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Food and beverage giant San Miguel Corp. has sold a 49-percent stake in its agribusiness arm in Vietnam to Hormel Foods Corp. for $20.48 million.


In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, San Miguel said the deal would result in a joint venture with Hormel to run San Miguel Pure Foods (VN) Co. Ltd., its feeds and hogs business in Vietnam.


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San Miguel Corp. (SMC), the Philippines’ largest food and beverage conglomerate, said it was still negotiating the sale of its soft drinks bottling joint venture with Coca-Cola Co.


In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the company said discussions are still ongoing to sell its entire 65 percent stake in the venture to Atlanta-based Coca-Cola.


San Miguel and Coca-Cola jointly acquired Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines Inc., or CCBPI, in July 2001 from Coca-Cola Amatil Ltd. of Australia. CCBPI sells nearly nine in every 10 soft drinks in the country.


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In a statement, SMC said it had reached an agreement in principle with Australia’s Coca-Cola Amatil Ltd. (CCA) and the Atlanta-based parent company The Coca-Cola Co. (TCCC) for a combination of share swap, cash infusion and debt offsetting transactions valued at A$2.25 billion or $1.24 billion.


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Cojuangco was reacting to news reports that he would buy government ’s  shares that have recently been freed for privatization by an order issued by President Estrada.


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Food and beverage conglomerate San Miguel Corp. (SMC) said yesterday it is
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In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, San Miguel said the deal would result in a joint venture with Hormel to run San Miguel Pure Foods (VN) Co. Ltd., its feeds and hogs business in Vietnam.


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In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the company said discussions are still ongoing to sell its entire 65 percent stake in the venture to Atlanta-based Coca-Cola.


San Miguel and Coca-Cola jointly acquired Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines Inc., or CCBPI, in July 2001 from Coca-Cola Amatil Ltd. of Australia. CCBPI sells nearly nine in every 10 soft drinks in the country.


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SMC forms Vietnam hog venture with Hormel

By Zinnia B. Dela Peña | December 7, 2006 - 12:00am

Food and beverage giant San Miguel Corp. has sold a 49-percent stake in its agribusiness arm in Vietnam to Hormel Foods Corp. for $20.48 million. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, San Miguel...

Business

SMC still in talks on Coca-Cola stake

November 25, 2006 - 12:00am

San Miguel Corp. (SMC), the Philippines’ largest food and beverage conglomerate, said it was still negotiating the sale of its soft drinks bottling joint venture with Coca-Cola Co. In a disclosure to the...

Business

SMC reacquires Coca-Cola Phils

By Christina Mendez | February 7, 2001 - 12:00am

The country’s largest food and beverage conglomerate, San Miguel Corp., just got bigger following its reacquisition of a controlling stake in Coca-Cola Bottlers...

Business

Danding won’t hike SMC stake

By Des Ferriols | December 14, 2000 - 12:00am

Businessman Eduardo "Danding" Cojuangco has announced that he has no plans of increasing his 20-percent stake in San Miguel Corp., thus, quashing speculations that he is set to acquire controlling interest in the...

Business

San Miguel eyes stake in Dole Phils

By Christina Mendez | March 28, 2000 - 12:00am

Food and beverage conglomerate San Miguel Corp. (SMC) said yesterday it is seeking to acquire a stake in multinational fruit processor Dole Food Co. "As of the moment we are interested in acquiring a stake in...

Business