By Benjamin Horney ( September 29, 2015, 6:27 PM EDT) -- Anheuser-Busch InBev is hoping that a number of banks will agree to underwrite as much as $70 billion in debt financing to help back its potential $106 billion offer to acquire SABMiller PLC, Reuters reported on Tuesday, citing "banking sources." The report said that initial financing for the deal could be made up of bridge loans, which would be refinanced by bond issues, as well as longer-term loans. The banks in question are Banco Santander, BofA Merrill Lynch, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, BNP Paribas, Deutsche Bank, ING, JP Morgan, Mizuho Bank, Royal Bank of Scotland, Societe Generale and SMBC, according to the report. The news follows Monday's report that Anheuser-Busch could make its SABMiller play as soon as this week....
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