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Commission approves OTPP and Macquarie Group's plan to by up Bristol Airport

Brussels, 14/12/2009 (Agence Europe) - On Friday 11 December 2009, the European Commission cleared the planned acquisition of Bristol International Airport Limited of the UK by Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board (OTTP) of Canada and Macquarie Group of Australia.

OTPP is a Canadian pension fund which invests in a wide range of different assets and which already has a stake in Birmingham International Airport in the UK as well as a non-controlling stake in Bristol Airport. The Macquarie...

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