InBev NV’s bid for Anheuser-Busch Cos. raises so many issues that it’s easy to lose focus on the most important one: the debt burden associated with the deal.
To pay for what would be the largest all-cash takeover on record, InBev has arranged to borrow at least $40 billion from eight European and U.S. banks. That works out to a minimum of $6.35 in debt for each dollar of equity, based solely on the offer price of $46.3 billion.
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