Molson Coors Brewing Company Merger

Molson Coors Brewing Company is a holding business that deals with the manufacturing, marketing and selling of beer and other alcoholic beverages. Molson Coors only became the fifth largest brewery in the world in the years following 2005. In 2005, Canadian company, Molson Inc. announced a $6 billion merger with Adolph Coors Company, a US based firm creating the now known Molson Coors Brewing Company. The merger is structured as a Plan of Arrangement; under which each share of Molson held by a Canadian resident is exchanged for a share in a Canadian subsidiary of Molson Coors. Non-Canadian residence shareholder’s stocks were exchanged for Molson Coors stock. Currently, Molson Coors is doing well and their top selling brands are Coors Light, Molson Canadian and Carling In 2005, there was some critique about the benefits of this large merger, for example people thought that it would be a recipe for disaster to bring together an American and a Canadian company, but Molson Coors has consistently proved these accusations wrong.

This is not the first merger, nor is it the last merger that this company is going to encounter, showing the consistent positive investment and maximization of shareholder’s wealth that a merger can supply. This merger also allowed the partially Canadian owned enterprise to expand to other parts of the world. Finally, both companies had consistent morals and values that family run businesses possess easing the merger transition. Overall, this mega merger has allowed Molson Coors to be successful in the past, and has opened up many more opportunities in the