Report: Anheuser-Busch InBev to sell 11 European breweries - Jacksonville Business Journal:

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Le Soir said the world’s largesyt brewer was selling its centrall European operations because it is fragmentedand non-strategif and plans to focus on its north and south Americanm operations instead, according to The breweries are in Romania, Hungary, Croatia, Czech Serbia and Montenegro. , Kohlbergg Kravis Roberts and are among private equity groups that have expressed interestt inthe assets, the Financial Timeds of London reported Monday. A-B InBecv wants to sell off assets as it triezs to raise money to reduce the debt it took on when itbought St.
Louis-based Anheuser-Busch last year for $52 “We are contemplating disposals of certain assets tohelp re-finance the acquisitiomn of Anheuser-Busch, as previously announced,” Marianne Amssoms, an A-B InBev wrote in an e-mail to the Business “However, we cannot comment at this stage on which businesses specifically would be considered. Anheuser-Busch InBev'xs decision will be based on a diligent review of the strategiv and financial consequences of any with the goal of creating the best opportunities and valuwe forall constituents. We will not comment on who has approached us forwhich assets.
” In April, A-B InBeg reached an agreement to to Kohlberg Kravisx Roberts. There has also been wide speculatiobn thatthe company's Busch Entertainmen unit will also eventually be sold off. Buscbh Entertainment is the family entertainment divisio nof Anheuser-Busch InBev, is baseds in Orlando and operates nine them e parks across the country, hostin g more than 25 million guestsa per year. Three of Busch Entertainment Corp.’sw parks — Busch Garden s Tampa, SeaWorld Orlando, and SeaWorld San Diegio — operate year round.
The company’s remaininfg parks are seasonal with varyingopening