The Deal Desk

Episode 22

Synergies, or the beer merger that ran on savings

Ten years ago this week, Anheuser-Busch InBev closed its takeover of SABMiller on a promise of one point four billion dollars a year. Then the Weston family buys Boots, and nobody names a synergy.

First released 14 October 202612 minAI voices by Google GeminiDownload MP3 (9 MB)

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    Episode 25 Purchase price allocation and goodwill What happens to the price after the deal closes, and why goodwill can come back to bite.

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