Sec Form 13D Filing - CAISSE DE DEPOT ET PLACEMENT DU QUEBEC filing for AZURE PWR GLOBAL LTD SHS (AZREF) - 2022-02-09

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

SCHEDULE 13D

(Rule 13d-101)

 

INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS

FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-1(a) AND AMENDMENTS

THERETO FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13-d2(a)

(Amendment No. 10)*

 

Azure Power Global Limited
(Name of Issuer)
 
Equity Shares
(Title of Class of Securities)
 
V0393H103
(CINS Number)
 
Soulef Hadjoudj
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec
1000, place Jean-Paul-Riopelle
Montréal, Québec
H2Z 2B3
(514) 847-5998
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)
 
February 8, 2022
(Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)

 

If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition which is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of Rule 13d-1(e), 13d-1(f) or 13d-1(g), check the following box. 

 

Note: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See Rule 13d-7 for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.

 

* The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person’s initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

 

The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).

 

   

 

CINS NO. V0393H103 SCHEDULE 13D Page 2 of 6

 

 

1

NAME OF REPORTING PERSON

 

CDPQ Infrastructures Asia Pte Ltd.

 
2

CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

 

 

(a)  

(b)  

3

SEC USE ONLY

 

 

 
4

SOURCE OF FUNDS

 

WC

 
5

CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)

 

 

6

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

 

Singapore

 

NUMBER OF

SHARES

BENEFICIALLY

OWNED BY EACH

REPORTING PERSON

WITH

7

SOLE VOTING POWER

 

 

8

SHARED VOTING POWER

 

34,258,963

9

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

 

10

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

34,258,963

11

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

 

34,258,963

 
12

CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES

 

 

13

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

 

53.4%

 
14

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

 

CO

 

 

   

 

CINS NO. V0393H103 SCHEDULE 13D Page 3 of 6

 

 

1

NAME OF REPORTING PERSON

 

Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec

 
2

CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

 

 

(a)  

(b)  

3

SEC USE ONLY

 

 

 
4

SOURCE OF FUNDS

 

OO

 
5

CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)

 

 

6

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

 

Québec, Canada

 

NUMBER OF

SHARES

BENEFICIALLY

OWNED BY EACH

REPORTING PERSON

WITH

7

SOLE VOTING POWER

 

 

8

SHARED VOTING POWER

 

34,258,963

9

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

 

10

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

34,258,963

11

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

 

34,258,963

 
12

CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES

 

 

13

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

 

53.4%

 
14

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

 

OO

 

 

   

 

CINS NO. V0393H103 SCHEDULE 13D Page 4 of 6

 

 

Item 1.Security and Issuer.

 

This amendment No.10 (“Amendment No. 10”) to Schedule 13D relates to the Schedule 13D filed on October 27, 2016 (the “Original Schedule 13D”) by CDPQ Infrastructures Asia Pte Ltd. (“CDPQ Infrastructures”) and Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (“CDPQ” and, together with CDPQ Infrastructures, the “Reporting Persons”) relating to Equity Shares (the “Shares”) issued by Azure Global Power Limited (the “Issuer”). The principal executive offices of the Issuer are located at 3rd Floor, Asset 301-304 and 307, WorldMark 3, Aerocity, New Delhi, 110037, India.

 

Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Amendment No.10 shall have the meanings set forth in the Original Schedule 13D.

 

Except as specifically amended by this Amendment No. 10, the Original Schedule 13D is unchanged.

 

Item 2.Identity and Background.

 

Item 2 of the Original Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented by adding the following information:

 

“The citizenship of the natural persons who are officers, directors or controlling persons of each of the Reporting Persons is set forth in Annex A hereto.”

 

Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.

 

Item 3 of the Original Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented by adding the following information:

 

“On February 8, 2022, CDPQ Infrastructures acquired 2,054,781 newly issued Shares from the Issuer, at the subscription price of $15.79 per Share for an aggregate purchase price of $32,444,991.99, pursuant to CDPQ Infrastructures’ Backstop Commitment (as defined in the Backstop Agreement described in Item 6 of Amendment No. 8 to Schedule 13D filed by the Reporting Persons on December 27, 2021). The source of the funds used by CDPQ Infrastructures to acquire such additional Shares was working capital provided by CDPQ. The source of funds used by CDPQ to provide such working capital to CDPQ Infrastructures was funds on deposit at CDPQ.”

 

Item 5.Interest in Securities of the Issuer.

 

Item 5 of the Original Schedule 13D is hereby amended and restated to read in full as follows:

 

“The responses to this Item 5 and the information on the cover page are based on there being a total of 64,161,490 Shares outstanding, based on (a) their being 48,332,573 Shares outstanding, as of December 23, 2021, as disclosed in the Issuer’s prospectus supplement, dated December 27, 2021, filed by the Issuer with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 27, 2021 pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act of 1933, (b) assuming the issuance by the Issuer of 12,404,282 Shares as a result of the exercise of subscription rights in the Issuer’s Rights Offering, as disclosed in the Issuer’s press release, dated January 27, 2022, included as Exhibit 99.1 to the Issuer’s Form 6-K furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission by the Issuer on January 27, 2022 and (c) assuming the issuance by the Issuer of 3,424,635 Shares as a result of the purchase of Shares pursuant to the Backstop Commitments, as disclosed in the Issuer’s press release, dated January 27, 2022, included as Exhibit 99.1 to the Issuer’s Form 6-K furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission by the Issuer on January 27, 2022.

 

(a) and (b) As a result of the transactions described in the Original Schedule 13D, as amended, CDPQ Infrastructures is the direct beneficial owner of 34,258,963 Shares, which represents 53.4% of the Issuer's outstanding Shares. CDPQ, through its ownership of CDPQ Infrastructures, may be deemed to share voting and dispositive power over the Shares beneficially owned or deemed to be beneficially owned by CDPQ Infrastructures.

 

(c) The transactions by the Reporting Persons in the Shares during the past sixty days are set forth in Annex B. Except as otherwise disclosed therein, the Reporting Persons have not effected any transaction in the Shares in the last 60 days.

 

(d) No other person is known to have the right to receive or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or any proceeds from the sale of the Shares beneficially owned by the Reporting Persons.

(e) Not applicable.”

 

  

 

CINS NO. V0393H103 SCHEDULE 13D Page 5 of 6

 

 

SIGNATURE

 

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

 

Dated: February 9, 2022

 

  CDPQ INFRASTRUCTURES ASIA PTE LTD.  
       
     
  By:  /s/ Cyril Cabanes  
   

Name:

Title:

Cyril Cabanes

Director

 

 

 

   

 

CINS NO. V0393H103 SCHEDULE 13D Page 6 of 6

 

 

SIGNATURE

 

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

 

Dated: February 9, 2022

 

  CAISSE DE DÉPÔT ET PLACEMENT DU QUÉBEC  
       
     
  By:  /s/ Soulef Hadjoudj  
   

Name:

Title:

Soulef Hadjoudj

Senior Director, Legal Affairs

 

 

 

   

 

Annex A

 

CDPQ INFRASTRUCTURES ASIA PTE. LTD

 

Directors and Officers

 

Name Business Address Principal Occupation or Employment Citizenship
Cyril Sébastien Dominique Cabanes

One Raffles Quay,

#21-01 North Tower,

1 Raffles Quay, Singapore 048583 

Director of CDPQ Infrastructures Asia PTE. LTD. French and Australian
Leong Wai Leng

One Raffles Quay,

#21-01 North Tower,

1 Raffles Quay, Singapore 048583

Director of CDPQ Infrastructures Asia PTE. LTD. Singaporean
Sharron Tan Jing Yi

One Raffles Quay,

#21-01 North Tower,

1 Raffles Quay, Singapore 048583

Secretary of CDPQ Infrastructures Asia PTE. LTD Singaporean

 

 

  

 

 

CAISSE DE DÉPÔT ET PLACEMENT DU QUÉBEC

 

Directors and Officers

 

Name Business Address Principal Occupation or Employment

Citizenship

 

Jean St-Gelais

1000, place Jean-Paul-Riopelle

Montréal, Québec

H2Z 2B3

Chairman of the Board of Directors Canadian
Jean-François Blais

1000, place Jean-Paul-Riopelle

Montréal, Québec

H2Z 2B3

Corporate Director Canadian
Ivana Bonnet Zivcevic

1000, place Jean-Paul-Riopelle

11th floor

Montréal, Québec

H2Z 2B3

Corporate Director

Serbian and

French

 

Diane Lemieux

1000, place Jean-Paul-Riopelle

11th floor

Montréal, Québec

H2Z 2B3

Corporate Director

Canadian
Ravy Por

1000, place Jean-Paul-Riopelle

11th floor

Montréal, Québec

H2Z 2B3

Corporate Director Canadian

Michel Després

1000, place Jean-Paul-Riopelle

11th floor

Montréal, Québec

H2Z 2B3

Corporate Director

Canadian
Gilles Godbout

1000, place Jean-Paul-Riopelle

11th floor

Montréal, Québec

H2Z 2B3

Corporate Director Canadian
Alain Côté

1000, place Jean-Paul-Riopelle

11th floor

Montréal, Québec

H2Z 2B3

Corporate Director Canadian
Jean La Couture

1000, place Jean-Paul-Riopelle

11th floor

Montréal, Québec

H2Z 2B3

Corporate Director

President, Huis Clos Ltée

Canadian

 

  

 

 

Name Business Address Principal Occupation or Employment

Citizenship

 

Maria S. Jelescu Dreyfus

1000, place Jean-Paul-Riopelle

11th floor

Montréal, Québec

H2Z 2B3

Corporate Director

 

Romanian
Wendy Murdock

1000, place Jean-Paul-Riopelle

11th floor

Montréal, Québec

H2Z 2B3

Corporate Director Canadian
Lynn Jeanniot

1000, place Jean-Paul-Riopelle

11th floor

Montréal, Québec

H2Z 2B3

Corporate Director Canadian
Charles Emond

1000, place Jean-Paul-Riopelle

11th floor

Montréal, Québec

H2Z 2B3

President, Chief Executive Officer and Corporate Director Canadian
Maxime Aucoin

1000, place Jean-Paul-Riopelle

9th floor

Montréal, Québec

H2Z 2B3

Executive Vice-President and Head of Total Portfolio Canadian
Helen Beck

1000, place Jean-Paul-Riopelle

9th floor

Montréal, Québec

H2Z 2B3

Executive Vice-President and Head of Equity Markets Canadian
Claude Bergeron

1000, place Jean-Paul-Riopelle

9th floor

Montréal, Québec

H2Z 2B3

Chief Risk Officer and Head of Depositor Relationships Canadian
Marc-André Blanchard

1000, place Jean-Paul-Riopelle

10th floor

Montréal, Québec

H2Z 2B3

Executive Vice-President and Head of CDPQ Global Canadian
Ani Castonguay

1000, place Jean-Paul-Riopelle

10th floor

Montréal, Québec

H2Z 2B3

Executive Vice-President, Public Affairs Canadian
Marc Cormier

1000, place Jean-Paul-Riopelle

6th floor

Montréal, Québec

H2Z 2B3

Executive Vice-President and Head of Fixed Income French and Canadian
Martin Coiteux

1000, place Jean-Paul-Riopelle

4th floor

Montréal, Québec

H2Z 2B3

Head of Economic Analysis and Global Strategy Canadian

 

  

 

 

Name Business Address Principal Occupation or Employment

Citizenship

 

Vincent Delisle

1000, place Jean-Paul-Riopelle

7th floor

Montréal, Québec

H2Z 2B3

Executive Vice-President and Head of Liquid Markets Canadian
Ève Giard

1000, place Jean-Paul-Riopelle

5th floor

Montréal, Québec

H2Z 2B3

Executive Vice-President, Talent and Performance Canadian
Emmanuel Jaclot

1000, place Jean-Paul-Riopelle

8th floor

Montréal, Québec

H2Z 2B3

Executive Vice-President and Head of Infrastructure French
Martin Laguerre

1000, place Jean-Paul-Riopelle

11th floor

Montréal, Québec

H2Z 2B3

Executive Vice-President and Head of Private Equity and Capital Solutions CDPQ US (New York) Canadian and American
Maarika Paul

1000, place Jean-Paul-Riopelle

11th floor

Montréal, Québec

H2Z 2B3

Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial and Operations Officer Canadian
Alexandre Synnett

1000, place Jean-Paul-Riopelle

11th floor

Montréal, Québec

H2Z 2B3

Executive Vice-President and Chief Technology Officer Canadian
Kim Thomassin

1000, place Jean-Paul-Riopelle

11th floor

Montréal, Québec

H2Z 2B3

Executive Vice-President and Head of Investments in Québec and Stewardship Investing Canadian
Nathalie Palladitcheff

1000, place Jean-Paul-Riopelle

11th floor

Montréal, Québec

H2Z 2B3

President and Chief Executive Officer Ivanohé Cambridge French
Rana Ghorayeb

1000, place Jean-Paul-Riopelle

11th floor

Montréal, Québec

H2Z 2B3

President and Chief Executive Officer Otéra Capital Canadian
Michel Lalande

1000, place Jean-Paul-Riopelle

11th floor

Montréal, Québec

H2Z 2B3

Executive Vice-President, Legal Affairs and Secretariat Canadian

 

  

 

 

Annex B

 

Schedule of Transactions

 

CDPQ INFRASTRUCTURE ASIA PTE. LTD

 

 

Date of Transaction Security Amount of Securities Bought Unit Cost Where and How Effected
January 28, 2022 Equity Shares 7,944,910 15.79 Acquisition from the Issuer pursuant to exercise of Basic Subscription Rights
February 8, 2022 Equity Shares 2,054,781 15.79 Acquisition from the Issuer pursuant to Backstop Commitment

 

 

CAISSE DE DÉPÔT ET PLACEMENT DU QUÉBEC

 

None.