21 June 2023

DIGITAL 9 INFRASTRUCTURE PLC

("D9", the "Company" or, together with its subsidiaries, the "Group")

Arqiva Group enters into inflation collar on inflation-linked swaps

The Board of Digital 9 Infrastructure plc (ticker: DGI9) is pleased to announce that, in line with the Investment Manager's active asset management plan to optimise the capital structure of the Group, the Arqiva Group ("Arqiva") has entered into an inflation collar on its inflation-linked swaps (the "Collar").

Through annual accretion payments on these swaps, Arqiva has historically been exposed to Retail Price Index ("RPI") fluctuations, with high RPI figures resulting in sizeable cash outflows. The recently implemented Collar is a bespoke instrument that restricts the swaps' RPI exposure within a fixed range of 2.5% to c.6.0%. This means that if future RPI figures exceed expectations, effective RPI will be capped in each case at c.6.0%, in turn effectively capping the corresponding accretion payment. This limits the downside exposure of Arqiva's cash flows and improves visibility over D9's future dividend cover.

The Collar applies only to Arqiva's inflation-linked swaps and has no impact on the indexation of Arqiva's recurring revenues, of which c.65-70% are directly linked to inflation without cap. These revenues are underpinned by long-term contracts with blue-chip customers including the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Sky, Discovery, and Thames Water.

Key terms of the Collar

·     The Collar applies to 100% of the RPI exposure of Arqiva's inflation-linked swaps.

·    The Collar caps the impact of RPI on Arqiva's accretion payments, starting in 2024, at c.6.0% until the swaps' expiry in 2027. This significantly limits downside risk for Arqiva should RPI exceed expectations.

·   The Collar has a floor of 2.5% that, until the swaps' expiry in 2027, would increase the effective accretion payment were RPI to fall below such levels.

·    The Collar is a bespoke instrument relating only to the inflation-linked swaps and has no impact on Arqiva's uncapped inflation-linked revenues.

·      Arqiva pays no arrangement fees for the Collar. Instead, a small margin is incorporated into the cap.

·      The first accretion payment to be impacted by the Collar will be June 2024.

ENDS.

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About Digital 9 Infrastructure plc:

Digital 9 Infrastructure plc (DGI9) is an investment trust listed on the London Stock Exchange and a constitutent of the FTSE 250, with ticker DGI9. The Company invests in the infrastructure of the internet that underpins the world's digital economy: digital infrastructure.

The Investment Manager is Triple Point Investment Management LLP ("Triple Point") which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority, with extensive experience in infrastructure, real estate and private credit, while keeping ESG principles central to its business mission. Triple Point's Digital Infrastructure team has over $300 billion in digital infrastructure transaction experience and in-depth relationships across global tech and global telecoms companies.

The number 9 in Digital 9 Infrastructure comes from the UN Sustainable Development Goal 9, which focuses the fund on investments that increase connectivity globally and improve the sustainability of digital infrastructure. The assets DGI9 invests in typically comprise scalable platforms and technologies including (but not limited to) subsea fibre, data centres, terrestrial fibre and wireless networks.

From its IPO in March 2021 and subsequent capital raises, DGI9 has raised total equity of £905 million and a revolving credit facility of £375 million, invested into the following data centres, subsea fibre, terrestrial fibre and wireless networks:

·     Aqua Comms, a leading owner and operator of 20,000km of the most modern subsea fibre systems - the backbone of the internet - with a customer base comprising global tech and global telecommunications carriers (April 2021);

·    Verne Global Iceland, the leading Icelandic data centre platform, with 40MW of high intensity computing solutions in operation or development, powered by 100% baseload renewable power (September 2021);

·     EMIC-1, a partnership with Meta on a 10,000km fibre system from Europe to India (July 2021);

·    SeaEdge UK1, a data centre and landing station for the North Sea Connect subsea cable, part of the North Atlantic Loop subsea network, improving connectivity between the UK, Ireland, Scandinavia and North America (December 2021);

·    Elio Networks (previously Host Ireland) a leading enterprise broadband provider that owns and operates Fixed Wireless Access networks (April 2022);

·    Verne Global London (previously Volta), a premier data centre based in central London, providing 6MW retail co-location services (April 2022);

·    Verne Global Finland (previously Ficolo), a leading Finnish data centre and cloud infrastructure platform, with c.23MW of data centre capacity, powered by 100% renewable power and distributing surplus heat to district heating networks (July 2022).

·   Giggle, a revolutionary Fibre to the Home network providing affordable broadband to social housing in Glasgow (July 2022); and

·    Arqiva, the only UK national terrestrial television and radio broadcasting network in the United Kingdom - providing data, network and communications services, as well as a national IoT connectivity platform (October 2022).

The Company's Ordinary Shares were admitted to trading on the Specialist Fund Segment of the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange on 31 March 2021. It was admitted to the premium listing segment of the Official List of the Financial Conduct Authority and migrated to trading on the premium segment of the Main Market on 30 August 2022.

For more information on the Investment Manager please visit www.triplepoint.co.uk. For more information, please visit www.d9infrastructure.com.