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Asahi Group's decision to buy five eastern European beer brands from Anheuser-Busch InBev for €7.3 billion sees Barclays seal its first deal for the Japanese brewer.
The companies released statements on December 13 announcing that AB InBev would sell operations in Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Romania to the Japanese brewer, in order to help AB InBev gain European approval for its $100 billion takeover of rival SABMiller.