BEER INDUSTRY – JAPAN

Japanese Asahi buys Australian craft beer brewer Mountain Goat

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Original article by Jared Lynch
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 17 : 29-Sep-15

Japanese beverage company Asahi has acquired Australian boutique brewer Mountain Goat for an undisclosed sum. Mountain Goat was established by Cam Hines and David Bonighton in 1997. It employs about 25 full-time staff and 20 casual workers at breweries in Richmond and Laverton in Victoria.

CORPORATES
ASAHI BREWERIES LIMITED, MOUNTAIN GOAT BEER PTY LTD, AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS, IBISWORLD PTY LTD, KIRIN AUSTRALIA PTY LTD

‘Flaw’ in corporate law could hit M&A

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Original article by Rick Wallace
The Australian – Page: 21 : 18-Nov-14

Japanese brewing group Asahi has revealed the size of its settlement deal with private equity firms Pacific Equity Partners and Unitas. It will receive $NZ220m ($A200), after claiming it had been misled over the acquisition for $A1.2bn in 2011 of the Independent Liquor business. Legal experts argue the case shows that large corporations are abusing section 18 of the Trade Practices Act, which is designed to protect small retail investors who lack the resources to carry out due diligence. The size of the compromise deal may have a dampening effect on mergers and acquisitions activity in Australia

CORPORATES
ASAHI BREWERIES LIMITED, THE INDEPENDENT LIQUOR GROUP CO-OPERATIVE LIMITED, PACIFIC EQUITY PARTNERS PTY LTD, UNITAS CAPITAL PARTNERS PTY LTD, MINTER ELLISON, SCHWEPPES AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, P & N BEVERAGES AUSTRALIA PTY LTD