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The Company

1. The Company

Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. (“the Company”) provides debt and equity to the energy efficiency and renewable energy markets. The Company and its subsidiaries are hereafter referred to as “we,” “us,” or “our.” We refer to the financings that we hold on our balance sheet as our “Portfolio.” Our Portfolio may include:

 

    Financing Receivables, such as project loans, receivables and direct financing leases,

 

    Investments, such as debt and equity securities,

 

    Real Estate, such as land or other physical assets and related intangible assets used in renewable energy projects, and

 

    Equity Investments in unconsolidated affiliates, such as projects where we hold a non-consolidated equity interest in a project.

We finance our business through cash on hand, borrowings under our credit facility and debt transactions, and various asset-backed securitization transactions and equity issuances. We also generate fee income through asset-backed securitizations, by providing broker/dealer services and by servicing assets owned by third parties. Some of our subsidiaries are special purpose entities that are formed for specific operations associated with financing sustainable infrastructure receivables for specific long term contracts.

Our common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) under the symbol “HASI.” We have qualified as a REIT and also intend to operate our business in a manner that will continue to permit us to maintain our exception from registration as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. We operate our business through, and serve as the sole general partner of, our operating partnership subsidiary, Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure, L.P, (the “Operating Partnership”), which was formed to acquire and directly or indirectly own our assets.

Investments in Equity Method Affiliates

We have made several minority interest investments in wind projects operated by various wind energy companies through limited liability entities with an affiliate of JPMorgan Chase & Co (“JPMorgan”), an affiliate of Invenergy LLC (“Invenergy”) and Bluestem Creston Ridge, LLC (“Bluestem”). The following table sets forth certain information related to our equity method investments.

 

Date

  

Transaction

   Investment      Partner  
          (dollars in millions)         

October 2014

   Strong Upwind Holdings I, LLC    $ 141         JPMorgan   

April 2015

   Strong Upwind Holdings II, LLC    $ 36         JPMorgan   

August 2015

   Creston Ridge Management, LLC    $ 14         Bluestem   

December 2015

   Strong Upwind Holdings III, LLC    $ 84         JPMorgan   

December 2015

   Buckeye Wind Energy Class B Holdings LLC    $ 71         Invenergy   

Through these five equity method investments, we indirectly own minority interests in six limited liability holding companies that own twelve operating wind projects. See Note 2 for our accounting treatment of these investments and Note 13 for the aggregate financial position and results of operations of the significant holding companies.