Company reduced its net losses in the first quarter to $416 million compared to $728 million in the same period last year
CEO Lakshmi Mittal said it has entered a definitive transaction agreement to sell to an affiliate of Black Diamond Capital Management
The launch of rights offering is also subject to approval by Luxembourg supervisory authority for the financial sector
The world's largest steelmaker outlined a plan to reduce its $15.7 billion net debt by nearly a quarter
Last year, Mittal had to call on South African government authorities to help bail out his South African operations