MONTREAL (Reuters) – Canadian business jet maker Bombardier Inc. said on Tuesday it expects to exit its 3.1% stake in French rail giant Alstom SA valued at around 527 million euros ($633 million) through a book building process to institutional investors.
Montreal-based Bombardier said it would sell its 11.5 million shares in Alstom, which it acquired as part of a 5.5 billion euros sale of its rail business to the French firm. The sale, which was completed in January, has turned Bombardier into a pure play business jet maker.
Bombardier said in a release that it would announce the results of the offering at the end of the bookbuilding process.
Bombardier closed down 2.11% in Toronto trading, while Alstom shares ended flat in Paris.
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(Reporting By Allison Lampert in Montreal; Editing by Cynthia Osterman)
