Transaction in Own Shares

NextEnergy Solar Fund Limited

13 January 2025

 

LEI: 213800ZPHCBDDSQH5447

13 January 2025

NextEnergy Solar Fund Limited

("NESF" or the "Company")

Transaction in own shares

NextEnergy Solar Fund, a leading specialist investor in solar energy and energy storage, announces that it has purchased the following number of Ordinary Shares on the London Stock Exchange through RBC Europe Limited.

Date of purchase:	10 January 2025
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	100,000
Lowest price per ordinary share (GBp):	61.10
Highest price per ordinary share (GBp):	62.00
Weighted average price per ordinary share (GBp):	61.74

The Company intends to hold the purchased shares in Treasury.

Following the above transaction, the Company holds 10,566,225 its Ordinary Shares in treasury and has 580,254,960 Ordinary Shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).

The total number of voting rights in the Company is 580,254,960 which may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their major interest or a change to their major interest in the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules. 

For further information: NextEnergy Capital Michael Bonte-Friedheim	020 3746 0700 [e-mail]
Ross Grier
Stephen Rosser
Peter Hamid (Investor Relations)
RBC Europe Limited	020 7653 4000
Matthew Coakes
Kathryn Deegan
Cavendish	020 7397 1909
Robert Peel
H/Advisors Maitland	020 7379 5151
Neil Bennett
Finlay Donaldson
Ocorian Administration (Guernsey) Limited	01481 742642
Kevin Smith

Notes to Editors¹:

About NextEnergy Solar Fund

NextEnergy Solar Fund is a specialist solar energy and energy storage investment company that is listed on the London Stock Exchange.

NextEnergy Solar Fund's investment objective is to provide ordinary shareholders with attractive risk-adjusted returns, principally in the form of regular dividends, by investing in a diversified portfolio of utility-scale solar energy and energy storage infrastructure assets.  The majority of NESF's long-term cash flows are inflation-linked via UK government subsidies.

As at 30 September 2024, the Company had an unaudited gross asset value of £1,104m.  For further information please visit www.nextenergysolarfund.com

Article 9 Fund

NextEnergy Solar Fund is classified under Article 9 of the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation and EU Taxonomy Regulation.  NextEnergy Solar Fund's sustainability-related disclosures in the financial services sector are in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 and can be accessed on the ESG section of both the NextEnergy Solar Fund and NextEnergy Capital websites.

About NextEnergy Group

NextEnergy Solar Fund is managed by NextEnergy Capital, part of the NextEnergy Group.  NextEnergy Group was founded in 2007 to become a leading market participant in the international solar sector.  Since its inception, it has been active in the development, construction, and ownership of solar assets across multiple jurisdictions.  NextEnergy Group operates via its three business units: NextEnergy Capital (Investment Management), WiseEnergy (Operating Asset Management), and Starlight (Asset Development).

·    NextEnergy Capital: has over 17 years of specialist solar expertise having invested in over 460 individual solar plants across the world.  NextEnergy Capital currently manages four institutional funds with a total capacity in excess of 3GW+ and has assets under management of $4.3bn.  More information is available at www.nextenergycapital.com   

·    WiseEnergy®:  is a leading specialist operating asset manager in the solar sector.  Since its founding, WiseEnergy has provided solar asset management, monitoring and technical due diligence services to over 1,500 utility-scale solar power plants with an installed capacity in excess of 2.5GW.  More information is available at www.wise-energy.com

·   Starlight: has developed over 100 utility-scale projects internationally and continues to progress a large pipeline of c.10GW of both green and brownfield project developments across global geographies.  More information is available at www.starlight-energy.com

Notes:

^1: All financial data is unaudited at 30 September 2024, being the latest date in respect of which NextEnergy Solar Fund has published financial information

In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (the Market Abuse Regulation), a breakdown of the individual trades made as part of the Programme is detailed below:

Aggregate information:

Platform	Daily total volume (in number of shares)	Daily weighted average price of shares acquired (GBp)
XLON	55,223	61.76
BATE	6,564	61.75
CHIX	29,306	61.62
Aquis	8,907	61.94
Transaction Date	Transaction Time	Volume	Price	Platform	Transaction Ref
10/01/2025	09:18:55	2128	61.80	BATE	00279407610TRLO0
10/01/2025	09:18:55	1901	61.80	CHIX	00279407611TRLO0
10/01/2025	09:18:55	457	61.80	XLON	00279407612TRLO0
10/01/2025	09:18:55	457	61.80	XLON	00279407613TRLO0
10/01/2025	09:18:55	991	61.80	XLON	00279407614TRLO0
10/01/2025	09:18:55	1027	61.80	XLON	00279407615TRLO0
10/01/2025	09:19:10	243	61.90	CHIX	00279407622TRLO0
10/01/2025	09:34:05	193	61.90	CHIX	00279408636TRLO0
10/01/2025	09:34:05	1715	61.90	CHIX	00279408637TRLO0
10/01/2025	09:34:05	2403	61.90	XLON	00279408638TRLO0
10/01/2025	10:30:39	5	61.70	CHIX	00279414052TRLO0
10/01/2025	10:30:39	168	61.70	CHIX	00279414053TRLO0
10/01/2025	10:30:39	167	61.70	BATE	00279414054TRLO0
10/01/2025	10:30:39	167	61.70	BATE	00279414055TRLO0
10/01/2025	10:30:39	168	61.70	CHIX	00279414056TRLO0
10/01/2025	10:30:39	1544	61.70	CHIX	00279414057TRLO0
10/01/2025	10:30:39	1533	61.70	BATE	00279414058TRLO0
10/01/2025	10:30:39	2631	61.70	XLON	00279414059TRLO0
10/01/2025	10:30:39	1883	61.70	XLON	00279414060TRLO0
10/01/2025	11:25:22	24	61.80	CHIX	00279419426TRLO0
10/01/2025	11:38:36	156	62.00	BATE	00279420486TRLO0
10/01/2025	11:38:36	2122	62.00	Aquis	00279420487TRLO0
10/01/2025	11:38:36	1003	62.00	Aquis	00279420488TRLO0
10/01/2025	11:40:41	1890	62.00	XLON	00279420646TRLO0
10/01/2025	11:40:41	1719	62.00	XLON	00279420647TRLO0
10/01/2025	11:40:41	1155	62.00	Aquis	00279420648TRLO0
10/01/2025	11:40:41	1323	62.00	Aquis	00279420649TRLO0
10/01/2025	11:40:41	1459	62.00	XLON	00279420650TRLO0
10/01/2025	11:40:41	1063	62.00	XLON	00279420651TRLO0
10/01/2025	11:40:41	1184	62.00	Aquis	00279420652TRLO0
10/01/2025	11:40:44	3523	62.00	CHIX	00279420653TRLO0
10/01/2025	11:40:44	4025	62.00	XLON	00279420654TRLO0
10/01/2025	11:40:44	1294	62.00	Aquis	00279420655TRLO0
10/01/2025	11:40:44	2522	62.00	XLON	00279420656TRLO0
10/01/2025	11:45:03	1873	62.00	CHIX	00279420985TRLO0
10/01/2025	11:45:03	2498	62.00	XLON	00279420986TRLO0
10/01/2025	11:45:13	2478	62.00	XLON	00279421005TRLO0
10/01/2025	11:47:51	831	62.00	CHIX	00279421221TRLO0
10/01/2025	11:47:51	119	62.00	CHIX	00279421222TRLO0
10/01/2025	11:47:54	35	62.00	CHIX	00279421251TRLO0
10/01/2025	11:49:42	237	62.00	CHIX	00279421445TRLO0
10/01/2025	11:50:28	159	62.00	CHIX	00279421513TRLO0
10/01/2025	11:50:29	37	62.00	CHIX	00279421514TRLO0
10/01/2025	11:52:29	1874	62.00	XLON	00279421655TRLO0
10/01/2025	11:52:30	41	62.00	CHIX	00279421656TRLO0
10/01/2025	11:52:30	45	62.00	CHIX	00279421657TRLO0
10/01/2025	11:53:03	396	62.00	CHIX	00279421707TRLO0
10/01/2025	11:59:41	27	62.00	CHIX	00279422224TRLO0
10/01/2025	11:59:41	1875	62.00	XLON	00279422225TRLO0
10/01/2025	13:30:26	1992	61.80	BATE	00279429867TRLO0
10/01/2025	13:30:26	57	61.80	BATE	00279429868TRLO0
10/01/2025	13:30:26	1905	61.80	CHIX	00279429869TRLO0
10/01/2025	13:30:26	1778	61.80	CHIX	00279429870TRLO0
10/01/2025	13:30:26	110	61.80	CHIX	00279429871TRLO0
10/01/2025	13:30:26	1932	61.80	XLON	00279429872TRLO0
10/01/2025	13:30:26	4925	61.80	XLON	00279429873TRLO0
10/01/2025	13:30:26	310	61.80	XLON	00279429874TRLO0
10/01/2025	13:30:26	310	61.80	XLON	00279429875TRLO0
10/01/2025	13:30:28	2317	61.70	XLON	00279429883TRLO0
10/01/2025	13:39:56	2079	61.50	XLON	00279431849TRLO0
10/01/2025	13:39:56	61	61.50	XLON	00279431850TRLO0
10/01/2025	13:39:56	61	61.50	XLON	00279431851TRLO0
10/01/2025	13:49:26	1868	61.20	CHIX	00279433976TRLO0
10/01/2025	14:08:07	1865	61.60	CHIX	00279436169TRLO0
10/01/2025	14:36:42	223	61.50	XLON	00279442853TRLO0
10/01/2025	14:38:30	1647	61.50	XLON	00279443453TRLO0
10/01/2025	14:38:30	1918	61.50	XLON	00279443454TRLO0
10/01/2025	14:38:34	2961	61.40	XLON	00279443475TRLO0
10/01/2025	14:55:14	1863	61.10	CHIX	00279447722TRLO0
10/01/2025	15:17:39	1868	61.20	XLON	00279453232TRLO0
10/01/2025	15:53:05	741	61.10	CHIX	00279460445TRLO0
10/01/2025	15:53:41	31	61.30	CHIX	00279460543TRLO0
10/01/2025	15:53:41	379	61.30	CHIX	00279460544TRLO0
10/01/2025	15:53:44	529	61.30	CHIX	00279460563TRLO0
10/01/2025	15:53:44	657	61.30	CHIX	00279460564TRLO0
10/01/2025	15:53:44	422	61.30	CHIX	00279460565TRLO0
10/01/2025	15:53:44	364	61.30	BATE	00279460566TRLO0
10/01/2025	16:04:49	145	61.30	CHIX	00279462858TRLO0
10/01/2025	16:10:43	222	61.30	XLON	00279464523TRLO0
10/01/2025	16:10:43	2029	61.30	XLON	00279464524TRLO0
10/01/2025	16:26:38	2903	61.10	CHIX	00279467860TRLO0
10/01/2025	16:29:23	826	61.30	Aquis	00279468550TRLO0
10/01/2025	16:29:23	826	61.30	CHIX	00279468551TRLO0
10/01/2025	16:29:23	163	61.30	XLON	00279468553TRLO0
10/01/2025	16:29:23	945	61.30	XLON	00279468554TRLO0

 

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