Investment Strategy

Olympus Power and its affiliates make equity investments in (a) the acquisition, development, ownership and operation of resource-efficient power generation projects (including operating, greenfield and brownfield projects), typically through investments in partnerships or limited liability companies; (b) private companies that develop, design, provide or facilitate proven technology-based products and services that are applicable to the energy industry or its customers; and (c) energy-related companies or assets having renewable or environmentally-beneficial attributes. Finally, Olympus targets assets and companies across their development stages ranging from greenfield and brownfield development, to late-stage and middle-market companies with inherent growth opportunities, to fully mature cash-producing entities.

Olympus Power’s primary strategy is to focus on the acquisition of operating assets and projects in varied stages of development through privately negotiated transactions and select auction processes.

Olympus Power’s primary investment focus is upon existing energy-generating assets including biomass, hydro, wind and natural gas-fired power generating facilities, with a target investment size between $5 million to $100 million per transaction. Olympus’ principal geographic focus is North America, and secondarily Western Europe. Olympus Power may invest substantially all or all of the required equity in smaller transactions and will seek to partner with its longstanding network of industry firms and financial institutions in larger transactions.

When assessing a new investment opportunity for Olympus, the primary selection criteria will include:

• profitability and cash-generation capability of the asset or company throughout an industry/economic cycle;
• assessable risks which can be hedged or mitigated;
• relationship-referred and/or privately negotiated transactions which allow for the avoidance of auctions that often inflate prices and reduce returns on equity;
• barriers to entry allowing protection of such capability (e.g., market share, intellectual property position and industry fundamentals);
• organic growth and expansion prospects of the asset or company;
• other latent optionality which may be utilized to yield additional return; and
• access to and high probability of exit opportunities.