	heinz interested in buying guinness brewing h j heinz hnz n chairman tony o reilly would be interested in buying guinness plc guin l s brewery division if it were for sale a spokesman said the spokesman reacting to irish and british press reports said he continues to be interested were the group to offer the brewery side of guinness for sale but he has not put together a consortium nor has he been buying shares he was quoted by the irish magazine business and finance as saying he would be interested if it came on the market and that he had the support of two international banks if he decided such a purchase might be worthwhile in the magazine article he suggested that if brewing profits were calculated to be in the region of mln punts the asking price would not be higher than mln punts a multiple of ten times earnings would be the top whack for the brewing division in the current guinness situation he said this would mean an expensive exercise right on the edge but not impossible he added the deal would mean buying the dublin london nigerian and malaysian breweries because it could only be sold as an integral unit if it was going to be sold at all o reilly said reuter 
