Third Round Of Offers For Lyon Airport - Report

France's state shareholding agency APE has asked bidders to submit a third round of offers by midday Tuesday for a 60 percent stake in Lyon-Saint-Exupery airport, three people close to the matter said on Monday.

The APE has yet to decide whether it will hold a third round for another 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.

According to French daily Le Figaro, two consortia - the first comprising construction group Vinci, Caisse des Depots and Predica and the second made up of Macquarie and FFP - were best-placed for Lyon.

In Nice, Italy's Atlantia along with EDF's 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.