Two bidders lodge final offers for $A20 billion AirTrunk, sources say
By Scott Murdoch
SYDNEY, Aug 27 (Reuters) -Two bidding groups led by Blackstone and IFM Investors lodged final offers on Tuesday to buy Australian data centre group AirTrunk in a transaction worth about A$20 billion ($13.55 billion), according to two sources with direct knowledge of the matter.
Binding bids were due on Tuesday and AirTrunk, alongside its advisers Macquarie and Goldman Sachs, is now examining the offers, the sources said. There is no deadline for selecting a winning bid, one of the sources added.
Blackstone bid for AirTrunk alongside consortium partner the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), one source said.
The IFM led consortium consists of Digital Bridge, GIP, Mubadala's MGX and Silver Lake, the second person and a third source added.
The sources could not be named discussing confidential information.
Blackstone and CPPIB declined to comment. AirTrunk, IFM, Digital Bridge, GIP, MGX and Silver Lake did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
AirTrunk's shareholders led by Macquarie Asset Management and Canada's Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP) declined to comment.
Macquarie and PSP own 88% of the data centre business but have not disclosed their individual stakes.
($1 = 1.4760 Australian dollars)
Reporting by Scott Murdoch in Sydney, additional reporting Kane Wu in Hong Kong; editing by Jason Neely
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