8-A12B

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-A

FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES

PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV

 

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Belgium

   

Not Applicable

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation

or Organization)

 

   

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification no.)

 

Brouwerijplein 1

3000 Leuven, Belgium

   

Not Applicable

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)     (Zip Code)

(FOR CO-REGISTRANTS, PLEASE SEE “TABLE OF CO-REGISTRANTS” ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE)

 

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c), please check the following box:  ☒      If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d), please check the following box:  ☐

 

Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates:     333-214581
        (If applicable)

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of Each Class

to be so Registered

       

Name of Each Exchange on Which

Each Class is to be Registered

 

6.500% Notes due 2018

2.200% Notes due 2018

Floating Rate Notes due 2018

3.750% Notes due 2022

6.625% Notes due 2033

5.875% Notes due 2035

4.950% Notes due 2042

 

     

 

New York Stock Exchange

New York Stock Exchange

New York Stock Exchange

New York Stock Exchange

New York Stock Exchange

New York Stock Exchange

New York Stock Exchange

 

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

None

 

 

 

(Title of Class)


TABLE OF CO-REGISTRANTS

 

Exact Name as Specified in its Charter

  

State or Other
Jurisdiction

of
Incorporation or
Organization

  

Primary
Standard
Industrial
Classification
Number

  

I.R.S.
Employer
Identification
Number

  

Address, Including Zip Code and
Telephone Number, Including Area
Code, of Principal  Executive Offices

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc.*    Delaware,    2082    43-1162835    One Busch Place, St. Louis,
   United States          Missouri 63118, U.S.A.
            Tel: +1 (314) 577-2000
Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc.    Delaware,    2082    38-3893771   

250 Park Avenue, New York,

New York, U.S.A. 10177

   United States          Tel: +1 (212) 573-8800
Cobrew NV    Belgium    2082    N/A    Brouwerijplein 1, 3000 Leuven,
            Belgium
            Tel: +32 16 27 61 11
Brandbrew S.A    Luxembourg    2082    N/A   

Zone Industrielle Breedewues

No. 15,

L-1259 Senningerberg,

Luxembourg

            Tel: +352 26 15 96 23
Brandbev S.à r.l.    Luxembourg    2082    N/A   

Zone Industrielle Breedewues

No. 15,

L-1259 Senningerberg,

Luxembourg

            Tel: +352 26 15 96 23
Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC    Delaware,    2082    43-1162835    One Busch Place, St. Louis,
   United States          Missouri 63118, U.S.A.
            Tel: +1 (314) 577-2000

 

* Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc. is the issuer of the debt securities offered hereby. The other listed registrants are guarantors of the debt securities.


INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT

The Registrant has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a prospectus dated December 8, 2016 (the “Prospectus”), relating to the securities to be registered hereunder included in the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form F-4 (File No. 333-214581), which became effective on December 8, 2016.

 

Item 1. Description of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered

Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV hereby incorporates by reference the description of its securities to be registered hereunder contained in the Prospectus dated December 8, 2016 under the heading “Description of the AB InBev Notes” and in the Company’s prospectus forming part of its Registration Statement (File No. 333-214581) under the same heading, originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on November 14, 2016, as thereafter amended and supplemented.

 

Item 2. Exhibits.

 

  4.1. Form of Indenture, among the Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc., Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV, Brandbrew S.A., Brandbev S.à r.l., Cobrew NV, Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc. and Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Form F-4 (File No. 333-214581) filed by Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV on 14 November 2016, as thereafter amended and supplemented).

 

  4.2 Form of First Supplemental Indenture, among the Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc., Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV, Brandbrew S.A., Brandbev S.à r.l., Cobrew NV, Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc. and Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC and the Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Form F-4 (File No. 333-214581) filed by Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV on 14 November 2016, as thereafter amended and supplemented).

 

  4.3 Form of Second Supplemental Indenture, among the Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc., Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV, Brandbrew S.A., Brandbev S.à r.l., Cobrew NV, Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc. and Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC and the Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to Form F-4 (File No. 333-214581) filed by Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV on 14 November 2016, as thereafter amended and supplemented).


  4.4 Form of Third Supplemental Indenture, among the Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc., Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV, Brandbrew S.A., Brandbev S.à r.l., Cobrew NV, Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc. and Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC and the Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to Form F-4 (File No. 333-214581) filed by Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV on 14 November 2016, as thereafter amended and supplemented).

 

  4.5 Form of Fourth Supplemental Indenture, among the Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc., Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV, Brandbrew S.A., Brandbev S.à r.l., Cobrew NV, Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc. and Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC and the Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to Form F-4 (File No. 333-214581) filed by Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV on 14 November 2016, as thereafter amended and supplemented).

 

  4.6 Form of Fifth Supplemental Indenture, among the Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc., Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV, Brandbrew S.A., Brandbev S.à r.l., Cobrew NV, Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc. and Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC and the Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.6 to Form F-4 (File No. 333-214581) filed by Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV on 14 November 2016, as thereafter amended and supplemented).

 

  4.7 Form of Sixth Supplemental Indenture, among the Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc., Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV, Brandbrew S.A., Brandbev S.à r.l., Cobrew NV, Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc. and Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC and the Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.7 to Form F-4 (File No. 333-214581) filed by Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV on 14 November 2016, as thereafter amended and supplemented).

 

  4.8 Form of Seventh Supplemental Indenture, among the Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc., Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV, Brandbrew S.A., Brandbev S.à r.l., Cobrew NV, Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc. and Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC and the Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.8 to Form F-4 (File No. 333-214581) filed by Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV on 14 November 2016, as thereafter amended and supplemented).


SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.

 

      Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc.  
Date: December 16, 2016       By:   /s/ Gabriel Ventura    
            Name: Gabriel Ventura    
            Title:    Authorized Signatory    
      Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV  
By:   /s/ Benoit Loore     By:   /s/ Jan Vandermeersch  
Name: Benoit Loore     Name: Jan Vandermeersch  
Title:    Authorized Signatory     Title:    Authorized Signatory  
      Cobrew NV  
By:   /s/ Benoit Loore     By:   /s/ Octavio Chino  
Name: Benoit Loore     Name: Octavio Chino  
Title:    Authorized Signatory     Title:    Authorized Signatory  
      Brandbrew S.A.  
      By:   /s/ Octavio Chino  
      Name: Octavio Chino  
      Title:    Authorized Signatory  

 

[Signature page for Form 8-A]


      Brandbev S.à r.l.  
      By:   /s/ Benoit Loore  
      Name: Benoit Loore  
      Title:    Authorized Signatory  
      Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC  
      By:   /s/ Gabriel Ventura  
      Name: Gabriel Ventura  
      Title:    Authorized Signatory  
      Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc.  
      By:   /s/ Gabriel Ventura  
      Name: Gabriel Ventura  
      Title:    Authorized Signatory  

 

[Signature page for Form 8-A]


INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit No.

      
                          4.1.       Form of Indenture, among the Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc., Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV, Brandbrew S.A., Brandbev S.à r.l., Cobrew NV, Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc. and Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Form F-4 (File No. 333-214581) filed by Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV on 14 November 2016, as thereafter amended and supplemented).
  4.2       Form of First Supplemental Indenture, among the Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc., Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV, Brandbrew S.A., Brandbev S.à r.l., Cobrew NV, Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc. and Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC and the Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Form F-4 (File No. 333-214581) filed by Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV on 14 November 2016, as thereafter amended and supplemented).
  4.3       Form of Second Supplemental Indenture, among the Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc., Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV, Brandbrew S.A., Brandbev S.à r.l., Cobrew NV, Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc. and Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC and the Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to Form F-4 (File No. 333-214581) filed by Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV on 14 November 2016, as thereafter amended and supplemented).
  4.4       Form of Third Supplemental Indenture, among the Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc., Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV, Brandbrew S.A., Brandbev S.à r.l., Cobrew NV, Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc. and Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC and the Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to Form F-4 (File No. 333-214581) filed by Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV on 14 November 2016, as thereafter amended and supplemented).
  4.5       Form of Fourth Supplemental Indenture, among the Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc., Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV, Brandbrew S.A., Brandbev S.à r.l., Cobrew NV, Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc. and Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC and the Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to Form F-4 (File No. 333-214581) filed by Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV on 14 November 2016, as thereafter amended and supplemented).


                          4.6       Form of Fifth Supplemental Indenture, among the Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc., Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV, Brandbrew S.A., Brandbev S.à r.l., Cobrew NV, Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc. and Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC and the Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.6 to Form F-4 (File No. 333-214581) filed by Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV on 14 November 2016, as thereafter amended and supplemented).
  4.7       Form of Sixth Supplemental Indenture, among the Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc., Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV, Brandbrew S.A., Brandbev S.à r.l., Cobrew NV, Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc. and Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC and the Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.7 to Form F-4 (File No. 333-214581) filed by Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV on 14 November 2016, as thereafter amended and supplemented).
  4.8       Form of Seventh Supplemental Indenture, among the Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc., Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV, Brandbrew S.A., Brandbev S.à r.l., Cobrew NV, Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc. and Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC and the Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.8 to Form F-4 (File No. 333-214581) filed by Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV on 14 November 2016, as thereafter amended and supplemented).