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Brussels / 15 September 2020 / 1:30 p.m. CET
Anheuser-Busch InBev Announces Results of Cash Tender Offers for Any and All of Three Series of USD Notes and Three Series of EUR Notes
15 September 2020 - Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV ("AB InBev") (Euronext: ABI) (NYSE: BUD)
(MEXBOL: ANB) (JSE: ANH) today announced the expiration and results of offers to purchase for cash any and all outstanding notes of (i) two series of USD notes issued by its wholly-owned subsidiary Anheuser- Busch InBev Worldwide Inc. ("ABIWW" or a "Company") and one series of USD notes issued by its wholly- owned subsidiary Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc. ("ABIFI" or a "Company", and together with AB InBev, the "Companies") listed in the table set forth under "USD Tender Offers" below (collectively, the "USD Notes") and (ii) three series of EUR Notes issued by AB InBev listed in the table set forth under "EUR Tender Offers" below (collectively, the "EUR Notes", and together with the USD Notes, the "Notes"), which are validly tendered (and not validly withdrawn) and accepted (the "Tender Offers").
The Tender Offers have been made upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the offer to purchase dated 8 September 2020 (the "Offer to Purchase"). Terms not defined in this announcement have the meanings given to them in the Offer to Purchase. All holders of the Notes ("Holders") were authorized to participate in the Tender Offers.
The Tender Offers expired at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on 14 September 2020 (the "Expiration Date"). The Settlement Date will be promptly following the Expiration Date and is expected to be 17 September 2020.
USD Tender Offers
According to information provided by Global Bondholder Services Corporation, the tender agent and information agent for the USD Tender Offers, $892,974,000 combined aggregate principal amount of the USD Notes were validly tendered prior to or at the Expiration Date and not validly withdrawn. In addition, $3,318,000 were tendered pursuant to the Guaranteed Delivery Procedures and remain subject to the Holders' performance of the delivery requirements under such procedures. The table below provides the aggregate principal amount of each series of USD Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn at or prior to the Expiration Date.
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Title of Notes | Issuer | CUSIP/ISIN | Tender Consideration (a) | Principal | Principal Amount | |
Amount Tendered (b) Remaining Outstanding (c) | ||||||
Floating Rate | 035240 AK6/ | $1,015.00 | $113,193,000 | $115,900,000 | ||
Notes due | ABIWW | |||||
US035240AK69 | ||||||
2024 | ||||||
3.500% Notes | ABIWW | 035240 AJ9/ | $1,097.71 | $404,700,000 | $249,720,000 | |
due 2024 | US035240AJ96 | |||||
3.700% Notes | ABIFI | 03524B AE6/ | $1,108.47 | $378,399,000 | $486,774,000 | |
due 2024 | US03524BAE65 | |||||
- Payable in cash per each $1,000 principal amount of the specified series of Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn and accepted for purchase.
- The principal amounts tendered as reflected in the table above include the following aggregate principal amount of Notes that may be validly tendered pursuant to Guaranteed Delivery Procedures and accepted for purchase pursuant to the Tender Offers: (i) $380,000 aggregate principal amount of the Floating Rate Notes due 2024, (ii) $607,000 aggregate principal amount of the 3.500% Notes due 2024, and (iii) $2,331,000 aggregate principal amount of the 3.700% Notes due 2024.
- Assumes Notes subject to Holders' performance under the Guaranteed Delivery Procedures will be validly tendered and accepted for purchase pursuant to the Tender Offers.
EUR Tender Offers
According to information provided by Lucid Issuer Services Limited, the tender agent and information agent for the EUR Tender Offers, €1,064,484,000 combined aggregate principal amount of the EUR Notes were validly tendered prior to or at the Expiration Date and not validly withdrawn. The table below provides the aggregate principal amount of each series of EUR Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn at or prior to the Expiration Date.
Title of Notes | Issuer | ISIN | Tender | Principal | Principal Amount |
Consideration (a) | Amount Tendered (b) | Remaining Outstanding | |||
Floating Rate | AB InBev | BE6301509012 | €1,007.50 | €517,089,000 | €982,911,000 |
Notes due 2024 | |||||
2.875% Notes | AB InBev | BE6243179650 | €1,126.35 | €194,612,000 | €555,388,000 |
due 2024 | |||||
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1.500% Notes | AB InBev | BE6285454482 | €1,077.57 | €352,783,000 | €2,147,217,000 |
due 2025 | |||||
- Payable in cash per each €1,000 principal amount of the specified series of Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn and accepted for purchase.
- No Notes were tendered pursuant to the Guaranteed Delivery Procedures.
The Companies expect to accept, on the Settlement Date, all Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn at or prior to the Expiration Date, including Notes delivered in accordance with the Guaranteed Delivery Procedures. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase, Holders who (i) validly tendered and who did not validly withdraw their Notes at or prior to the Expiration Date or (ii) delivered a properly completed and duly executed Notice of Guaranteed Delivery and all other required documents at or prior to the Expiration Date and who tender their Notes pursuant to the Tender Offers at or prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on 16 September 2020 pursuant to the Guaranteed Delivery Procedures, and, subject in each case to the tender in the applicable Minimum Authorized Denominations, and whose Notes are accepted for purchase by the Company, will receive the applicable Tender Consideration specified in the table above. In addition to the applicable Tender Consideration, Holders whose Notes are accepted for purchase will be paid the accrued and unpaid interest on such Notes from, and including, the immediately preceding interest payment date applicable to such Notes to, but excluding, the Settlement Date. No further interest will be paid to the Holders who tender such Notes, including if a record date for an interest payment on such Notes has passed before the Settlement Date.
Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase, on the Settlement Date, (i) ABIWW expects to pay an aggregate total consideration (excluding the Accrued Coupon Payment) of (a) $114,890,895.00 for the Floating Rate Notes due 2024 and (b) $444,243,237.00 for the 3.500% Notes due 2024, (ii) ABIFI expects to pay an aggregate total consideration (excluding the Accrued Coupon Payment) of $419,443,939.53 for the 3.700% Notes due 2024 and (iii) AB InBev expects to pay an aggregate total consideration (excluding the Accrued Coupon Payment) of (a) €520,967,167.50 for the Floating Rate Notes due 2024, (b) €219,201,226.20 for the 2.875% Notes due 2024 and (c) €380,148,377.31 for the 1.500% Notes due 2025. The actual aggregate total consideration that will be paid on the Settlement Date is subject to change based on deliveries under the Guaranteed Delivery Procedures.
The Dealer Managers for the Tender Offers are:
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Barclays Capital Inc. & Barclays Bank PLC | BofA Securities | Deutsche Bank Securities | ||
745 Seventh Avenue | 620 S Tryon Street, 20th Floor | 60 Wall Street | ||
New York, NY 10019 | Charlotte, North Carolina 28255 | New York, New York 10005 | ||
USA | USA | USA | ||
Attn: Liability Management Group | Attn: Liability Management Group | Attn: Liability Management Group | ||
Collect: +1 (212) 528-7581 | Collect: +1 (704) 560-7937 | Collect: +1 (212) 250-2955 | ||
U.S. Toll-Free: +1 (800) 438-3242 | Email: debt_advisory@bofa.com | U.S. Toll-Free:+1 (866) 627-0391 | ||
U.K. Telephone: + 44 20 3134 8515 | In London: | U.K. Telephone: +44 20 7545 | ||
Email: us.lm@barclays.com | U.K. Telephone: +44 20 7996 5420 | 8011 | ||
Email: DG.LM-EMEA@bofa.com | ||||
In respect of the Offer for the | In respect of the Offer for the | Santander Investment Securities | ||
USD Notes | EUR Notes | Inc. | ||
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC | J.P. Morgan Securities plc | 45 East 53rd Street | ||
383 Madison Avenue | 25 Bank Street | New York, New York 10022 | ||
USA | ||||
New York, NY 10179 | London E14 5JP | |||
Attn: Liability Management Group | ||||
USA | United Kingdom | |||
Collect: +1 (212) 940-1442 | ||||
Attn: Liability Management Group | Attn: Liability Management Group | |||
U.S. Toll-Free: +1 (855) 404-3636 | ||||
Collect: +1 (212) 834-8553 | Collect: +44 20 7134 2468 | |||
U.K. Telephone: +44 20 7756 6909 / | ||||
U.S. Toll-Free: +1 (866) 834-4666 | Email: |
+44 20 7756 6227
Liability_management_EMEA@jpm
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The tender agent and the information agent for the USD Tender Offers is:
Global Bondholder 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) 470-3900 Fax: +1 (212) 430-3775 or +1 (212) 430-3779E-mail:contact@gbsc-usa.com
The tender agent and the information agent for the EUR Tender Offers is:
Lucid Issuer Services Limited
Tankerton Works
12 Argyle Walk
London WC1H 8HA
United Kingdom
Attention: Thomas Choquet
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