date:Mar 18, 2013
ssful, they added.
The two sides requested that the delay be extended until April 9 from March 19.
The Justice Department had filed a lawsuit on Jan. 31 aimed at stopping AB InBev, the world's largest brewer with some 200 brands, from buying the 50 percent of Modelo it does not already own for $20.1 billion.
When the deal was originally announced, AB InBev said it would sell its 50 percent share of Modelo's U.S. distributor, Crown Imports, to Constellation Brands, the world's largest wine com