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Altria welcomes SABMiller's willingness to accept AB InBev offer

October 13, 2015 7:28 AM EDT

(Reuters) - SABMiller Plc (NYSE: SAB) shareholder Altria Group (NYSE: MO) said it was pleased that the brewer was willing to accept larger rival Anheuser-Busch InBev's (NYSE: ABI) new offer worth more than $100 billion.

Cigarette maker Altria said on Tuesday it held about 27 percent stake in SABMiller.

(Reporting by Sruthi Ramakrishnan in Bengaluru; Editing by Kirti Pandey)



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