Not only does Inbev desire to take over America’s #1 brewer; it wants all of its board seats too. And that would include the company’s namesake Chairman August Busch IV, great-grandson of the company’s founder.

InBev's campaign to buy Anheuser-Busch (AB) gathered momentum this morning after a senior member of the Busch family threw his weight behind the Belgian brewer's $47 billion (£23.8 billion) bid for the Budweiser maker.

Adolphus Busch IV, the great grandson and namesake of the company's founder, is among the new directors put forward by InBev ahead of a filing later today with the US Securities and Exchange Commission to remove the entire current board.

The filing is being interpreted by analysts as a clear sign that InBev will only raise its $65-a-share offer - worth almost $57 billion including debt - if the board changes its antagonistic stance and agrees to hold discussions.

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