Asahi Group (TSE: 2502) is a publicly listed company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan that owns 9 consumer brands, and has 3 recorded transactions.[1]
Asahi Group Holdings was founded in Osaka in 1889 and is one of the two dominant Japanese brewers. It became a genuinely international company between 2016 and 2020 by buying the European and Australian beer brands that AB InBev was forced to divest to clear its takeover of SABMiller.
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Asahi acquired Carlton & United Breweries, the Australian business AB InBev had inherited with SABMiller, giving it Victoria Bitter and Carlton Draught. The Australian competition regulator required Asahi to divest several cider and beer brands before approving the deal.
Asahi bought SABMiller's central and eastern European businesses from AB InBev, including Pilsner Urquell in the Czech Republic and Tyskie in Poland, in the second and larger tranche of divestitures required to clear the SABMiller merger.
AB InBev sold Peroni, Grolsch and Meantime to Asahi as part of the divestitures required to obtain competition clearance for its acquisition of SABMiller. It was the Japanese brewer's first substantial European business.
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Asahi Group owns 9 consumer brands tracked here, including Peroni, Pilsner Urquell, Grolsch, Victoria Bitter, Carlton Draught and Tyskie.
Yes. Asahi Group is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan and was founded in 1889.
Asahi Group is a publicly listed company owned by its shareholders; it trades as 2502 on the TSE.
The most recent completed acquisition recorded here is Carlton Draught and Victoria Bitter on 1 June 2020.
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