Original article by Bridget Carter, Scott Murdoch
The Australian – Page: 17 & 19 : 21-Jun-18

JCDecaux has made a cash offer of $A6.52 per share for Australian-listed APN Outdoor Group. France-based JCDecaux is a major player in Australia’s street furniture advertising market, and it says APN’s outdoor advertising businesses would complement its local operations. The $A1.1bn takeover bid is likely to affect APN’s own proposal to acquire the Adshel business from rival HT&E. APN was seen as the leading contender to acquire Adshel, although oOh!media is also believed to be in contention.

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