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BABCOCK & BROWN PROSPECTUS<br />

INFRASTRUCTURE AND PROJECT FINANCE<br />

Overview<br />

The Infrastructure and Project Finance Group has a balanced mix of financial advisory, principal finance and<br />

funds management activities.The scope of its roles within these activities includes:<br />

Investment management Principal investment Advisory<br />

• Private investment syndicates • Project developer<br />

• M&A advisor<br />

• Listed funds<br />

• Equity investor<br />

• Project finance advisor<br />

• Senior and mezzanine debt<br />

provider<br />

• Corporate advisor<br />

• Debt/equity arranger<br />

Locations<br />

Contribution to Net Revenue<br />

Australia, US, Europe, Malaysia, Hong Kong<br />

22%<br />

24%<br />

2003A<br />

2004F<br />

The Infrastructure and Project Finance Group’s activities are diversified across a range of sectors and<br />

geographic regions.<br />

Sectors<br />

• Renewable energy<br />

• Power<br />

• Transportation<br />

• Distribution and transmission<br />

• Resources<br />

• Public Private Partnerships (PPP)<br />

• Water treatment<br />

Countries<br />

• Australia • Malaysia • New Zealand<br />

• China/Hong Kong • USA • Korea<br />

• Canada • India • UK<br />

• France • Germany • Hungary<br />

• Italy • Iceland • Spain<br />

• Turkey<br />

• Greece<br />

The Infrastructure and Project Finance Group has drawn on its structured finance expertise to develop its<br />

advisory practice, focusing on more complex transactions that require innovative financing solutions. Babcock &<br />

Brown has historically targeted niche sectors of the market where it perceives that there will be significant<br />

growth and where it has the ability to capture a market-competitive position.<br />

In recent years, Babcock & Brown has placed a greater emphasis on principal investment-related activities and has<br />

increased its role as an originator and investor in development projects.The goals of this strategy include<br />

generating attractive development returns and developing long-term investment management roles in relation to<br />

assets or vehicles acquired or originated by the Business Group, increasingly providing the Infrastructure and<br />

Project Finance Group with new transaction opportunities or clients.<br />

The business is well established in the US, Europe and Australia and has recently expanded into Asia.<br />

Background<br />

Babcock & Brown commenced its involvement in the infrastructure sector in the 1980s as an advisor and<br />

arranger of project financings. Operations began in the US and were subsequently expanded into Europe. By the<br />

mid 1990s, Babcock & Brown was a financial advisory market leader to independent power producers in both<br />

the US and Europe.<br />

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