Extension to share Buyback Programme
Foresight extends share buyback programme by £2m to £17m maximum, funded from treasury share sale proceeds.
- Share buyback programme extension £2m
- New maximum pecuniary amount £17m
- Shares repurchased to date 3,449,032
- Aggregate consideration paid to date £14,999,974.73
- Total issued share capital 116,347,803
- Shares held in treasury 2,057,293
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Foresight Group Holdings Limited ("Foresight", the "Company" or the "Group") is a leading investment manager in real assets and providing capital for growth.
Today the Group is pleased to announce the extension of its share buyback programme to buy back (repurchase) Ordinary Shares (as defined in Foresight's articles of incorporation) (the "shares" or "Ordinary Shares") in the capital of Foresight (the "Share Buyback") by a further £2m, generated by the recent sale of 500,000 treasury shares, with the new maximum pecuniary amount being £17m. The Share Buyback was originally announced on 27 October 2023 and was previously extended on 27 June 2024 and 09 December 2024. Since the commencement of the buyback programme, 3,449,032 shares have been repurchased for an aggregate consideration of £14,999,974.73
The Board has determined that the continuation of its share buyback programme is an optimal use of cash resources and is in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders. Numis Securities Limited (which is trading for these purposes as Deutsche Numis) ("Deutsche Numis") will continue be authorised by the Board of Directors of Foresight (the "Board") to make trading decisions in relation to the Share Buyback independently of Foresight, noting that the Board will continue to assess the ongoing utilisation of its remaining Share Buyback authority when considering other capital allocation priorities, such as M&A.
The Share Buyback will take place within the limitations of the authority granted to the Board of Foresight at its annual general meeting ("General Authority"), held on 2 August 2024 (the "AGM"), pursuant to which the maximum number of shares which may be bought back is 11,589,254, of which 3,449,032 has been utilised.
About the Share Buyback
- The Share Buyback will be financed through existing cash resources.
- The Share Buyback will continue until the earlier of the expiration of the General Authority or until the number of Ordinary Shares equal to the maximum pecuniary amount have been purchased under the Share Buyback or the process is terminated.
- Share repurchases will take place in open market transactions and may be made from time to time depending on market conditions, share price and trading volume. There is no certainty that any further buybacks will be completed. The Share Buyback may be paused at any time if deemed appropriate by Deutsche Numis with respect to the market conditions.
- The Share Buyback will operate in accordance with and under the terms of the General Authority, and within the regulatory limit on the quantity of Ordinary Shares the Company may purchase on a single day. The Share Buyback will be conducted within the parameters of the Market Abuse Regulation 596/2014/EU and the delegated regulations made pursuant to it (as incorporated into English law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 and as amended from time to time) ("MAR").
- However, there may be circumstances where the Group conducts share repurchases such that they exceed 25 per cent of the average daily volume in Ordinary Shares for the 20 trading days prior to the share repurchase and, accordingly, Foresight may not benefit from the exemption contained in Article 5(1) of MAR.
As at 28 February 2025, the Group's total issued share capital consisted of 116,347,803 Ordinary Shares, with one voting right per share, and 2,057,293 shares held in treasury. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Group was 114,290,510.
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