Foresight Solar Fund Limited Acquisition of 11 UK solar assets (6843I)
November 28 2018 - 2:00AM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 6843I
Foresight Solar Fund Limited
28 November 2018
28 November 2018
Foresight Solar Fund Limited
Acquisition of 11 UK solar assets
Further to the announcement on 18 October 2018, Foresight Solar
Fund Limited ("Foresight Solar" or "the Company") is pleased to
announce it has completed the acquisition of a 100% interest in a
portfolio of 11 operational solar assets in the UK with a total
installed capacity of 80.9 MW (the "Acquisition Portfolio"). The
Acquisition Portfolio has been acquired for a consideration of
GBP33.1 million, including the economic benefit of all cashflows
from 1 April 2018.
As previously disclosed, the acquisition will be funded by the
proceeds of the equity issue of approximately GBP58 million, which
completed in October 2018 through a placing of new ordinary shares
of no par value in the Company. The remaining proceeds following
completion of the Acquisition Portfolio will be used to reduce the
Group's gearing by repaying some of the existing Bank
Facilities
All assets within the Acquisition Portfolio are accredited under
the RO scheme, receiving 1.4 to 1.3 ROCs/MWh (portfolio average of
1.35 ROCs/MWh). All the assets have been in operation for a minimum
period of two years and have been managed by Foresight Group's
in-house Asset Management team, which will continue to manage the
assets.
The assets in the Acquisition Portfolio include:
-- Bull's Head (Milton Keynes, 5.3MW), commissioned in October
2014 and received ROC accreditation of 1.4ROCs/MWh;
-- Bilsthorpe (Nottinghamshire, 5.7MW), commissioned in
November 2014 and received ROC accreditation of 1.4ROCs/MWh;
-- Roskrow (Cornwall, 8.9MW), commissioned in March 2015
and received ROC accreditation of 1.4ROCs/MWh;
-- Nowhere (Lincolnshire, 8.1MW), commissioned in March
2015 and received ROC accreditation of 1.4ROCs/MWh;
-- Ash Farm (Shropshire, 8.4MW), commissioned in March 2015
and received ROC accreditation of 1.4ROCs/MWh;
-- Pen & Cae (Carmarthenshire, 6.8MW), commissioned in March
2015 and received ROC accreditation of 1.4ROCs/MWh;
-- PS Manor Farm (Bedfordshire, 14.2MW), commissioned in
October 2015 and received ROC accreditation of 1.3ROCs/MWh;
-- Playters (Suffolk, 8.6MW), commissioned in October 2015
and received ROC accreditation of 1.3ROCs/MWh;
-- Lindridge (Leicestershire, 4.9MW), commissioned in March
2016 and received ROC accreditation of 1.3ROCs/MWh;
-- Abbey Fields (Kent, 4.9MW), commissioned in March 2016
and received ROC accreditation of 1.3ROCs/MWh; and
-- Mission (South Yorkshire, 5.0MW), commissioned in March
2016 and received ROC accreditation of 1.3ROCs/MWh.
The completion of this transaction brings the Company's total
installed capacity to 869MW across 54 solar assets, further
increasing portfolio diversification and enhancing operational
efficiencies.
The Acquisition Portfolio currently has short term debt
facilities in place totalling GBP69.8 million, the majority of
which are provided by NatWest. It is the Company's intention to
further optimise its capital structure in 2019 by refinancing the
newly acquired assets and other portfolio assets funded by
Revolving Credit Facilities.
Commenting on the acquisition, Alex Ohlsson, Chairman of the
Company, said:
"We are pleased to complete this acquisition, rounding off what
has been a busy year both for Foresight Solar and for the UK
renewables market as a whole. This acquisition further strengthens
our position as the largest UK-listed dedicated solar energy
investment company by installed capacity and enhances the
diversification of our asset portfolio and ability to drive
economies of scale.
Whilst we do not expect our high volume of activity in the UK
secondary market to continue at the same rate in 2019, as
previously noted, we are pleased to complete another NAV-accretive
acquisition that demonstrates our ability to secure attractive
opportunities."
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For further information, please contact:
Foresight Group
Joanna Andrews +44 (0)20 3763 6951
(InstitutionalIR@ForesightGroup.eu)
Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited +44 (0)20 7710 7600
Mark Bloomfield
Neil Winward
Gaudi Le Roux
Citigate Dewe Rogerson +44 (0)20 7638 9571
Nick Hayns
Elizabeth Kittle
Lucy Eyles
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