Chinese state-owned enterprise Wuhan Iron and Steel Corporation Wisco has tabled a non-binding offer to Brazilian mining and metals company MMX. The offer follows a stock exchange filing by MMX in May, in which the Brazilian firm flagged that it was in discussion with the Chinese SOE for a business combination.
Wisco will subscribe to new shares in MMX, representing a 9.09% equity ownership in the company, for an outlay of $120 million. The agreed price values MMX at an equity value of $1.3 billion. Wisco will simultaneously acquire a 23% equity interest in an MMX subsidiary, MMX Sudeste, also by subscribing to new shares at a cost of $280 million. This...