Case 1:15-cv-02250-CL Document 1 Filed 12/01/15 Page 1 of 32 Joseph M. Alioto, SBN #42680, Pro hac vice pending
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[email protected] CAUBLE & CAUBLE, LLP 111 SE Sixth Street Grants Pass, OR 97526 Telephone: (541) 476-8825 Facsimile: (541) 471-1704 [See additional attorneys listed on signature page] Attorneys for Plaintiffs UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF OREGON MEDFORD DIVISION JAMES DEHOOG, BRIAN BOUTELLER, Case No. 1:15-cv-02250 SHONNA BOUTELLER, CARLY BOWEN, TOM BUTTERBAUGH, ERICA I. CORONA, MARIA G. CORONA, CHRIS DENNETT, JOHN DESBIENS, MATTHEW JOHNSON, CYNTHIA A. KREITZBERG, EDWARD COMPLAINT FOR INJUNCTIVE LAWRENCE, JERUSHA MALAER, ROBERT RELIEF TO PROHIBIT THE MALAER, MICHAEL MARTIN, MICHAEL ACQUISITION OF MCATEE, DAVID MILLIGAN, JEFF SABMILLER PLC BY REEDER, RALPH REEDER, WADE ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV, SA/NV SCAGLIONE, BETH H. SILVERS, BRADLEY AS A VIOLATION OF SECTION 7 O. SILVERS, and PATRICE WADE; OF THE CLAYTON ANTITRUST ACT, 15 U.S.C. § 18 Plaintiffs; v. ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV, SA/NV and SABMILLER PLC; Defendants. Page 1 - COMPLAINT FOR INJUNCTIVE RELIEF TO PROHIBIT THE ACQUISITION OF SABMILLER PLC BY ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV, SA/NV AS A VIOLATION OF SECTION 7 OF THE CLAYTON ANTITRUST ACT, 15 U.S.C. § 18 Case 1:15-cv-02250-CL Document 1 Filed 12/01/15 Page 2 of 32 COME NOW the plaintiffs by and through their undersigned attorneys, bring this civil action under the federal antitrust laws to enjoin the planned acquisition by the nation’s largest beer company, defendant Anheuser-Busch InBev, SA/NV (“ABI”), of the nation’s second largest defendant, SABMiller, plc (“SAB”), and to obtain equitable and other relief as appropriate.