Director Shareholding

RNS Number : 9569B

Bluefield Solar Income Fund Limited

11 March 2014

 



11 March 2014

BLUEFIELD SOLAR INCOME FUND LIMITED

(the "Company")

Director Shareholding

The Board of Bluefield Solar Income Fund Limited received notification that John Scott (Director of the Company) acquired on 10^th March 2014, 100,000 ordinary shares of no par value ("Ordinary Shares") in the Company at 101.9p per Ordinary Share.

Following this acquisition, Mr Scott has a beneficial interest in the Company of 200,000 Ordinary Shares, representing 0.14% of the issued share capital of the Company.

Enquiries:

James Armstrong / Mike Rand / Giovanni Terranova

Bluefield Partners LLP - Company Investment Adviser

Tel: [phone]

Tod Davis / David Benda

Numis Securities Limited - Company Broker

Tel: [phone]

Kevin Smith

Heritage International Fund Managers Limited - Company Secretary & Administrator

Tel: [phone]

Note to editors

About Bluefield Solar Income Fund Limited (the "Company" or "BSIF")

BSIF is a Guernsey-registered investment company focusing on large scale agricultural and industrial solar assets. The Company raised gross proceeds of £130 million in July 2013 through an initial public offering ("IPO") of shares on the main market of the London Stock Exchange. It raised further capital via a tap issue in February 2014.

The Company seeks to provide shareholders with an attractive return, principally in the form of semi-annual income distributions, by investing in a diversified portfolio of solar energy assets, each located within the UK, with a focus on utility scale assets and portfolios on greenfield, industrial and/or commercial sites.

About Bluefield Partners LLP ("Bluefield")

Bluefield was established in 2009 as a specialist investor into solar energy. Bluefield's team has a proven track record in the selection, acquisition and management of large scale energy and infrastructure assets in the UK and Europe.

 

The managing partners have been involved in over GBP350m of solar photovoltaic ("PV") funds and/or transactions in both the UK and Europe since 2008, including over GBP170m in the UK since December 2011. Bluefield has led the acquisitions, and currently advises, on over 50 UK based solar assets.

 

Bluefield was appointed Investment Adviser to the Company in June 2013.

 

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