Aug 17 (Reuters) - Brookfield Infrastructure Partners LP BIP.N :
* Consortium to acquire Asciano Limited
* Deal for enterprise value of approx A$12 billion
* Asciano shareholders will receive, for each Asciano share held A$6.94 in cash
* Deal funded by assuming net debt of approximately A$3.1 billion, an
acquisition facility of A$1.9 billion
* Asciano shareholders to receive an implied value of approximately A$9.15 per
Asciano share
* Rpt-brookfield infrastructure partners lp bip.n says transaction has
received the unanimous support of the asciano board of directors
* If deal proceeds Asciano expects to pay special dividend of up to A$0.90 per
share before scheme implementation date
* Transaction expected to deliver accretive FFO and affo per unit
* Brookfield infrastructure partners -co investing about US$2.8 billion,
expects to hold ownership position of about 55% of Asciano upon completion of
deal
* As part of consideration paid to Asciano shareholders, Brookfield
Infrastructure will be issuing about 37.9 million bip units
* Says has received in-principle approval for a listing of its units on the asx
limited
* Elements combine to represent total implied value of A$9.15 per Asciano
share,made up of A$6.94 in cash,a$2.21 in bip units
* Rpt-brookfield infrastructure consortium to acquire asciano limited
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