News Release
Brussels / 25 January 2019 / 7:30 p.m. CET
Anheuser-Busch InBev Announces Pricing of Tender Offers for Up To USD 16.5 Billion Aggregate Purchase Price of
Twelve Series of USD Notes
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV ("AB InBev") (Euronext: ABI) (NYSE: BUD) (MEXBOL: ANB) (JSE: ANH) today announced the pricing of offers by its wholly owned subsidiaries Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc. ("ABIFI" or a "Company"), Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc. ("ABIWW" or a "Company") and Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC ("ABC" or a "Company" and together with ABIFI and ABIWW, the "Companies") to purchase for cash any validly tendered (and not validly withdrawn)
and accepted notes up to an aggregate purchase price (excluding accrued and unpaid interest) of $16,500,000,000 (the "Aggregate Offer Cap") of twelve series of notes issued by the Companies (the "Tender Offers").
The Companies announced the pricing as set forth in the table below of its offers to purchase the outstanding notes listed below (together, the "Notes").
As announced on 10 January 2019, the Companies will spend up to $16,500,000,000 combined aggregate purchase price (excluding accrued and unpaid interest) in the Tender Offers (the "Aggregate Offer Cap"), subject to the Pool Offer Caps. Because the 2022, 2023 and 2024 Pool Offer Caps were not reached as of 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on Thursday, 24 January 2019 (the
"Early Tender Time") and the 2021 and 2026 Pool Offer Caps were exceeded, Pool Cap Reallocation
(as described in the Offer to Purchase) has been implemented and the adjusted Pool Offer Caps are as detailed in the table below.
2.650%
035242 AJ5 /
2.500% due
Notes due
US035242
ABIFI
1
$2,518,521,000
50 bps
12/31/20
2021
AJ52
2.592%
Floating
035242 AK2 /
Rate Notes due 2021
US035242
ABIFI
2
$189,204,000
N/A
N/AN/A
$1,013.75
AK26
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Total aggregate purchase price for the 2021 Pool as of the Price Determination Time: $2,908,715,603.28
2022 Pool
Adjusted Pool Offer Cap: Up to USD 2,597,501,582 Aggregate Purchase Price
3.750%
035240 AD2 /
2.500% due
Notes due
US035240
ABIWW
1
$1,100,543,000
85 bps
2.571%
$1,009.07
1/15/22
2022
AD27
2.500%
03523TBP2 /
2.500% due
Notes due
US03523TABIWW
2
$1,294,777,000
90 bps
2.571%
$968.86
1/15/22
2022
BP21
Total aggregate purchase price for the 2022 Pool as of the Price Determination Time: $2,364,982,569.23
2023 Pool
Adjusted Pool Offer Cap: Up to USD 3,574,104,075 Aggregate Purchase Price
2.625%
035242 AA4 /
2.625% due
Notes due
US035242
ABIFI
1
$605,570,000
105 bps
2.587%
$963.21
12/31/23
2023
AA44
3.300%
035242 AL0 /
2.625% due
Notes due
US035242
ABIFI
2
$2,881,902,000
105 bps
12/31/23
2023
AL09
Total aggregate purchase price for the 2023 Pool as of the Price Determination Time: $3,429,543,951.96
2.587%
2024 Pool
Adjusted Pool Offer Cap: Up to USD 1,720,654,250 Aggregate Purchase Price
Floating
035240AK6 /
Rate Notes due 2024
US035240
ABIWW
1
$264,859,000
N/A
N/AN/A
$982.50
AK69
3.500%
035240AJ9 /
2.625% due
Notes due
US035240
ABIWW
2
$845,575,000
115 bps
12/31/23
2024
AJ96
2.587%
3.700%
03524B AE6 /
2.625% dueNotes due US03524BAEABIFI
3
$534,789,000
120 bps
12/31/23
2024
65
2.587%
Total aggregate purchase price for the 2024 Pool as of the Price Determination Time: $1,629,545,411.12
2026 Pool
Adjusted Pool Offer Cap: Up to USD 5,699,024,491 Aggregate Purchase Price
03522A AD2 /
U00323 AD4 /
3.650%
US03522A
Notes due
AD28 /ABIWW and ABC
3.125% due
1
$5,064,022,000
140 bps
2.751%
$969.93
11/15/28
2026
USU00323
AD40
Total aggregate purchase price for the 2026 Pool as of the Price Determination Time: $5,699,024,490.51
(a) Per $1,000 principal amount of Notes validly tendered and accepted for purchase prior to the Early Tender Time. The
Reference Yield and the Total Consideration for each series of the Fixed Rate Notes were determined at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on 25 January 2019, as described in the Offer to Purchase. The Total Consideration includes the Early Tender Payment of $30 per $1,000 principal amount and assumes a settlement date of 11 February 2019.
The Companies have not elected to exercise their right to have an early settlement date, and the settlement date for all Notes validly tendered and accepted for purchase is expected to be on 11
February 2019 (the "Final Settlement Date"). Holders will also receive accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes validly tendered and accepted for purchase from the applicable last interest payment date up to, but not including, the Final Settlement Date.
As previously announced, according to information provided by Global Bondholder Services Corporation, the tender and information agent for the Tender Offers, $16,326,085,000 aggregate principal amount of the Notes were validly tendered prior to or at the Early Tender Time and not validly withdrawn. Because the purchase price (excluding accrued and unpaid interest) for the aggregate principal amount of Notes validly tendered prior to or at the Early Tender Time and not validly withdrawn would not exceed the Aggregate Offer Cap, the Companies will accept for purchase all Notes that have been tendered by the Early Tender Time.
Because the 2021 and 2026 Pools were oversubscribed at the Early Tender Time, following Pool Cap Reallocation described in the Offer to Purchase, the 2021 and 2026 Pool Offer Caps have been increased to $2,908,715,604 and $5,699,024,491, respectively, such that all Notes that were validly tendered and not withdrawn in the 2021 and 2026 Pools by the Early Tender Time will be accepted and no proration will occur. Pursuant to Pool Cap Reallocation, the 2022, 2023 and 2024 Pool Offer Caps have been reduced to $2,597,501,582, $3,574,104,075 and $1,720,654,250, respectively. All bonds tendered and not validly withdrawn in the 2022, 2023 and 2024 Pools as of the Early Tender Time will be accepted.
Following Pool Cap Reallocation, the adjusted 2021 and 2026 Pool Offer Caps have been reached and the Companies will not accept for purchase any Notes in the 2021 Pool or the 2026 Pool tendered after Early Tender Time. Because the Aggregate Offer Cap has not been reached, however, the Companies expect to accept for purchase Notes in the 2022, 2023 and 2024 Pools validly tendered after the Early Tender Time, subject to the applicable adjusted Pool Offer Caps following Pool Cap Reallocation. Notes in the 2022, 2023 and 2024 Pools validly tendered after the Early Tender Time but prior to or at the Expiration Time and that are accepted for purchase will only receive the applicable Total Consideration minus the Early Tender Payment of $30 per $1,000 principal amount (plus accrued interest) and, because the Companies have elected not to extend the Withdrawal Deadline, may not be withdrawn. For the avoidance of doubt, Notes
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tendered prior to or at the Early Tender Time will have priority over Notes tendered after the Early Tender Time, regardless of the Acceptance Priority Levels.
Any Notes not accepted for purchase will be returned promptly to holders following the Final Settlement Date.
The Tender Offers have been made pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in the offer to purchase, dated 10 January 2019 (the "Offer to Purchase"). Terms not defined in this announcement have the meanings given to them in the Offer to Purchase.
Holders of the Notes who tendered at or prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on 24 January 2019 and whose Notes were accepted for purchase are eligible to receive the Total Consideration.
The Tender Offers will expire at 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on 7 February 2019 (such time and date, the "Expiration Time").
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The Dealer Managers for the Tender Offers are:
Barclays Capital Inc.
BofA Merrill Lynch
Deutsche Bank Securities
745 Seventh Avenue New York, New York 10019
214 North Tryon Street, 14th Floor Charlotte, North Carolina 28255
Attention: Liability
USA
60 Wall Street, 2nd Floor New York, New York 10005
Management Group Call Collect: (212) 528-7581 U.S. Toll Free: (800) 438-3242
Attn: Liability Management Group
USA
Collect: +1 (980) 683-3215 U.S. Toll-Free: +1 (888) 292-0070
Attn: Liability Management Group
Collect: +1 (212) 250-2955 U.S. Toll-Free:+1 (866) 627-0391
The Tender and Information Agent for the Tender Offers is:
Global Bondholders Services Corporation
65 Broadway - Suite 404
New York, New York 10006 Attention: Corporate Actions
Bank and Brokers Call Collect: +1 (212) 430-3774
All Others Please Call Toll-Free: +1 (866) 470-3800
Fax: +1 (212) 430-3775 or +1 (212) 430-3779
Non-U.S. Distribution Restrictions
Italy. None of the Offer to Purchase or any other document or materials relating to the Tender Offers have been or will be submitted to the clearance procedures of the Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (CONSOB) pursuant to Italian laws and regulations. The Tender Offers are being carried out in Italy as an exempted offer pursuant to article 101-bis, paragraph 3-bis of the
Legislative Decree No. 58 of 24 February 1998, as amended (the "Financial Services Act") and article 35-bis, paragraph 4 of CONSOB Regulation No. 11971 of 14 May 1999, as amended. Holders or beneficial owners of such Notes that are resident and/or located in Italy can tender Notes for purchase in the Tender Offers through authorised persons (such as investment firms, banks or financial intermediaries permitted to conduct such activities in the Republic of Italy in accordance with the Financial Services Act, CONSOB Regulation No. 16190 of 29 October 2007, as amended, and Legislative Decree No. 385 of 1 September 1993, as amended) and in compliance with any other applicable laws and regulations and with any requirements imposed by CONSOB and any other Italian authority. Each intermediary must comply with the applicable laws and regulations concerning information duties vis-à-vis its clients in connection with such Notes or the Tender Offers.
United Kingdom. The communication of the Offer to Purchase and any other documents or materials relating to the Tender Offers is not being made and such documents and/or materials have not been approved by an authorised person for the purposes of section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000. Accordingly, the Offer to Purchase and such documents and/or materials are not being distributed to, and must not be passed on to, persons in the United Kingdom other than (i) to those persons in the United Kingdom falling within the definition of investment professionals (as
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