Anheuser-Busch InBev plans $250bn deal for SABMiller

There can be no certainty that an offer will be made or as to the terms on which any offer might be made and in the interim, it strongly advises shareholders to retain their shares and to take no action. It would combine AB InBev’s dominance of Latin America with SABMiller’s strong presence in Africa, both fast-growing markets, as well as strengthening their position in Asia.

“AB InBev’s intention is to work with SABMiller’s Board toward a recommended transaction”. Anheuser Busch Inbev SA has a 12 month low of $102.21 and a 12 month high of $129.24. On average, equities research analysts predict that Anheuser Busch Inbev SA will post $5.18 earnings per share for the current year.

No proposal has yet been received and the Board of SABMiller says it has no further details about the terms of any such proposal. It has operations in 25 countries and sales in more than 100 of them. The company received an average rating of 1.5 from 8 analysts. Shares in other brewers, which would be likely buyers of divested assets from a combined company, rose as well.

Belgium-based InBev acquired St. Louis-based Anheuser-Busch for $52 billion in 2008, and made St. Louis its US headquarters. It is the leading global brewer and one of the world’s top five consumer products companies. The Company’s brand portfolio consists of three classes: global brands Budweiser, Corona (NYSE:BUD) and Stella Artois; multi-state brands Beck’s, Leffe and Hoegaarden, and local brands Bud Light, Michelob, Victoria, Modelo Especial, Negra Modelo, Skol, Brahma, Antarctica, Quilmes, Jupiler, Klinskoye, Sibirskaya Korona, Chernigivske, Cass, Harbin and Sedrin. Earlier this year it bought London craft brewery Meantime.

Anheuser-Busch InBev SA, formerly Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV, is a brewing company. In 2014, AB InBev realized 47.1 billion United States dollars revenue.

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