LEI: 213800ZPBBK8H51RX165
27 February 2025
Greencoat UK Wind
PLC
Launch of further £100 million
Share Buyback Programme
Greencoat UK Wind PLC (the "Company"
or "UKW"), the leading listed renewable infrastructure fund
invested in UK wind farms, today announces a further £100 million
share buyback programme (the "Programme") having completed the
Company's previous £100 million share buyback programme on 13
February 2025. This takes the total amount committed by the Company
to share buybacks to £200 million.
The Programme will commence shortly
and, subject to market conditions, is intended to be executed over
the following 12 months. The sole purpose of the Programme is
to reduce the issued share capital of the Company and therefore the
ordinary shares purchased by the Company will be held in treasury
or re-issued.
The Programme will be executed under
the authority granted by shareholders at the Company's annual
general meeting on 24 April 2024 (the "2024 AGM"), which authority
would be expected to be renewed at the annual general meeting to be
held in 2025. As such, the maximum number of shares that may
be repurchased by the Company under the Programme is 297,140,189,
being the authority granted by shareholders at the 2024 AGM, less
the ordinary shares purchased by the Company under the prior
programme.
The Company has entered into a
non-discretionary agreement with RBC Europe Limited ("RBC") and
Jefferies International ("Jefferies") pursuant to which it has
issued irrevocable instructions to RBC and Jefferies to conduct the
Programme. RBC and Jefferies will carry out the Programme through
the acquisition of ordinary shares in the Company, within certain
pre-defined parameters, for subsequent repurchase by the
Company.
Any purchase of ordinary shares in
the Company will be conducted within the parameters prescribed by
the Market Abuse Regulation 596/2014 and the Commission Delegated
Regulation (EU) 2016/1052 (also as in force in the UK, from time to
time, including, where relevant, pursuant to the UK's European
Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 and the Market Abuse (Amendment) (EU
Exit) Regulations 2019) as well as applicable laws and the
regulations of the UK Financial Conduct Authority (including
Chapter 9 of the UK Listing Rules).
Any purchase of ordinary shares
pursuant to the Programme will be announced no later than 07:30 am
on the business day following the calendar day on which the
purchase occurs.
There is no guarantee that the
Programme will be implemented in full.
For further information please
contact:
Greencoat UK Wind PLC
020 7832 9400
Stephen Lilley
Matt Ridley
Ocorian Administration (UK) Limited - Company Secretary
028 9693
0219
Josh Finlay
Headland
020 3805 4822
Stephen Malthouse
Rob Walker
Charlie Twigg
ukwind@headlandconsultancy.com
RBC
Europe Limited
020 7653 4000
Matthew Coakes
Max Avison
Jack Wood
Jefferies International Limited
020 7029 8000
Stuart
Klein
Gaudi Le Roux
