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RNS Number : 5973O  Aquila European Renewables PLC  13 January 2026

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JURISDICTION

13 January 2026

 

Aquila European Renewables plc

B Share Scheme First Distribution

Introduction

The Company is pleased to announce the first distribution to be made to
Shareholders pursuant to the recently established B Share Scheme.

Following completion of the Sagres disposal in June 2025 for €14.7 million
and the Holmen II and Svindbaek disposals for €36.6 million in December
2025, the Board has resolved to use the majority of the net cash proceeds
(excluding an appropriate cash buffer to ensure the Company can continue to
meet its liabilities and commitments) to make a first capital distribution to
Shareholders under the approved B Share Scheme totalling approximately €34
million (the "Initial Return of Capital"). The Initial Return of Capital
represents approximately 15 per cent. of the Company's Net Asset Value as
at 30 September 2025, being the latest published Net Asset Value prior to the
publication of the Circular.

Approved B Share Scheme

B Shares will be allotted and issued to Shareholders pro rata to their
holdings of Ordinary Shares as at the record date (as set out in the timetable
below) for the issue of the B Shares. The Company will not allot or issue any
fractions of B Shares and entitlements of each Shareholder will be rounded
down to the nearest whole B Share. The B Shares have only very limited rights.
The rights and restrictions attached to the B Shares are fully set out in Part
3 of the Company's circular which was issued on 15 December 2025 (the
"Circular"). Shareholders can access the Circular at
https://www.aquila-european-renewables.com/.

No share certificates will be issued for any B Shares allotted and no CREST
accounts will be credited with any such shares. No application will be made
for the B Shares to be admitted to listing on the Official List or to trading
on the London Stock Exchange's main market for listed securities and the B
Shares will not be listed or admitted to trading on any other recognised
investment exchange.

B Shares will be issued and redeemed by the Company's registrar, Computershare
Investor Services PLC. Each redemption of B Shares will be undertaken at the
option of the Company. It is expected that redemption will occur shortly after
each date of issue and allotment of B Shares, when all of the B Shares then in
issue will be compulsorily redeemed and cancelled in accordance with their
terms for an amount not exceeding the amount treated as paid up on the B
Shares.

Following the redemption and cancellation of the B Shares, the redemption
proceeds will be sent to Shareholders either through CREST to uncertificated
Shareholders or via cheque to certificated Shareholders.

Initial B Share Scheme Distribution

Pursuant to the authority received from Shareholders at the general meeting
held on 8 January 2026, the Board has resolved to return approximately €34
million in aggregate to Shareholders via an issue of B Shares.

B Shares of one cent each will be paid up from the Company's special
distributable reserve and issued to all Shareholders by way of a bonus issue
on the basis of 9 B Shares for every 1 Ordinary Share held at the Record Date
of 21 January 2026. The ex date is 20 January 2026.

The B Shares will be issued on 23 January 2026 and immediately redeemed at one
cent per B Share. The Redemption Date in respect of this B Share issue is
therefore 23 January 2026. The proceeds from the redemption of the B Shares,
which is equivalent to 9 cents per Ordinary Share, will be sent to
uncertificated Shareholders through CREST or via cheque to certificated
Shareholders.

Shareholders should note that the default payment currency is Euro, however,
Shareholders can elect to have their Initial Return of Capital paid in
Sterling. The last day for currency elections to be registered is 21 January
2026. Currency elections should be submitted via CREST for CREST holders.
Certificated shareholders will need to have a mandate in place on the Record
Date to be paid the consideration in Sterling. Shareholders who have
previously elected to receive dividends in Sterling will have that election
carried forward and applied as the default payment currency for the Initial
Return of Capital.

Timetable for the Initial Return of Capital

It is expected that the timetable will be as follows:

 Ex Date in respect of the Initial Return of Capital                             20 January 2026
 Record Date in respect of the Initial Return of Capital                         21 January 2026
 Issue and allotment of B Shares in respect of the Initial Return of Capital     23 January 2026
 Redemption Date in respect of the Initial Return of Capital                     23 January 2026
 Payment date: (i) cheques posted to Shareholders; and (ii) CREST holders        29 January 2026
 credited with funds, in each case in respect of the Initial Return of Capital

 

Defined terms used in this announcement have the meanings given in the
Circular which may be found on the Company's website unless the context
otherwise requires.

LEI: 213800UKH1TZIC9ZRP41

Enquiries:

 Apex Listed Companies Services (UK) Limited (Company Secretary)  +44 (0) 20 3327 9720
 Deutsche Numis (Corporate Broker)                                +44 (0) 20 7260 1000

 Hugh Jonathan

 George Shiel

www.aquila-european-renewables.com
(http://www.aquila-european-renewables.com/)

Important notices

This announcement does not constitute or form part of any offer or invitation
to sell, or any solicitation of any offer to purchase or subscribe for any
securities, or any offer or invitation to sell, or any solicitation of any
offer to purchase or subscribe for such ordinary shares by any person in any
circumstances or jurisdiction in which such offer or solicitation is unlawful.

This announcement may contain "forward-looking statements" with respect to
certain of the Company's plans and its current goals and expectations relating
to its future financial condition, performance, strategic initiatives,
objectives and results. Forward-looking statements sometimes use words such as
"aim", "anticipate", "target", "expect", "estimate", "intend", "plan", "goal",
"believe", "seek", "may", "could", "outlook" or other words of similar
meaning. By their nature, all forward-looking statements involve risk and
uncertainty because they relate to future events and circumstances which are
beyond the control of the Company.

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in this announcement is subject to change without notice and except as
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forward-looking statements contained in this announcement to reflect any
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