Filing Details

Accession Number:
0000950142-21-004170
Form Type:
13D Filing
Publication Date:
2021-12-26 19:00:00
Filed By:
Caisse De Depot Et Placement Du Quebec
Company:
Azure Power Global Ltd (NYSE:AZRE)
Filing Date:
2021-12-27
SEC Url:
13D Filing
Ownership Summary

Please notice the below summary table is generated without human intervention and may contain errors. Please refer to the complete filing displayed below for exact figures.

Name Sole Voting Power Shared Voting Power Sole Dispositive Power Shared Dispositive Power Aggregate Amount Owned Power Percent of Class
CDPQ Infrastructures Asia Pte Ltd 8 24,259,272 10 24,259,272 24,259,272 50.2%
Caisse de d p t et placement du Qu bec 8 24,259,272 10 24,259,272 24,259,272 50.2%
Filing

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. 8)*

 

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)
 
December 27, 2021
(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 8

 

 

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

 

24,259,272

9

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

 

10

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

24,259,272

11

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

 

24,259,272

 
12

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

 

 

13

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

 

50.2%

 
14

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

 

CO

 

 

   

 

CINS NO. V0393H103 SCHEDULE 13D Page 3 of 8

 

 

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

 

24,259,272

9

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

 

10

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

24,259,272

11

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

 

24,259,272

 
12

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

 

 

13

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

 

50.2%

 
14

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

 

OO

 

 

   

 

CINS NO. V0393H103 SCHEDULE 13D Page 4 of 8

 

 

Item 1.Security and Issuer.

 

This amendment No. 8 (“Amendment No. 8”) 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. 8 shall have the meanings set forth in the Original Schedule 13D.

 

Except as specifically amended by this Amendment No. 8, 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 4.Purpose of Transaction.

 

Item 4 of the Original Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented by adding the following information:

 

“On December 27, 2021, CDPQ Infrastructures entered into the Backstop Agreement (as defined below), pursuant to which it agreed, subject to the terms and conditions of the Backstop Agreement, to acquire additional Shares as described in Item 6 of this Amendment No. 8.”

 

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 their being 48,332,573 Shares outstanding, as of December 23, 2021, as disclosed in the Issuer’s prospectus supplement (the “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.

 

(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 24,259,272 Shares, which represents 50.2% 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 8

 

 

Item 6.Contracts, Arrangements, Undertakings or Relationships With Respect to Securities of the Issuer.

 

Item 6 of the Original Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented by adding the following information:

 

Backstop Agreement:

 

In connection with the Issuer’s rights offering (the “Rights Offering”) described in the Prospectus Supplement, CDPQ Infrastructures and OMERS Infrastructure Asia Holdings Pte. Ltd. (“OMERS”) have each entered into the Backstop Commitment Agreement, dated as of December 27, 2021, with the Issuer (the “Backstop Agreement”).

 

Under the Backstop Agreement, each of CDPQ Infrastructures and OMERS, severally and not jointly, has agreed with the Issuer to exercise its respective Basic Subscription Rights (as defined in the Backstop Agreement) in full in the Rights Offering.

 

In addition, under the Backstop Agreement, each of CDPQ Infrastructures and OMERS, severally and not jointly, has committed and agreed with the Issuer (referred to as a “Backstop Commitment”) to purchase its Backstop Entitlement (as defined below) of the aggregate number of Shares, if any, equal to (i) the aggregate number of Shares offered by the Issuer in the Rights Offering pursuant to all Basic Subscription Rights (including any Basic Subscription Rights not issued and/or allocated due to the provisions of applicable state or foreign securities laws), less (ii) the aggregate number of Shares that are subscribed and purchased pursuant to the exercise of the Basic Subscription Rights by all holders of such Basic Subscription Rights (the “Backstop Shares”).

 

CDPQ Infrastructures and OMERS entitlement (each a “Backstop Entitlement”) to Backstop Shares under the Backstop Commitment shall be equal to: (i) with respect to CDPQ Infrastructures, 60% of the Backstop Shares and (ii) with respect to OMERS, 40% of the Backstop Shares (with any rounding of Backstop Shares to achieve such percentages to be mutually agreed by CDPQ Infrastructures and OMERS).

 

In addition, the Backstop Agreement provides that the respective Backstop Commitment of each of CDPQ Infrastructures and OMERS depends on the satisfaction of the conditions contained in the Backstop Agreement including:

 

·the representations and warranties made by the Issuer are true;
·there is no material change in the Issuer’s business or the financial markets; and
·the Issuer delivers customary closing documents to CDPQ Infrastructures and OMERS, respectively.

 

In addition, the Issuer has agreed to indemnify and hold harmless each of CDPQ Infrastructures and OMERS and each of their directors, officers, shareholders, members, partners, employees and agents from any and all losses, claims and expenses that it or they may suffer or incur as a result of or relating to (a) any breach of any of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made by the Issuer in the Backstop Agreement or (b) any action instituted against it or them by any shareholder of the Issuer who is not an affiliate of such indemnified person, with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by the Backstop Agreement.

 

The foregoing summary of the Backstop Agreement described in this Item 6 does not purport to be complete and, as such, is qualified in its entirety by the Backstop Agreement, set forth in Exhibit 99.4 hereto and incorporated in this Item 6 by reference.

 

Except for the Backstop Agreement, the Subscription Agreement, the Share Purchase Agreement and the Amended Registration Rights Agreement, to the best knowledge of the Reporting Persons, there are no contracts, arrangements, understandings or relationships (legal or otherwise) between the persons enumerated in Item 2 and any other person, with respect to any securities of the Issuer, including, but not limited to, transfer or voting of any of the securities, finder’s fees, joint ventures, loan or option arrangements, puts or calls, guarantees of profits, division of profits or loss or the giving or withholding of proxies.”

 

  

 

CINS NO. V0393H103 SCHEDULE 13D Page 6 of 8

 

 

Item 7.Material to be Filed as Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.   Description
     
99.4   Backstop Commitment Agreement, dated as of December 27, 2021, among the Issuer, CDPQ Infrastructures Asia Pte Ltd. and OMERS Infrastructure Asia Holdings Pte Ltd. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.2 to the Issuer’s Form 6-K furnished to the SEC by the Issuer on December 27, 2021).

 

 

 

   

 

CINS NO. V0393H103 SCHEDULE 13D Page 7 of 8

 

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: December 27, 2021

 

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

Name:   Cyril Cabanes

Title:     Director

 

 

 

   

 

CINS NO. V0393H103 SCHEDULE 13D Page 8 of 8

 

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: December 27, 2021

 

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

Name:   Soulef Hadjoudj

Title:     Legal Counsel

 

 

 

   

 

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

President and General Manager, Retraite Québec

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

President and General Manager, Retraite Québec

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
Sylvain Brosseau

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

 

None.

 

CAISSE DE DÉPÔT ET PLACEMENT DU QUÉBEC

 

None.