LEI: 213800ZPHCBDDSQH5447
22 October 2024
NextEnergy Solar Fund
Limited
("NESF"
or the "Company")
Transaction in own
shares
NextEnergy Solar Fund, a leading
specialist investor in solar energy and energy storage, announces
that it has purchased the following number of Ordinary Shares on
the London Stock Exchange through Cavendish Capital Markets
Limited.
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Date of purchase:
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21 October 2024
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Number of ordinary shares
purchased:
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100,000
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Lowest price per ordinary share (GBp):
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76.4
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Highest price per
ordinary share
(GBp):
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77.724
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Weighted average price per ordinary
share (GBp):
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77.28
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The Company intends to hold the
purchased shares in Treasury.
Following the above transaction, the
Company holds 6,402,432 of its Ordinary Shares in treasury and has 584,418,753 Ordinary Shares in issue
(excluding treasury shares).
The total number of voting rights in
the Company is 584,418,753
which may be used by shareholders as the
denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if
they are required to notify their major interest or a change to
their major interest in the Company under the FCA's Disclosure
Guidance and Transparency Rules.
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For further information:
NextEnergy Capital
Michael Bonte-Friedheim
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020 3746 0700
ir@nextenergysolarfund.com
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Ross Grier
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Stephen Rosser
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Peter Hamid (Investor
Relations)
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RBC Europe Limited
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020 7653 4000
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Matthew Coakes
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Elizabeth Evans
Kathryn Deegan
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Cavendish
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020 7397 1909
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James King
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William Talkington
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H/Advisors Maitland
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020 7379 5151
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Neil Bennett
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Finlay Donaldson
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Ocorian Administration (Guernsey)
Limited
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01481 742642
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Kevin Smith
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Notes to
Editors1:
About NextEnergy Solar
Fund
NextEnergy Solar Fund is a
specialist solar energy and energy storage investment company that
is listed on the London Stock Exchange as part of the ESCC category
and is a FTSE 250 constituent.
NextEnergy Solar Fund's investment
objective is to provide ordinary shareholders with attractive
risk-adjusted returns, principally in the form of regular
dividends, by investing in a diversified portfolio of utility-scale
solar energy and energy storage infrastructure assets. The
majority of NESF's long-term cash flows are inflation-linked via UK
government subsidies.
As at 30 June 2024, the Company had
an unaudited gross asset value of £1,124m. For further
information please visit www.nextenergysolarfund.com
Article 9 Fund
NextEnergy Solar Fund is classified
under Article 9 of the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation
and EU Taxonomy Regulation. NextEnergy Solar Fund's
sustainability-related disclosures in the financial services sector
are in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 and can be
accessed on the ESG section of both the NextEnergy Solar Fund and
NextEnergy Capital websites.
About NextEnergy Group
NextEnergy Solar Fund is managed by
NextEnergy Capital, part of the NextEnergy Group. NextEnergy
Group was founded in 2007 to become a leading market participant in
the international solar sector. Since its inception, it has
been active in the development, construction, and ownership of
solar assets across multiple jurisdictions. NextEnergy Group
operates via its three business units: NextEnergy Capital
(Investment Management), WiseEnergy (Operating Asset Management),
and Starlight (Asset Development).
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NextEnergy Capital: has over 17
years of specialist solar expertise having invested in over 460
individual solar plants across the world. NextEnergy Capital
currently manages four institutional funds with a total capacity in
excess of 3GW+ and has assets under management of
$4.3bn. More information is available
at www.nextenergycapital.com
· WiseEnergy®:
is a leading specialist operating asset manager in
the solar sector. Since its founding, WiseEnergy has provided
solar asset management, monitoring and technical due diligence
services to over 1,500 utility-scale solar
power plants with an installed capacity in excess of
2.5GW. More
information is available at www.wise-energy.com
· Starlight:
has developed over
100 utility-scale projects internationally
and continues to progress a large pipeline of c.10GW of both green
and brownfield project developments across global
geographies. More information is available at www.starlight-energy.com
Notes:
1: All financial data is
unaudited at 30 June 2024, being the latest date in respect of
which NextEnergy Solar Fund has published financial
information