9. Biogas Nord

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BIOGAS NORD AG

THE EXPERTS

BIOGAS NORD AG

German technology. Global expertise.


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CONTENT

1.Biogas Nord Company:history, key facts and financial figures

2.The BiNoLiquifeed

3.The BiNoPerformanceGuarantee


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History and development

Gerrit Holz starts to

construct biogas plants.

Biogas Nord GmbH

was established,

build Biogas plats

in the North ofGermany.

The company is

listed at the

Frankfurt stock

market by itsholding Biogas

Nord AG. IPO - 6M

Euro.

Subsidiaries were

established in the

UK, Italy , Spain,

France and USA

The capitalized

value of the

company reached

67 Millon Euro.

2008200720062000Anno 1996

Rapid extension, the

global finacial crisis

and a drop in demand

created a liquitysqueeze which

plunged the company

into crisis.

Proceeds from a

further capital

increase

Euro 2.3 Million

Proceeds from a

further capital

increase

Euro 5.1 Million


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2012 (e)

History and development

20112010

European Business

Partners Sp. z o. o.,

a Polish company

wholly owned by

Alexander Rechter,

purchased 44.3 %of the shares of the

company from

Gerrit Holz.

Alexander Rechter

became CEO.

Asnat Druianov

became CFO.

Anno

The companies

turnover reached

approx. 80 Million

Euro.

The company has

build 400 plants in13 countries,

including Germany,

the Netherlands,

the USA, Italy, the

UK, Ireland,

Thailand, Cuba,

Belarus, Romania,

Belgium and Latvia.

2009

A capital increase of

Euro 1.3M was made

through the issue of

convertible bonds,

99% of which were

exercised. Friedrich-W

Schwenker became

COO.

Subsidiaries were

established in Poland

and South Korea.

Biogas Nord Power

AG was established.

The companys

turnover is

expected to reach

92 Million Euro.

The company has

build more than 450plants in 15

countries.


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BIOGAS NORD KEY FACTS

OVER 16 YEARS of experience in building biogas plants

OVER 160 employees

OVER 400 BIOGAS PLANTS built worldwide

13 COUNTRIES where we have built biogas plants:

Germany, Belgium, Cuba, France, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, the Netherlands, Romania, Belarus, Thailand, the UK, the USA

37 KW our smallest plant

4 MW our largest plant

5 COUNTRIES where we have subsidiaries: Italy, Poland, Spain, South Korea, the UK

90% of our plants work at over 90% of their potential capacity


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BIOGAS NORD AG

Turnover in Mio. Euro

28,7 31,9

12,1

37,1

56

010

20

30

40

50

60

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010


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BIOGAS NORD AGHuman Resources Development (2007-2010)

Employees 2010 2009 2008 2007

Number of employees

(annual average) 121 115 149 155

Personnel expenses (TEUR) 6.048 5.857 6.749 5.665

Turnover per number of

employees (TEUR) 462 322 80 246

273 246

80

322

462

0

200

400

600

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010


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The BiNoLiquifeed

The biogas process under anaerobic conditions takes place in two phases whichrequest different conditions in terms of ph-value and temperature.

1. Short phase in which under alternating aerobic and anaerobic conditions

2. Long phase in which the biomass is further split up into acids, alcohols andacetic acids.

Common procedure is to combine the two stages in one digester.

The BiNoLiquifeed technology enables a speeding up of the biogas process by

dividing the stages in two separate tanks.


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The BiNoLiquifeed

Increased efficiency

Reduced energy consumption from agitation, pumping and feeding

Reduced retention times (without BiNoLiquifeed: 40-100 days; with BiNoLiquifeed:


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The BiNoPerformanceGuarantee

Guarantees a minimum level of energy production.

The BiNoPerformanceGuarantee forms part of a

service and maintenance agreement with Biogas Nord. Other

conditions are available upon request.

The BiNoPerformanceGuarantee ensures a constant stream of income

for investors and financers.

The BiNoPerformanceGuarantee provides security and reliability.


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German technology. Global expertise.

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