AB InBev Completes Sale Of Beverage Container Plants To Ball
October 01 2009 - 1:12PM
Dow Jones News
Belgian Brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev (ABI.BT) said Thursday it
completed the sale of four beverage container manufacturing plants
to Ball Corp. (BLL) for a total of $577 million.
"As part of the transaction, Ball Corp. has entered into a
long-term supply agreement to continue to supply Anheuser-Busch
InBev with metal beverage cans and lids from the divested plants,"
the company said in a statement.
-By Alessandro Torello, Dow Jones Newswires; +32 2 741 14 88;
alessandro.torello@dowjones.com