With the world facing an unprecedented crisis related to COVID-19, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) joins the collective effort with the announcement of various initiatives.

As a contribution to the collective effort against the spread of COVID-19 and to protect its employees, CDPQ is taking several essential preventive measures in response to the current circumstances while ensuring that its activities are carried out normally.

Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (“CDPQ”) and Plenary Group (Canada) Ltd. (“Plenary Americas”) today announced CDPQ’s acquisition of Plenary Americas, a leading investor, developer and operator of public infrastructure in North America.

Azure Power Global Limited (NYSE: AZRE), a leading independent solar power developer in India, announced that Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), a global institutional investor, acquired an additional 717,701 shares from a shareholder of AZRE. After acquiring the additional shares, CDPQ is the direct owner of 24,259,272 shares of AZRE, which represent 50.9% of the outstanding shares of Azure Power Global Limited.