# Coca-Cola buys AB InBev out of African bottling joint venture for $3.15B

Coca-Cola Co. will pay $3.15 billion to buy Anheuser-Busch InBev NV's 54.5% stake in an African bottling joint venture. Coca-Cola also agreed to buy AB InBev's interest in bottling operations in Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Swaziland, Lesotho, El Salvador and Honduras for an undisclosed sum.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2016-12-21
- Value: $3.15B
- Status: announced
- Products: bottled soft drinks

## Companies

- [Anheuser-Busch InBev](https://endata.com/companies/1443.md) (partner)
- [Coca-Cola](https://endata.com/companies/2799.md) (acquirer)

## Sources

- [heraldonline.co.zw](https://www.heraldonline.co.zw/coca-cola-buys-ab-inbev-out-of-africa-unit-for-3-2bn/), 2016-12-21: "Coca-Cola Co. will pay $3.15 billion to buy Anheuser-Busch InBev NV out of an African bottling joint venture"

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