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Asahi Breweries Ltd.

(2502) is in the Food Industry

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$1.2B

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Asahi brews up a good business for the revelry-minded. Founded in 1889 and headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, Asahi Breweries Ltd. (Tokyo: 2502) is one of Japan's largest beer-makers. The company makes several brands, of which Asahi Super Dry is the country's best-selling. Most of the revenue comes from beer sales. Other, smaller business includes soft drinks, wine, hard liquor, food, pharmaceutical, and real estate. The company has annual revenue of about (Yen)1.43 trillion and employs about 15,000 people. In 2005, it acquired a stake in teas and yogurt drink maker LB Ltd.

Chairman & CEO

Number of Employees 3,607

Contact Information

Tokyo

(81) 3 5608 5126

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NAICS Code Spice and Extract Manufacturing: 311942

Recent Events

Asahi Breweries Could Spend Up to $4.6 Billion on M&A

12/02/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story
Asahi Breweries 9-Mo Group Net Profit Y41.72 Billion Vs Y41.80 Billion Profit Year Earlier

10/30/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story
Asahi denies it's wooing Orangina

9/11/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story

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ASAHI BREWERIES' FARM TO OPEN IN SHANDONG

- 2007-05-24

AsiaInfo Services 05-24-2007 Asahi Breweries' Farm to Open in Shandong SHANDONG, May 24, 2007 SinoCast via COMTEX -- The farm of the Japanese beer giant Asahi Breweries Ltd. is going to start operation at Laiyang, a city of China's east coastal...

Tags: Asahi Breweries Ltd., FINANCE, Government, Investment, Strategy, Sumitomo Corp.
Asahi Breweries proposes merger with Sapporo: report

- 2007-02-15

TOKYO AFP — Japan's largest brewer, Asahi Breweries, could become a "white knight" merger partner for Sapporo Holdings, now the target of a takeover offer from a US hedge fund, according to a newspaper. Asahi Breweries Ltd. denied the report in the Yomiuri Shimbun, which said Japan's top brewer...

Tags: Asahi Breweries Ltd., brewer, brewery, FINANCE, Investment, Japan, merger, Sapporo, Sapporo Holdings Ltd., Steel
HOT SUMMER LIKELY TO JAPANESE LIFT BEER BREWERS' EARNINGS.

- 2004-08-05

TOKYO, Aug 5 Asia Pulse - The record-breaking temperatures in Japan this summer are poised to benefit the earnings of beer companies. July beer sales volumes at Kirin Brewery Co. (TSE:2503), Asahi Breweries Ltd. (TSE:2502) and Sapporo Holdings Ltd. (TSE:2501) soared alongside the rising mercury. ...

Tags: Asahi Breweries Ltd., FINANCE, Investment, SALES, Sapporo
BEIJING BEER RETURNS TO BEIJING MARKET

- 2004-05-17

AsiaInfo Services 05-17-2004 Beijing Beer Returns to Beijing Market BEIJING, May 17, 2004 SinoCast via COMTEX -- After a long-time dreariness, Beijing Beer, which was called "Beijing Baipai" by old Beijing,finally returns to Beijing market with the help of Asahi Breweries...

Tags: Asahi Breweries Ltd., Beijing, FINANCE, Investment
Rykoff-Sexton shareholders OK merger

- 1996-05-27

LISLE Ill. - Distributor Rykoff-Sexton Inc. said its shareholders approved the issuance of about 14.3 million shares of stock for the previously announced merger of Rykoff and U.S. Foodservice.As part of the transaction, U.S. Foodservice shareholders will receive 1.457 shares of Rykoff-Sexton common stock for each share of U.S. Foodservice...

Tags: Asahi Breweries Ltd., FINANCE, Investment, merger, shareholder

Asahi Breweries, Ltd. pretax profit falls: company confirms commitment to Foster's

- 1993-04-05

Asahi Breweries Ltd. said consolidated pretax profit fell 2.7 percent to 19.12 billion yen in the year ended December 31, 1992 from the preceding year, as growth in demand slowed modestly amid Japan's economic slowdown.The company said unfavorable weather after August kept beverage sales, by volume, around the preceding year's...

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Asahi expects a drop in 1992 earnings

- 1993-01-04

Asahi Breweries Ltd. expects to report an unconsolidated pretax profit for 1992 that may fall nearly 20 percent from last year's figures, the brewer stated. Although Asahi has posted healthy growth in 1992, a brewery spokesperson said a rise in financial costs to refinance maturing bonds and a drop...

Tags: Asahi Breweries Ltd., earnings, FINANCE, Investment
Asahi to reduce its Foster's stake

- 1992-11-02

Japan's Asahi Breweries Ltd. moved to cut its stake in Foster's Brewing Group Ltd. of Australia by selling off a portion of its entitlements for a share-rights issue, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.Asahi holds a 20-percent stake in Foster's, and is the company's second-largest shareholder.At Asahi's...

Tags: Asahi Breweries Ltd., entitlement, FINANCE, Investment, SALES
Elders' price to Asahi gets cut - Harlin Holdings Proprietary Ltd. sells Elders IXL Ltd. to Asahi Breweries Ltd

- 1990-10-29

Elders' price to Asahi gets cut Harlin Holdings, parent company of Elders IXL in Australia, has agreed to accept nearly $150 million less than originally negotiated in a deal to sell part of its brewing stake to Japan's Asahi Breweries. Under the new agreement, Harlin will sell about...

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Decision Makers

Name (plus bio)	Position
Hitoshi Ogita	President
Akira Ohara	Senior Managing Director
Hikaru Kawamura	Managing Director
Masaaki Okada	Senior Managing Director & Senior Managing Executive Officer
Naoki Izumiya	Managing Director
Yoshifumi Nishino	Managing Director
Yoshihiro Goto	Senior Managing Director & Senior Managing Executive Officer
Akira Matsunobu	Executive Officer
Fumio Yamasaki	Executive Officer
Hideyuki Ishibashi	Managing Executive Officer
Hiroshi Yamashita	Executive Officer
Hisai Tominaga	Executive Officer
Kazuo Motoyama	Executive Officer
Kimiko Pajima	Executive, Public Relations
Masahiko Osawa	Managing Executive Officer
Masakazu Eto	Executive Officer
Masakiko Ozeki	Managing Executive Officer
Masanori Kameno	Managing Executive Officer
Masaru Karaguchi	Senior Managing Executive Officer
Masato Miyake	Executive Officer
Masatoshi Takahashi	Managing Executive Officer
Nagayuki Akimoto	Managing Executive Officer
Noboru Ninomiya	Executive Officer
Nobukazu Yoshioka	Executive Officer
Nobuo Nagura	Executive Officer
Osamu Sasaki	Managing Executive Officer
Sakae Mitani	Executive Officer
Seikou Takahashi	Executive Officer
Shigeru Hada	Executive Officer
Shin Iwakami	Executive Officer
Susumu Hihei	Executive Officer
Tadashi Tamada	Executive Officer
Toshifumi Ishii	Executive Officer
Tsugiya Iwasaki	Managing Executive Officer
Yoshito Tomita	Executive Officer
Yuji Ninomiya	Executive Officer
Yutaka Nakamura	Senior Managing Executive Officer

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio)	Position
Kouichi Ikeda	Chairman & CEO
Nobuo Yamaguchi	Board of Directors
Shigeo Fukuchi	Board of Directors
Tomoyo Nonaka	Board of Directors
Yukio Okamoto	Board Member

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Asahi Breweries Ltd.	Chairman & CEO	Current
Asahi Breweries Ltd.	COO	Former
Asahi Breweries Ltd.	Board of Directors	Former

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Asahi Breweries Ltd.	President	Current
Asahi Beer U.S.A., Inc.	President & COO	Current

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Asahi Breweries Ltd.	Senior Managing Director	Current
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Asahi Breweries Ltd.	Board of Directors	Current

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Asahi Breweries Ltd.	Chairman & CEO	Former

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Organization	Position	Status
Pacifica Fund	Managing Director	Current
Pacifica Fund	Co-Founder	Current
Ntt Docomo, Inc.	Board Member	Current
Asahi Breweries Ltd.	Board Member	Current
Toshiba Corporation	Board Member	Current
Mitsubishi Materials Corporation	Board of Directors	Current
Hitotsubashi University	Graduate	Former

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