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ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV SA/NV - General Shareholders Meeting approves dividend payment 2016

Release Date: 26/04/2017 14:04
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General Shareholders Meeting approves dividend payment 2016

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”)

Anheuser-Busch InBev - General Shareholders Meeting approves dividend payment 2016

Anheuser-Busch InBev (Euronext: ABI) (NYSE: BUD) (MEXBOL: ANB) (JSE: ANH) (the “Company”) is
pleased to announce that the General Shareholders Meeting of 26 April 2017 has approved the annual
accounts for the year ended 31 December 2016, as well as the gross total dividend for 2016 of EUR 3.60
proposed by the Board of Directors. Taking into account the gross interim dividend of EUR 1.60 per share
paid in November 2016, a gross final dividend of EUR 2.00 will be payable upon presentation of coupon
n° 22. The calendar for the payment of the final dividend is as follows:

Dividend timeline

                                            Ex-coupon date                        Record date                       Payment date

Euronext: ABI                                   2 May 2017                         3 May 2017                         4 May 2017

MEXBOL: ANB                                     2 May 2017                         3 May 2017                         4 May 2017

JSE: ANH                                        3 May 2017                         5 May 2017                         8 May 2017

NYSE: BUD (ADR                                  1 May 2017                         3 May 2017                        25 May 2017
Program)

Restricted Shares                               2 May 2017                         3 May 2017                         4 May 2017


The General Shareholders Meeting has also approved the following resolutions:

-   Granting to the Board of Directors, for a period of five years, the authorization to increase the capital
    in one or more transactions, by the issuance of a number of shares, or financial instruments giving                                                                                                                                              1
    right to a number of shares, which will not represent more than 3% of the shares outstanding as at 26
    April 2017; and accordingly modifying article 11.1 of the articles of association of the Company.
 
-   Granting discharge to the directors and to the statutory auditor of the Company for the performance of
    their duties during the financial year 2016.

-   Renewal of the mandate of Messrs. Barrington, Gifford and Santo Domingo, as Restricted Share
    Directors, for one year. Their renewed term will end after the shareholders’ meeting which will be
    asked to approve the accounts for the year 2017.

-   Approval of the remuneration report for the financial year 2016, including the executive remuneration
    policy.

-   Confirmation that the remuneration of the directors as set by the extraordinary shareholders’ meeting
    of the Company on 28 September 2016 applies to all directors of the Company.

-   Granting 250,500 stock options to the directors of the Company for the performance of their mandate
    during the financial year 2016.


Contacts

Media                                                      Investors

Marianne Amssoms                                           Henry Rudd
Tel: +1-212-573-9281                                       Tel: +1-212-503-2890
E-mail: marianne.amssoms@ab-inbev.com                      E-mail: henry.rudd@ab-inbev.com

Kathleen Van Boxelaer                                      Mariusz Jamka
Tel: +32-16-27-68-23                                       Tel: +32-16-27-68-88
E-mail: kathleen.vanboxelaer@ab-inbev.com                  E-mail: mariusz.jamka@ab-inbev.com

                                                           Lauren Abbott
                                                           Tel: +1-212-573-9287
                                                           E-mail: lauren.abbott@ab-inbev.com


26 April 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).

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.


                                                                                                    

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