March 2018 Monthly Update
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Sustainable Technology and Infrastructure Monthly Market Update March 2018 Performance of Key Market Indices 35% 25% 19% 17% 15% 16% 12% 5% (5%) Mar-17 May-17 Jul-17 Sep-17 Nov-17 Jan-18 Mar-18 NASDAQ Clean Edge Green Energy Dow Jones Industrial Average NASDAQ Composite S&P 500 Index Performance March Ending Versus First Day of the March YTD CY 2017 52 Wk High 52 Wk Low Dow Jones Industrial Average (2.1%) (2.5%) 25.1% (9.4%) 18.1% NASDAQ Composite (1.6%) 2.3% 28.2% (6.9%) 21.7% S&P 500 (1.4%) (1.2%) 19.4% (8.1%) 13.4% NASDAQ Clean Edge Green Energy (0.6%) (4.0%) 30.8% (9.5%) 19.7% Notable Recent Transactions & Capital Raises Acquiror Target Transaction Description Corporate Transactions Acquired a majority stake in innogy from RWE, and the remaining interest in a public takeover Acquired a U.S. wind owner and operator with ~1.7 GW of capacity from ArcLight Capital Corporate M&A and All-stock merger of two water utilities in a deal worth approximately $1.01bn Asset Transactions Acquired various California refining and pipeline assets / facilities from Delek and AltAir Asset Transactions Acquired five solar thermal projects in Spain with a combined capacity of 250 MW for €1.09bn Acquired indirect interests in three Californian solar projects totaling 235 MW Company Transaction Description Manufacturer of smart thermostats raised $61mm in Series C equity from Energy Impact Partners, Thomvest, Relay Ventures, Amazon’s Capital Raises Alexa Fund Chinese bike-rental startup raised $866mm in funding from Alibaba Group Holding, Haofeng Group, Tianhe Capital, Junli Capital and Ant Financial Note: M&A transaction values are in enterprise value, unless indicated otherwise. 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Select Recent Sustainable Technology & Infrastructure M&A Transactions (1/3) Corporate Transactions Transaction Multiple(1) Transaction Date Acquiror Target Transaction Description Subsector Value ($mm) Revenue EBITDA Acquired a big data company providing Valor Water 3/1/2018 Xylem financial and conservation solutions for Water Undisclosed ND ND Analytics water utilities Avangrid's Natural ENSTOR Energy Acquired Avangrid's natural gas trading 3/2/2018 Gas Trading Renewable Energy $65 ND ND Services business Business Acquired a provider of electronic toll Highway Toll 3/2/2018 Platinum Equity collection and violation management Advanced Mobility Undisclosed ND ND Administration solutions for fleets Acquired a fully integrated developer, owner and operator of municipal/co-op, 3/5/2018 ENGIE SoCore Energy Renewable Energy Undisclosed ND ND community and C&I solar from Edison International Acquired a software as a service 3/6/2018 Dandelion Geo-Connections company active in the geothermal Renewable Energy Undisclosed ND ND industry Acquired a wastewater aeration and Aeration Industries mixing solutions company serving the 3/6/2018 Newterra Water Undisclosed ND ND International industrial, municipal and aquaculture markets Acquired a national environmental Energy Capital Environmental 3/9/2018 Gopher Resource solutions provider from Norwest Equity Undisclosed ND ND Partners Services Partners Acquired a majority stake in innogy from RWE, and the remaining interest in a 3/11/2018 E.ON innogy public takeover in exchange for a Renewable Energy $27,377 1.0x 11.1x 16.67% interest in E.ON and generation assets Acquired a 70% interest in a Dutch solar 3/15/2018 BayWa GroenLeven Renewable Energy $196 ND ND developer Acquired a manufacturer of specialty 3/15/2018 Nippon Steel Ovako steel used in industries including wind Renewable Energy Undisclosed ND ND power generation and robotics Merged through an all-stock transaction Connecticut Water 3/15/2018 SJW Group to create a combined water utility Water $1,010 9.4x 20.3x Service company Acquired AltAir Paramount, the operator Delek / AltAir of a renewable diesel/renewable jet fuel 3/19/2018 World Energy Renewable Energy Undisclosed ND ND Paramount facility, and Delek's other California refining and pipeline assets Acquired a British marine navigation 3/19/2018 Wartsila Transas company with a cloud-based platform to Advanced Mobility $258 ND ND manage operations at vessels and ports Greentech / 2 Source: FactSet, company announcements, Greentech estimates, SEC filings and third party providers. Greentech Advised on This Transaction (1) Transaction multiples represent LTM EV/Adj. EBITDA and LTM EV/Sales. Select Recent Sustainable Technology & Infrastructure M&A Transactions (2/3) Corporate Transactions Transaction Multiple(1) Transaction Date Acquiror Target Transaction Description Subsector Value ($mm) Revenue EBITDA Acquired 30% of a manufacturer of 3/20/2018 Visionstate Corp Exceed Solar Renewable Energy Undisclosed ND ND alternative energy housing spaces Acquired a manufacturer of waste and Environmental 3/21/2018 H.I.G. Capital Wastequip Undisclosed ND ND recycling equipment from Centerbridge Services Acquired U.S. wind farm operator with Leeward Renewable 3/22/2018 OMERS ~1.7 GW of owned capacity from Renewable Energy Undisclosed ND ND Energy ArcLight Capital Acquired an industrial minerals and Environmental 3/23/2018 U.S. Silica Holdings EP Minerals engineered materials portfolio company $750 ND ND Services from Golden Gate Capital Uber's Southeast Acquired Uber's Southeast Asian 3/26/2018 Grab Advanced Mobility Undisclosed ND ND Asian Business business Acquired a provider of environmental, National Response Cleanline Waste 3/27/2018 industrial and emergency response Water Undisclosed ND ND Corporation Water Solutions services in the United Kingdom Acquired a maker of equipment enclosures and control and relay panels Power Infra / Smart 3/28/2018 Comvest Partners Systems Control used in electrical transmission and Undisclosed ND ND Grid distribution substations across North America Greentech / 3 Source: FactSet, company announcements, Greentech estimates, SEC filings and third party providers. (1) Transaction multiples represent LTM EV/Adj. EBITDA and LTM EV/Sales. Select Recent Sustainable Technology & Infrastructure M&A Transactions (3/3) Asset Transactions Transaction Multiple(1) Transaction Date Acquiror Seller Transaction Description Subsector Value ($mm) Revenue EBITDA Montana-Dakota 48 MW expansion of the Thunder Spirit 3/1/2018 ALLETE Wind Undisclosed ND ND Utilities wind farm in North Dakota Five solar thermal power plants in Spain 3/2/2018 ContourGlobal Acciona Solar $1,342 ND ND totaling 250 MW Green Street Power Portfolio of community solar projects in 3/6/2018 SunPower Solar Undisclosed ND ND Partners New York City 50% interest in two Polish offshore wind 3/6/2018 Statoil Polenergia development projects with a combined Wind Undisclosed ND ND capacity of 1.2 GW BAL Investment & Noncontrolling passive interest in the 25 3/7/2018 Duke Energy Solar Undisclosed ND ND Advisory MW Shoreham solar facility in New York Indirect equity interests in three 3/13/2018 KEPCO Recurrent Energy Californian solar projects totaling 235 Solar Undisclosed ND ND MW 3/15/2018 innogy Imprese e Sviluppo 23 MW Deliceto wind project in Italy Wind Undisclosed ND ND 3 MW solar project located in 3/19/2018 Navisun OSG Solar I Solar Undisclosed ND ND Massachusetts 3/19/2018 NorthWestern NJR Clean Energy 10 MW Two Dot wind farm in Montana Wind $19 ND ND 200 MW Mount Signal 2 solar project 3/21/2018 New Energy Solar DE Shaw Solar $85 ND ND located in California 20% interest in the 950 MW U.K. 3/26/2018 Mitsubishi EDP Renovaveis Wind $51 ND ND offshore wind project Moray East 150 MW Sol de Tarapacá solar power 3/28/2018 Colbún SA First Solar Solar Undisclosed ND ND plant in Chile Isolux Ingeniería 3/29/2018 Canadian Solar 98 MW solar project in Argentina Solar Undisclosed ND ND (Insolvent) Greentech / 4 Source: FactSet, company announcements, Greentech estimates, SEC filings and third party providers. (1) Transaction multiples represent LTM EV/Adj. EBITDA and LTM EV/Sales. Select Recent Sustainable Technology & Infrastructure Capital Raise Transactions (1/3) Corporate Transactions Amount Date Company Transaction Description Raised ($mm) Subsector Selected Disclosed Investors Alta Motors, a manufacturer of lightweight electric vehicles, 3/1/2018 Alta Motors ND Advanced Mobility Harley-Davidson raised an undisclosed amount from Harley-Davidson Hubei Forbon Technology, Gefen Saturas, a manufacturer of stem water potential (SWP) sensor- 3/1/2018 Saturas $4 AgTech Capital, Ramat Magshimim, Miguel based irrigation sensor systems, raised $4mm Torres Winery