Suntory to list food and soft drinks unit in up to $6 bln IPO-sources
* Suntory Beverage & Food to go public in H2 2013 – sources
* Japan IPO will raise 400-500 billion yen – sources
* Funds to be used for overseas acquisitions – Nikkei (more…)
Singapore. TCC Extends Deadline for Fraser & Neave to Jan 2
Thai billionaire Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi Tuesday extended again the deadline for his US$7.2 billion offer for Singapore’s Fraser & Neave Ltd. (F99.SG), which has been trumped by a bid from one of Indonesia’s richest families. (more…)
Anheuser-Busch InBev announces Ambev’s capital structure proposal
Anheuser-Busch InBev (Euronext: ABI; NYSE: BUD) today shared that its majority-owned subsidiary Companhia de Bebidas das Am?ricas—Ambev has announced its intention to propose to its shareholders for approval a corporate restructuring (more…)
Coca-Cola HBC S.A. Completes Acquisition Of Minority Shares In Pivara Skopje With Heineken N.V
Coca-Cola HBC S.A. announced that it has completed, together with Heineken N.V. (Heineken), the acquisition of 41.2% of minority shares in their joint venture company, Pivara Skopje, in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM). (more…)
Heineken launches Offer for remaining APB Shares
Heineken N.V. today announced that Heineken International B.V. (‘HIBV’) has launched a mandatory unconditional cash offer (the ‘Offer’) for all the 12,127,715 issued and paid-up ordinary shares in the capital of Asia Pacific Breweries Limited (‘APB’), representing approximately 4.7% of APB’s issued share capital, which are not already owned or controlled by HIBV as at the date of the Offer. (more…)
SABMiller Joins Bond Rush in Europe as Credit Markets Rally
SABMiller Plc (SAB) raised 1 billion euros ($1.3 billion) from its first sale of bonds in the currency in three years as companies from G4S Plc (GFS) to TeliaSonera (TLSN) AB tapped into Europe’s credit-market rally. (more…)
Carlsberg Group became 100% owner of Baltika Breweries
On November 28 the procedure of compulsory redemption of shares of Baltika Breweries has been completed after which the Carlsberg Group owns 100% of Baltika Breweries. (more…)
Tsingtao scales up beer operations in China’s bustling Henan province
In this guest article, Jacob de Lichtenberg, head of Aktiefokus China, gives BeverageDaily.com readers the lowdown on Tsingtao Brewery’s plans to build a brewery in Henan province, where beer production is booming. (more…)
Vietnam: Heineken, SABMiller silent on Sabeco stake reports
Heineken and SABMiller have declined to comment on reports that they are separately considering taking a stake in state-owned Saigon Beer Alcohol Beverage Corporation (Sabeco) in Vietnam. (more…)
Heineken NV to Start Trading on Bucharest Stock Exchange
Bucharest Stock Exchange announced that the shares of Heineken NV will start trading, under the symbol HEIA (more…)