Inbev loop acquisition of Anheuser-Busch

The Belgo-Brazilian brewer InBev, the world already has completed the takeover on Tuesday its U.S. rival Anheuser-Busch for an amount of 52 billion dollars. The new group, called Anheuser-Busch InBev is the undisputed leader of beer in the world, far ahead of Britain's SABMiller, with a combined turnover of 36 billion dollars.

The U.S. government had agreed last week that operation by imposing conditions. The Department of Justice asked to InBev to sell its Canadian subsidiary Labatt, the brewery and license its commercial rights in the United States to maintain competition in several U.S. and regional markets and eliminate risks of price increases.

This approximation, which means the end of nearly 150 years of independence for Anheuser-Busch, had aroused hostile reactions when a first offer in June. The operation was finally accepted in July thanks to concessions InBev, which had raised its offer and pledged to keep the twelve U.S. breweries of the group. And shareholders of the American group were finally given the green light to the operation last week.

All shares of Anheuser-Busch, producer of the famous Budweiser beer will be purchased for $ 70. The group, which owns 48.5% of the U.S. market for beer, will become a subsidiary to 100% of its Belgian-Brazilian counterpart, including producer of Stella Artois and Beck's of.