Molson Coors trims more debt

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MOLSON COORS CANADA INC. (Toronto symbols TPX.A $103 and TPX.B $105; Conservative Growth and Income Portfolios, Consumer sector; Shares o/s: 215.3 million; Market cap: $22.6 billion; Price-tosales ratio: 0.8; Divd. yield: 2.0%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www. molsoncoors.com) now owns 100% of MillerCoors after acquiring SABMiller’s 58% stake in October 2016. (The joint brewing operation was formed in 2008.) Molson paid its former partner $12 billion (all amounts except share prices and market cap in U.S. dollars). The company has made strong progress in integrating the new operations. The savings let Molson cut $202.6 million from its long-term debt in the first half of 2017. That debt is now $11.2 billion, or a high 62% of its market cap. However, the company expects to cut $550 million from its annual costs by 2019, which should further chop its debt. Investors holding class B shares of Molson Coors have less voting power to elect directors than those with class A shares. But the B..