Mon, May 21, 2012, 6:04 PM AEST - Australia Markets closed

Offer extended to buy sugar mill shares

Thai company Mitr Phol has extended its offer to buy shares in Australian agribusiness Maryborough Sugar Factory (MSF) in southern Queensland.

Maryborough Sugar, one of the last domestically owned sugar companies, owns four mills in Queensland.

In a statement, Mitr Phol says it now owns nearly 37 per cent of MSF shares.

It has extended the offer of $4.45 to shareholders for another fortnight.

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