London, June 17 - At least five private equity firms are interested in the Central and Eastern European brewing assets of the world's largest brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev, people familiar with the situation said.
Cinven and Warburg Pincus have joined CVC, TPG and KKR in expressing interest for the 11 breweries, which span Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania and Serbia and include the prized Staropramen brand, sources said.
All private equity firms declined to comment.
ABInBev is to conduct management presentations on the assets over the next week, with first round bids due in about two weeks, two sources familiar with the situation said.