In 1986 a real roller-coaster started for Hine. First Distillers Company was taken over by Guinness. Hine, of course, was included in the take-over. In 1987 Hine was taken over by LVMH (Louis-Vuitton- Moët Hennessy) who made it a subsidiary. But then in 2003, they sold Hine to the Trinidadian company CL Financial group. When this company went bankrupt in the 2010s Hine fell in the hands of the Trinidad government.