Macquarie Atlas Roads
(ASX:MQA) has announced it will exercise a pre-emptive right to acquire an additional 4.86 per cent indirect interest in APRR for 440 million euro.
The Acquisition will increase Macquarie Atlas Road’s
(ASX:MQA) indirect interest in APRR to 25 per cent from 20.14 per cent.
APRR is Europe’s fourth-largest motorway operator, and finances, builds, maintains and manages motorways and toll structures entrusted to it by the State, in exchange for toll payments.
Macquarie Atlas Roads
(ASX:MQA) also announced a distribution of 10 cents per stapled security for the second half of 2017.
A trading halt was placed on Macquarie Atlas Roads this morning.