UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 18-K/A
For Foreign Governments and Political Subdivisions Thereof
AMENDMENT NO. 5
TO
ANNUAL REPORT
of
HYDRO-QUÉBEC
QUÉBEC, CANADA
(Name of Registrant)
Date of end of last fiscal year: December 31, 2010
SECURITIES REGISTERED*
(As of the close of the fiscal year)
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Name and address of persons authorized to receive notices
and communications from the Securities and Exchange Commission:
JOHN PARISELLA
Québec Government Office
One Rockefeller Plaza, Suite 2600
New York, NY 10020-2102
Copies to:
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| | ROBERT E. BUCKHOLZ, JR. | | JEAN-HUGUES LAFLEUR | | |
| | Sullivan & Cromwell LLP | | Vice-President, Financing, Treasury and Pension Fund | | |
| | 125 Broad Street | | Hydro-Québec | | |
| | New York, NY 10004-2498 | | 75 René-Lévesque Boulevard West | | |
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| | | | Montréal, Québec, Canada H2Z 1A4 | | |
*The Registrant is filing this annual report on a voluntary basis
The undersigned registrant hereby amends its Annual Report on Form 18-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010 (“Annual Report”) to update the disclosure concerning the Gentilly-2 nuclear generating station: (“Corporate Outlook – Capital Investment Program” subsection of Exhibit (1) to the Annual Report) as follows:
In June 2011, an agreement was signed whereby AECL’s commercial reactor division was acquired by CANDU Energy, a subsidiary of the SNC-Lavalin Group inc.
It was recently announced that the Government will be taking a decision, in the spring of 2012, regarding the future of Gentilly-2 nuclear generating station. Should a decision be made to decommission Gentilly-2, this could have a significant financial impact with regards to costs already capitalized for works under construction (see “Note 7 to the 2010 Consolidated Financial Statements”) and with respect to the assumptions made to the Asset Retirement Obligations which relate to the costs of dismantling this nuclear generating station (see “Note 12 to the 2010 Consolidated Financial Statements”). In the meantime, we are still going ahead with engineering and procurement activities for key components of the project.
The Annual Report on Form 18-K and amendments on Form 18-K/A are filed on a voluntary basis.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this Amendment No. 5 to be signed on its behalf by its authorized agent.
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| By: | | /S/ JEAN-HUGUES LAFLEUR Authorized Officer |
Name: Title: | | Jean-Hugues Lafleur Vice President, Financing, Treasury and Pension Fund |
Date: December 21, 2011
