Mexican Stock Exchange in Landmark $388 Million IPO

Cleary Gottlieb represented the Bolsa Mexicana de Valores, S.A.B. de C.V. in its initial public offering and the listing of its Series A common shares on the Mexican Stock Exchange. The initial public offering included both a public offering in Mexico and an international private placement with institutional investors (including in the United States under Rule 144A). The combined offering generated approximately $388 million in aggregate proceeds for the Bolsa, with approximately 220 million shares sold. The deal closed on June 18.

The Bolsa is the sole equity and derivatives exchange operator in Mexico. With the proceeds of the offering, the Bolsa will acquire additional equity interests in related companies—Fideicomiso F/30430 Asigna, the central counterparty for the Mexican derivatives exchange, Compensación y Liquidación, Contraparte Central de Valores de México, S.A. de C.V., the clearing agent and counterparty for all equity transactions executed on the Bolsa, Mercado Mexicano de Derivados, S.A. de C.V., the Mexican derivatives exchange, which was previously a subsidiary of the Bolsa, and S.D. Indeval Institución para el Depósito de Valores, S.A. de C.V., the central securities depository of Mexico—in order to create a more vertically-integrated stock exchange.