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Philip Gorham, CFA, FRM
EUR 147.86 For Business Accounts Only

AB InBev's CEE Asset Sale Realises Full Price, but the Impact for Heineken Could Be More Significant

We are reiterating our EUR 118 and $126 fair value estimates for wide-moat Anheuser-Busch InBev following the news that it is to sell the Eastern European business of the former SABMiller to Asahi for EUR 7.3 billion ($7.8 billion). The sum raised was slightly above our forecast, and the sale is essentially neutral to both our valuation and our belief that AB InBev will maintain its dividend in 2017. The greater impact may be to the incumbent multinational brewers Heineken and Carlsberg, which w...
Underlying
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV

Anheuser-Busch Inbev is engaged in the brewing of beer. Co. manages a portfolio of well over 200 brands that includes brands such as Budweiser, Stella Artois and Beck's; multi-country brands such as Leffe and Hoegaarden; and other brands such as Bud Light, Skol, Brahma, Quilmes, Michelob, Harbin, Sedrin, Klinskoye, Sibirskaya Korona, Chernigivske and Jupiler. Co. also produces and distributes soft drinks, particularly in Latin America. Co.'s operations are organized along seven business segments: North America, Mexico, Latin America North, Latin America South, Europe, Asia Pacific and Global Export & Holding Companies.

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Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

We have operations in 27 countries.

Analysts
Philip Gorham, CFA, FRM

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