M&A Deal Summary

SABMiller Acquires Foster s Group

On September 21, 2011, SABMiller acquired beverage company Foster s Group for 11.5B AUD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is SABMiller’s 5th transaction in the Beverages sector.
  • This is SABMiller’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is SABMiller’s 1st transaction in Australia.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2011-09-21
Target Foster s Group
Sector Beverages
Buyer(s) SABMiller
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 11.5B AUD

Target

Foster s Group

Melbourne, Australia
Foster's is an Australian brand of lager. The Company was formed in 1889 and is based in Melbourne, Australia.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

SABMiller

London, United Kingdom
Category Company
Founded 1895
Sector Beverages
Employees70,000
Revenue 16.5B GBP (2015)
DESCRIPTION

SABMiller is a brewer with more than 200 beer brands and some 70,000 employees in over 75 countries.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 6
Sector (Beverages) 5 of 6
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 4 of 5
Country (Australia) 1 of 2
Year (2011) 1 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-02-05 Royal Grolsch NV

Enschede, Netherlands

Royal Grolsch NV provides beverages services in Netherlands.

Buy $1.2B
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-12-01 Carlton & United Breweries

Victoria, Australia

Carlton & United Breweries is Australia’s largest brewer, with more than 50% market share of the off-premise beer category. Carlton & United Breweries has an alcohol beverage sales team of significant scale servicing over 17,000 customers across the on-premise and off-premise channels.A national brewing, logistics and sales network delivers to over 20,000 customers including hotels, clubs, liquor stores, restaurants and bars.

Buy $10.1B
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