Greencoat Renewables PLC Completion of Coilte Acquisition (3428L)

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Greencoat Renewables PLC

21 December 2018

Greencoat Renewables completes acquisition of 87.6MW of operational windfarms

Greencoat Renewables reaches generating capacity of 383.8MW

Dublin, London, 21 December 2018 | Greencoat Renewables PLC ("Greencoat Renewables"), the Irish renewable infrastructure company, has completed the previously announced acquisition of the majority of Coillte's shareholdings in its portfolio of operating wind farms.

The acquired portfolio comprises:

   --    50% stake in 35.2MW Raheenleagh wind farm, acquired from Coillte, investing alongside ESB

-- 50% stake in 108MW Cloosh Valley wind farm, acquired from Coillte, investing alongside SSE Renewables

-- 25% stake in 64MW Sliabh Bawn wind farm, acquiring 12.5% from Coillte and 12.5% from Bord Na Mona, which each continue to own 37.5%

The portfolio being acquired will not now include Coillte's 50% interest, equating to 17.5MW, in the Castlepook wind farm. ESB has elected to exercise its pre-emption right to acquire this interest on the same terms.

The assets were acquired for a total consideration of EUR115.3 million (excluding the EUR9.0m of distributions that the selling shareholders received pre-closing) and add 87.6MW to Greencoat Renewables' operating portfolio, taking the company's generating capacity to 383.8MW.

The portfolio of three windfarms includes long term fixed rate project finance and has an overall net enterprise value of EUR247 million. The acquisition takes Greencoat Renewables' total borrowings to 57% of Gross Asset Value.

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For further details contact:

 
Greencoat Capital LLP (Investment Manager) 
Bertrand Gautier 
 Paul O' Donnell 
 Tom Rayner                                                   +44 20 7832 9400 
 
 
 FTI Consulting (Investor Relations & Media) 
Jonathan Neilan                                               +353 1 765 0886 
Melanie Farrell                                               greencoat@fticonsulting.com 
 Davy Corporate Finance (Broker, NOMAD and ESM Adviser) 
  Fergal Meegan 
  Barry Murphy 
  Ronan Veale                                                 +353 1 679 6363 
 RBC Capital Markets (Joint Broker) 
  Matthew Coakes 
  Jonathan Hardy                                              +44 20 7653 4000

About Greencoat Renewables PLC

Greencoat Renewables PLC is an investor in euro denominated renewable energy infrastructure assets, and is focused on the acquisition and management of operating wind farms in Ireland. It is managed by Greencoat Capital LLP, an experienced investment manager in the listed renewable energy infrastructure sector.

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