Bank of Montreal (TSX:BMO)(NYSE:BMO) (the “Bank”) today announced that it has completed its previously announced issue and sale of common shares pursuant to a public offering and a concurrent private placement to investors at a price of C$118.60 per common share for gross proceeds totaling approximately C$2.6 billion, consisting of approximately C$1.6 billion of gross proceeds from the public offering and approximately C$1.0 billion of gross proceeds from the concurrent private placement to investors, other than BNP Paribas S.A. (“BNPP”). 

SNCF, DWS and CDPQ announced today that they have concluded the transaction whereby CPDQ has acquired the entire capital of Akiem, the leading provider of locomotive leasing services in Europe, from SNCF Group and DWS.

Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), Fondaction, the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS Quebec), the Québec Centre for Biodiversity Science (QCBS) and Université de Sherbrooke have joined forces to conduct research with the goal of creating a series of biodiversity indicators specific to the Québec territory and its investors.

CDPQ invests an additional $150 million in Pomerleau, one of the country’s most important construction companies.

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CDPQ today announced its compliance with the CFA Institute Asset Manager Code™ (the Code), becoming the first Canadian pension fund to achieve this.