Vale completes $971 mln sale of cargo unit stake to Brookfield

Brazilian miner Vale SA has completed the sale of a 26.5 percent stake in its cargo transportation division VLI SA to Canadian alternative assets investor Brookfield Asset Management. The transaction, which was first announced in late 2013, is valued at 2 billion reais ($971 million). Vale also sold a 20 percent interest in VLI to Japan’s Mitsui & Co Ltd and a 15.9 percent interest to Brazil’s Fundo de a do Tempo de Serviço-FGTS. Vale will retain 37.6 percent ownership in the business, which handles cargo operations not directly related to the movement of Vale’s own output of iron ore and other minerals.

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Vale concludes sale of stakes in VLI to Brookfield

August 20, 2014

​​Vale has concluded the transaction announced on December 23, 2013, transferring 26.5% of the total capital of VLI to investment funds managed by Brookfield Asset Management , for R$ 2 billion. As a result of the completion of this transaction, Vale now holds 37.6% of VLI’s total share capital.​

In April, Vale completed the transactions with Mitsui and FI-FGTS, whereby 20% of the total capital of VLI were transferred to Mitsui and 15.9% to the Investment Fund of the Fundo de a do Tempo de Serviço – FGTS (FI-FGTS).​​

Source: Vale SA

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