Brief: Anheuser-Busch Inbev to sell former SABMiller's Central and Eastern European business to Asahi

Asahi Co

13/12/2016 07:03

Dec 13 (Reuters) - Anheuser Busch Inbev SA  ABI.BR : 
    * Anheuser-Busch Inbev to sell former SABMiller's Central and Eastern European business to 
Asahi 
    * In connection with its business combination with SABMiller Limited (formerly SABMiller 
PLC) AB Inbev had made commitments to the European Commission ("EC") to sell the CEE Business. 
    * To sell businesses formerly owned by SABMiller Limited in Poland,  Czech Republic, 
Slovakia, Hungary And Romania for an agreed enterprise value of 7.3 billion euros ($7.77 
billion) 
    * Closing is expected to take place in the first half of 2017 and shareholders will be 
updated in due course 
    * Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Lazard Frères & Co. LLC are acting as financial advisers 
to AB Inbev in connection with this transaction 
    * The disposal process has been carried out under the supervision of Mazars LLP in their 
role as EC monitoring trustee 
 
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