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Bids delayed for Kinetic’s $4b auction; buy-side work in short supply

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The mooted $4 billion sale of bus operator Kinetic has hit a roadblock.

Street Talk understands Kinetic’s owners, OPTrust and Foresight Partners, along with sell-side advisers at Macquarie Capital have pushed out the deadline for non-binding indicative bids by a week from the October 1 deadline.

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Sarah Thompson has co-edited Street Talk since 2009, specialising in private equity, investment banking, M&A and equity capital markets stories. Prior to that, she spent 10 years in London as a markets and M&A reporter at Bloomberg and Dow Jones. Email Sarah at sarah.thompson@afr.com
Kanika Sood is a journalist based in Sydney who writes for the Street Talk column. Email Kanika at kanika.sood@afr.com.au
Emma Rapaport is a co-editor of the Street Talk column. Prior to that, she was a markets reporter at The Australian Financial Review. Connect with Emma on Twitter. Email Emma at emma.rapaport@afr.com

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