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1 Investment Opportunities in Québec and Beyond

2 Montréal: A Choice Destination Second-largest city in Canada Second-largest French-speaking city in the world after Paris Two universities (both official languages) among the world s top 100 2

3 Montréal: Home to Many Headquarters Bombardier (an aerospace leader) CGI (a major IT management consulting firm) Rio Tinto Alcan (a leading aluminum manufacturer) Cirque du Soleil (circus arts reinvented) 3

4 Montréal: Canada s Biopharmaceutical Pole Three new university hospital centres ($6 billion) Developing cutting-edge medical care Developing personalized medicine 4

5 Montréal: A Creative and Inspiring City Home to one of the world s largest video game industries 5 of the 10 top selling video games on the planet were designed in Montréal 5

6 Montréal: Festival Season More than 10 festivals between June and September Today, beginning of the 36th edition of the Montréal International Jazz Festival 6

7 Investissement Québec: Your Ally 17 offices established in every region of Québec 12 offices around the world The only organization to provide both: Financing Coaching for foreign companies 7

8 Investissement Québec: Your Gateway Facilitates the establishment of foreign companies Invests with you and helps you find partners Helps you find the ideal location Helps you settle legal and administrative issues Organizes visits (sites, plants, universities) 8

9 Investissement Québec: Our Criteria Invests under normal profitability conditions Takes a project s economic performance into consideration Job creation Consolidation of an industrial sector Regional development 9

10 Investissement Québec: Our Offer Equity or quasi-equity Loans Loan guarantees Venture capital funds 10

11 Investissement Québec: Who Are We? A complementary investor A minority investor (no takeovers) A patient investor 11

12 Investissement Québec: Our Annual Results We authorized $1 billion in financing AND We attracted over $1 billion in foreign investments We have a portfolio of more than 3,000 companies 12

13 Investissement Québec: Government Priorities Contributing to the implementation of the Plan Nord Development of the mining sector Capital Mines Hydrocarbures fund ($1 billion) Government investment in infrastructure Potential in the rare earths sector 13

14 Investissement Québec: Examples Framestore (UK): leader in visual effects (Batman and SkyFall) Provided coaching to set up in Montréal Provided $6 million in financing for its investment project 14

15 Investissement Québec: Examples Green Cross (Korea): Blood plasma fractionation plant $325 million implementation project $25 million in financial assistance from the Québec government Facilitated a partnership with Héma-Québec 15

16 Investissement Québec: Examples Bonduelle (France): sale and distribution of frozen vegetables Coaching for the company to set up in 2007 $4 million in financial assistance to modernize its plants Provided advice on its growth strategy 16

17 Why Chose Québec Exceptional geographic location St. Lawrence River Passageway between Europe and the U.S. market Extends into the Great Lakes region 17

18 Why Chose Québec Perfectly integrated in the North American economy Free access to the North American market (NAFTA) Expertise in the commercialization of its products ¾ of our exports are destined for the United States 18

19 Why Chose Québec Bridge between Europe and America Québec is the most European of all North American societies Mix of European and North American approaches Specific ties with France (common language) Bilingual and often multilingual manpower 19

20 Why Chose Québec Canada and European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement Veritable transatlantic corridor for the mobility of merchandise and persons 20

21 Why Chose Québec A specific advantage: Clean and abundant energy One of the largest producers of hydroelectric power Hydroelectricity represents 95% of the electricity we produce Electricity is sold for half the average North American price Electricity surplus: ideal for companies with high electricity consumption 21

22 North American Leader in Sustainable Development In North America, Québec is where: Greenhouse gas emissions per capita are the lowest The GHG reduction targets set out in the Kyoto Protocol were attained in 2012 A carbon market was implemented (linked with California) 22

23 Conclusion: Québec Is a Strategic Choice Numerous fields of excellence Abundant resources: mining and hydroelectricity sectors Integration in the North American economy Numerous universities Geographic location: gate to Europe Bilingual manpower 23

24 Investissement Québec Come Knock on Our Door! 24

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