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Cement silos of Colombian cement maker Argos are pictured at a plant in Bogota, Colombia May 14, 2019. REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez Acquire Licensing RightsSept 7 (Reuters) - Summit Materials (SUM.N) said on Thursday it would buy the U.S. operations of Columbia's Cementos Argos (CCB.CN) for about $3.2 billion in cash and stock, in a deal that would make the combined entity the largest U.S.-based cement producer. Cementos Argos, the core unit of industrial conglomerate Grupo Argos (ARG.CN), will own a 31% stake in Summit and receive $1.2 billion in cash payments, subject to certain conditions. The deal, which is expected to close in the first half of 2024, could lead to annual cost savings of more than $100 million, Summit said. Shares of Summit Materials fell 7.92% in mid-day trading.
Persons: Luisa Gonzalez, Columbia's Cementos, Argos, Summit, Anne Noonan, Morgan Stanley, Ananta Agarwal, Savio D'Souza, Maju Samuel, Shweta Agarwal Organizations: REUTERS, Grupo Argos, Summit, BofA Securities, Thomson Locations: Argos, Bogota, Colombia, U.S, Mid, Atlantic, Texas, Summit
BOGOTA, Nov 21 (Reuters) - Shares in Nutresa (NCH.CN), Colombia's largest food producer, closed 28.6% lower on Monday following a failed public offer for a large portion of shares in the company. Nutresa shares closed at 38,990 pesos in comparison to a close of 54,600 per share on Friday. An offer for Nutresa shares by Abu Dhabi's International Holding Company (IHC) was declared void after it failed to receive the minimum number of shares. Nutresa's fall helped send Colombia index MSCI COLCAP (.COLCAP) down 3.84% to 1,233.44 points. Shares in Grupo SURA (SIS.CN), Nutresa's biggest shareholder, were down 1.22% to 40,500 pesos per share.
MEXICO CITY, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Colombian industrial conglomerate Grupo Argos' third-quarter net profit fell 9.2% from a year earlier, the company said Monday, following a jump in costs and expenses. The company, made up of power utility Celsia (CEL.CN), Cementos Argos (CCB.CN) and road and airport concession company Odinsa, posted a net profit of 192 billion pesos ($39.9 million)for July to September, down from 211.4 billion pesos last year. The firm said revenues grew 23.6% to 5.1 trillion pesos, but reported a 25% jump in costs and expenses. The company's earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) grew 9.5% to 1.3 trillion pesos. ($1 = 4,806.07 Colombian pesos)Reporting by Noe Torres; Editing by Isabel WoodfordOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
IHC's bid is the latest in a long-running saga of moves to snap up stakes in GEA companies. Shares in investment holding company Grupo SURA (SIS.CN), the jewel in GEA's crown which owns the largest stake in Nutresa, rose almost 7% in the morning session. IHC is a partner of the Gilinski Group, stockbrokers told Reuters. If the latest bid is successful, Grupo Gilinski will become Nutresa's largest shareholder. Gilinski Group also secured a 38% stake in Grupo SURA following several bids and transactions last year.
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