Anheuser-Busch InBev NV started offering debt Wednesday, backing its takeover of SABMiller Plc in the first test of the corporate-bond markets ability to finance mega-mergers since the Federal Reserve raised interest rates.
AB InBev is selling debt in as many as eight parts with maturities ranging between three and 30 years, according to a person familiar with the matter who asked not to be identified because theyre not authorized to speak publicly.
The total U.S.-dollar portion of the deal from the worlds biggest brewer may be around $25 billion, according to a separate person familiar with the transaction on Tuesday. That would make it the second-largest corporate sale in the greenback after Verizon Communications Inc.s $49 billion deal…
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