The combination of Anheuser-Busch and InBev will create the global leader in the beer industry and one of the world's top five consumer products companies. On a pro-forma basis for 2007, the combined company would have generated global volumes of 460 million hectoliters, revenues of $36.4 billion (26.6 billion euros) and EBITDA of $10.7 billion (7.8 billion euros). Anheuser-Busch and InBev together believe that this transaction is in the best interests of both companies' shareholders, consumers, employees, wholesalers, business partners and the communities they serve.
The company will make St. Louis, Missouri, the headquarters for the North American region and the global home of the flagship Budweiser brand. With about 40% of the combined companies' revenues to be generated in the U.S., the company will "draw on the collective expertise of Anheuser-Busch's dedicated and experienced employees and its culture of quality." Given the limited geographical overlap between the two businesses and the efficiency of Anheuser-Busch's brewery footprint in the U.S., all of Anheuser-Busch's U.S. breweries will remain open.