Dividend Declaration

RNS Number : 5982L

Bluefield Solar Income Fund Limited

04 October 2016

 

4 October 2016

BLUEFIELD SOLAR INCOME FUND LIMITED
(the "Company")

Dividend Declaration

The Company is pleased to declare a fourth interim dividend of 1.5 pence per share in respect of the financial year ended 30 June 2016.  This dividend will be payable to shareholders on the register as at 14 October 2016 with an associated ex-dividend date of 13 October 2016 and a payment date of 4 November 2016.

Upon payment of the fourth interim dividend, the total dividend paid to shareholders for the year ended 30 June 2016 will be 7.25 pence per share (dividends declared in respect of 2014/15 financial year: 7.25 pence per share).

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]

Tom Karim

CNC

Tel: [phone]

Note to editors

About Bluefield Solar Income Fund Limited

The Company is a Guernsey-registered investment company focusing on large scale agricultural and industrial solar assets. It had an initial public offering of shares on the main market of the London Stock Exchange in July 2013 and currently has over 309 million shares in issue.

The Company seeks to provide shareholders with an attractive return, principally in the form of 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.  The Company pays quarterly distributions.

About Bluefield Partners LLP ("Bluefield")

Bluefield was established in 2009 and is an investment adviser to companies and funds investing in solar energy infrastructure. It has a proven record in the selection, acquisition and supervision of large scale energy and infrastructure assets in the UK and Europe. The team has been involved in over £1.25 billion of solar photovoltaic ("PV") funds and/or transactions in both the UK and Europe since 2008, including over £500m in the UK since December 2011.

Bluefield has led the acquisitions, and currently advises on over 70 UK based solar PV assets that are agriculturally, commercially or industrially situated. Based in its London office,, Bluefield's partners are supported by a dedicated and highly experienced team of investment, legal and portfolio executives.  Bluefield Services Limited, based in Bristol, is the asset manager for the Company's portfolio.

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

 

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