FRANKFURT, June 16 (Reuters) - Dutch infrastructure fund DIF
and French utility EDF EDF.PA confirmed that they have agreed
to buy German gas grid Thyssengas from Macquarie MQG.AX .
DIF and EDF Invest, which were advised by Royal Bank of
Canada, are taking a 50 percent stake each in the German group,
they said in a statement, declining to comment on the purchase
price.
People familiar with the deal had told Reuters on Wednesday
that the consortium would be buying the group for some 700
million euros ($788 million).
($1 = 0.8887 euros)