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SECTION 3<br />

BUSINESS OVERVIEW<br />

Power transmission and distribution<br />

Babcock & Brown has been involved principally as an advisor in power transmission and distribution projects.<br />

Completion<br />

Project Description Babcock & Brown role Size date<br />

Powerco<br />

Acquisition of a<br />

majority stake by<br />

Prime Infrastructure<br />

in New Zealand’s<br />

largest listed power<br />

distribution<br />

company<br />

Financial advisor to Prime<br />

Infrastructure<br />

$1,600m<br />

2004 1<br />

Basslink<br />

Development by<br />

National Grid plc<br />

of non-regulated,<br />

sub-sea transmission<br />

interconnector<br />

between Tasmania<br />

and Victoria<br />

Financial advisor to National Grid on<br />

its successful bid for the development<br />

contract<br />

over $500m<br />

2002<br />

Tennessee Valley<br />

Authority<br />

Long-term lease<br />

financing for TVA’s<br />

digital control and<br />

monitoring network<br />

Advisor to the US equity investors<br />

US$386m<br />

2003<br />

NOTE<br />

1.The acquisition is pursuant to a takeover offer and is still subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions.<br />

Transportation<br />

Babcock & Brown’s most significant recent investment in the transportation sector was the acquisition of the<br />

DBCT in 2001 which was the foundation asset of the publicly-listed Prime Infrastructure (see case study below).<br />

Other representative transactions that Babcock & Brown have undertaken in this sector have included:<br />

Project Financial<br />

Project Description Babcock & Brown role size close<br />

Pusan Northern<br />

Port<br />

Development of a<br />

marine container<br />

terminal and<br />

logistics hub in<br />

Pusan, South Korea<br />

International financial advisor<br />

US$1,770m<br />

2003-2004<br />

Virgin Trains<br />

Virgin Rail Group’s<br />

replacement of<br />

rolling stock for the<br />

Cross Country train<br />

franchises in the UK<br />

Financial and procurement advisor to<br />

Virgin Rail Group<br />

£407m<br />

1998<br />

Angel Trains<br />

Privatisation of<br />

Angel Trains, rail<br />

operating lessor<br />

Financial advisor and member of a<br />

consortium with Nomura that acquired<br />

Angel Trains from the UK Government<br />

£696m<br />

1996<br />

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