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Anheuser-Busch InBev Announces Consent Solicitation by FBG Finance
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”)
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Anheuser-Busch InBev Announces Consent Solicitation by FBG Finance
3 September 2019 – Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (“AB InBev”) (Euronext: ABI) (NYSE: BUD) (MEXBOL:
ANB) (JSE: ANH) today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, FBG Finance Pty Ltd ABN 32 071 508
702 (“FBG”), is conducting a consent solicitation exercise in relation to the following series of FBG's
outstanding notes: A$700,000,000 3.75 per cent. Notes due 7 August 2020, A$550,000,000 3.25% Notes due
6 September 2022, A$650,000,000 3.75% Notes due 6 September 2024, A$450,000,000 4.10% Notes due
6 September 2027 and A $300,000,000 Floating Rate Notes due 6 September 2022 (together, the "Notes").
FBG has announced invitations to eligible holders of the Notes to vote by way of Extraordinary Resolution to
approve (i) the substitution of FBG, as issuer of all series of the Notes, with Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide
Inc. (the "New Issuer") and (ii) the consequent removal of the New Issuer as a guarantor of the Notes, as a
result of the announced divestiture of its subsidiary Carlton United Breweries, which includes FBG as a
subsidiary, to Asahi Group Holdings, all as further described in a consent solicitation memorandum dated
3 September 2019 ("Consent Solicitation Memorandum") (such invitation the "Consent Solicitation"). The
Consent Solicitation is expected to conclude on or around 18 September 2019, subject to any amendment,
extension or termination as provided for in the Consent Solicitation Memorandum.
This press release does not contain the full terms and conditions of the Consent Solicitation, which are
contained in the Consent Solicitation Memorandum. This press release is for informational purposes only and
shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of the Notes in
any jurisdiction, including the United States or any State thereof, in which such an offer, solicitation or sale
would be unlawful.
Investors should read carefully the Consent Solicitation Memorandum (including the Notice of Meetings) and
any supplementary information published by FBG for details of the Consent Solicitation or Notes and seek its
own financial advice, including in respect of any tax consequences, from its broker, bank manager, solicitor,
accountant or other independent financial, tax or legal adviser.
The distribution of this announcement and the Consent Solicitation Memorandum in certain jurisdictions may
be restricted by law, and persons into whose possession this announcement and/or the Consent Solicitation
Memorandum are required to inform themselves about, and to observe, any such restrictions.
Nothing in this announcement constitutes or contemplates an offer of, an offer to purchase or the solicitation
of an offer to sell, any security in any jurisdiction and participation in any such offer by a person in any
circumstances in which such participation is unlawful will not be accepted
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®, Cristal®, Harbin®, Jupiler®, Michelob Ultra®, Modelo Especial®, Quilmes®, Victoria®, Sedrin®, 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 175,000 employees based in nearly
50 countries worldwide. For 2018, AB InBev’s reported revenue was 54.6 billion USD (excluding JVs and associates).
ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV CONTACTS
Investors Media
Lauren Abbott Pablo Jimenez
Tel: +1 212 573 9287 Tel: +1 212 284 0158
E-mail: lauren.abbott@ab-inbev.com E-mail: pablo.jimenez@ab-inbev.com
Mariusz Jamka Ingvild Van Lysebetten
Tel: +32 16 276 888 Tel: +32 16 276 608
E-mail: mariusz.jamka@ab-inbev.com E-mail: ingvild.vanlysebetten@ab-inbev.com
Jency John Fallon Buckelew
Tel: +1 646 746 9673 Tel: +1 310 592 6319
E-mail: jency.john@ab-inbev.com E-mail: fallon.buckelew@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
3 September 2019
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