Result of Placing

RNS Number : 2707E

Jlen Environmental Assets Grp

27 February 2020

 

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27 February 2020

JLEN Environmental Assets Group Limited

Result of Placing

The Board of JLEN Environmental Assets Group Limited ("JLEN" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that the Company has successfully raised £57.2 million pursuant to the placing (the "Placing") announced on 11 February 2020 (the "Placing Announcement"). Accordingly, the Company will issue a total of 49,701,820 New Ordinary Shares at the placing price, which has been set at 115 pence per New Ordinary Share.

The Placing was significantly oversubscribed and, as a result, applications have been scaled back in line with the terms and conditions of the Placing set out in the Placing Announcement. Any Placing applications at a price below the Issue Price have not been accepted.

JLEN intends to use the net proceeds of the Placing to repay amounts drawn under its revolving credit facility in order to finance an identified pipeline of near-term opportunities across the bioenergy and flexible generation sectors, further diversifying the Company's portfolio.  JLEN is committed to securing opportunities which deliver long-term predictable cash flows and are supported by long-term contracts or stable and well-proven regulatory and legal frameworks.

Applications have been made to the Financial Conduct Authority for admission of the New Ordinary Shares to the premium segment of the Official List and to the London Stock Exchange for admission to trading of the New Ordinary Shares on its main market for listed securities ("Admission").  It is expected that Admission will become effective at or around 8.00 a.m. on 3 March 2020 and that dealings in the New Ordinary Shares will commence at that time.

The New Ordinary Shares will, when issued, be credited as fully paid and rank pari passu with the existing Ordinary Shares in the capital of the Company, including the right to receive all future dividends and distributions declared, made or paid, save for the dividend for the quarter to 31 December 2019 which is expected to be paid on 13 March 2020.

Immediately following Admission, the Company's issued share capital will consist of 546,720,025 Ordinary Shares with voting rights. This figure may be used by shareholders in determining the denominator for the calculation by which they will establish if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

The Placing is conditional, among other things, on Admission being effective and the Placing Agreement not being terminated in accordance with its terms. 

Terms used in this announcement shall, unless the context otherwise requires, bear the meanings given to them in the Placing Announcement, which can be found on JLEN's website at www.jlen.com.

For further information please contact:

Foresight Group Chris Tanner Chris Holmes	[phone]
Winterflood Securities Limited Neil Langford Chris Mills	[phone]

About JLEN

JLEN's investment policy is to invest in environmental infrastructure projects that have the benefit of long-term, predictable, wholly or partially inflation-linked cash flows supported by long-term contracts or stable regulatory frameworks.

Environmental Infrastructure is defined by the Company as infrastructure projects that utilise natural or waste resources or support more environmentally-friendly approaches to economic activity. This could involve the generation of renewable energy (including solar, wind, hydropower and biomass technologies), the supply and treatment of water, the treatment and processing of waste, and projects that promote energy efficiency.

JLEN's aim is to provide investors with an annual dividend that is sustainable and increases in line with inflation. The target dividend for the year to 31 March 2020 is 6.66 pence per share. The dividend is payable quarterly.

Further details of the Company can be found on its website www.jlen.com.

 LEI: 213800JWJN54TFBMBI68

Important Information

This announcement contains information that is inside information for the purposes of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014.

Winterflood, which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority, is acting only for the Company in connection with the matters described in this announcement and is not acting for or advising any other person, or treating any other person as its client, in relation thereto and will not be responsible for providing the regulatory protection afforded to clients of Winterflood or advice to any other person in relation to the matters contained herein.

The shares of the Company have not been, nor will they be, registered under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or with any securities regulatory authority of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States or under the applicable securities laws of Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand or South Africa. Further, the Company has not been and will not be registered under the US Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. Subject to certain exceptions, the shares of the Company may not be offered or sold in any member state of the EU other than the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Canada, Australia, Japan, New Zealand or South Africa or to or for the account or benefit of any national, resident or citizen of any member state of the EU other than the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Japan, New Zealand or South Africa or any person located in the United States. The Placing and the distribution of this announcement in other jurisdictions may be restricted by law and the persons into whose possession this announcement comes should inform themselves about, and observe, any such restrictions.

This announcement may include "forward-looking statements". All statements other than statements of historical facts included in this announcement, including, without limitation, those regarding the Company's financial position, strategy, plans, proposed acquisitions and objectives are forward-looking statements.

Forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties and accordingly the Company's actual future financial results and operational performance may differ materially from the results and performance expressed in, or implied by, the statements. These forward-looking statements speak only as at the date of this announcement. The Company, the Investment Adviser and Winterflood expressly disclaim any obligation or undertaking to update or revise any forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect actual results or any change in the assumptions, conditions or circumstances on which any such statements are based unless required to do so by the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, the Prospectus Regulation Rules of the Financial Conduct Authority or other applicable laws, regulations or rules.

 

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