Aug 17 (Reuters) - Canada's Brookfield Infrastructure
BAMa.TO said it will buy Australia's rail freight firm Asciano
Ltd AIO.AX for about A$12 billion ($8.84 billion).
Asciano shareholders will receive A$6.94 in cash and A$2.21
in Brookfield Infrastructure Ltd Partnership units for every
share held, which works out to A$9.15, Brookfield said on
Monday.
The offer is a 13 percent premium to Asciano's last traded
price of A$8.11. Asciano requested a trading halt on Monday.
($1 = 1.35 Australian dollars)