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Net Asset Value and Dividend
Announcement
Dublin,
London| 30 January 2025: Greencoat Renewables
PLC ("Greencoat Renewables"
or the "Company") today
announces that its unaudited Net Asset Value as of 31 December 2024
is €1,230 million (110.5c per share).
Net Asset
Value
Net Asset
Value / Net Asset Value per share
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€1,230 million / 110.5c per share
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Q4
Dividend/Dividend per
share
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€18.8 million / 1.685c per share
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Financial and Operational Highlights
· Positive impact of
disciplined capital allocation in 2024
o €100
million returned to shareholders in 2024 via dividends (6.74c per
share) and accretive €25 million share buyback completed
o Completed the disposal of the Kokkoneva wind farm in Finland
at a 6% premium to last reported NAV
o Recycled €96 million of operating cash and proceeds from
disposal to reduce debt (€53 million in Q4)
o Contributed €16m from organic cash to the €33m South Meath
solar farm acquisition
· Robust dividend cover in
volatile market
o Q4
gross cash generation of €31.9 million1 with Q4 net
generation 15% below budget, mostly driven by low wind
resource
o Full
year gross cash generation of €148.5 million2 equating
to 2.0x net dividend cover, despite net generation 10% below budget
for full year
o 6.81
cent per share target dividend for 2025
·
Balance sheet
strengthened with extension of October 2025 term debt to
2030
o Agreement to extend €235 million of the €275 million term debt
maturing in October 2025 to October 2030 with next term loan
maturing in March 2027
o Strong liquidity with total cash of €107 million and €241
million of the €350 million RCF facility remains undrawn
o Reduced total debt to €1,263 million through organic
deleveraging, gearing decreased to 50.7% (51.7% in Q3)
· Stable Q4 NAV with positive
full year total NAV return including dividends
o Q4
NAV stable at 110.5c, supported by:
§ +3.0c from
Q4 net cash generation
§ +0.2c from
sale of Kokkoneva at 6% premium to NAV
§ +0.6c
overall impact from power prices, with marginally higher longer
term captured power price assumptions, partially offset by lower
near term forward curves, particularly in Sweden
§ +0.6c from
operational updates relating to 2025 budget, including growth in
ancillary revenues and marginally reduced O&M costs
o Levered portfolio IRR at 9.3%3 on NAV
implying c.12.4% on a share price adjusted basis and c.10% spread
over 10-year Euro sovereign debt
1 Net cash generation
after project level debt repayments amounted to €29.1m.
2 Net cash generation
after project level debt repayments amounted to €140.8m equating to
1.9x dividend cover.
3 Based on
unlevered portfolio IRR of 7.2%, long term gearing assumption of
40% and cost of debt assumption of 4.7%.
The Company's Q4 2024 Factsheet is available on
the Company's website,
www.greencoat-renewables.com.
The Company also
announces a quarterly interim dividend of 1.685c per share with
respect to the quarter ended 31 December 2024.
Dividend
Timetable
Ex-Dividend Date:
6 February 2025
Record Date:
7 February
2025
Payment Date:
28 February 2025
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For further information, please contact:
Schroders
Greencoat LLP (Investment Manager)
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Bertrand Gautier
Paul O'Donnell
John Musk
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+44 20 7832 9400
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FTI Consulting
(Investor Relations & Media)
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Sam Moore
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+353 87 737 9089
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Aoife Mullen
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greencoat@fticonsulting.com
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Barclays Bank
PLC (Joint Broker)
Dion Di Miceli
Stuart Muress
James Atkinson
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+44 20 7623 2323
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Davy (Joint
Broker, NOMAD and Euronext Growth Listing Sponsor)
Brian Garrahy
Ronan Veale
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+353 1 679 6363
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RBC Capital
Markets (Joint Broker)
Matthew Coakes
Elizabeth Evans
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+44 20 7653 4000
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About Greencoat Renewables
PLC
Greencoat Renewables
PLC is an investor in euro-denominated renewable energy
infrastructure assets. Initially focused solely on the acquisition
and management of operating wind farms in Ireland, the Company also
invests in wind and solar assets in certain other European
countries with stable and robust renewable energy frameworks. It is
managed by Schroders Greencoat LLP, an experienced investment
manager in the listed renewable energy infrastructure
sector.
Forward
Looking Statements and Important Information
This announcement may include statements that
are, or may be deemed to be, "forward-looking statements",
including terms such as "believes", "estimates", "anticipates",
"expects", "intends", "may", "plans", "projects", "will", "explore"
or "should" or, in each case, their negative or other variations or
comparable terminology or by discussions of strategy, plans,
objectives, goals, future events or intentions. Forward-looking
statements include all matters that are not historical facts. By
their nature, forward-looking statements involve risks and
uncertainties because they relate to future events and depend on
circumstances that may or may not occur in the future.
Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future
performance. The Company's actual investment performance, results
of operations, financial condition, liquidity, distribution policy
and the development of its financing strategies may differ
materially from the impression created by, or described in or
suggested by, the forward-looking statements contained in this
announcement. In addition, this announcement may include target
figures for future financial periods. Any such figures are targets
only and are not forecasts. Subject to their legal and regulatory
obligations, Greencoat Renewables, the Directors and Schroders
Greencoat LLP, expressly disclaim any obligations to update or
revise any forward-looking statement contained herein to reflect
any change in expectations with regard thereto or any change in
events, conditions or circumstances on which any statement is
based.
The financial information contained
in this announcement has not been audited or reviewed by Greencoat
Renewables' auditors in accordance with the International Standards
on Auditing (Ireland) or International Standard on Review
Engagements.