PRESS RELEASE - AB InBev（新闻稿百威英博）.pdf

PRESS RELEASE Brussels, 16 September 2015 – 1 / 3 The enclosed information constitutes regulated information as defined in the Belgian Royal Decree of 14 November 2007 regarding the duties of issuers of financial instruments which have been admitted for trading on a regulated market. NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION IN WHOLE OR IN PART IN, INTO OR FROM ANY JURISDICTION WHERE TO DO SO WOULD CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF THE RELEVANT LAWS OR REGULATIONS OF THAT JURISDICTION. Anheuser-Busch InBev Statement Regarding SABMiller plc Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev) (Euronext: ABI) (NYSE: BUD) notes the announcement made by SABMiller plc. AB InBev confirms that it has made an approach to SABMiller’s Board of Directors regarding a combination of the two companies. AB InBev’s intention is to work with SABMiller’s Board toward a recommended transaction. There can be no certainty that this approach will result in an offer or agreement, or as to the terms of any such agreement. A further statement will be made as appropriate. In accordance with Rule 2.6(a) of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers (the “Code”), AB InBev must, by not later than 5.00 p.m. on Wednesday 14 October, 2015, either announce a firm intention to make an offer for SABMiller in accordance with Rule 2.7 of the Code or announce that it does not intend to make an offer for SABMiller, in which case the announcement will be treated as a statement to which Rule 2.8 of the Code applies. This deadline will only be extended with the consent of SABMiller and the Takeover Panel in accordance with Rule 2.6(c) of the Code. In accordance with Rule 2.10 of the Code, AB InBev confirms that, as at the date of this announcement, it has 1,608,242,156 ordinary shares without face value in issue and admitted to trading on Euronext Brussels (ISIN: BE0003793107). AB InBev has an American Depositary Receipts (ADR) programme for which The Bank of New Y