June 7 (Reuters) - Australian telecoms company Vocus Group Ltd said on Wednesday it received an indicative takeover offer from private equity firm KKR & Co LP which valued the company at A$2.2 billion ($1.65 billion).
Vocus said KKR made a non-binding indicative offer to buy all its shares for A$3.50 in cash, a 22 percent premium to the stock's closing price the previous day.
The Sydney-listed takeover target said it would review and access the proposal.
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(Reporting by Christina Martin in Bengaluru; Editing by Byron Kaye and Stephen Coates)
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