Department of Justice Moves Mega Beer Merger One Round Closer
Posted 07/22/16
By Matthew Vaccaro
U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) antitrust officials
have approved Anheuser-Busch InBev’s (“ABI”) $107 billion takeover of SABMiller, on condition that ABI divest substantial assets, agree to prohibitions of certain distribution practices, and submit to ongoing agency oversight of ABI’s future acquisitions of distributors and craft brewers.
If approved by the U.S. District Court...