Innergex and Hydro-Québec Announce a Strategic Alliance and a Private Placement

Feb 13, 2020

Innergex Renewable Energy and Hydro-Québec have created a strategic alliance that will allow both corporations to accelerate their respective growth strategies and mutually benefit from their complementary skills and knowledge. Innergex and Hydro-Québec will combine forces to form a new world-class alliance in renewable energy. This Strategic Alliance is well positioned to leverage the strong Québec know-how in renewable energy and power grid management into global opportunities. 

The Strategic Alliance between Innergex and Hydro-Québec will target specific strategic investments for their mutual benefit. Targeted areas for investment include wind and solar projects with battery storage or transmission, distributed generation, off-grid renewable energy networks, and other sectors as may be agreed by both parties. Hydro-Québec has committed an initial $500 million to the Strategic Alliance which will be entirely and exclusively dedicated to co-investment projects with Innergex. 

To strengthen Hydro-Québec’s commitment to Innergex, to finance Innergex’s strong development and acquisition portfolio and to position the Corporation for accelerated growth in the years to come, Hydro-Québec has made a $661 million investment in Innergex through a private placement (“Private Placement”) of Innergex common shares at a price of $19.08 per share, representing a premium of 5.0% to the 30-day volume weighted average price as at February 5, 2020. With this Private Placement, Hydro-Québec is now a key strategic investor in the Corporation holding 19.9% of the issued and outstanding common shares on a non-diluted basis. 

Strategic Alliance

The Strategic Alliance will leverage the combined expertise of both companies in renewable energy and build on their strengths to accelerate their development in North America, Latin America, and Europe. The Strategic Alliance is expected to strengthen both companies internationally, building on their shared Quebec roots, appetite for technology innovations and ambitious growth. Hydro-Québec’s top expertise, solid reputation and financial strength, combined with Innergex’s entrepreneurial culture, wind and solar development expertise, operational agility and knowledge of international markets will enable the Strategic Alliance to capitalize on opportunities to develop and grow in the renewable energy sector. Each party will commit to presenting investment opportunities in targeted sectors outside of Quebec to each other exclusively for an initial 3-year period. 

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