SYDNEY: Australian food firm Goodman Fielder has rejected a US$1.2bil (RM3.96bil) takeover bid from Wilmar International Ltd and a Hong Kong-listed investment management firm as too low, but expectations are high that the parties will keep talking.
Australian and New Zealand food assets have become increasingly attractive to offshore investors as the countries position themselves to provide for Asia’s rapidly growing middle-class.
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