11th Mar 2014 07:00
11 March 2014
BLUEFIELD SOLAR INCOME FUND LIMITED
(the "Company")
Director Shareholding
The Board of Bluefield Solar Income Fund Limited received notification that John Scott (Director of the Company) acquired on 10th March 2014, 100,000 ordinary shares of no par value ("Ordinary Shares") in the Company at 101.9p per Ordinary Share.
Following this acquisition, Mr Scott has a beneficial interest in the Company of 200,000 Ordinary Shares, representing 0.14% of the issued share capital of the Company.
Enquiries:
James Armstrong / Mike Rand / Giovanni Terranova
Bluefield Partners LLP - Company Investment Adviser
Tel: +44 (0)20 7078 0020
Tod Davis / David Benda
Numis Securities Limited - Company Broker
Tel: +44 (0)20 7260 1000
Kevin Smith
Heritage International Fund Managers Limited - Company Secretary & Administrator
Tel: +44 (0)1481716000
Note to editors
About Bluefield Solar Income Fund Limited (the "Company" or "BSIF")
BSIF is a Guernsey-registered investment company focusing on large scale agricultural and industrial solar assets. The Company raised gross proceeds of £130 million in July 2013 through an initial public offering ("IPO") of shares on the main market of the London Stock Exchange. It raised further capital via a tap issue in February 2014.
The Company seeks to provide shareholders with an attractive return, principally in the form of semi-annual income distributions, by investing in a diversified portfolio of solar energy assets, each located within the UK, with a focus on utility scale assets and portfolios on greenfield, industrial and/or commercial sites.
About Bluefield Partners LLP ("Bluefield")
Bluefield was established in 2009 as a specialist investor into solar energy. Bluefield's team has a proven track record in the selection, acquisition and management of large scale energy and infrastructure assets in the UK and Europe.
The managing partners have been involved in over GBP350m of solar photovoltaic ("PV") funds and/or transactions in both the UK and Europe since 2008, including over GBP170m in the UK since December 2011. Bluefield has led the acquisitions, and currently advises, on over 50 UK based solar assets.
Bluefield was appointed Investment Adviser to the Company in June 2013.
Related Shares:
Bluefield Solar