Sydney Airport has rejected a revised takeover offer of A$22.8bn (鈧14.2bn) from a consortium led by .
The Sydney Aviation Alliance (SAA) consortium, which now includes AustralianSuper, offered A$8.45 - up from A$8.25 鈥 cash per security but was immediately rebuffed by the airport operator, which said the offer undervalued the business and is not in the best interests of securityholders. The previous offer was rejected last month.
SAA said: 鈥淭his further reinforces the substantial ongoing Australian ownership of this nationally significant infrastructure asset, with the consortium investing, directly or indirectly, on behalf of more than six million superannuation fund members.鈥 The consortium members include QSuper, Global Infrastructure Partners and IFM infrastructure funds.
In response to the rejection, SAA said it was 鈥渆xtremely disappointed鈥 that the boards had once more failed to engage with the consortium and rejected the revised proposal.
Currently, UniSuper is Sydney Airport鈥檚 biggest shareholder, with a 15.3% stake.
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