Dec 12 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers,
acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1030 GMT on
Thursday:
** Cargill has signed a purchase and sale agreement for a 50%
stake in SJC Bioenergia, giving it full control of the Brazilian
sugar and renewable energy firm, according to a statement.
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** Canada's BCI, one of the country's largest asset managers,
will buy BBGI Global Infrastructure S.A. BBGIB.L in a deal
valuing the Luxembourg-based investment firm at 1.06 billion
pounds ($1.32 billion), the companies said.
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** Potentia Energy, a joint venture between Italy's Enel Green
Power and Japan's INPEX Corp 1605.T , said it would buy
controlling stakes in 1 gigawatts worth of renewable energy
projects in Australia from private equity and superannuation
fund investors.
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** Risk Strategies has acquired West Chester,
Pennsylvania-based Griffith Insurance, a full-service
independent insurance agency.
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** France's second largest sugar maker Cristal Union said on
Wednesday it had reached an agreement to take over the refinery
of the Lesaffre family located south of Paris, marking a new
consolidation in the French sugar sector.
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** Yorkshire have become the first county cricket club to
sell their entire stake in a Hundred franchise, British media
reported on Wednesday.
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(Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Padmanabhan Ananthan in
Bengaluru)
((Padmanabhan.Ananthan@thomsonreuters.com))