Foresight Group Holdings Limited Interim close - FEIP (1408B)
08 June 2021 - 4:18PM
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Foresight Group Holdings Limited
08 June 2021
08 June 2021
Foresight Group Holdings Limited
Further interim close for FEIP with Fund commitments of EUR716
million and a total capital pool of EUR886 million
Foresight Group Holdings Limited ("Foresight"), a leading
infrastructure and private equity manager, announces a further
interim close for Foresight Energy Infrastructure Partners ("FEIP"
or "the Fund"), a sustainability-led energy infrastructure fund
investing predominantly in Europe, having secured total Fund
commitments of c.EUR716 million. Including co-investments to date
of EUR170m, this represents a total capital pool of cEUR886 million
for Foresight's energy transition strategy.
The close sees a total of c.EUR285 million of new commitments
from investors since the interim close announced in January 2021.
Investors include several leading UK and Swedish institutions.
The Fund has made four investments to date, with new investments
in a 16.8 MW Italian energy-from-waste plant and a 88 MW onshore
wind farm in Finland announced in May 2021. All assets are
independently assessed for compliance with the EU Green Taxonomy.
Together with alignment to the UN's Sustainable Development Goals,
this provides investors with greater transparency on the impact
credentials of the portfolio and gives assurance that projects are
making a genuine contribution to global sustainability targets.
Nigel Aitchison, Foresight's Head of Infrastructure, commented:
"This latest FEIP close shows once again that investor appetite for
Foresight's sustainability-led strategies is continuing to grow,
while a strong pipeline of potential investment targets has also
been supporting the fundraising process. The FEIP team led by
Portfolio Managers Dan Wells and Richard Thompson are making
excellent progress towards our objective of ensuring that FEIP
becomes a leading platform in capturing opportunities from the
evolving transition to a decarbonised energy infrastructure system
in Europe, North America and Australia."
FEIP's investment strategy has been shaped to achieve specific
decarbonisation objectives in line with the Paris Climate
Agreement. It aligns with the UN's Sustainable Development Goals
("SDGs"), in particular with respect to Affordable and Clean Energy
(SDG 7), Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure (SDG 9) and
Climate Action (SDG 13).
Foresight offers high quality Sustainability and ESG reporting
which covers ongoing monitoring of metrics including greenhouse gas
reduction and greenhouse gas intensity of invested capital,
renewable energy generation, and diversion of waste from
landfill.
Foresight has partnered with Worthwhile Capital Partners as
Placement Agent for the Nordic region and Astrid Advisors for
Europe ex Nordics. Ashurst LLP acted as legal advisor.
https://www.fsg-investors.com/
Enquiries:
Foresight Group
Jonathon McManus IR@foresightgroup.eu / +44 (0) 7790 804 477
Citigate Dewe Rogerson (Public relations adviser to Foresight
Group)
Caroline Merrell caroline.merrell@citigatedewerogerson.com
/ +44 (0) 7852 210 329
Toby Moore toby.moore@citigatedewerogerson.com / +44
(0) 7768 981 763
Corporate Brokers
Jefferies +44 (0) 20 7029 8000
Paul Nicholls
Graham Davidson
Lee Morton
Max Jones
Numis +44 (0) 20 7260 1000
Stephen Westgate
Charlie Farquhar
Jamie Loughborough
Laura White
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