Simpson Thacher Represents Outside Directors of Anheuser-Busch in Connection with InBev Merger
Simpson Thacher is representing the outside directors of Anheuser-Busch in connection with the announced combination of InBev and Anheuser-Busch. The newly formed company will be called Anheuser-Busch InBev, and will become the world's largest brewing company and one of the world’s top five consumer products companies. Anheuser-Busch shareholders will receive $70 per share in cash, for an aggregate equity value of $52 billion. Both companies’ Boards of Directors have unanimously approved the transaction, and InBev has fully committed financing for the purchase of all of Anheuser-Busch’s outstanding shares.
The Simpson Thacher team includes partners Charles "Casey" Cogut, John G. Finley and Eric M. Swedenburg (M&A); Michael J. Chepiga and Paul C. Curnin (Litigation); Gregory T. Grogan (Executive Compensation); and associates Eric M. Albert, Paula S. Han, Jason P. Rubin, Daniel L. Tseng and Rhett Van Syoc.
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