U.S. private equity firms Blackstone Group LP and TPG Capital have placed separate final offers for Australia's largest poultry producer, Inghams Chicken, sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Thursday.The bids could value the privately owned company at around A$800 million dollars ($821 million), two sources said.Ahead of Thursday's deadline, Blackstone and TPG both submitted final bids backed by bank financing, with Blackstone tapping funding from U.S. markets and TPG using a consortium of commercial banks, the sources added.It was not immediately known if other parties have submitted bids.
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