La Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec participates in WSP’s growth strategy by investing $40 million

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La Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec announced today a $40-million equity investment in WSP, one of the world’s leading engineering firms, formerly known as GENIVAR. As announced earlier today by WSP, this investment is tied to the acquisition of Focus, an Alberta-based engineering company specializing in energy and natural resources. This acquisition will allow WSP to enhance its competencies and deepen its expertise in sectors complementary to its core business. false false false In 2012, La Caisse invested $98.5 million in GENIVAR as part of the WSP Group acquisition. Through this successful integration, GENIVAR broadened its presence on all continents and strengthened its positioning in global markets. One year earlier, La Caisse also invested close to $80 million in GENIVAR to support growth. ABOUT WSP WSP is one of the world’s leading professional services firms, working with governments, businesses, architects and planners and providing integrated solutions across many disciplines. The firm provides services to transform the built environment and restore the natural environment, and its expertise ranges from environmental remediation to urban planning, from engineering iconic buildings to designing sustainable transport networks, and from developing the energy sources of the future to enabling new ways of extracting essential resources. It has approximately 15,000 employees, mainly engineers, technicians, scientists, architects, planners, surveyors, other design professionals, as well as various environmental experts, based in more than 300 offices, across 35 countries, on 5 continents. www.wspgroup.com ABOUT LA CAISSE DE DÉPÔT ET PLACEMENT DU QUÉBEC La Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is a financial institution that manages funds primarily for public and private pension and insurance plans. As at December 31, 2013, it held $200.1 billion in net assets. As one of Canada’s leading institutional fund managers, La Caisse invests in major financial markets, private equity, infrastructure and real estate, globally. For more information: www.cdpq.com. false false false