LEI: 213800NNT42FFIZB1T09
09 October 2024
Transaction in Own Shares
Foresight Group Holdings Limited ("Foresight", the "Group"), a leading investment manager in real assets and providing capital for growth, announces that, in accordance with the terms of its share buyback programme announced on 27 October 2023, and extended on 27 June 2024 (the "Share Buyback"), the Group purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of £nil par value ("Ordinary Shares") each through Numis Securities Limited (which is trading for these purposes as Deutsche Numis) ("Deutsche Numis").
| Date of purchase: | 08 October 2024 |
| Aggregate number of Ordinary Shares purchased: | 50,000 |
| Lowest price paid per share (GBp): | 504.00 |
| Highest price paid per share (GBp): | 508.00 |
| Volume weighted average price paid per share (GBp): | 506.37 |
Once settled, the purchased shares will be held by the Group in treasury, which means they will have no voting rights while they are held in treasury. Including the above purchase, the total shares purchased under the buyback programme amounts to 1,407,669 of which 884,739 have been transferred out of treasury to facilitate the exercise of options in accordance with the terms of the Performance Share Plan.
As a result, the Group's total voting rights will be 115,824,873 while the Group's issued ordinary share capital is 116,347,803 of which 522,930 continue to be held in treasury. This figure for the total number of voting rights may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in the Group under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.
In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of the UK version of Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 which is part of UK law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, the table below contains detailed information of the individual trades made by Deutsche Numis as part of the Share Buyback.
Aggregate information:
| Venue | Volume-weighted average price (pence per share) | Aggregated volume |
| LSE | 506.37 | 50,000 |
Individual information:
| Number of ordinary shares purchased | Transaction price | Time of transaction (UK Time) | Trading venue |
| 1258 | 506.00 | 08:09:43 | XLON |
| 437 | 508.00 | 09:51:10 | XLON |
| 559 | 508.00 | 10:40:41 | XLON |
| 762 | 508.00 | 10:40:41 | XLON |
| 29 | 508.00 | 10:40:41 | XLON |
| 76 | 508.00 | 10:40:41 | XLON |
| 106 | 508.00 | 10:45:31 | XLON |
| 1155 | 508.00 | 10:50:01 | XLON |
| 291 | 508.00 | 10:50:01 | XLON |
| 1179 | 508.00 | 10:50:01 | XLON |
| 596 | 508.00 | 10:53:39 | XLON |
| 548 | 508.00 | 10:53:39 | XLON |
| 1126 | 508.00 | 11:53:03 | XLON |
| 1074 | 508.00 | 11:53:03 | XLON |
| 1147 | 508.00 | 11:53:03 | XLON |
| 1297 | 506.00 | 12:22:17 | XLON |
| 1264 | 504.00 | 12:34:07 | XLON |
| 1387 | 504.00 | 13:37:27 | XLON |
| 741 | 506.00 | 13:41:48 | XLON |
| 436 | 506.00 | 13:41:48 | XLON |
| 41 | 506.00 | 13:41:48 | XLON |
| 418 | 506.00 | 13:41:48 | XLON |
| 141 | 506.00 | 13:41:48 | XLON |
| 128 | 506.00 | 13:41:48 | XLON |
| 521 | 506.00 | 13:41:48 | XLON |
| 20000 | 506.00 | 13:54:38 | XLON |
| 100 | 508.00 | 15:19:13 | XLON |
| 309 | 508.00 | 15:19:13 | XLON |
| 43 | 508.00 | 15:19:13 | XLON |
| 111 | 508.00 | 15:19:13 | XLON |
| 6 | 508.00 | 15:19:13 | XLON |
| 40 | 508.00 | 15:19:13 | XLON |
| 310 | 508.00 | 15:19:13 | XLON |
| 121 | 508.00 | 15:19:13 | XLON |
| 432 | 508.00 | 15:19:13 | XLON |
| 122 | 508.00 | 15:19:13 | XLON |
| 1200 | 508.00 | 15:19:13 | XLON |
| 5 | 508.00 | 15:19:13 | XLON |
| 1257 | 506.00 | 15:28:10 | XLON |
| 9227 | 506.00 | 15:59:54 | XLON |
For further information please contact:
Foresight Group Investors
Liz Scorer / Ben McGrory
+44 (0) 7966 966956 / +44 (0) 7443 821577
Deutsche Numis
Charles Farquhar / Rajesh Iyer
+44 (0) 207 260 1000
H-Advisors Maitland
Sam Cartwright / Audrey Da Costa
+44 (0) 782 725 4561 / +44 (0) 781 710 5562
About Foresight Group Holdings Limited
Founded in 1984, Foresight is a leading investment manager in real assets and capital for growth, operating across the UK, Europe, and Australia.
With decades of experience, Foresight offers investors access to attractive investment opportunities at the forefront of change. Foresight actively builds and grows investment solutions to support the energy transition, decarbonise industry, enhance nature recovery and realise the economic potential of ambitious companies.
A constituent of the FTSE 250 index, Foresight's diversified investment strategies combine financial and operational skillsets to maximise asset value and provide attractive returns to its investors. Its wide range of private and public funds is complemented with a variety of investment solutions designed for the retail market.
Foresight is united by a shared commitment to build a sustainable future and grow thriving companies and economies.
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