Net Asset Value and Dividend

RNS Number : 4153V

Greencoat UK Wind PLC

30 January 2017

 

30 January 2017

NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO, THE UNITED STATES (INCLUDING ITS TERRITORIES AND POSSESSIONS, ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA), AUSTRALIA, CANADA, THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA OR JAPAN.

GREENCOAT UK WIND PLC

(the "Company")

Net Asset Value and Dividend Announcement

Net Asset Value / Net Asset Value per share	£800.1 million / 108.6 pence
Dividend / Dividend per share	£11.7 million / 1.585 pence

The Company announces that its unaudited Net Asset Value as of 31 December 2016 is £800.1 million (108.6p per share), an ex-dividend increase of 4.1p per share for 2016 (in addition to 6.34p dividends declared).

The Company's December 2016 Factsheet is available on the Company's website, www.greencoat-ukwind.com.

The Company also announces a quarterly interim dividend of 1.585p per share with respect to the quarter ended 31 December 2016 and an increase in the target dividend for 2017 to 6.49p per share, increased in line with the Retail Prices Index for December 2016.

Dividend Timetable

Ex-dividend date            9 February 2017

Record date                  10 February 2017

Payment date                24 February 2017

For further information, please contact:

Greencoat UK Wind PLC                  020 7832 9400

Stephen Lilley

Laurence Fumagalli

Tom Rayner

Heritage Administration Services Limited - Company Secretary

Joe McDaniel                                         028 9078 5885

Disclaimer

This announcement is not for publication or distribution, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States (including its territories and possessions, any state of the United States and the District of Columbia), Australia, Canada, South Africa or Japan. The distribution of this announcement may be restricted by law in certain jurisdictions and persons into whose possession any document or other information referred to herein comes should inform themselves about and observe any such restriction. Any failure to comply with these restrictions may constitute a violation of the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.

This announcement does not contain or constitute an offer for sale of, or the solicitation of an offer or an invitation to buy or subscribe for, Ordinary Shares to any person in the United States, Australia, Canada, South Africa or Japan or in any jurisdiction to whom or in which such offer or solicitation is unlawful.

The Company will not be registered under the US Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. In addition, the Ordinary Shares referred to herein have not been and will not be registered under the US Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act") or under the securities laws of any state of the United States and may not be offered or sold in the United States or to or for the account or benefit of US persons absent registration or pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and in compliance with any applicable State securities laws. The offer and sale of Ordinary Shares referred to herein has not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act or under the applicable securities laws of any state, province or territory of Australia, Canada, South Africa or Japan. Subject to certain exceptions, the Ordinary Shares referred to herein may not be offered or sold in Australia, Canada, South Africa or Japan or to, or for the account or benefit of, any national, resident or citizen of Australia, Canada, South Africa or Japan. There will be no public offer of the Ordinary Shares in the United States, Australia, Canada, South Africa or Japan.

 

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