PARIS, July 11 (Reuters) - France's state shareholding agency APE has asked bidders to submit a third round of offers by midday on Tuesday for a 60 percent stake in Lyon-Saint-Exupery airport, three sources close to the matter said on Monday.
The APE has yet to decide whether it will hold a third round for a second airport, Nice Cote d'Azur, the sources said.
The sale of 60 percent stakes in the two regional airports had attracted at least 11 firm offers by a July 4 deadline. ID:nL8N19Q36W
According to French daily Le Figaro, two consortia - the first comprising construction group Vinci SGEF.PA , Caisse des Depots and Predica CAGR.PA and the second made up of Macquarie MQG.AX and FFP FFPP.PA - were best-placed for Lyon.
In Nice, Italy's Atlantia ATL.MI along with EDF's EDF.PA investment branch, EDF Invest, was said to have made a slightly higher offer than Vinci-CDC-Predica, Le Figaro said.
APE and the companies declined comment.