Cleary Gottlieb is representing Nexa Resources S.A. and its controlling shareholder, Votorantim S.A., in the SEC-registered initial public offering of 35.65 million of the company’s common shares.
The offering included an aggregate of 15.15 million shares sold by Votorantim S.A. including pursuant to the exercise in full by the underwriters of their over-allotment option for 4.65 million shares.
The offering was made pursuant to a registration statement on Form F-1 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and a prospectus filed with the Canadian securities regulatory authorities. The common shares began trading on the New York Stock Exchange and the Toronto Stock Exchange on October 27, 2017, under the ticker symbol “NEXA.”
J.P. Morgan, BMO Capital Markets, Morgan Stanley and Credit Suisse are acting as global coordinators for the offering.
Nexa Resources S.A. is an integrated zinc producer with over 60 years of experience developing and operating mining assets in Latin America. The company operates and owns five long-life underground mines—three located in the Central Andes of Peru and two located in the state of Minas Gerais in Brazil—and is among the top five producers of mined zinc globally.