For years, I proposed in Seeking Alpha pieces that there was significant value inherent in Craft Brew Alliance (BREW) shares owing to the U.S. market success and international opportunity for Craft Brew Alliance's (hereafter CBA) KONA brand. Anheuser-Busch (NYSE:BUD) (hereafter ABI) saw this opportunity and approached CBA to buy the company in August 2016, the 8-K for which is available here.
The deal established a three-year period ending 8/23/19, during which ABI had the option to buy CBA. Until the very end of the three-year potential buyout term, I argued ABI would in