Energy Solutions with Powerful Results. Energy Industry Team

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1 Energy Solutions with Powerful Results Energy Industry Team

2 Overview Experience. Kilpatrick Townsend s Energy Team serves clients who develop and finance solar, biomass, clean fuels, and energy storage projects, while also helping energy users implement sustainable energy programs and practices. We are a full-service provider to clean energy industries: we assist clients with all aspects of project development and finance, including corporate and tax structuring, negotiation of power purchase agreements and other project contracts, equity and debt financing, EPC contracting, regulatory matters, and the buying and selling of projects. The firm brings extensive experience in the negotiation of power purchase and other development and finance agreements and is a leader in the creative use of federal loan guarantees for clean energy projects. Cross-Practice Collaboration. To maximize our clients success, the Energy Team engages with colleagues across many firm practices areas, utilizing the following expertise: Capital Markets Contracts & Commercial Agreements Construction Environmental Finance Government Affairs Insurance Intellectual Property Licensing Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Project Development & Finance Real Estate Regulatory Tax Venture Capital & Private Equity Extensive Client Base. Our clients span a wide range of corporate and institutional energy consumers, developers, vendors, producers, generators, investors, lenders, entrepreneurs, and manufacturers. We take the time to understand our clients businesses so they will achieve optimal results in the areas of project development and finance, energy investments, and energy procurement.

3 Today s Energy Thought Leaders Always at the forefront, Kilpatrick Townsend s Energy attorneys serve on many prominent public and private energy business associations, councils and committees; speak globally on energy-related topics; and have won several prestigious awards for our dedication to our clients and renewable energy projects. Our Washington, D.C. office provides us with direct access to national policy makers and regulatory agencies. Highlights include: Alliance to Save Energy American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) Renewable Energy Finance & Investment Committee Biofuels Digest s Top 100 Bioenergy Leaders Worldwide ( ) Charlotte Business Journal 2015 Energy Leadership Award Clean Fuels Development Coalition Georgia Solar Energy Association North Carolina Sustainable Energy Association Northern Virginia Technology Council Data Center Committee Solar Energy Finance Association (SEFA) Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA) Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance (SEEA) U.S. Department of Energy: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Executive Energy Leadership Program U.S. Department of Energy: Solar Access to Public Capital (SAPC)

4 Project Development & Finance While focusing on renewable power, clean fuels, fossil fuels, and energy consumption management, the Energy Team serves clients who develop, invest, or lend in the building, operation, or management of renewable energy projects. Our clients include companies at all stages of development from publicly-traded companies developing or investing in multi-billion projects to mature mid-market development companies to young innovative companies raising venture capital and private equity. Using our advanced expertise in bioenergy, biofuels, renewable chemicals, solar, data centers, and energy storage, the Energy Team has negotiated and structured contracts and agreements, including some of the largest solar power purchase agreements in the U.S. Our strong track record in creative and government financing has helped numerous clients qualify for federal loans and grants from the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Department of Agriculture as well as cross border financing from the U.S. Export- Import Bank, the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, foreign export banks, and multi- and bi-lateral finance institutions. Our Energy attorneys offer guidance with loan structuring, credit monetization (RECs and RINs), equity and debt financing, green bank lending, entity structuring, tax equity, capital market fundraising, requests for proposals (RFPs), regulatory and government affairs, project restructuring, contracts for differences, hybrid PPAs, tax and environmental incentives, permitting and regulatory compliance, real estate, licensing, intellectual property, EPC and construction, insurance and technology wraps, master limited partnerships, REITs, YieldCos, and much more. Prominent experience includes: Handled all legal aspects of the development and sale of a 20 MW solar farm in North Carolina, including the project s joint development agreement, PPA negotiation, real estate matters, EPC contract, and construction financing. Advised developer in all aspects of project development and finance for an innovative biomass-to-advanced biofuels project in North Carolina and another in Oregon, both using a biomass-to-advanced biofuels USDA loan guarantee. Represent energy storage companies in negotiating some of the first energy storage agreements with major utilities under California s 1.3 GW energy storage mandate.

5 Energy Investment With the energy markets in a constant state of flux new technologies, price changes, new regulations having knowledgeable and trusted advisors can prove invaluable to investors and investees. While concentrating on renewable energy, investment, asset acquisition, and clean energy technology development and finance, we help our investor clients such as banks, lending institutions, and private equity funds make optimal deals when financing and investing in energy assets. Likewise, we also help our investee clients negotiate and structure the most economical investments from investors. To ensure our clients success, our Energy Team offers a wide range of services, including investment fund structuring, private placements, project refinancing, project restructuring, master limited partnerships, YieldCos, real estate investment trusts, other IPOs, holdcos, and core agreements and documents such as subscription agreements, private placement memoranda, S-1s, and M&A agreements. Prominent experience includes: Assisted waste-to-energy and cleantech private equity fund with fund formation, capital deployment, and asset management. Advised leading global commodities firm in the due diligence and potential equity investment in a U.S.- based natural gas-to-liquid fuels project. Represented U.K. private equity fund in the sale of a landfill gas portfolio.

6 Energy Procurement While focusing on commercial and industrial renewable energy, data centers, project development, energy efficiency, energy storage, and microgrids, our Energy Team helps consumers of electricity procure energy in a sustainable and cost-effective manner. We stay abreast of new energy technologies, energy price fluctuations, changing debt financing, equity fund mechanisms and programs, and actionable regulatory matters to best advise our clients on current or anticipated regulatory and market conditions as well as procurement challenges and opportunities so clients can make smart choices in a perpetually changing energy economy. Specifically, our attorneys help clients evaluate energy procurement strategies and manage energy consumption, resulting in reduced costs and risks, diversified assets, and increased corporate responsibility. As part of our representation, we negotiate and draft contracts and agreements, structure transaction financing, provide tax advice specific to energy matters, assist with request for proposals (RFPs), advise on regulatory and government affairs matters, and offer insights into the global energy markets. Prominent experience includes: Counseled pharmaceutical company on all aspects of development of a 4 MW solar array. Assisted international manufacturing company in negotiating a power purchase agreement for biomass energy. Represented a major utility company in multiple sourcing transactions involving procurement of technology platforms, IT services, and core business processes worth more than $500 million.

7 Kilpatrick Townsend s Energy Team works hard for the success of our clients. By providing impeccable service from early stage to post-closing, we have helped hundreds of clients successfully build, operate, and profit from their energy endeavors.

8 Mark Riedy, Partner Washington Joel Cartee, Partner Atlanta Rob Edwards, Partner Washington Steve Levitas, Senior Counsel Raleigh Ariel Oseasohn, Energy Transactions Analyst Washington Ben Snowden, Associate Raleigh John Livingston, Partner Raleigh Guy Molinari, Counsel New York Heather Preston, Partner Atlanta Gentry Sayad, Partner Shanghai ATLANTA AUGUSTA CHARLOTTE DALLAS DENVER LOS ANGELES NEW YORK RALEIGH SAN DIEGO SAN FRANCISCO SEATTLE SHANGHAI SILICON VALLEY STOCKHOLM TOKYO WALNUT CREEK WASHINGTON D.C. WINSTON-SALEM Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP