SABMiller to buy Russian brewer LLC Vladpivo

Tue Jun 10, 2008 7:59am BST
 
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LONDON (Reuters) - Global brewer SABMiller (SAB.L) (SABJ.J) said on Tuesday it had agreed to buy Russian brewer LLC Vladpivo.

The value of the gross assets to be acquired is about $69 million (35 million pounds), said SABMiller in a statement. It did not disclose the purchase price.

 
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