Bluefield Solar Regulatory News (BSIF)

17 November 2015

Bluefield Solar Income Fund Limited

Result of Extraordinary General Meeting

Bluefield Solar Income Fund Limited (the "Company") is pleased to announce that at the Extraordinary General Meeting ("EGM") of the Company held at 10.15 am, 17 November 2015, the resolution was duly passed.

Special Resolution

THAT the Directors be and are hereby authorised to allot, issue and/or sell equity securities for cash as if article 6.2 of the Articles did not apply to any such allotment, issue and/or sale, provided that this power shall be limited to the allotment, issue and/or sale as described in the Prospectus of up to an aggregate number of 250 million New Ordinary Shares (or Ordinary Shares out of treasury) and/or C Shares in connection with the Initial Placing and Offer and the Placing Programme and shall expire on 21 October 2016 (unless previously renewed, varied or revoked by the Company in a general meeting), save that the Company shall be entitled to make offers or agreements before the expiry of such power which would or might require equity securities to be allotted and issued after such expiry and the Directors shall be entitled to allot and issue equity securities pursuant to any such offer or agreement as if the power conferred hereby had not expired.

Capitalised terms used but not defined in this announcement will have the same meaning as set out in the Circular to shareholders dated 26 October 2015.

Enquiries:

James Armstrong / Mike Rand / Giovanni Terranova

Bluefield Partners LLP - Company Investment Adviser

Tel: +44 (0)20 7078 0020

Tod Davis / David Benda

Numis Securities Limited - Company Broker

Tel: +44 (0)20 7260 1000

Kevin Smith

Heritage International Fund Managers Limited - Company Secretary & Administrator

Tel: +44 (0)1481716000

Tom Karim

CNC

Tel: +44(0)20 3219 8820 / +44(0)7923 293 399

Note to editors

About Bluefield Solar Income Fund Limited (BSIF)

BSIF is a Guernsey-registered investment company focusing on large scale agricultural, commercial and industrial solar energy assets. It had an initial public offering of shares on the main market of the London Stock Exchange in July 2013. It has, currently, over 278 million shares in issue and a market cap in excess of £290 million. In June 2014 it agreed a three-year revolving credit facility with Royal Bank of Scotland, for up to £50 million.

BSIF seeks to provide shareholders with an attractive return, principally in the form of income distributions, by investing in a diversified portfolio of solar energy assets, each located within the UK, with a focus on utility scale assets and portfolios on greenfield, industrial and/or commercial sites. The Company intends to pay quarterly distributions.

About Bluefield Partners LLP (Bluefield)

Bluefield was established in 2009 and is an investment adviser to companies and funds investing in solar energy infrastructure. It has a proven record in the selection, acquisition and supervision of large scale energy and infrastructure assets in the UK and Europe. The team has been involved in over £1.4 billion of solar PV funds and/or transactions in both the UK and Europe since 2008, including over £390m in the UK since December 2011.

Bluefield has led the acquisitions, and currently advises on over 60 UK based solar assets that are agriculturally, commercially or industrially situated. Based in its London office, Bluefield's partners are supported by a dedicated and highly experienced team of investment, legal and portfolio executives. 

Bluefield was appointed Investment Adviser to the Company in June 2013.