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Mexico City, June 4, 2013. Grupo Modelo, S.A.B. de C.V. and Subsidiaries (BMV: GMODELO) ("Grupo Modelo", "the Company"), the leader in Mexico in beer production, distribution and marketing, informs that the combination with Anheuser-Bush InBev (Euronext: ABI; NYSE: BUD) has been completed in a transaction valued at USD 20.1 billion.
The combination is a natural next step given the successful long-term partnership between AB InBev and Grupo Modelo, which started more than 20 years ago. The combined company will benefit from the significant growth potential that Grupo Modelo brands such as Corona have globally outside of the U.S., as well as locally in Mexico, where there will also be opportunities to introduce AB InBev brands through Grupo Modelo's distribution network.
Carlos Brito, CEO of Anheuser-Busch InBev, said, "We have tremendous respect for Grupo Modelo and its brands, and we are thrilled to welcome our Grupo Modelo colleagues to the global team. We look forward to realizing our opportunities for growth and bringing our beers to more consumers around the world as we join two world-class brewers."
Local Management and Board
Ricardo Tadeu will serve as Zone President Mexico and Chief Executive Officer of Grupo Modelo, effective immediately. Mexico will become AB InBev's seventh Zone. Grupo Modelo's headquarters will remain in Mexico City, and it will continue to have a local board, which will be appointed by AB InBev at the next shareholders meeting of the company. Carlos Fernández, María Asunción Aramburuzabala and Valentín Díez Morodo have been invited to continue to play an important role on Grupo Modelo's Board of Directors.
María Asunción Aramburuzabala and Valentín Díez Morodo will also join AB InBev's Board of Directors, subject to the approval of AB InBev's shareholders at the next shareholders meeting.
In connection with the completion of the combination, AB InBev announced the successful settlement of the all-cash tender offer for the remaining shares of Grupo Modelo that it did not already own for USD 9.15 per share. As of May 31, 2013, approximately 89% of Grupo Modelo's outstanding Series C common shares were validly tendered and acquired in the tender offer by a subsidiary of AB InBev. AB InBev now owns approximately 95% of Grupo Modelo's outstanding common shares.
U.S. DivestitureThe related transaction with Constellation Brands, including the sale of Grupo Modelo's brewery in Piedras Negras, Grupo Modelo's 50% stake in Crown Imports and perpetual rights to Grupo Modelo's brands in the U.S., is expected to close on June 7, 2013.
Transaction Website: www.globalbeerleader.com
Grupo Modelo, founded in 1925, is the leader in Mexico in beer production, distribution and marketing. It has a total annual installed capacity of 71.5 million hectoliters. Currently, it brews and distributes 14 brands, including Corona Extra, the number one Mexican beer sold in the world, Modelo Especial, Victoria, Pacífico and Negra Modelo. It exports seven brands and is present in more than 180 countries. It is the importer of Anheuser-Busch InBev's products in Mexico, including Budweiser, Bud Light and O'Doul's. It also imports the Chinese Tsingtao Brand, the Danish beer Carlsberg, and Spanish beer Mahou Cinco Estrellas. Through a strategic alliance with Nestlé Waters, it produces and distributes in Mexico the bottled water brands Sta. María and Nestlé Pureza Vital, among others. Grupo Modelo trades in the Mexican Stock Exchange since
1994 with the ticker symbol GMODELOC and in 2011 it was included in its Sustainability Index. It also
quotes as an ADR under the ticker GPMCY in the OTC markets and in Latibex in Spain as XGMD.
Investor Relations
Begoña Orgambide (52-55) 1103-5740
ir@gmodelo.com.mx www.gmodelo.mx
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