Brookfield closes sale of Transelect stake to China Southern Power Grid for US $1.3B

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By Ted Liu

Brookfield Infrastructure (NYSE: BIP; TSX: BIP.UN) has completed the sale of approximate 27.8% interest in ETC Transmission Holdings, S.L., the parent company of Transelec S.A., to China Southern Power Grid International (HK) Co., Ltd. for US $1.3 billion.

Transelec is the largest pure-play power transmission company in Chile, with over 10,000 kilometers of electricity lines serving approximately 98% of the Chilean population.

Santander GCB and Scotiabank acted as financial advisors to Brookfield Infrastructure and Goodmans LLP acted as legal advisor.

In June 2006, Brookfield Asset Management Inc., Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (bcIMC) and Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments), acquired HQI Transelec Chile S.A. from Hydro-Quebec International Inc. for over US $1.55 billion.

As one of two state-owned power grid companies in China, Guangzhou based China Southern Power Grid invests in, constructs and operates power networks in Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou and Hainan provinces, with a total service area of 1 million square kilometers and 230 million people.

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News Release

Brookfield Infrastructure Completes Sale of Chilean Transmission Business

BROOKFIELD, NEWS, March 15, 2018 — Brookfield Infrastructure (NYSE:BIP) (TSX:BIP.UN) today advised that it has completed the previously announced sale of its approximate 27.8% interest in ETC Transmission Holdings, S.L., the parent company of Transelec S.A. (“Transelec”), to China Southern Power Grid International (HK) Co., Ltd. for US$1.3 billion.

Santander GCB and Scotiabank acted as financial advisors to Brookfield Infrastructure and Goodmans LLP acted as legal advisor.

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