Justice Department, Antitrust Division
Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Justice Antitrust Division Notice is hereby given pursuant to the Antitrust Procedures and Penalties Act, 15 U.S.C. 16(b)-(h) , that a proposed Final Judgment, Stipulation, and Competitive Impact Statement have been filed with the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in United States of America v. Anheuser Busch InBev SA/NV et al., Civil Action No. 1:16-cv-01483. On July 20, 2016, the United States filed a ( printed page 51466) Complaint alleging that the proposed acquisition by Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (“ABI”) of SABMiller plc (“SABMiller”) would violate Section 7 of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C. 18 . The proposed Final Judgment, filed at the same time as the Complaint, requires the divestiture of SABMiller's equity and ownership stake in MillerCoors LLC, which is the joint venture through which SABMiller conducts substantially all of its operations in the United States, and SABMiller's world-wide rights to Miller-branded beers. ABI must also offer the acquirer of the divested assets perpetual, fully paid-up, royalty-free licenses to permit the acquirer to manufacture, import, distribute, market, and sell certain SABMiller-owned beers in the United States. The proposed Final Judgment also requires ABI to undertake certain actions and refrain from certain conduct for the purposes of remedying the potential loss of competition alleged in the Complaint. Copies of the Complaint, proposed Final Judgment, and Competitive Im…
Citation: 81 FR 51465
