InBev “On Hook” for $70 a Share Bid Regardless of Financing

No wonder InBev is remaining "fully committed" to its increasingly expensive-seeming $70 a share bid for Anheuser-Busch: It's on the hook to pay A-B shareholders $70 a share whether it gets financing or not. That's according to analysis of A-B proxy statement by Stifel Nicolaus analyst Mark Swartzberg. In other words, InBev's offer is not contingent on financing. So they'd better close or face a $18.7 billion bill from One Busch Place. Mark comes at that price tag for this