NextEnergy Solar Fund Ltd.

Transaction in Own Shares • Mar 7, 2025

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RNS Number : 7254Z

NextEnergy Solar Fund Limited

07 March 2025

LEI: 213800ZPHCBDDSQH5447

07 March 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:	06 March 2025
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	35,095
Lowest price per ordinary share (GBp):	6 7.10
Highest price per o rdinary share (GBp):	6 7.60
Weighted average price per ordinary share (GBp):	6 7.43

The Company intends to hold the purchased shares in Treasury.

Following the above transaction, the Company holds 13,425,342of its Ordinary Shares in treasury and has 577,395,843 Ordinary Shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).

The total number of voting rights in the Company is 577,395,843 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	020 3746 0700
Michael Bonte-Friedheim	ir@nextenergysolarfund.com
Ross Grier
Stephen Rosser
Peter Hamid (Investor Relations)
RBC Capital Markets	020 7653 4000
Matthew Coakes
Kathryn Deegan
C avendish	020 7908 6000
Robert Peel
H/Advisors Maitland	020 7379 5151
Neil Bennett
Finlay Donaldson
Ocorian Administration (Guernsey) Limited	01481 742642
Kevin Smith

Notes to Editors 1:

About NextEnergy Solar Fund

NextEnergy Solar Fund is a specialist solar energy and energy storage investment company that is listed on the Main Market of 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 31 December 2024, the Company had an unaudited gross asset value of £1,071m.  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 which now employs over 370 professionals.  Since its inception, NextEnergy Group 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 18 years of specialist solar expertise having invested in over 530 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 $4.5bn.  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 1,600 utility-scale solar power plants with an installed capacity in excess of 3.5GW.  More information is available at www.wise-energy.com

·      Starlight: has d eveloped 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 31 December 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	9,400	67.47
BATE	3,414	67.40
CHIX	18,039	67.43
TRQX	1,414	67.40
Aquis	2,828	67.30

Transaction Date	Transaction Time	Volume	Price	Platform	Transaction Ref
06/03/2025	09:54:19	436	67.60	CHIX	00285330213TRLO0
06/03/2025	09:54:19	197	67.60	BATE	00285330214TRLO0
06/03/2025	09:54:19	6	67.60	BATE	00285330215TRLO0
06/03/2025	09:54:19	14	67.60	CHIX	00285330216TRLO0
06/03/2025	09:54:19	46	67.60	TRQX	00285330217TRLO0
06/03/2025	09:54:19	1	67.60	TRQX	00285330218TRLO0
06/03/2025	09:54:19	406	67.60	XLON	00285330219TRLO0
06/03/2025	09:54:19	13	67.60	XLON	00285330220TRLO0
06/03/2025	09:54:45	1753	67.60	CHIX	00285330283TRLO0
06/03/2025	09:54:45	3066	67.60	CHIX	00285330284TRLO0
06/03/2025	09:54:45	1112	67.60	CHIX	00285330285TRLO0
06/03/2025	09:54:45	707	67.60	AQXE	00285330286TRLO0
06/03/2025	09:54:45	257	67.60	CHIX	00285330287TRLO0
06/03/2025	09:54:45	504	67.60	BATE	00285330288TRLO0
06/03/2025	09:54:45	660	67.60	TRQX	00285330289TRLO0
06/03/2025	09:54:45	5753	67.60	XLON	00285330290TRLO0
06/03/2025	10:55:26	1053	67.50	CHIX	00285339950TRLO0
06/03/2025	10:55:26	1000	67.50	CHIX	00285339951TRLO0
06/03/2025	10:55:26	1000	67.50	BATE	00285339952TRLO0
06/03/2025	10:55:26	1000	67.50	CHIX	00285339953TRLO0
06/03/2025	13:00:45	1000	67.30	CHIX	00285361866TRLO0
06/03/2025	13:00:45	1000	67.30	BATE	00285361867TRLO0
06/03/2025	13:00:45	1000	67.30	CHIX	00285361868TRLO0
06/03/2025	13:00:45	1000	67.30	CHIX	00285361869TRLO0
06/03/2025	13:00:45	2762	67.30	CHIX	00285361870TRLO0
06/03/2025	13:00:46	564	67.30	CHIX	00285361873TRLO0
06/03/2025	13:04:42	678	67.10	CHIX	00285362480TRLO0
06/03/2025	13:05:50	707	67.20	AQXE	00285362703TRLO0
06/03/2025	13:05:50	1344	67.20	CHIX	00285362704TRLO0
06/03/2025	13:05:50	707	67.20	BATE	00285362705TRLO0
06/03/2025	13:39:33	1414	67.20	AQXE	00285368710TRLO0
06/03/2025	13:39:33	707	67.20	TRQX	00285368711TRLO0
06/03/2025	13:39:33	2133	67.20	XLON	00285368712TRLO0
06/03/2025	14:01:57	1095	67.30	XLON	00285373568TRLO0

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