Naoki Izumiya, President of Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd. said that the company will continue to look for mergers and acquisitions at home and abroad. Izumiya confirmed that Asahi's appetite for overseas mergers and acquisitions will remain strong. Izumiya said, "We aim to bring our sales in Southeast Asian nations to ¥100 billion ($1.1 billion) in 2015.

To achieve this, we will conduct M&As and other investments."