Article: brazil : Gerdau buys 28.88% stake in Acos Villares.

Byline: sander03

Brazilian steelmaker Gerdau Metalurgica announced that it bought 28.88% stake in Acos Villares for BRL 1.3 billion (USD 793 million).Gerdau Metalurgica said in a statement to the financial market regulator CVM that it acquired the stake from BNDESpar, the investment arm of Brazil's state development bank.Gerdau Metalurgica would pay for the deal by issuing debentures convertible into shares of Gerdau.

Acos Villares is a part of the Sidenor Group, one of the world s largest producers of special steels and rolls for rolling mills, which operates plants in Spain and Brazil. Acos Villares is organized into strategic Business Units and ...

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