Greencoat UK Wind PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (4592N)

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Greencoat UK Wind PLC

24 January 2023

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24 January 2023

GREENCOAT UK WIND PLC

(the "Company")

Allotment of Shares and Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities Shareholdings

The Company announces that, in accordance with the terms of the Investment Management Agreement between the Company and Schroders Greencoat LLP (the "Investment Manager"), 167,923 Ordinary Shares of 1p each (the "new shares") will be allotted and issued to the Investment Manager.

The 167,923 new shares are comprised of the following:

-- 224,434 Ordinary Shares of 1p each in respect of Q1 2023, less 56,511 Ordinary shares of 1p each following the calculation of the True Up amount for the period of 1 January to 31 December 2022, as described in the Investment Management Agreement. These shares are subject to a 3 year lock up period.

Following the allotment of the new shares, the beneficial interests of the Investment Manager in the issued share capital of the Company will be as follows:

 
 The Investment Manager    Number of ordinary   % of issued share 
                            shares               capital 
 Schroders Greencoat 
  LLP                      3,496,670            0.2% 
                          -------------------  ------------------ 
 

In accordance with DTR 5.6.1R of the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules, the Company notifies the market that, as at 8 a.m. on 3 February 2023:

-- it will have 2,318,257,912 issued ordinary shares of 1p each ("Ordinary Shares") admitted to trading. Each Ordinary Share carries the right to one vote in relation to all circumstances at general meetings of the Company;

   --        it does not hold any Ordinary Shares in treasury. 

The total voting rights figure will be 2,318,257,912 and may be used by shareholders and others with notification obligations as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine whether they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Application has been made for the Ordinary Shares so allotted to be admitted to listing on the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and to trading on the London Stock Exchange's main market for listed securities (premium segment), with expected admission to trading on 3 February 2023. Definitive documents of title are expected to be dispatched within 15 business days of allotment.

Notes to Editors:

Greencoat UK Wind PLC ("UKW") is the leading listed renewable infrastructure fund, which has invested in 45 operating UK wind farms with net generating capacity of 1,610MW. The Company's aim is to provide investors with an annual dividend that increases in line with RPI inflation (8.76p for 2023) while preserving the capital value of its investment portfolio in the long term on a real basis through reinvestment of excess cash flow.

UKW is managed by an experienced team at Schroders Greencoat LLP, a leading renewable investment manager with GBP9 billion of assets under management. UKW is governed by a strong and experienced independent board.

UKW is incorporated in England and Wales and is a UK Investment Trust.

For more information about UKW, please visit https://www.greencoat-ukwind.com .

For more information about Schroders Greencoat LLP, please visit https://www.schrodersgreencoat.com

For further information:

   Ocorian Administration (UK) Limited - Company Secretary             028 9693 0219 

Josh Finlay

Further information on the Company can be found on its website at http://www.greencoat-ukwind.com

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The Company will not be registered under the US Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. In addition, the Ordinary Shares referred to herein have not been and will not be registered under the US Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act") or under the securities laws of any state of the United States and may not be offered or sold in the United States or to or for the account or benefit of US persons absent registration or pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and in compliance with any applicable State securities laws. The offer and sale of Ordinary Shares referred to herein has not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act or under the applicable securities laws of any state, province or territory of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa or Japan. Subject to certain exceptions, the Ordinary Shares referred to herein may not be offered or sold in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa or Japan or to, or for the account or benefit of, any national, resident or citizen of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa or Japan. There will be no public offer of the Ordinary Shares in the United States, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa or Japan.

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