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Anheuser-Busch InBev Announces Pricing of GBP 2.25 Billion Notes
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” or the “Company”)
Anheuser-Busch InBev Announces Pricing of GBP 2.25 Billion Notes
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(all such persons together being referred to as “relevant persons”). The Notes (as defined below)
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Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (“AB InBev”) (Euronext: ABI) (NYSE: BUD) (MEXBOL: ANB) (JSE: ANH)
today announced that it has completed the pricing of GBP 2.25 billion aggregate principal amount of
notes (the “Notes”). The Notes will be issued on 24 May 2017. The Notes comprise the following series:
Title of Securities 8-year 1.750% Notes 12-year 2.250% Notes 20-year 2.850% Notes
due 2025 due 2029 due 2037
Aggregate principal GBP 650,000,000 GBP 700,000,000 GBP 900,000,000
amount
Maturity date 7 March 2025 24 May 2029 25 May 2037
Interest payment dates Annually on 7 March of Annually on 24 May of Annually on 25 May of
each year with first each year with the first each year with the first
coupon payable on 7 coupon payable on 24 coupon payable on 25
March 2018 May 2018 May 2018
Interest Rate 1.750% 2.250% 2.850%
The Notes will be issued by Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (the “Issuer”) and will be fully, unconditionally
and irrevocably guaranteed by Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC, Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc.,
Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc., Brandbev S.à r.l, Brandbrew S.A. and Cobrew NV. The Notes will
be senior, unsecured obligations of the Issuer and will rank equally with all other existing and future
unsecured and unsubordinated debt obligations of the Issuer.
The proceeds of the Notes will be used for general corporate purposes. The Notes will be issued by
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV under its Euro Medium Term Note programme base prospectus published
on 6 December 2016, as supplemented by a first supplemental prospectus dated 11 May 2017.
It is expected that the Notes will be listed in due course on the London Stock Exchange.
The Notes and the guarantees (together, the "Securities") have not been and will not be
registered under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") or any
relevant securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction and may not be offered or sold in
the United States absent registration or an exemption from the registration requirements of
the Securities Act. Accordingly, the Securities are being offered only outside the US to non-
US persons in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act. There will be no public offer
of the Securities in the United States.
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy
debt securities in the US or any other jurisdiction.
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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
Fixed Income Investors
Gabriel Ventura
Tel: +1-212-478-7031
E-mail: gabriel.ventura@ab-inbev.com
Suma Prasad
Tel: +1-212-503-2887
E-mail: suma.prasad@ab-inbev.com
16 May 2017
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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