Oct 12 (Reuters) - Mantra Group Ltd MTR.AX on Thursday unanimously approved the bid by France's Accor SA ACCP.PA to acquire all the shares of the company at a price of A$3.96 per share, including a potential special dividend.
On Monday, Mantra Group had confirmed that Accor, already the biggest hotelier in Australia, had bid A$1.18 billion ($919.81 million) for the company in a deal that would combine the two biggest hotel owners in Australia. ($1 = 1.2829 Australian dollars)