Brazilian Court Orders Tenaris To Pay An Indemnification In Connection With Its Acquisition Of A Participation In Usiminas In 2012; Potential Aggregate Indemnification Payable By Confab Could Reach Up To BRL942 Million (~$180M)

Tenaris S.A. (NYSE and Mexico: TS and EXM Italy: TEN) announced today that the Brazilian Superior Court of Justice (SCJ) resolved that Tenaris's subsidiary Confab and certain subsidiaries of Tenaris's affiliate Ternium, all of which compose the T/T Group under the Usiminas shareholders agreement, should pay Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional, or CSN, an indemnification in connection with the acquisition by the T/T Group of a participation in Usiminas in January 2012.

 

CSN and various entities affiliated with CSN had filed a lawsuit in Brazil against the T/T Group, alleging that, under applicable Brazilian laws and rules, the acquirers were required to launch a tag-along tender offer to all non-controlling holders of Usiminas ordinary shares for a price per share equal to 80% of the price per share paid in such acquisition.