By Tatiana Bautzer
SAO PAULO, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Infrastructure companies
including Italy's Gruppo Gavio and France's Vinci SA are
interested in a stake in toll road operator EcoRodovias
Infraestrutura & Logística SA ECOR3.SA , whose owner needs to
raise cash to pay debt, five sources with direct knowledge of
the situation said.
Gavio, Vinci SGEF.PA and Atlantia SpA ATL.MI are on a
shortlist to present binding proposals for the 63.99 percent
that Brazil's Almeida family have in EcoRodovias through
investment holding company Primav, said the sources, who
requested anonymity because negotiations are underway.
The Almeidas are analyzing either a partial sale of their
stake or their full exit, the sources added. Other parties that
have analyzed the stake include local rivals Arteris SA
ARTR3.SA and CCR SA CCRO3.SA , as well as Canada's Brookfield
Asset Management Inc BAMa.TO , they added.