2011 ANNUAL REPORT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Annual Report 2011 – Additional Information I. Tables of returns 1. Auditor’s Report ................................................................................................. 1 2. General Notes .................................................................................................... 2 3. Short-Term Investments ...................................................................................... 4 4. Bonds ............................................................................................................... 6 5. Bonds - Fixed Income .......................................................................................... 8 6. Long-Term Bonds .............................................................................................. 10 7. Real Estate Debt ............................................................................................... 12 8. Real Return Bonds ............................................................................................. 14 9. Infrastructure .................................................................................................... 16 10. Real Estate ....................................................................................................... 18 11. Canadian Equity ................................................................................................ 21 12. Publicly Traded Canadian Equity Markets ............................................................. 23 13. Global Equity .................................................................................................... 25 14. Québec International .......................................................................................... 27 15. U.S. Equity ....................................................................................................... 29 16. EAFE Foreign Equity .......................................................................................... 31 17. Emerging Markets Equity .................................................................................... 33 18. Publicly Traded Emerging Market Equity Markets ................................................... 35 19. Private Equity ................................................................................................... 37 20. Hedge Funds ..................................................................................................... 39 21. Balanced Fund .................................................................................................. 41 II. Financial statistics and review 1. Changes in net assets ........................................................................................ 47 2. Statement of income and changes in net assets under management ......................... 48 3. Changes in depositors’ holdings .......................................................................... 49 4. Breakdown of depositors’ holdings ....................................................................... 54 5. Annual interest or income paid out on average deposits ......................................... 55 6. Summary of investments ..................................................................................... 56 7. Breakdown of investments .................................................................................. 57 8. Real Estate sector – Mortgages of $5 million and over ........................................... 59 9. Investments in shares and bonds of publicly traded companies ................................. 66 10. Investments in shares and bonds of privately held companies ................................ 152 11. Statement of real estate holdings ...................................................................... 165 12. Statement of properties held for resale ............................................................... 167 The Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct for Officers and Employees is available on the Caisse’s website (www.lacaisse.com) under the Governance tab. I. Tables of returns Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec for the period ended December 31, 2011 GIPS® compliant presentation Deloitte & Touche LLP 1 Place Ville Marie Suite 3000 Montreal QC H3B 4T9 Canada Tel: 514-393-5321 Fax: 514-390-4111 www.deloitte.ca Auditor’s Report on Compliance with the Global Investment Performance Standards on a firm-wide basis To: The Directors of Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec We have audited Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec – Depositors’ accounts (the “Company”) compliance with the composite construction requirements for the Global Investment Performance Standards (“GIPS ®”) on a firm-wide basis for the year ended December 31, 2011, and the design of its processes and procedures to calculate and present performance results in compliance with the GIPS ® Standards as of December 31, 2011. Compliance with the GIPS ® Standards is the responsibility of the management of the Company. Our responsibility is to express an opinion based upon our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with Canadian generally accepted auditing standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform an audit to obtain reasonable assurance whether the Company complied with the criteria established by the GIPS ® Standards. Such an audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting compliance, evaluating the overall compliance with these criteria, and where applicable, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management. In our opinion, the Company has complied with the GIPS ® Standards for the year ended December 31, 2011, including the composite construction requirements on a firm wide basis and the design of its processes and procedures to calculate and present performance results in compliance with the GIPS ® Standards as of December 31, 2011. We have issued a separate audit report on certain individual composite presentations of the Company dated February 21, 2012, and accordingly, we express no opinion or any other form of assurance on any such performance results in this compliance report. February 21, 2012 ____________________ 1 Chartered accountant auditor permit No. 5321 General Notes 1. Presentation of the firm The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Quebec ("the Caisse") is a financial institution that manages funds for public and private pension and insurance plans ("the depositors"). The Caisse invests in large liquid markets, private equity and real estate. Depositors’ assets totalled $158.7 billion as at December 31, 2011. This document presents the returns related to the funds managed by the Caisse for the depositors. 2. Compliance statement The Caisse claims compliance with the Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS®) and has prepared and presented this report in compliance with the GIPS® standards. The Caisse has been independently verified for the periods from January 1, 2002 through December 31, 2011. The verification reports are available upon request. Verification assesses whether (1) the Caisse has complied with all the composite construction requirements of the GIPS® standards on a firm-wide basis and (2) the firm’s policies and procedures are designed to calculate and present performance in compliance with the GIPS® standards. The composites have been examined from January 1, 2002 to December 31, 2011. 3. Performance calculations Performance calculations are based on monthly calculations using the modified Dietz formula. All deposits or withdrawals are performed on the first day of the month. As a result, the calculated returns are in no way distorted by the cash flows which occur during the month. Each discretionary portfolio for which the Caisse charges operating expenses is included in at least one composite. These composites are valued according to transaction date and their returns are calculated monthly. The quarterly and annual returns are then calculated using the geometric linking method. Total returns, including realized and unrealized gains plus income, are used to calculate returns. These returns include any income generated on cash or cash equivalents. Interest income is accrued and is included in the market value used to calculate returns. Dividend income is generally accrued as of its ex-dividend date. The fair value of fixed-income securities is determined using the closing prices of such securities at major brokers as well as closing prices provided by recognized financial institutions, depending on their availibility. When these values are not available, the fair value is determined by commonly used valuation methods used in capital markets, such as discounting future cash flows at the current interest rate or on the basis of similar arm's-length transactions. These valuations are reviewed biannually by independent external firms. For more information on the valuation methodology used for ABTN (asset-backed term notes), see Note 3e of the combined financial statements. The fair value of shares traded on a stock exchange is determined based on the closing prices on the major stock exchanges as well as those provided by recognized financial institutions. In 2007, the Caisse adopted Section 3855 "Financial Instruments — Recognition and Measurement" of section V the CICA Handbook - Accounting, in effect before the transition to IFRS. Under these provisions, establishment of market value must be done using the bid price for assets and the ask price for liabilities. In the goal of preserving direct comparability