Sebastian Kulczyk, a Polish billionaire and his company, Kulczyk Investments are likely partners with a team of private equity funds, in a potential joint bid for SABMiller’s central and east European brands, Puls Biznesu daily, a Polish daily newspaper reported on Thursday.
The breweries located in the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia are to be sold by AB InBev, as part of agreement reached with European Union antitrust regulators for the takeover of SABMiller.
American and European buyout funds are preparing to bid for SABMiller’s remaining eastern European beer assets with some working to pull resources together to buy up the brands.
The breweries located in the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Romania, and Slovakia are to be sold by AB InBev, as part of agreement reached with European Union antitrust regulators for the takeover SABMiller.
Brewing giant, Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev) has offered to sell SABMiller’s Central and Eastern European brands, including Pilsner Urquell as part of efforts to gain regulatory approval for its planned acquisition of SABMiller.
