A-B and Peter Heimark Swapping Distribution Rights in California

Dear Client: California has been a hotbed for distributor transactions over the last couple of years -- some of them somewhat controversial. To navigate the new landscape, A-B and Heimark/Triangle Distributing owner, Peter Heimark, today announced an exchange of territories and assets, where A-B will acquire Triangle's distribution rights, "in exchange for divesting a portion of the A-B-owned Riverside distribution operation" to Peter's Heimark Distributing operation in the Coachella Valley. The transaction is "net neutral with respect to AB distribution