ArcelorMittal sells 40 million common shares in Cleveland-Cliffs for $651.6 million

LUXEMBOURG: ArcelorMittal North America Holdings LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ArcelorMittal S.A., announced an agreement to sell 40 million Cleveland-Cliffs common shares through a fully underwritten public market offering.

The transaction is a part of a combined primary and secondary public offering of Cleveland-Cliffs’ shares.

This divestment crystalizes additional proceeds from the transaction with Cleveland-Cliffs announced on 28 September 2020 and completed on 9 December 2020.

The proceeds from the sale of Cleveland-Cliffs common shares will be used for a new share buyback programme of ArcelorMittal common shares. The details and conditions of the buyback will be announced following the expiry of the Company’s current closed period on 15 February.

Following the sale of 40 million of Cleveland-Cliffs common shares ArcelorMittal North America Holdings LLC will continue to hold approximately 38 million common shares in addition to shares of non-voting preferred stock redeemable at Cleveland-Cliffs’ option for an equivalent value of approximately 58 million common shares.

A registration statement relating to the common shares being sold in the offering has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and is effective.

ArcelorMittal is the world’s leading steel and mining company, with a presence in 60 countries and primary steelmaking facilities in 18 countries. In 2019, ArcelorMittal had revenues of U.S. $70.6 billion and crude steel production of 89.8 million metric tonnes, while iron ore production reached 57.1 million metric tonnes.

ArcelorMittal is listed on the stock exchanges of New York (MT), Amsterdam (MT), Paris (MT), Luxembourg (MT) and on the Spanish stock exchanges of Barcelona, Bilbao, Madrid and Valencia (MTS).

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