Bayou now holds cash

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BAYOU BEND $0.17 (Toronto symbol BBP; SI Rating: Speculative) (416-364-8820; www.bayoubendpetroleum.com; Shares outstanding: 308.8 million; Market cap: $52.5 million) has agreed to sell all of its assets to a Houston-based company for $22.7 million in cash. After the sale, Bayou will hold $79.4 million, or $0.26 a share, in cash. It now plans to buy bargain-priced resource properties. Bayou Bend’s connection with the global Lundin Group, through its management and directors, gives it easier access to capital and experience than most small companies. Bayou Bend is a buy, but only for highly aggressive investors. investors…