Anheuser-Busch Receives $46.3 Billion Bid From InBev

[bgeguy]

Honestly, I don't see how $65 a share is a great deal when they closed yesterday at $62 a share.

[ginzo]

Honestly, I don't see how $65 a share is a great deal when they closed yesterday at $62 a share.

 

The current share price takes the possible InBev deal into account. BUD opened at $56.93 on June 11th, the day that the offer was made.

 

Yeah, $65/share isn't "an offer they can't refuse", but it's still much higher than the stock has ever been.

[Ryan23]

I think that if they do sell though, this would be a prime oppurtunity for Six Flags or Cedar Fair to enter the Orlando market.

[Jew]

^Neither of them can afford it.l That's not their business anyways...they are "regional" theme park companies, not "tourist" theme park operators.

[ginzo]

^Neither of them can afford it.l That's not their business anyways...they are "regional" theme park companies, not "tourist" theme park operators.

 

But imagine all the goofy stuff Cedar Fair would do if they did purchase the Busch parks. Like renaming Montu and Alpengeist to Flight Deck so that they'd save money by having to make less kinds of souvenirs.

[bgeguy]

^That's what scares me if this goes through. With BGE being 15 mins. away from me, it would be a great loss is if it's sold to some investment or real estate company and see the park close.

 

Look what those Belgians have caused.

[mcjaco]

^ Except that it's been mentioned a dozen times in here, that the parks are run seperately from AB. I doubt it will be sold.

 

InBev is basically a monstrous distributor, so AB will probably run just like before, but as a division. A very large division. I can't see the Busch family giving up the name, and American consumers wouldn't get a name change either.

[Loopy]

I read that Inbev would scale back on advertising dollars, and lower prices on beer if they buy AB. It would put Miller in a pretty sticky situation.