Forget Cuba and think about your suffering shareholders A-B board: stop trading press releases and enter into discussions with a deep pocketed, willing buyer. The board is on the precipice of breaching its fiduciary duties. InBev wants to talk friendly, but cant because A-B is too proud. Message to the Buschs and the board: it is not your company. InBev’s proxy solicitor is no doubt busy working the phones, based on what they are getting paid per the filing today, and the majority of shareholders will take certainty now; not some pie-eyed promises to deliver value a year from now. If the board is smart, they will sit down and negotiate a higher price. If they aren’t smart they wont be directors.

There is nothing stopping any shareholder of A-B stocks from selling now, except greed. The board has been charged for looking out for all stockholders and all stockholders have time and again been allowed to vote for boardmembers. Message to the Buschs and the board: You are doing a great job under very adverse conditions. Keep up the good fight.

Keep up the fight A-B! Keep the company American and keep your promises. I would gladly trade some quick money now for a future of earnings of a true American, iconic company. Shareholders, don’t let the weak dollar destroy America piece by piece. InBev doesn’t want to go after Miller/Coors because they do not want to compete with A-B. A-B will win year after year. They are the ones that want to look superior. How can you look superior when you compete with the King. Rock on A-B!

A-B’s board did due its fiduciary duties and decided inbev offer was to low and now inbev is mad. So now they will try to remove the board not to help the shareholders but to get their own way and a great company for to low of a price. I say the board is outstanding and yes I do own stock.

I wonder how the folk’s down in the Miami area are going to like this? InBev subsidiary controls 44% of the Castro controlled Cuban market. This is some wicked s***! Carlos Brito in bed with Castro?! Eee Gatz!!

This, honestly, looks weak for A-B. I don’t see how this matters in the grand scheme of things; it just makes them look desparate.

I think it does matter there are laws that prohibit the ownership of Cuban campanies doing business in the US.
I think Inbev is going on the cheap, if they just raise the share price to $70 bucks the fight is over!
They are use to getting their way and they are the bully in the neighborhood.

Ken–no, the law doesn’t prevent InBev from doing business in the US while they do business in Cuba since they are a foreign company. How else are they currently allowed to sell their beer in the US while doing business in Cuba?