Sept 14 (Reuters) - Macquarie Atlas Roads Group MQA.AX
* Will exercise pre-emptive right to acquire an additional 4.86% indirect interest in aprr for EUR 440 million
* Acquisition will increase co's indirect interest in APRR from 20.14% to 25.00%
* Acquisition will be funded via a A$450 million equity raising and a EUR 150 million debt facility
* As a result of acquisition, MQA announces a 4.4% uplift to its 2018 distribution guidance from 22.5 cps to 23.5 cps
* Acquisition expected to be dps2 and value accretive to mqa