Financing Partners
One Planet will maintain its vast relationships with the major private equity funds, investment banks and commercial banks involved in the renewable energy sector. The management team has significant experience raising debt and equity capital for renewable energy projects and has an excellent track record of putting together detailed, comprehensive and successful offerings for quality projects (John Wood, one of One Planet’s founders, ranked among the top ten financial advisors specializing in alternative energy debt financing worldwide in 2006).

Citigroup – Worldwide Debt Underwriter/Arranger

Piper Jaffray – US Tax Exempt Debt Underwriter

G.E. Energy Financial Services

UBS

D.E. Shaw & Co.

Piper Jaffray – US Tax Exempt Debt Underwriter

Established in 1895, Piper Jaffray is a publicly owned investment banking firm traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol PJC. With equity capital of $912.5 million, the firm serves both public and corporate clients. In 2007, the Public Finance Department managed, co-managed, remarketed or was financial advisor on more than 885 bond issues with a total par value of over $39 billion.
Piper Jaffray’s Public Finance Group consists of 221 investment banking, sales and trading employees in 20 different locations throughout the country. The public finance sales force is among the nation’s largest and provides the capability to sell a wide variety of taxable and other specialized, fixed income products in addition to traditional municipal bond business.

Piper Jaffray has written underwriting commitment letters that have been utilized by One Planet in responding to requests for proposal issued by governmental entities in the United States (such as LA County and other California jurisdictions). (Copies of these letters are available upon request).

Piper Jaffray Contact:
Dennis Mitchell
Managing Director, Public Finance
Kansas City, Missouri
Phone: 913-345-3372