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Friday, February 11, 2011

SNC-Lavalin pays C$213 mln for rest of AltaLink, (TSE: SNC)

SNC-Lavalin Group Inc (SNC.TO) said on Friday it will spend C$213 million ($215 million) to buy the 23.1 percent of an Alberta electricity transmission business that it does not already own, prompting one analyst to boost her SNC-Lavalin stock-price target. SNC-Lavalin, Canada's biggest engineering and construction company bought the stake in AltaLink from Macquarie Essential Assets Partnership. AltaLink is a premium asset with stable cash flows and big growth opportunities, said NCP Northland Capital Partners analyst Maxim Sytchev.

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