Saputo backs Murray Goulburn factories

CANADIAN dairy company Saputo Inc. hopes to increase milk intake by 600 million ­litres to keep Murray Goulburn’s seven factories open if its bid for its assets is successful.
By: PETER HEMPHILL
Source: The Weekly Times

Saputo Inc. Spills the Milk in its Latest Quarter: Time to Sell?

Saputo Inc. (TSX:SAP) shares are down ~6% over the past year following a lower than expected profit in an underwhelming second-quarter earnings report. With net income dropping 3.4% on a year-over-year basis, and diluted EPS missing the Street consensus and dropping by a penny year over year, does it still make sense to pay a boring defensive business with a hefty 23.1 price-to-earnings multiple?

Dairy Farmers Show Optimism

Dairy farmers across the country have been on a rollercoaster for the past 18 months following the dramatic milk price drop last year.
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Source: 2GB 873 – Sydney Talk Radio
Link: http://www.2gb.com/podcast/dairy-farmers-show-optimism/

Saputo-Murray Goulburn deal faces review

The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission has confirmed it will require the proposed $1.3 billion sale of Australia’s troubled major milk processor Murray Goulburn to Canadian dairy giant Saputo to be subject to a public review.
By: SUE NEALES
Source: The Australian
Link: www.theaustralian.com.au/business/mergers-acquisitions/saputomurray-goulburn-deal-faces-review/news-story/6dc78c2ea2838b35f67d450e17513d15+&cd=1&hl=es-419&ct=clnk&gl=ar

Canadian dairy Saputo woos Australia farmers in Murray Goulburn rebuild

Saputo Inc (SAP.TO), one of Canada’s largest dairy producers, aims to return Australia’s Murray Goulburn Co-operative (MGC.AX) to profit by aggressively pursuing more of the country’s milk supply, its chief executive said on Thursday.
By: Rod Nickel
Source: Reuters
Link: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-kobe-steel-scandal-customers-factbox/factbox-kobe-steels-affected-customers-from-computer-chips-to-space-ships-idUSKBN1D5019

Murray Goulburn rejects Fonterra super co-operative proposal in favour of Saputo sale

MURRAY Goulburn spurned a proposal from Fonterra to form a super dairy co-operative in favour of a sale of its assets to Canadian rival Saputo.
By: SIMONE SMITH and PETER HEMPHILL
Source: The Weekly Times
Link: http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/agribusiness/dairy/murray-goulburn-rejects-fonterra-super-cooperative-proposal-in-favour-of-saputo-sale/news-story/2ab37a9967ddb23fc7f6ba7eda99a9a5