We are jumping ahead here, but there are certainly compensations available if the Busch family is forced to cede ownership of Anheuser-Busch to the Brazilian/Belgian management at InBev.
In fact, using the $65 a share offer price being considered by the InBev board, and taking into account restricted stock and share options as well as core shareholdings, Anheuser’s senior management team would walk away with a cool $600m.
Of course, more than half of that amount ($375m) would go to August A Busch III, the Anheuser chairman who stepped back from the chief executive roll two years ago. His son, and successor as CEO, August A Busch IV, would collect $77m, while chief financial officer Randolph Baker would pick up $63m, while the vice president of brewing, Douglas Muhleman would get $32m.
