Advisers earn Sh733m in Diageo-EABL deal

Beer production line at the EABL plant in Ruaraka, Nairobi. 

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British multinational Diageo has disclosed that it spent £4 million (Sh733 million) on transaction fees when buying an additional 14.97 percent stake in EABL earlier this year, landing local firms that advised on the deal a healthy payday.

Diageo bought 118.394 million shares at a unit price of Sh192 in the oversubscribed offer, valuing the deal at Sh22.7 billion.

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