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Published in TZ Latest News 30 September, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff

AB InBev faces delicate balance in structuring SABMiller bid

BRUSSELS/LONDON (Reuters) – A $70 billion debt package being arranged to fund Anheuser-Busch InBev’s (ABI.BR) takeover of SABMiller (SAB.L) still leaves the world’s largest brewer with a tricky balancing act in satisfying a range of shareholder camps with different needs. SABMiller’s two major shareholders face potential capital gains taxes, so may want to get paid in shares – which would conflict with AB InBev’s controlling shareholders’ desire to limit the dilution to their control that would come with issuing new shares.

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