Bega Cheese Ltd., the largest shareholder in Warrnambool Cheese and Butter Co. Holdings, is reportedly negotiating with other firms including non-Australian investors on a possible sale of its 18.7% stake in Australia's oldest dairy firm.
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Saputo Inc., Canada's biggest dairy company, has extended its bid for Warrnambool Cheese and Butter Factory Co. by a week to next Friday. Saputo is up against Murray Goulburn Co-operative Co. Ltd. and Bega Cheese Ltd. for the Australian dairy firm, according to a Reuters report.
