Anheuser-Busch InBev seeks to sell more brewing assets

Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world’s largest brewer, intends to sell the Eastern European brewing assets of SABMiller to secure regulatory approval for its $100 billion (€88.2bn) takeover of its rival.

AB InBev has already lined up Japan’s Asahi to buy SABMiller’s Grolsch, Peroni and Meantime brands for €2.55bn and said yesterday it has put up for sale SABMiller’s activities in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia.

It has notified the Commission, which is set to deliver its verdict by May 24.