu Dhabi Pension Fund and ADQ Invest $2.1 Billion in ADNOC Energy Infrastructure Deal

Addition of UAE institutional investors allows ADNOC to tap additional equity sources while retaining operating and ownership control over gas pipeline assets

Abu Dhabi Pension Fund and ADQ access unique opportunity to invest in high-quality energy infrastructure assets, generating stable and long-term value

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Abu Dhabi, UAE – October 15, 2020: The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) announced today that Abu Dhabi Pension Fund (ADPF) and ADQ, one of the region’s largest holding companies, will invest $2.1 billion into select ADNOC gas pipeline infrastructure assets.

Under the terms of the agreement, ADNOC will divest 20% in ADNOC Gas Pipelines HoldCo LLC, a wholly owned ADNOC entity that holds 100% of ADNOC’s interest in ADNOC Gas Pipeline Assets LLC (ADNOC Gas Pipelines), to ADPF and ADQ. ADNOC Gas Pipelines is a subsidiary of ADNOC with lease rights to 38 gas pipelines covering a total of 982 kilometers. In July 2020, a consortium of global investors, comprising Global Infrastructure Partners, Brookfield Asset Management, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board, NH Investment & Securities and Snam (the Consortium), invested $10.1 billion for a collective 49% stake in the same select ADNOC gas pipeline infrastructure assets.

ADNOC has sought to accommodate a combination of both international and domestic institutional investors in many of its investment opportunities, for example its pioneering oil pipeline investment agreement closed in September 2019. With the addition of these domestic investors, ADNOC can also tap new pools of long-term equity capital, while still maintaining operating and ownership control over the assets included as part of the investment agreement.

Commenting on the transaction, His Excellency Dr. Sultan Al Jaber, UAE Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology and ADNOC Group CEO, said: “We are delighted to once again partner with both Abu Dhabi Pension Fund and ADQ. Joining our global investor consortium partners in this landmark energy infrastructure investment, the addition of these high-caliber UAE investors sets a new benchmark for leading global and domestic institutional investors to deploy long-term equity capital into key ADNOC energy infrastructure assets.

“By partnering again with Abu Dhabi Pension Fund, the custodian and investor of the UAE’s citizens savings and long-term prosperity, ADNOC is playing a pivotal role in ensuring the financial wellbeing of the UAE community and its people. This follow-on investment will generate stable, long-term value and returns to both Abu Dhabi Pension Fund and ADQ’s stakeholders. Their engagement highlights and underlines the attractiveness and long-term value creation potential of our unique energy assets to the global investment community, further reinforcing ADNOC’s role as a primary driver in attracting tier one global institutional capital into Abu Dhabi and the UAE.”

ADPF and ADQ join the other leading global institutional investors to gain access to a unique opportunity to invest in high-quality energy infrastructure assets with an attractive risk profile that generate stable cash flows, showcasing the continued strong demand from the global and domestic investment community in ADNOC’s unique and premium asset base. For ADPF this marks the second investment partnership into ADNOC’s infrastructure assets, following its $300 million investment into select ADNOC oil pipelines, announced in April 2019. In July 2020, ADNOC and ADQ signed a joint venture agreement to create a new investment platform to fund and oversee the development of industrial projects within the planned Ruwais Derivatives Park.

His Excellency Khalaf Abdullah Rahma Al Hammadi, Director General of Abu Dhabi Pension Fund said: “The Fund is keen to implement the directives of the UAE’s wise leadership and achieve the Abu Dhabi government's vision aimed at building strong partnerships between major national institutions to support the national economy and achieve the highest possible benefits.

“This agreement comes after the successful investment cooperation between the Fund and ADNOC in the oil pipeline infrastructure space, which concluded last year and marked a major shift in the quality of the Fund’s investments. The Fund is looking to strengthen its strategic partnership with ADNOC to further diversify its investment portfolio and achieve long-term returns for its stakeholders.”

His Excellency Mohamed Hassan Alsuwaidi, CEO of ADQ, commented: “ADQ is investing in a group of midstream infrastructure assets, which are at the heart of Abu Dhabi’s goal of achieving gas self-sufficiency and becoming a gas net exporter. Our strategic investment in ADNOC’s gas infrastructure provides us with the opportunity for stable, predictable cash flows. Aligned with our mandate to create value for Abu Dhabi, we are further strengthening our relationship with ADNOC and its world-class infrastructure in the Emirate.”

Since announcing the expansion of its partnership and investment model and the more proactive value management of its assets and capital in 2017, ADNOC has entered the debt capital markets for the first time, issuing a $3 billion bond backed by the Abu Dhabi Crude Oil Pipeline; partially floated ADNOC Distribution, the first-ever IPO of an ADNOC Group company; and entered into several strategic investment partnerships in its drilling, refining, fertilizer and trading businesses, amongst others. ADNOC also recently closed innovative investment partnerships with leading global institutional investors and operators in both its oil and gas pipelines and non-oil and gas strategic infrastructure.

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October 15, 2020
Abu Dhabi

About ADNOC

ADNOC is a leading diversified energy and petrochemicals group wholly owned by the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. ADNOC’s objective is to maximize the value of the Emirate’s vast hydrocarbon reserves through responsible and sustainable exploration and production to support the United Arab Emirates’ economic growth and diversification. To find out more, visit www.adnoc.ae

For media inquiries please contact:

Philip Robinson
Manager, ADNOC External Relations
+971 (0) 50 504 4934
probinson@adnoc.ae

About Abu Dhabi Pension Fund

Abu Dhabi Pension Fund was established in 2000, according to Law No. (2) of 2000 regarding civil retirement pensions and benefits for the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, is a result of the aspirations of the Abu Dhabi government to improve the level of social life for citizens and secure their future by providing a comprehensive retirement system based on the management of contributions, pensions and end of service for citizens who are working in the governmental and private sectors in the emirate.

Abu Dhabi Pension Fund has set customer service as one of the strategic priorities which it seeks to achieve by continuing to enhance the efficiency of services, their delivery channels and their quality, listening to the customers to identify their needs and harnessing corporate capabilities of data, technical systems and human resources in order to provide retirement services according to the international standards. The Fund succeeded in the comprehensive digital transformation of its services and in achieving the government target in the high quality of service provision.

For media inquiries, please contact: 

Rasha Jamal
ADPF
+971 (0) 2 414 0130
Rasha.jamal@pension.gov.ae

About ADQ

Established in 2018, ADQ is an Abu Dhabi-based investment and holding company with a broad portfolio of major enterprises. Its investments span key sectors of the UAE’s diversified economy including energy and utilities, food and agriculture, healthcare and life sciences, and mobility and logistics, amongst others. As a strategic partner of Abu Dhabi’s government, ADQ is committed to accelerating the transformation of the emirate into a globally competitive and knowledge-based economy.

For more information, visit adq.ae or write to media@adq.ae. You can also follow ADQ on Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn.