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Investment: $25 M
Project: Zarkana and IRIS Shows
About Cirque du Soleil
From the 20 or so performers the company featured when it all began in 1984, Quebec-based Cirque du Soleil has become a leading provider of quality entertainment with 5,000 employees, including more than 1,300 artists who hail from some 50 different countries. Cirque du Soleil has brought wonder and delight to over 100 million spectators in nearly 300 cities on six continents.
For more information about Cirque du Soleil, visit www.cirquedusoleil.com.
To find out more about ONE DROP, visit www.onedrop.org.
Investment: $408 M in long-term bonds
About the CHUM
The CHUM is a world-class adult medicine teaching hospital affiliated with Université de Montréal. In this capacity, it plays a major role in the application of innovative approaches to healthcare, the search for new knowledge, as well as the transfer of knowledge to future healthcare professionals and those professionals aready working at the CHUM.
Additional information:The CHUM welcomes close to 115,000 patients in the emergency room and more than 450,000 patients in outpatient clinics every year. CHUM physicians perform over 30,000 surgeries each year, including close to 17,000 day surgeries. The Hematology/Oncology Unit welcomes more than 50,000 patients annually. More than 150 organ transplants are also performed each year in one of our three hospitals and, also each year, more than 2,000 babies are borm at the CHUM. The CHUM laboratories carry out around 8 million tests in a single year.
Project: Increased economic interest by the Caisse
About Gaz Métro
With over $3.6 billion in assets, Gaz Métro is Quebec’s leading natural gas distributor. Its 10,000-kilometer network serves 300 municipalities. Active in this regulated industry since 1957, Gaz Métro is the trusted energy provider of customers in Québec and Vermont who choose natural gas for its competitive price, efficiency, comfort and environmental benefits. Gaz Métro is also active in the electricity distribution market and is involved in natural gas transportation and storage, as well as the development of projects in areas such as wind power generation, natural gas fuel for the transportation industry, and biomethanation. Gaz Métro is committed to the satisfaction of its customers and Partners, Gaz Métro Inc. and Valener Inc., its employees and the community. www.gazmetro.com.
Amount: $25 M, in the form of senior debt
Project: Construction and operation of an initial phase of wind farms with an installed wind power capacity of 272 MW on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence, one of the largest wind power projects developed in Québec. The project is piloted by a consortium formed by Boralex inc. and Gaz Métro Limited Partnership and Valener Inc.
About the Seigneurie de Beaupré Wind Farms
With a total installed capacity of 272 MW, the first phase in the development of the Seigneurie de Beaupré Wind Farms will consist of 126 Enercon turbines. The project will see energy supplied to Hydro-Québec under power purchase agreements spanning 20 years, and commissioning of the first phase is scheduled for December 2013. Construction has already begun on the site and is proceeding as planned, with 41 foundations poured and 80% of access roads completed to date.
Investment: US$74 M, including an equity investment of US$28.3 M and a subordinated loan of US$45.75 M
Project: Construction of a containerboard mill in Niagara Falls (New York)
About Cascades
Founded in 1964, Cascades produces, converts, and markets packaging and tissue products composed mainly of recycled fibres. The company employs more than 11,000 men and women at more than 100 operating divisions in North America and Europe. Its management philosophy, its more than 45 years’ recycling experience, and its on-going research and development efforts are strengths that enable Cascades to create innovative products for its customers. Cascades’ shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol CAS.
Investment: $197 M (€140 M)
Project: Acquisition by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) and its partners AXA Private Equity and Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec
About Spie
As the European leader in electrical and mechanical engineering and HVAC services, energy and communication systems, SPIE enhances the quality of life by helping local and regional authorities and companies design, build, operate and maintain facilities that are more energy-efficient and environmentally friendly.
SPIE's more than 29,000 employees work from nearly 400 locations in 30 countries and last year SPIE posted sales of €3.75 billion and operating income from ordinary activities of €172.9 million.
With close to 400 implementations in 30 countries and 29,000 contributors, SPIE provides effective services and technical solutions that meet the current and future needs of its clients, both local and international
Investment: CA$259 M (£165 M)
About South East Water
South East Water supplies top quality drinking water to 2.1 million customers in Kent, Sussex, Surrey, Hampshire and Berkshire, U.K. Each day the company supplies 565 million litres of drinking water from its water treatment works, along more than 14,000 kilometres of water mains to customers' taps. The supply draws from rivers, reservoirs and underground aquifers and covers a supply area of 5,657 square kilometres.
Investment: €360 M
About de Fluxys G
Fluxys G is a transmission infrastructure company operating on the North-Western European natural gas market. In Belgium, Fluxys G builds and operates infrastructure for natural gas transmission, natural gas storage and terminalling of liquefied natural gas. To that effect, Fluxys and Fluxys LNG are appointed as independent system operators in Belgium. In view of their activities of general economic interest, both companies aim to set competitive tariffs and reinforce the role of the Fluxys grid as a natural gas crossroads with a view to safeguarding security of supply and improving the functioning of the market.
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