News: VOC Australia's Vocus says Macquarie to work with Aware Super for $2.71 bln buyout

Feb 23 (Reuters) - Australia's Vocus Group (VOC) said on Tuesday that Macquarie's funds agreed to form a consortium with Australian pension fund Aware Super to move ahead its A$3.42 billion ($2.71 billion) takeover of the fibre network owner.

Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets Holding (MIRA) made a A$5.50 per share offer two weeks ago.

MIRA is a part of Macquarie Group's (MQG) asset management arm. ($1 = 1.2637 Australian dollars)