News: OPC Takover target OptiComm gets sweetened $489 mln offer from Aware Super

Oct 12 (Reuters) - Takeover target OptiComm Ltd (OPC) said on Monday that pension fund Aware Super raised its offer to A$676.5 million ($488.70 million) for the fibre infrastructure provider.

The A$6.5 per share offer marks a 9% premium to OptiComm's last trading price and 11% higher than an offer lobbed by Uniti Group Ltd (UWL) in September of A$5.85 per share.

Aware Super last offered A$5.85 a share. ($1 = 1.3843 Australian dollars)