Australia's NEXTDC calls Goodman, Digital Realty share bid "opportunistic"
Australia's NEXTDC calls Goodman, Digital Realty share bid "opportunistic" Nov 5 (Reuters) - Australian data centre operator NEXTDC NXT.AX said on Thursday its board considered an aftermarket book build by an entity owned by Goodman Group GMG.AX and Digital Realty DLR.N to be "opportunistic", and that it had received no takeover proposal.
On Wednesday, Goodman Group and Digital Realty offered to buy up to 9.9% of NEXTDC in a deal worth about A$715 million($501.14 million), according to a term sheet, Reuters reported.
($1 = 1.4267 Australian dollars)
(Reporting by Shivangi Lahiri in Bengaluru; Editing by Shailesh Kuber)
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