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Agri-business giant Olam Agri Holding Pte Ltd – which is based in Singapore – has pushed out its bid to acquire Namoi Cotton Ltd (ASX:NAM) for a third time, to October 8, amid concerns from Australian regulator the ACCC about bids from both Olam and bidding opponent Louis Dreyfus Company Melbourne Holdings Pty Ltd (LDC). In its original proposal, Olam Agri was offering shareholders $0.66 per Namoi share, but this was increased to $0.70 cents in the same month, as takeover challenger LDC had upped its offer to $0.67 cents per share. Also in May, Olam seemed to be winning the bidding war as a ma…

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