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{{brewbox_location|___location=[[London]], [[England]]}}
{{brewbox_opened|year=[[2002]]}}
{{brewbox_production|amount=184 million hectolitres}}
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{{brewbox_beer|name=[[South African Breweries]]|style=[[Subsidiary]]}}
{{brewbox_beer|name=[[Miller Brewing Company]]|style=[[Subsidiary]]}}
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'''SABMiller''' is the second largest brewery company in the world by volume, after [[InBev]]. The company was formed in 2002 by the merger of [[South African Breweries]] and [[Miller Brewing]].
As brewing is an industry with very large returns to scale, most markets have a profitable dominant brewer, a few marginally profitable secondary brewers, and imports from the dominant brewers in other areas. SABMiller's areas of dominance are [[Africa]], [[North America]] and [[Eastern Europe]]. However, the company is headquartered in [[London]], [[England]]. It is traded on the [[London Stock Exchange]] and is a constituent of the [[FTSE 100 Index]].
In July 2005, SABMiller announced that it had agreed to acquire [[Bavaria S.A.]], a [[Colombia]]n brewer with a dominant market position in its home country, [[Peru]], [[Ecuador]] and [[Panama]]. It is the second largest brewer in [[South America]] overall with 2004 revenues of over [[United States dollar|$]]2 billion. Bavaria was 70% owned by the the Santa Domingo family, which will exchange its holding for new shares in SABMiller, giving it a stake of between 15% and 20%, and making it the second largest shareholder. The value of the stake has been reported by the New York Times to be [[United States dollar|$]]3.8 billion, though this fluctuates from day to day according to SABMiller's share price. SABMiller will also assume 4.9 billion Colombian pesos (approximately $2.2 billion) of debt.
==Ownership==
The company's largest shareholder is [[Altria Group]], which used to own Miller Brewing.
==Brands==
SABMiller's biggest brands include:
* [[Castle Brewery|Castle Lager]]
* [[Miller Genuine Draft]]
* [[Miller High Life]]
* [[Miller Lite]]
* [[Pilsner Urquell]] (via brewer [[Plzeňský Prazdroj, a. s.]])
* [[Ursus (beer)|Ursus]]
==Management==
*Chairman: [[Meyer Kahn]]
*CEO: [[Ernest A. (Graham) Mackay]]
*CFO: [[Malcolm I. Wyman]]
==External links==
*[http://www.sabmiller.com/ Official site]
**18 November 2004 - Interim results ([http://www.sabmiller.com/NR/exeres/139D606C-F7A5-4B91-ACB4-B2B8BD29C57A,frameless.htm?NRMODE=Published presentation]) ([http://cm01.vavos.net/xl?strid=108813 video])
*[http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/54/54451.html Yahoo! - SABMiller plc Company Profile]
[[Category:Altria Group subsidiaries]]
[[Category:Breweries and beverage companies of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:British breweries]]
[[Category:Companies of South Africa]]
[[Category:Companies traded on the LSE]]
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