AB InBev seen facing sale of Chinese stake
Combined market share of Belgian brewer and China Resources may trigger antitrust review in China
Hong Kong
IN creating the world's biggest beer company, Anheuser-Busch InBev NV may need to let go of the planet's best-selling beer: China's Snow.
That's among the probable outcomes Guotai Junan Securities Co anticipates in the wake of AB InBev's agreement to buy SABMiller for US$106 billion. Analysts at Goldman Sachs Group Inc, BNP Paribas SA and Daiwa Capital Markets have also pointed out the likelihood of such a scenario in recent notes to clients.
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