FORESIGHT SOLAR FUND LIMITED QUARTERLY FACTSHEET AS AT 30 JUNE 2018
FACTSHEET 30 JUNE 2018 Foresight Solar Fund Limited ( FSFL or the Company ) is a Jersey registered, closed-end investment company investing in a diversified portfolio of ground-based solar PV assets in the UK and Australia. Company Information Listing Index Inclusion SEDOL London Stock Exchange Main Market FTSE All-Share, FTSE SmallCap BD3QJR5 The Company s objective is to provide investors with a sustainable and inflation-linked quarterly dividend. The Company aims to preserve and where possible enhance capital value through the reinvestment of excess cash flows, not required for the payment of dividends. Including its IPO in October 2013, the Company has raised a total of 463.2 million through share placings, as at 30 June 2018. In July 2018, the Company completed a significantly oversubscribed placing, raising 48.1 million of new capital, bringing total capital raised to 511.3 million. Ticker ISIN Dividend Payments Financial Year End Ongoing Charges Ratio Corporate Calendar FSFL.LN JE00BD3QJR55 Quarterly 31 December 1.19% for the year to 30 June 2018 The Company targets an index-linked annualised dividend of 6.0 pence inflated by RPI (target of 6.58 pence for the year ended 31 December 2018). FSFL has paid all target dividends to date. HIGHLIGHTS As at 30 June 2018, Net Asset Value ( NAV ) is 473.1 million, taking NAV per Ordinary share to 105.2 pence (31 March 2018: 106.0 pence). 24 August 2018 Quarterly Dividend October 2018 NAV Announcement 23 November 2018 Quarterly Dividend February 2019 Annual Accounts February 2019 Quarterly Dividend As at 30 June 2018, the Company s portfolio consisted of 28 assets with a net peak installed capacity of 674MW, including four Australian assets representing 146MW. The portfolio is fully operational with the exception of three of the Australian assets which are expected to connect to the grid during the course of 2018. On 3 August 2018, the Company completed the acquisition of a 100% interest in a portfolio of 15 operational solar assets in the UK, with a total installed capacity of 114MW. The acquisition increased the Company s portfolio to 788MW across 43 solar assets. The Company will continue to pursue solar opportunities in the UK and overseas markets that the Investment Manager believes will be accretive to the value of the Company and are within the remit of the Company s investment mandate.
KEY FACTS 30 JUNE 2018 NAV 473.1m NAV/SHARE 105.2p GROSS ASSET VALUE 749.0m ORDINARY SHARES ISSUED 449,952,091 ORDINARY SHARE PRICE 108.8p MARKET CAPITALISATION 489.5m TARGET DIVIDEND PER SHARE (FY 2018)* 6.58p *Target returns are not a profit forecast. There can be no assurance that target returns will be met and it should not be seen as an indication of the Company s expected returns
UK Portfolio 39 642MW* 17 38 26 30 1 21 11 12 29 14 3 27 25 37 24 35 15 2 4 18 32 9 19 10 34 16 33 28 7 13 5 22 31 23 8 6 36 20 Australia Portfolio 146MW 40 41 42 43 1. Wymeswold 34MW 2. Castle Eaton 18MW 3. Highfields 12MW 4. High Penn 10MW 5. Pitworthy 16MW 6. Hunters Race 11MW 7. Spriggs Farm 12MW 8. Bournemouth 37MW 9. Landmead 46MW 10. Kencot 37MW 11. Copley 30MW 12. Atherstone 15MW 13. Paddock Wood 9MW 14. Southam 10MW 15. Port Farm 35MW 16. Membury 16MW 17. Shotwick 72MW 18. Sandridge 50MW 19. Wally Corner 5MW 20. Coombeshead 10MW 21. Park Farm 13MW 22. Sawmills 7MW 23. Verwood 21MW 24. Yardwall 3MW 25. Abergelli 8MW 26. Crow Trees 5MW 27. Cuckoo Grove 6MW 28. Field House 6MW 29. Fields Farm 5MW 30. Gedling 6MW 31. Homeland 13MW 32. Marsh Farm 9MW 33. Sheepbridge 5MW 34. Steventon 10MW 35. Tengore Lane 4MW 36. Trehawke 11MW 37. Upper Huntingford 8MW 38. Welbeck 11MW 39. Yarburgh 8MW 40. Longreach 8MW 41. Oakey 1 15MW 42. Oakey 2 70MW 43. Bannerton 53MW *Includes assets acquired post period end
SUMMARY PORTFOLIO DATA PLANT Wymeswold 1 LOCATION Leicestershire, UK INSTALLED PEAK CAPACITY (MW) ACQUISITION DATE SUBSIDY 2 32 2 November 2013 March 2015 2.0 ROCs 1.4 ROCs Castle Eaton Wiltshire, UK 18 June 2014 1.6 ROCs Highfields Essex, UK 12 June 2014 1.6 ROCs High Penn Wiltshire, UK 10 June 2014 1.6 ROCs Pitworthy North Devon, UK 16 June 2014 1.4 ROCs Hunters Race West Sussex, UK 11 September 2014 1.4 ROCs Spriggs Farm Essex, UK 12 November 2014 1.6 ROCs Bournemouth Dorset, UK 37 December 2014 1.4 ROCs Landmead Oxfordshire, UK 46 December 2014 1.4 ROCs Kencot Oxfordshire, UK 37 March 2015 1.4 ROCs Copley Lincolnshire, UK 30 June 2015 1.3 ROCs Atherstone Warwickshire, UK 15 July 2015 1.4 ROCs Paddock Wood Kent, UK 9 July 2015 1.4 ROCs Southam Warwickshire, UK 10 July 2015 1.4 ROCs Port Farm Wiltshire, UK 35 August 2015 1.4 ROCs Membury Berkshire, UK 16 September 2015 1.4 ROCs Shotwick Flintshire, UK 72 February 2017 1.3 ROCs Sandridge Wiltshire, UK 50 February 2017 1.3 ROCs Wally Corner Oxfordshire, UK 5 July 2017 1.2 ROCs Bannerton Victoria, Australia 53 3 October 2017 LGC Longreach Queensland, Australia 8 3 December 2017 LGC Oakey 1 Queensland, Australia 15 3 December 2017 LGC Oakey 2 Queensland, Australia 70 December 2017 LGC Coombeshead Devon, UK 10 April 2018 1.4 ROCs Park Farm Leicestershire, UK 13 April 2018 1.4 ROCs Sawmills Devon, UK 7 April 2018 1.4 ROCs Verwood Dorset, UK 21 April 2018 1.4 ROCs Yardwall Somerset, UK 3 April 2018 FiT Total as at 30 June 2018 674 POST-PERIOD END ACQUISITIONS Abergelli South Wales 8 August 2018 1.4 ROCs Crow Trees Nottinghamshire 5 August 2018 1.3 ROCs Cuckoo Grove Pembrokeshire 6 August 2018 1.4 ROCs Field House Hampshire 6 August 2018 1.4 ROCs Fields Farm Warwickshire 5 August 2018 1.3 ROCs Gedling Nottinghamshire 6 August 2018 1.4 ROCs Homeland Dorset 13 August 2018 1.6 ROCs Marsh Farm Wiltshire 9 August 2018 1.4 ROCs Sheepbridge Reading 5 August 2018 1.3 ROCs Steventon Oxfordshire 10 August 2018 1.4 ROCs Tengore Lane Somerset 4 August 2018 1.4 ROCs Trehawke Cornwall 11 August 2018 1.6 ROCs Upper Huntingford Gloucestershire 8 August 2018 1.3 ROCs Welbeck Nottinghamshire 11 August 2018 1.4 ROCs Yarburgh Lincolnshire 8 August 2018 1.3 ROCs Total 114 Total including post period end assets: 788 1 The 1.4 ROC banding and March 2015 acquisition date refer to an extension to the site 2 Subsidies are via Renewable Obligation Certificates and Feed-in Tariffs in the UK and Large-scale Generation Certificates in Australia 3 Installed peak capacity based on percentage of ownership acquired
Foresight Group Foresight Group is a leading infrastructure and SME investment manager with over 2.5bn of assets under management and employing over 200 people worldwide. The group has offices in London, Manchester, Nottingham, Leicester, Milton Keynes, Guernsey, Rome, Seoul and Sydney. Foresight Solar Fund Limited is managed and advised by Foresight s highly experienced infrastructure team which manages over 1.3bn in solar generation assets. The global infrastructure team totals 78 people, comprising 39 investment professionals and 24 portfolio management professionals, as well as a technical team of 15 focused on the optimisation of the assets. QUARTERLY FACTSHEET AS AT 30 JUNE 2018 Manager Foresight Group CI Limited Dorey Court, Admiral Park, St Peter Port, Guernsey GY1 2HT Adviser Foresight Group LLP The Shard, 32 London Bridge Street, London SE1 9SG institutionalir@foresightgroup.eu www.foresightgroup.eu Ricardo Pineiro: Partner, Head of UK Solar Matt Hammond: Director Contact Joanna Andrews Institutional Investor Relations Manager jandrews@foresightgroup.eu +44 (0)20 3763 6951 Corporate Broker Stifel Nicolaus Europe 150 Cheapside, London EC2V 6ET Contact: Neil Winward +44 (0)20 7710 7460 Registered Address Foresight Solar Fund Limited 28 Esplanade, St. Helier, Jersey JE4 2QP Board of Directors Chairman: Alexander Ohlsson Director: Christopher Ambler Director: Peter Dicks Important Notice The Company currently conducts its affairs so that the shares issued by Foresight Solar Fund Limited can be recommended by IFAs to ordinary retail investors in accordance with the FCA s rules in relation to non-mainstream pooled investments and intends to continue to do so for the foreseeable future. This document has been issued and approved by Foresight Group LLP, which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. This document is intended for information purposes only and does not create any legally binding obligations on the part of Foresight Group LLP. Without limitation, this document does not constitute an offer, an invitation to offer or a recommendation to enter into any transaction. We recommend that you seek advice from your own financial, tax and legal advisors in making this assessment. The information contained in this document is based on material we believe to be reliable. However, we do not represent that it is accurate, current, complete or error free. Assumptions, estimates and opinions contained in this document constitute our judgement as of the date of the document and are subject to change without notice. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. The value of investments can go down as well as up and you may not get back any or all of the original amount invested. The distribution of this document and availability of this product in certain jurisdictions may be restricted by law. You may not distribute this document, in whole or in part, without our prior express written permission.