NEW YORK, June 7 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- China Hydroelectric Corporation (NYSE: CHC, CHCWS) ("China Hydroelectric" or "the Company"), an owner and operator of small hydroelectric power projects in the People's Republic of China ("PRC"), today announced it will attend the following conferences in June:
Lazard Capital Markets 2nd Annual Alternative Energy Investor Summit
Date:
Wednesday and Thursday, June 9-10, 2010
Location:
Mandarin Oriental Hotel, New York, New York
Attendee:
John D. Kuhns, Chairman and CEO
Morgan Joseph 2010 Best Ideas Conference
Date:
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Time:
2:30 pm
Location:
The Millennium Broadway Hotel, New York, New York
Presenter:
John D. Kuhns, Chairman and CEO
Cleantech Focus Boston
Date:
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Time:
1:35 pm
Location:
Back Bay Events Center, Back Bay Grand Room, Boston, MA
Presenter:
John D. Kuhns, Chairman and CEO
Brean Murray 2010 Global Resources and Infrastructure European Conference
Date:
Monday, June 14, 2010
Time:
8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Location:
Park Hyatt Hotel, Zurich, Switzerland
Attendee:
John D. Kuhns, Chairman and CEO
Conference participation is by invitation only and registration is mandatory. For more information on the conferences, contact your Lazard Capital Markets, Morgan Joseph, Cleantech Group, or Brean Murray representatives.
About Lazard Capital Markets LLC
Lazard Capital Markets LLC was formed in 2005 concurrent with the recapitalization of Lazard Ltd. and initial public offering of Lazard Ltd. Headquartered in New York's Rockefeller Center, we continue all of the capital markets activities formerly conducted by Lazard Freres & Co. LLC. Lazard Freres & Co. LLC, one of the world's preeminent financial advisory and asset management firms, operates from 39 cities across 21 countries in North America, Europe, Australia, Asia and South America. With origins dating back to 1848, the firm provides advice on mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and capital raising, as well as asset management services, to corporations, partnerships, institutions, governments and individuals. For additional information on Lazard Capital Markets and the 2nd Annual Alternative Energy Investor Summit, please visit http://www.lazardcap.com.
About Morgan Joseph & Co. Inc.
Morgan Joseph & Co. Inc. is a full service investment banking firm with over 130 employees and eleven offices in eleven cities dedicated to serving middle market companies. The firm's primary focus is on providing financial advisory and capital raising services in the U.S., Asia and Europe. Our services include mergers and acquisitions advice, restructuring advice, private placements and public offerings of debt and equity. For its institutional investor clients, Morgan Joseph provides a full range of sales and execution services, including equity research and specialized reports. For more information on Morgan Joseph and the 2010 Best Ideas Conference, visit http://www.morganjoseph.com.
About the Cleantech Group
Since 2002, the Cleantech Group has been providing investors, entrepreneurs, and Fortune 1000 global corporations with the latest industry market intelligence through subscription-based research, global industry networking events, and world-class consulting services. By focusing entirely on innovation in clean technologies, Cleantech Group helps its clients make critical business decisions that foster growth, reduce cost, and meet consumer and government demands for improved environmental quality. For more information on the Cleantech Group and Cleantech Focus Boston, please visit http://www.cleantech.com.
About Brean Murray Carret & Co.
Brean Murray, Carret & Co. (BMC) is a research-driven investment bank and asset management firm, dedicated to Small and Midcap growth companies and their investors. BMC focuses on delivering high quality investment ideas and investment banking services to institutional and corporate clients in the following 5 verticals: Consumer Products and Retailing, Healthcare, Natural Resources, Technology and private/publicly traded Chinese Companies. Services include equity research, investment banking, institutional sales and trading, and asset management. Headquartered in New York City, the company also maintains offices in Boston, Chicago, San Francisco and Beijing, China. For more information on Brean Murray and the 2010 Global Resources and Infrastructure European Conference please visit http://www.breanmurraycarret.com.
About China Hydroelectric
China Hydroelectric Corporation (NYSE: CHC, CHCWS) ("China Hydroelectric" or "the Company") is an owner and operator of small hydroelectric power projects in the People's Republic of China. Led by an international management team, the Company's primary business is to identify, evaluate, acquire, develop, construct and finance hydroelectric power projects in China. China produces approximately 22% of its total energy from hydroelectric energy. The Company currently owns twelve operating hydroelectric power projects in China with total installed capacity of 396.0 MW. These hydroelectric power projects are located in four provinces: Zhejiang, Fujian, Yunnan and Sichuan.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-looking Statements
Statements contained herein that address operating results, performance, events or developments that we expect or anticipate will occur in the future are forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements include, among other things, statements relating to the Company's business strategies and plan of operations, the Company's ability to acquire hydroelectric assets, the Company's capital expenditure and funding plans, the Company's operations and business prospects, projects under development, construction or planning and the regulatory environment. The forward-looking statements are based on the Company's current expectations and involve a number of risks, uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond the Company's control, which may cause actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those anticipated. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those anticipated, estimated or projected. Among the factors that could cause actual results to materially differ include: supply and demand changes in the electric markets, changes in electricity tariffs, hydrological conditions, the Company's relationship with and other conditions affecting the power grids we service, the Company's production and transmission capabilities, availability of sufficient and reliable transmission resources, our plans and objectives for future operations and expansion or consolidation, interest rate and exchange rate changes, the effectiveness of the Company's cost-control measures, the Company's liquidity and financial condition, environmental laws and changes in political, economic, legal and social conditions in China, and other factors affecting the Company's operations that are set forth in the Company's Prospectus dated January 25, 2010 and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and in the Company's future filings with the SEC. Unless required by law, the Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
For further information, please contact:
Company:
Mary Fellows, EVP and Secretary
China Hydroelectric Corporation
Phone: +1-860-435-7000
Email: mfellows@chinahydroelectric.com
Investor Relations:
Scott Powell
HC International, Inc.
Phone: +1-917-721-9480
Email: scott.powell@hcinternational.net
