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  • A consortium including British Gas and Shell has bought a $1 billion controlling stake (53%) in Gas de Sao Paulo, Brazil’s largest natural gas distributor*. This was the Brazilian government’s first privatization since the devaluation of the real in January. Gas de Sao Paulo serves around 300,000 mainly industrial customers in Sao Paulo, Brazil’s most populous state. The consortium’s bid was chosen in preference to several rival consortia, including one led by Enron and Agip of Italy.
  • Serge Durox of Coudert Frères, Paris, assesses the impact of new regulations on private placements and identifies the outstanding issues for prospective borrowers
  • The Capital Markets: Irish and International Laws and Regulations By Agnes Foy (Round Hall Sweet & Maxwell, 1998) Reviewed By Mark Walsh, Partner, Brown & Wood, London and New York*
  • Latin America-Brazilian natural gas company sold at a premium of 119%
  • Europe-Polish Zloty (PLN) to be fully convertible by the year 2000
  • Europe-Securities guidelines on the use of analysts’ reports
  • Europe-Internet transactions may be conducted by use of The Dankort
  • China’s new contract law is a historic piece of legislation for investors and their counsel as China builds towards a market economy. Lam Wing Wo of Deacons Graham & James, Hong Kong examines the regulations which come into force in October
  • The Pepsi Bottling Group has issued 100 million common stock shares in an initial public offering worth $2.2 billion. The New York-based group manufactures and distributes Pepsi-Cola drinks.
  • The demutualization of Mutual Life of Canada, the first by a Canadian life insurance company, is likely to give the company an initial value of between C$1.9 billion and C$2.9 billion ($1.2 billion to $1.9 billion). Mutual’s 900,000 members vote on the plans to demutualize on June 10. Their windfalls will be in the form of either cash or shares. Any bonuses are contingent on two-thirds of members voting in favour of the plans.