INBEV FILES TO REPLACE A-B BOARD

BBD has just learned that InBev has announced that it will file what is called a "preliminary consent solicitation statement" with the SEC seeking to remove each member of the board of directors of A-B and, as it says in a statement, "provide Anheuser-Busch shareholders an opportunity to have a direct voice in the proposed combination with InBev."Why now? InBev says that Anheuser-Busch has been "unwilling to engage with InBev in a dialogue to achieve a friendly combination. As such,