Lenders and Investors Seminar

 Ethanol Industry Investment Opportunities and Project Financing for Lenders, Project Developers, and Investment Advisors  

Ethanol plant investors will be asking lenders to review their financing options. In many cases, lenders have little experience in the ethanol industry, which makes it difficult to decide about proposed projects. This seminar will provide lenders an opportunity to get up to speed and meet with other lenders who have already financed ethanol projects.    

9:15 – 9:45 am     Overview of U.S. Ethanol Industry Picture for Banking Industry and Investors 

     Mike Bryan – CEO, BBI International

 

9.45 – 10.15am     A National Perspective – Federal and state legislation is an

important element in the emerging ethanol industry.

     Bill Elliott

 

10.15 – 10.45am     Refreshment Break

 

10.45 – 11.15am     Concept to Construction – This session deals with the manner in which a typical ethanol project is conceived, created, and ready to be built. What are the steps, the thought process, and the motivations?

     Mark Yancey, Vice President Project Development, BBI International

 

11.15 – 12.00 pm     The Financial Structure: U.S. Situation - Many of the new plants are cooperatives, LLC’s, or a combination of both. This panel explores the options and opportunities.

     Jeff Kistner, Vice President Project Financing, BBI International

 

12.00 – 12.45     The Ethanol and Coproduct Markets - We know how to make ethanol.  The question is" once it’s made, is there a market for it? What is the market now? Where will it be in the future? Will we over-produce? How is ethanol priced? and more…

     Bill Elliott, Ethanol Project Manager, Dalby Bio-Refinery Limited

 

12:45 – 1:30 pm     Lunch

 

1:30 – 2.15 pm    Building an Ethanol Facility

     Bibb Swain, President, Delta-T Corporation

2.15 - 2.50 pm     Economic and Financial Climate for Ethanol Projects in Australia

     Mark Schneider, Investec

 

2.50 – 3.10 pm     Refreshment Break

 

3.10 – 3.40 pm     Risk Management - What are the rigours that feedstock supply impose on an ethanol plant?  What risk management tools can be used?

      Dougal Hunter, Market Development Executive, Australian Stock Exchange

 

3:40 – 4:30 pm     Wrap Up – An open discussion...What did we learn? What do we still need to know? And more!

     Chaired by Jeff Kistner, Vice President Project Financing, BBI International

     Representative from Financial Institution in Australia

                                                                                                           

4:30 pm     Adjourn

This seminar will follow the conference.

 

Seminar Chairman: Jeff Kistner

Vice President of Project Finance, BBI International  

Jeff Kistner is Vice President of Project Finance for BBI International and focuses on financial structuring, placement and management for renewable energy projects.

Kistner brings 19 years of banking experience to this position, with his immediate past position as Business Development Officer for CoBank, one of the largest lenders to the renewable fuels industry.

 

While at CoBank, he was part of a renewable fuels team that had 22 ethanol plants in the loan portfolio and in 2004 had 7 ethanol plants under construction.  During Kistner’s years as a lender, he reviewed over 40 ethanol proposals in consideration to lend.

 

Since 2005, the BBI Development team has successfully reached financial closure on 2 projects, one in Colorado and the other in Kansas.  In addition the team has 10 projects under development contract and has financially advised over 6 projects to assist in seeking debt.

 

Kistner is a native of Nebraska, in the United States. He earned his Bachelors of Science in Agricultural Economics from the University of Nebraska and his MBA in Finance from Webster University in St. Louis, Missouri.