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Addendum to Press Release: Anheuser-Busch InBev reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2016 Results – Headline EPS
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”)
Addendum to Press Release: Anheuser-Busch InBev reports Fourth
Quarter and Full Year 2016 Results – Headline EPS
Headline EPS
Due to the secondary listing of the ordinary shares of Anheuser-Busch InBev on the main board of the JSE
Limited (JSE) in South Africa, the Group is required to present headline earnings per share and diluted
headline earnings per share, as alternative measures of earnings per share, calculated in accordance with
the circular entitled ‘Headline Earnings’ issued by the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants, as
amended from time to time.
The calculation of headline earnings per share is based on the headline earnings and a weighted average
number of ordinary and restricted shares outstanding (including deferred share instruments and stock
lending) per end of the period, calculated as follows:
2016 2015
Net of taxes Net of taxes
Gross and non- Gross and non-
amount controlling amount controlling
Million US dollar interests interests
Profit attributable to equity holders of AB InBev - 1 241 - 8 273
After tax impairment of goodwill, PP&E and intangible assets 78 44 118 84
After tax net (gain)/loss on disposal of PP&E, intangible and other assets ( 412) ( 284) ( 551) ( 388)
Headline earnings 1 001 7 969
Weighted average number of ordinary and restricted shares (million) 1 717 1 638
Headline earnings per share (US dollar) 0.58 4.87
Weighted average number of ordinary and restricted shares (diluted) (million) 1 755 1 668
Diluted headline earnings per share (US dollar) 0.57 4.78
Shareholders are referred to the Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2016 Results announcement including the
audit opinion issued separately today.
2 March 2017
JSE Sponsor: Deutsche Securities (SA) Proprietary Limited
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 500 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. For 2016, AB InBev’s reported revenue was 45.5 billion USD (excluding JVs and associates).
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