Brazil's Sao Paulo state launches up to $3 bln share sale to privatize Sabesp
Recasts story with the launch of privatization deal
SAO PAULO, June 21 (Reuters) -Brazil's Sao Paulo state launched on Friday a deal to privatize state-owned water utility Sabesp SBSP3.SA, expected to be the biggest share sale in Latin American's largest economy in more than two years.
Sao Paulo intends to privatize Sabesp SBSP3.SA through an unusual two-part share offer, maintaining a non-controlling stake, and selecting an investor to take a 15% stake in the firm and hold the shares at least until the end of 2029.
Sao Paulo state filed on Friday to sell, initially, about 191.7 million Sabesp shares, an amount that could be raised by 15% through an extra allotment.
The state could raise some 16.5 billion reais ($3.04 billion) with the deal, considering Sabesp's shares closing price on Friday and if the extra allotment will be fully sold.
That would make the share offering the largest one in Brazil since power firm Eletrobras privatization in June 2022, which surpassed 30 billion reais.
However, for now, this is just an indicative of how much Sao Paulo state could raise with the deal, since the official price per share of the sale will be defined on July 18.
During the first phase of the offer, only the investors interested in holding the 15% stake will be able to send their price per share proposals, with the two highest bids advancing to the next stage.
Then, each of these two investors will open a separate price book for the overall market to join. The winner of the 15% stake, to be disclosed on July 16, will be selected based on a criteria that includes higher price and larger demand for its book.
Sao Paulo aims by using this unusual format for the offer, to select a strategic investor appreciated by minority shareholders, while at the same time maximizing the amount collected with the deal.
Reuters reported on Friday, citing sources, that sanitation company Aegea and Equatorial Energia are among the investors interested in the share offering.
BTG Pactual, Bank of America, Citi, UBS BB, Itau BBA, Bradesco BBI, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley, Banco Safra, Santander and XP are bookrunning the deal.
($1 = 5.4291 reais)
Reporting by Andre Romani; Editing by Aida Pelaez-Fernandez and Stephen Coates
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