CBA Shareholders Vote in “Overwhelming Support” of Merger with A-B

Dear Client: The tie-up between Craft Brew Alliance and Anheuser-Busch is one step closer to coming to fruition. CBA shareholders held a vote today on the “expanded partnership” with A-B, in which A-B has agreed “to purchase the remaining CBA shares it does not already own in a merger transaction for $16.50 per share, in cash,” CBA announced in a release today. And to no surprise really, CBA shareholders voted in “overwhelming support” of the deal. “More than 98% of