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ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV SA/NV - Anheuser-Busch InBev to Sell Former SABMillers Central and Eastern European Business to Asahi

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Anheuser-Busch InBev to Sell Former SABMiller’s Central and Eastern European Business to Asahi

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
(“AB InBev”)

The enclosed information constitutes inside information and is to be considered 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.

NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION IN WHOLE OR IN PART IN, INTO OR FROM ANY JURISDICTION WHERE TO DO SO
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Anheuser-Busch InBev to Sell Former SABMiller’s Central and Eastern European Business to Asahi

Anheuser-Busch InBev (“AB InBev”) (Euronext: ABI) (NYSE: BUD) (MEXBOL: ANB) (JSE: ANH) is
pleased to announce that it has entered into a binding agreement with Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd. to sell
the businesses formerly owned by SABMiller Limited in Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary
and Romania (the “CEE Business”) for an agreed enterprise value of EUR 7.3 billion, subject to
customary adjustments.

In connection with its business combination with SABMiller Limited (formerly SABMiller plc) AB InBev had
made commitments to the European Commission (“EC”) to sell the CEE Business.

The sale is conditional upon EC regulatory approval. The disposal process has been carried out under
the supervision of Mazars LLP in their role as EC monitoring trustee.

Closing is expected to take place in the first half of 2017 and shareholders will be updated in due course.



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Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Lazard Frères & Co. LLC are acting as financial advisers to AB InBev
in connection with this transaction. Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP and Hogan Lovells International
LLP are acting as legal counsel to AB InBev.

English, French and Dutch versions of this press release will be available 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                                   Mariusz Jamka
+1 212 573 9283                               +32 16 27 68 88
karen.couck@ab-inbev.com                      mariusz.jamka@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




13 December 2016
JSE Sponsor: Deutsche Securities (SA) Proprietary Limited




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