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ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV SA/NV - Disclosure Made According to the Requirements of the Law of 2 May 2007

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Disclosure Made According to the Requirements of the Law of 2 May 2007

      Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV
      (Incorporated in the Kingdom of Belgium)
      Register of Companies Number: 0417.497.106
      Euronext Brussels Share Code: ABI
      Mexican Stock Exchange Share Code: ANB
      NYSE ADS Code: BUD
      JSE Share Code: ANH
      ISIN: BE0974293251

      The enclosed information constitutes regulated information as defined in the Belgian Royal Decree of 14 November 2007 regarding the duties of
      issuers of financial instruments which have been admitted for trading on a regulated market.



              Disclosure Made According to the
            Requirements of the Law of 2 May 2007

      Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (Euronext: ABI) (NYSE: BUD) (MEXBOL: ANB) (JSE: ANH) (“AB InBev”)
      discloses the notification of significant shareholdings that it has received in accordance with the Belgian
      Law of 2 May 2007 on the disclosure of significant shareholdings in listed companies.


      According to its obligation under article 14 of the Belgian Law of 2 May 2007 on the disclosure of
      significant shareholdings in listed companies, AB InBev publishes the content of the notification that it has
      received.


       1. Date: Notification of 17 October 2016


       2.    Notification by (person acting in concert):

       Mr Jorge Paulo Lemann
       Mr Carlos Alberto da Veiga Sicupira
       Mr Marcel Herrmann Telles
       EPS SA under Luxembourg law                                                    Route de Longwy 488, L-1940 Luxembourg
       BRC SàRL under Luxembourg law                                                  Boulevard Royal 3, L-2249 Luxembourg
                                                                                      Amstelveenseweg 760, 1081 JK Amsterdam,
       Stichting Anheuser-Busch InBev under Dutch law
                                                                                      Netherlands
       Anheuser-Busch InBev SA                                                        Grand’Place 1, B-1000 Bruxelles
       Rayvax Société d'Investissements SA                                            Square Vergote 19, B-1200 Bruxelles
       Stichting Fonds InBev Baillet Latour                                           Ceresstraat 1, 4811 CA Breda, Netherlands
       Fonds Verhelst SPRL with social purpose                                        Brouwerijplein 1, B-3000 Leuven




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      3. Denominator: 2,019,241,973 shares


      4. Voting rights and assimilated financial instruments

                                                        After the transaction

                                              # voting rights            % voting rights
                                                             Not                     Not
                                           Linked to                  Linked to
         Holders of voting rights                         linked to               linked to
                                            shares                     shares
                                                            shares                  shares
       Marcel Herrmann Telles                                          0.00 %
       Jorge Paulo Lemann                      0                       0.00 %
       Carlos Alberto da Veiga
                                               0                       0.00 %
       Sicupira
       BRC                                37,598,236                   1.86 %
       EPS                                   99,999                    0.00 %
       EPS Participations                130,257,459                   6.45 %
       Stichting Anheuser-Busch
                                         663,074,832                  32.84 %
       InBev
       Anheuser-Busch InBev              85,000,000                    4.21 %
       Brandbrew                             405,894                   0.02 %
       Brandbev                              74,498                    0.00 %
       Mexbrew                               60,000                    0.00 %
       Subtotal                          916,570,918                  45.39 %
       Rayvax Société
                                           484,794                     0.02 %
       d'Investissements
       Sébastien Holding                      10                       0.00 %
       Subtotal                            484,804                     0.02 %
       Stichting Fonds InBev Baillet
                                               0                       0.00 %
       Latour
       Fonds InBev Baillet Latour          5,485,415                   0.27 %
       Subtotal                            5,485,415                   0.27 %
       Fonds Verhelst                          0                       0.00 %
       Fonds Voorzitter Verhelst           6,997,665                   0.35 %
       Subtotal                            6,997,665                   0.35 %

       TOTAL                             929,538,802            0     46.03 %      0.00%


      5. Date transaction: 11 October 2016




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      6. Chain of controlled entities through which the shareholding is effectively owned:
      Agreement of concert and shareholding structure of AB InBev:
          1) EPS, EPS Participations, Rayvax Société d’Investissements, BRC and Stichting Anheuser-Busch
               InBev are bound by a shareholders’ agreement organizing the joint control of Stichting Anheuser-
               Busch InBev by EPS, EPS Participations & BRC and organizing a concert with Rayvax.
          2) AB InBev and its subsidiaries Brandbrew, Brrandbev and Mexbrew are controlled by Stichting
               Anheuser-Busch InBev, which is jointly controlled by EPS, EPS Participations & BRC.
          3) Fonds InBev Baillet Latour and Fonds Voorzitter Verhelst have also signed an agreement to act
               in concert with Stichting Anheuser-Busch InBev. Fonds InBev Baillet Latour is controlled by
               Stichting Fonds InBev Baillet Latour under Dutch law. Fonds Voorziter Verhelst is controlled by
               Fonds Verhelst SPRL with social purpose.
          4) EPS Participations is fully owned by EPS which is not controlled.
          5) The ultimate control of BRC is jointly owned by Mr Jorge Paulo Lemann, Carlos Alberto da Veiga
               Sicupira & Marcel Herrmann Telles. A table with more details about the full chain of control of
               BRC is available on www.ab-inbev.com.
          6) Sébastien Holding is controlled by Rayvax Société d’Investissements.


      7. Additional information :
          1) This notification results from the admission of AB InBev SA to the listing on Euronext Brussels.
          2) Certificates issued by Stichting Anheuser-Busch InBev: EPS owns 1 certificate. EPS
               Participations owns 331,537,415 certificates and BRC owns 331,537,416 certificates. Each
               certificate entitles potentially to one AB InBev share, owned by Stichting Anheuser-Busch InBev.
          3) The private persons jointly owning the ultimate control of BRC will make the notification on behalf
               of the entities exercising the intermediary control above BRC, according to article 11, §1 of the
               law of 2 May 2007. Since a large number of entities exercise an intermediary control of BRC
               without nevertheless holding a participation in Anheuser-Busch InBev, these entities have not
               been included in the table above, but in a separate table which is available on www.ab-
               inbev.com.
          4) EPS makes the notification on behalf of EPS Participations, its subsidiary, according to article 11,
               §1 of the law of 2 May 2007.
          5) Rayvax Société d'Investissements makes the notification on behalf of Sébastien Holding, its
               subsidiary, according to article 11, §1 of the law of 2 May 2007.




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          6) AB InBev makes the notification on behalf of Brandbrew, Mexbrew and Brandbev, its
               subsidiaries, according to article 11, §1 of the law of 2 May 2007.
          7) Stichting Fonds InBev Baillet Latour makes the notification on behalf of Fonds InBev Baillet
               Latour SPRL with social purpose, according to article 11 § 1 of the law of 2 May 2007. The
               Stichting does not directly hold any Anheuser-Busch InBev shares.
          8) Fonds Verhelst SPRL with social purpose makes the notification on behalf of Fonds Voorzitter
               Verhelst SPRL with social purpose, according to article 11 § 1 of the law of 2 May 2007. The first
               SPRL does not directly hold any Anheuser-Busch InBev shares.


      Notifications of important shareholdings to be made according to the Law of 2 May 2007 or AB InBev’s
      bylaws, should be sent to benoit.loore@ab-inbev.com.


      This notification will be posted on www.ab-inbev.com.




      About Anheuser-Busch InBev
      Anheuser-Busch InBev is a publicly traded company (Euronext: ABI) based in Leuven, Belgium, with
      secondary listings on the Mexico (MEXBOL: ANB) and South Africa (JSE: ANH) stock exchanges and
      with American Depositary Receipts on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: BUD). Our Dream is to
      bring people together for a better world. Beer, the original social network, has been bringing people
      together for thousands of years. We are committed to building great brands that stand the test of time and
      to brewing the best beers using the finest natural ingredients. Our diverse portfolio of well over 400 beer
      brands includes global brands Budweiser®, Corona® and Stella Artois®; multi-country brands Beck’s®,
      Castle®, Castle Lite®, Hoegaarden® and Leffe®; and local champions such as Aguila®, Antarctica®,
      Bud Light®, Brahma®, Cass®, Chernigivske®, Cristal®, Harbin®, Jupiler®, Klinskoye®, Michelob Ultra®,
      Modelo Especial®, Quilmes®, Victoria®, Sedrin®, Sibirskaya Korona® and Skol®. Our brewing heritage
      dates back more than 600 years, spanning continents and generations. From our European roots at the
      Den Hoorn brewery in Leuven, Belgium. To the pioneering spirit of the Anheuser & Co brewery in
      St. Louis, US. To the creation of the Castle Brewery in South Africa during the Johannesburg gold rush.
      To Bohemia, the first brewery in Brazil. Geographically diversified with a balanced exposure to developed
      and developing markets, we leverage the collective strengths of approximately 200,000 employees based
      in more than 50 countries worldwide. In 2015, on a combined pro forma basis, AB InBev realized
      55.5 billion US dollar in revenues (excluding JVs and associates).

      Visit us @ www.ab-inbev.com.
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       Contacts

        Media                                         Investors
        Marianne Amssoms                              Graham Staley
        +1 212 573 9281                               +1 212 573 4365
        marianne.amssoms@ab-inbev.com                 graham.staley@ab-inbev.com

        Karen Couck                                   Heiko Vulsieck
        +1 212 573 9283                               +32 16 27 68 88
        karen.couck@ab-inbev.com                      heiko.vulsieck@ab-inbev.com


        Kathleen Van Boxelaer                         Lauren Abbott
        +32 16 27 68 23                               +1 212 573 9287
        kathleen.vanboxelaer@ab-inbev.com             lauren.abbott@ab-inbev.com




19 October 2016
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