OREANDA-NEWS. September 21, 2012. Mitsui & Co., Ltd. ("Mitsui") announced today that third party allocation of newly issued shares of Inversiones Mineras Acrux SpA ("Acrux"), the joint venture with Corporaciуn Nacional del Cobre de Chile ("Codelco"), is executed and that it subscribed for 17% of the Acrux shares by USD 1.1 billion. Subscription was completed through Mitsui's newly established wholly owned investment subsidiary, Inversiones CLC Gama Limitada. Acrux allocated the increased capital to acquire 5% of Anglo American Sur S.A. shares ("Anglo Sur") from Anglo American plc., and Mitsui and Codelco jointly hold 29.5% of Anglo Sur shares.

Mitsui is currently analyzing the impact of this transaction to Mitsui's consolidated financial result of the fiscal year March 2013.


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