MBS Value Partners Appointed Investor Relations Strategic Advisor to MPX Energia S.A.

NEW YORK, June 7 /PRNewswire/ -- MBS Value Partners, a leading capital markets strategic advisory firm specializing in maximizing shareholder value for domestic and international clients, announced today that it has been appointed investor relations strategic advisor to MPX Energia S.A., (Bovespa: MPXE3; GDR1: MXPEY), one of the EBX Group of companies.  MPX is an emerging, vertically integrated energy company headquartered in Rio de Janiero, Brazil, with operations in Brazil, Colombia and Chile.

"MBS Value Partners has long been recognized as a leading capital markets advisory firm to Latin American companies seeking to increase their visibility among influential analysts and institutional investors in key global financial centers," stated Monique Skruzny, a partner at MBS Value Partners. "We will leverage our years of international investor marketing and communications experience with Brazilian and other Latin American companies, including OGX Petroleo e Gas S.A., another EBX Group company, to help MPX develop clear, consistent messages and deliver them effectively to the appropriate audiences. We welcome MPX to the MBS Value family of Latin American clients and look forward to working closely with senior management."

"Our decision to engage MBS Value Partners to assist us in our financial communications efforts was based on the firm's strong track record working with Latin American companies, the partners' extensive network of analyst and institutional investors in North America and other markets, and their intimate knowledge of best communications practices for public companies," commented Eduardo Karrer, Chief Executive Officer & IRO of MPX.  

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