Total Investment Return (unaudited)
The following table summarizes the average annual Fund performance compared to the Fund’s benchmark for the six-month (not annualized), 1-year, 3-year and since inception (July 29, 2020) periods ended March 31, 2024.
| 6 Months | 1 Year | 3 Years | Since Inception |
Net Asset Value (NAV) | 13.98% | 6.92% | 5.73% | 8.33% |
Market Price | 15.59% | 7.98% | 3.80% | 4.06% |
S&P Global Infrastructure Index (Net Total Return) | 11.95% | 3.12% | 4.59% | 7.68% |
Performance of a $10,000 Investment (as of March 31, 2024)
This graph shows the change in value of a hypothetical investment of $10,000 in the Fund for the periods indicated. For comparison, the same investment is shown in the indicated index.
The performance above reflects fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements made by the Fund’s current investment adviser. Absent such waivers and/or reimbursements, the Fund’s returns would be lower. Additionally, abrdn Inc. entered into an agreement with the Fund to limit investor relations services fees. This agreement aligns with the term of the advisory agreement and may not be terminated prior to the end of the current term of the advisory agreement. See Note 3 in the Notes to Financial Statements.
Returns represent past performance. Total investment return at NAV is based on changes in the NAV of Fund shares and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions, if any, at market prices pursuant to the dividend reinvestment program sponsored by the Fund’s transfer agent. All return data at NAV includes fees charged to the Fund, which are listed in the Fund’s Statement of Operations under “Expenses.” Total investment return at market value is based on changes in the market price at which the Fund’s shares traded on the NYSE during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions, if any, at market prices pursuant to the dividend reinvestment program sponsored by the Fund’s transfer agent. The Fund’s total investment return is based on the reported NAV as of the financial reporting period end date of March 31, 2024. Because the Fund’s shares trade in the stock market based on investor demand, the Fund may trade at a price higher or lower than its NAV. Therefore, returns are calculated based on both market price and NAV. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. The performance information provided does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on distributions received from the Fund. The current performance of the Fund may be lower or higher than the figures shown. The Fund’s yield, return, market price and NAV will fluctuate. Performance information current to the most recent month-end is available at www.abrdnasgi.com or by calling 800-522-5465.
The annualized net operating expense ratio, excluding fee waivers based on the six-month period ended March 31, 2024 was 2.10%. The annualized net operating expense ratio net of fee waivers based on the six-month period ended March 31, 2024 was 2.05%. The annualized net operating expense ratio, excluding deferred tax expenses based on the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024 was 1.65%.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)
March 31, 2024
6. Private Equity Investments
Certain of the Fund’s investments, listed in the chart below, are restricted as to resale and are valued at NAV as a practical expedient.
Security | Acquisition Date(s) | Commitment | Funded | Unfunded | Cost | Fair Value at March 31, 2024 | Percent of Net Assets | Cumulative Distributions Received |
Cresta BBR Co-Invest BL LLC | 9/8/20 | $3,000,000 | $3,000,000 | $- | $3,000,000 | $2,875,495 | 0.55 | $- |
CAI Co-Invest LP* | 10/27/20 | 3,000,000 | 1,139,934 | 1,860,066 | 679,616 | 651,538 | 0.13 | 595,556 |
BT Co-Invest Fund, L.P.* | 7/1/21 | 3,238,849 | 3,238,849 | - | 3,258,921 | 7,697,199 | 1.47 | 24,968** |
Arroyo Trinity Direct Investment I, L.P. * | 10/20/21 | 2,000,000 | 2,000,000 | - | 1,083,979 | 1,858,103 | 0.36 | 939,264*** |
Cresta Highline Co-Invest Fund I* | 7/22/21 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | - | 3,870,585 | 8,940,727 | 1.70 | 1,185,867*** |
NOVA-telMAX HoldCo LLC | 2/10/21 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | - | 5,055,068 | 6,143,793 | 1.17 | - |
Zon Holdings II, LLC* | 2/8/23 | 2,749,865 | 2,704,326 | 45,539 | 2,704,326 | 2,114,542 | 0.40 | 24,696 |
Zon Holdings, LLC* | 2/8/23 | 10,999,459 | 10,817,305 | 182,154 | 10,817,305 | 8,462,566 | 1.61 | 98,784 |
Sentinel Midstream Highline JV Holdings LLC * | 9/21/23 | 8,071,429 | 8,071,429 | - | 8,071,429 | 12,926,000 | 2.46 | - |
Trinity Gas Holdings, LLC* | 9/1/23 | 14,000,000 | 14,000,000 | - | 14,000,000 | 14,033,016 | 2.67 | - |
Amounts listed as “–” are $0 or round to $0.
* | Investment through abrdn Global Infrastructure Income Fund BL, LLC. |
** | Distribution is comprised of net investment income. |
*** | Distribution is comprised of return of capital. |
The Fund may incur certain costs in connection with the disposition of the above securities.
7. Portfolio Investment Risks
a. Infrastructure-Related Investments Risk:
Infrastructure-related issuers may be subject to a variety of factors that may adversely affect their business or operations, including high interest costs in connection with capital construction programs, high leverage, costs associated with environmental and other regulations, the effects of economic slowdown, surplus capacity, increased competition from other providers of services, uncertainties concerning the availability of fuel at reasonable prices, the effects of energy conservation policies and other factors. For more information about the specific risks by which infrastructure-related issuers may be particularly affected, please see the back of this shareholder report.
b. Market Events Risk:
Markets are affected by numerous factors, including interest rates, the outlook for corporate profits, the health of the national and world economies, the fluctuation of other stock markets around the world, and financial, economic and other global market developments and
disruptions, such as those arising from war, terrorism, market manipulation, government interventions, defaults and shutdowns, political changes or diplomatic developments, public health emergencies and natural/environmental disasters. Such events can negatively impact the securities markets and cause the Fund to lose value.
Policy and legislative changes in countries around the world are affecting many aspects of financial regulation, and governmental and quasi-governmental authorities and regulators throughout the world have previously responded to serious economic disruptions with a variety of significant fiscal and monetary policy changes.
The impact of these changes on the markets, and the practical implications for market participants, may not be fully known for some time. In addition, economies and financial markets throughout the world are becoming increasingly interconnected. As a result, whether
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Item 2. Code of Ethics.
This item is inapplicable to semi-annual report on Form N-CSR.
Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.
This item is inapplicable to semi-annual report on Form N-CSR.
Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.
This item is inapplicable to semi-annual report on Form N-CSR.
Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.
This item is inapplicable to semi-annual report on Form N-CSR.
Item 6. Schedule of Investments.
(a) Schedule of Investments in securities of unaffiliated issuers as of close of the reporting period is included as part of the Reports to Shareholders filed under Item 1 of this Form N-CSR.
(b) Not applicable.
Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.
This item is inapplicable to semi-annual report on Form N-CSR.
Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.
(a) Not applicable to semi-annual report on Form N-CSR.
(b) There has been no change, as of the date of this filing, in any of the portfolio managers identified in response to paragraph (a)(1) of this Item in the registrant’s most recently filed annual report on Form N-CSR.
Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers.
Period | | (a) Total No. of Shares Purchased | | | (b) Average Price Paid per Share | | | (c) Total No. of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs(1) | | | (d) Maximum No. of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs(1) | |
Month #1 (Oct. 1, 2023 — Oct. 31, 2023) | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 2,520,661 | |
Month #2 (Nov. 1, 2023 — Nov. 30, 2023) | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 2,520,661 | |
Month #3 (Dec. 1, 2023 — Dec. 31, 2023) | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 2,520,661 | |
Month #4 (Jan. 1, 2024 — Jan. 31, 2024) | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 2,520,661 | |
Month #5 (Feb. 1, 2024 — Feb. 29, 2024) | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 2,520,661 | |
Month #6 (Mar. 1, 2024 — Mar. 31, 2024) | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 2,520,661 | |
Total | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | | |
| (1) | On December 14, 2023, the Fund publicly announced that the Board of Trustees had approved an open market share repurchase program (the “Program”). The Program allows the Fund to purchase, in the open market, its outstanding common shares, with the amount and timing of any repurchase determined at the discretion of the Fund’s investment adviser. Such purchases may be made opportunistically at certain discounts to NAV per share in the reasonable judgment of management based on historical discount levels and current market conditions. On a quarterly basis, the Fund’s Board will receive information on any transactions made pursuant to this policy during the prior quarter and management will post the number of shares repurchased on the Fund's website on a monthly basis. Under the terms of the Program, the Fund is permitted to repurchase up to 10% of its outstanding shares of common stock in the open market during any 12 month period as of September 30 of the prior year. For the period ended March 31, 2024, the Fund did not repurchase any shares through this program. |
Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
During the period ended March 31, 2024, there were no material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the Registrant’s Board of Trustees.
Item 11. Controls and Procedures.
| (a) | The Registrant’s principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, have concluded that the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Act”) (17 CFR 270.30a-3(c))) are effective, as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of the report that includes the disclosure required by this paragraph, based on the evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the Act (17 CFR 270.30a3(b)) and Rule 13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (17 CFR 240.13a-15(b) or 240.15d15(b)). |
| (b) | There were no changes in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(d))) that occurred during the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting. |
Item 12. Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management Investment Companies
Not applicable
Item 13. Recovery of Erroneously Awarded Compensation
Not appliable
Item 14. Exhibits.
| (a)(3) | Any written solicitation to purchase securities under Rule 23c-1 under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.23c-1) sent or given during the period covered by the report by or on behalf of the registrant to 10 or more persons. Not applicable. |
| (a)(4) | Change in Registrant’s independent public accountant. Not applicable. |
| (c) | A copy of the Registrant’s notices to stockholders, which accompanied distributions paid, pursuant to the Registrant’s Managed Distribution Policy since the Registrant’s last filed N-CSR, are filed herewith as Exhibits (c)(1), (c)(2), (c)(3), (c)(4), (c)(5) and (c)(6) as required by the terms of the Registrant’s SEC exemptive order. |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
abrdn Global Infrastructure Income Fund
By: | /s/ Christian Pittard | |
| Christian Pittard, | |
| Principal Executive Officer of | |
| abrdn Global Infrastructure Income Fund | |
Date: June 10, 2024
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
By: | /s/ Christian Pittard | |
| Christian Pittard, | |
| Principal Executive Officer of abrdn Global Infrastructure Income Fund | |
Date: June 10, 2024
By: | /s/ Sharon Ferrari | |
| Sharon Ferrari, | |
| Principal Financial Officer of abrdn Global Infrastructure Income Fund | |
Date: June 10, 2024