Who ultimately owns this brewery?

How Tally knows

Lion Pty Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of Kirin Holdings Company, Limited, and Lion acquired Little World Beverages — the group that held both breweries — in October 2012. The ultimate parent is established even though the rung immediately above the brewery is not; a chain can be known at the top and open in the middle.

Evidence

• Proves: That Lion-Beer, Spirits & Wine Pty Ltd holds the registered business names and is a current Australian company
• Proves: That Lion-Beer, Spirits & Wine Pty Ltd is a subsidiary of Lion Pty Ltd
• Proves: That Lion-Beer, Spirits & Wine Pty Ltd is the named liquor licensee of the Little Creatures breweries
• Proves: That Little World Beverages Limited was acquired by scheme of arrangement and delisted from the ASX on 9 October 2012
• Proves: That Lion agreed on 18 June 2012 to acquire the 64 per cent of Little World Beverages it did not already own

Connections

• Little Creatures Brewery → ULTIMATELY_OWNED_BY → Kirin Holdings Company, Limited (2012-10-08–present) · grade A

What we still don’t know

• The current direct legal owner of the brewery business is not established. Lion-Beer, Spirits & Wine Pty Ltd is proven as trading company and liquor licensee, which is operator evidence; no share register, transfer instrument or ASIC extract proving ownership is publicly available.