Brito Fields Questions on MegaBrew

Dear Client:Earlier this week, Anheuser-Busch InBev chiefs hosted an update call on the "path to closing" their combination with SABMiller.STRATEGIC RATIONALE: $55 BILLION IN PRO FORMA REVS. ABI chief Carlos Brito really wanted to cover "the strategic rationale for the combination" for analysts. He summed how the tie-up would "create one of the world's leading consumer products companies with pro forma revenue of $55 billion and pro forma EBITDA of $21 billion" -- excluding synergies.As Brito said often during the