Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV's decision to finance its $5.8 billion acquisition of South Korea's Oriental Brewery Co. Ltd. from Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. LP and Affinity Equity Partners Ltd. with a $5.25 billion notes offering surprised industry watchers, since the company, still working to integrate its $20 billion acquisition of Grupo Modelo SAB de CV, had enough cash on the books to finance it. (The Deal Pipeline).

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