PHILADELPHIA/NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. brewer Anheuser-Busch Cos Inc (NYSE:BUD – News) agreed to a $50 billion takeover by Belgium-based InBev NV (Brussels:INTB.BR – News), a source familiar with the situation said on Sunday, creating the world’s largest beer maker.
InBev, the maker of Stella Artois, and Budweiser-brewer Anheuser were not immediately available to comment.
The combined company will be called Anheuser-Busch InBev, said the sources, who agreed to speak on condition of anonymity. Anheuser will get seats on the new company’s board, the sources said, but it was not immediately clear how many.
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