Brasil · Economy

Key Facts

—The deal closed. The privatization of Copasa, the water utility of Brazil’s Minas Gerais state, was completed late on June 11.

—The headline figure. The share sale raised R$8.4bn ($1.66bn), the second-largest sanitation privatization on Brazil’s exchange.

—A new controller. The utility group Equatorial took a 30% reference stake for R$5.6bn ($1.11bn), becoming the largest single shareholder.