F&N faces claim over stake in Myanmar brewery 缅方拟要星狮出售缅啤酒股权

A MYANMAR firm is threatening legal action to force Fraser & Neave to sell its lucrative stake in a brewery there - a move that could sever the Singapore conglomerate's last link to brewing.

F&N owns 55 per cent of Myanmar Brewery, a market leader in the country, but its partner Myanmar Economic Holdings (MEHL) believes it can make it sell up.

A truck of Myanmar Beer, a brand under Myanmar Brewery. F&N's partner Myanmar Economic Holdings wants to buy the Singapore firm's 55 per cent stake in Myanmar Brewery but F&N says it intends to fight the claim. -- PHOTO: BLOOMBERG

MEHL, which holds the remaining 45 per cent of the brewer, has told F&N it will soon issue a notice of arbitration for a potential claim.


MEHL contends that the joint venture agreement gives it the right to force F&N to sell all its shares in Myanmar Brewery.

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缅方拟要星狮出售缅啤酒股权

星狮集团（Fraser and Neave）说，它的缅甸啤酒（Myanmar Brewery）合资伙伴计划针对星狮持有的缅甸啤酒股权，开始展开仲裁程序。

缅甸啤酒只占星狮总体业务的小部分，但若失去有关股权，将意味着星狮将失去当地正在迅速成长的啤酒市场。星狮集团股票昨日暂停交易。

星狮目前持有缅甸啤酒的55％股权，而由缅甸军人经营的缅甸经济控股（Myanmar Economic Holdings）则持有其余45％的缅甸啤酒股权。

星狮集团昨天发表的文告说，缅甸经济控股正尝试以双方的合资协定，向星狮发出通知要星狮出售持有的缅甸啤酒股权给它。星狮认为，缅甸经济控股发出通知的基础不成立。

星狮已经咨询律师的意见，有意坚决抗拒对方提出的售股要求，同时正在评估这件潜在纠纷所带来的财务冲击。它将在适当时候作出进一步声明，并吁请股东在交易公司股票时采取审慎的态度。

根据星狮最近发出的业务资料显示，缅甸啤酒生产的Myanmar Beer、Myanmar Double和Strong Andaman Gold等啤酒品牌以出厂量而言，估计占了缅甸83％啤酒市场。

野村证券研究行认为，缅甸啤酒提供星狮接触新兴市场的机会，缅甸的经济成长相当强劲，而且缅甸啤酒控制当地市场，因此对星狮来说是重要的。

星狮日前表示将保留食品和饮料及出版印刷业务，将在今年把房地产业务分拆到新交所上市。


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