Result of Fundraise

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Key highlights:

  • Successful fundraising with expected market capitalisation at the issue price and once the Consideration Shares are issued of $150 million
  • $115.4m gross cash proceeds with admission of the new Ordinary Shares to trading on the London Stock Exchange expected on 14 December 2021

Results of Initial Issue

The Company is pleased to announce that demand has been received for 115,393,127 new Ordinary Shares pursuant to the Initial Placing, the Offer for Subscription and the Intermediaries Offer from a broad range of investors including institutional asset managers, banks, wealth managers, family offices and retail investors. Accordingly, including the 34.6m Consideration Shares to be issued upon completion of the Solar Arise Acquisition Agreement, the Company will have 150.0 million new Ordinary Shares in issue.

Applications have been made to the Financial Conduct Authority and to the London Stock Exchange for 115,393,128 Ordinary Shares (made up of 115,393,127 Ordinary Shares issued pursuant to the Initial Issue and 1 Ordinary Share issued pursuant to incorporation) to be admitted to trading on the premium listing category of the Official List and admitted to trading on the main market of the London Stock Exchange (“Admission“). Admission is expected to become effective, and dealings in the new Ordinary Shares are expected to commence, at 8.00 a.m. on 14 December 2021.

Sue Inglis, Chair of the Board, ThomasLloyd Energy Impact Trust, said,

“We are delighted to be listing the ThomasLloyd Energy Impact Trust with an expected market capitalisation of $150 million – the first ever dedicated offering on the London Stock Exchange, providing direct access to sustainable real assets in fast-growing and emerging economies in Asia. This reaffirms the increasing appetite for real impact investment solutions that truly make a difference. ThomasLloyd has a demonstrable and successful track-record in this area, having invested exclusively in sustainable energy infrastructure in high growth and emerging markets in Asia for over a decade. We have attracted several high profile investors for the Trust, including large British and European investors, as well as the UK Government via its MOBILIST initiative and have a strong base on which to build and grow the Trust.”

FX Rate

For those subscriptions for Ordinary Shares received in GBP, the Relevant Exchange Rate used to determine the number of Ordinary Shares to be issued is USD 1.3190, being the spot exchange rate published by Bloomberg at 5.00 pm on 9 December 2021 (not 10 December 2021 as set out in the definition of “Relevant Exchange Rate” in the Prospectus). The Issue Price in GBP is therefore 75.8 pence per Ordinary Share.

On Admission and prior to the issue of the Consideration Shares, the Company’s issued share capital will comprise 115,393,128 Ordinary Shares, none of which will be held in treasury. Each Ordinary Share carries the right to one vote and, therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company on Admission will be 115,393,128. This figure may be used by Shareholders and other investors as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA’s Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules. A further announcement on the issue of the Consideration Shares will be made in due course.

The Legal Entity Identifier of the Company is 254900V23329JCBR9G82.

Enquiries:

ThomasLloyd Group
Anneliese Diedrichs		+41 (0) 79 659 6513
Anneliese.diedrichs@thomas-lloyd.com
Shore Capital
Robert Finlay / Rose Ramsden (Corporate)
Adam Gill / Matthew Kinkead (Sales)
Henry Willcocks / Fiona Conroy (Corporate Broking)  
+44 (0) 20 7408 4050
Montfort Communications – PR Adviser
Gay Collins
Jack Roddan		thomaslloyd@montfort.london
+44(0) 7798 626282
+44(0) 7825 670695

About ThomasLloyd – an experienced and specialised Investment Manager

The Investment Manager is a wholly-owned subsidiary of ThomasLloyd Group (“ThomasLloyd“). Founded in 2003, the Group is a leading impact investor and provider of climate financing. Headquartered in Zurich, the Group has operations in 16 locations across North America, Europe and Asia. The Group’s Infrastructure Investment Team is based in London with representation in Zurich, India, the Philippines, Singapore and Hong Kong.

Over the last decade, ThomasLloyd has deployed over US$1 billion across 16 projects in renewable energy power generation, transmission and sustainable fuel production with a total capacity in excess of 700 MW. This includes financing and constructing the first utility-scale solar power plant in the Philippines in 2013.

ThomasLloyd is a pure play impact investor and aims to apply a robust, socially and environmentally responsible investment approach that is geared towards reducing carbon emissions and improving economic prospects, while reducing investment risk through diversification across countries, sectors and technologies.

Since 2013, the firm has been measuring and reporting on the impact of its investments, creating an empirical database showing the positive impact of their investments in sustainable energy infrastructure in high growth and emerging markets in Asia. This captures metrics including employment data, gender ratio, health and safety data, security of electricity supply data and environmental statistics and information such as CO2 offset, greenhouse gas emissions, biodiversity information and details on water usage.

The ThomasLloyd Group is an accredited partner of the IFC (a member of the World Bank Group), an authorised partner of the European Investment Bank and an early signatory of the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment.

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INFORMATION TO DISTRIBUTORS

Target Market Assessment

Solely for the purposes of the product governance requirements contained within the FCA’s PROD3 Rules on product governance within the FCA Handbook (the “FCA PROD3 Rules“) and disclaiming all and any liability, whether arising in tort, contract or otherwise, which any “manufacturer” (for the purposes of the FCA PROD3 Rules) may otherwise have with respect thereto, the shares have been subject to a product approval process, which has determined that such shares are: (i) compatible with an end target market of retail investors and investors who meet the criteria of professional clients and eligible counterparties, each as defined in FCA Glossary; and (ii) eligible for distribution through all distribution channels as are permitted by PROD3 (the “Target Market Assessment“).

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