Japanese spirits maker Suntory Holdings has agreed to buy Beam Inc, one of the biggest names in US whisky, in a deal valued at $16bn including debt, underscoring the group’s global ambitions and Asia’s thirst for premium spirits.
The takeover is the biggest in the industry since French group Pernod Ricard’s €5.6bn acquisition in 2008 of Vin & Sprit, the Swedish owner of Absolut vodka. The deal, unanimously approved by both companies’ boards, will close in the second quarter of the year, subject to Beam shareholder approval.
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