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Corona beer bottles move on the production line at the Grupo Modelo SAB beer factory in the state of Zacatecas, Mexico. Photographer: Susana Gonzalez/Bloomberg News.
Constellation Brands Inc
Anheuser-Busch InBev NV (ABI) may spend about $20 billion to buy the rest of Grupo Modelo SAB, Mexico’s biggest brewer, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.
The amount is the enterprise value for the transaction and would include a premium for Modelo as well as a payment to Constellation Brands Inc. (STZ) to buy a stake in a distribution joint venture, said the person, who declined to be identified because the matter is private.
To contact the reporter on this story: Jeffrey McCracken in New York at jmccracken3@bloomberg.net
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Jennifer Sondag at jsondag@bloomberg.net