20% profit rising at SABMiller

The South African-American brewer group said USD 1.796 bn profit for the 12 months to the end of March.

The global brewer said that pre-tax profit increased 14% on
a year earlier to US$2.8bn. Sales for the period were up by 22%, reaching
$18.6bn, as volumes rose 23% to 216m hectolitres.

EBITA in Latin America soared by 110% to $915m, thanks to
the integration of Bavaria,
the Latin American brewer.

In Hungary Aranyászok, Dreher Classic and the Kõbányai brand
belong to SABMiller.