RPT-UPDATE 1-ABInBev assets attract equity firm interest-sources
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* Five private equity firms looking at ABInBev CEE assets
* Cinven, Warburg Pincus, CVC, TPG and KKR show interest
* First-round bids due in about two weeks
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By Victoria Howley and Simon Meads
LONDON, June 17 (Reuters) - No.1 brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev (ABInBev) (ABI.BR: Quote, Profile, Research) will open bidding in two weeks for 11 Central and Eastern European breweries, with at least five private equity firms considering bidding, people familiar with the situation said.
ABInBev will give management presentations on the businesses over the next week, with first round bids due in about two weeks, two sources familiar with the situation said on Wednesday. Continued...
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