Form 8-A

 

 

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: 333-223774
(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

3.500% Notes due 2024

4.000% Notes due 2028

4.375% Notes due 2038

4.600% Notes due 2048

4.750% Notes due 2058

Floating Rate Notes due 2024

   

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,

United States

   2082   38-3893771  

250 Park Avenue, New York,

New York, U.S.A. 10177

        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 red prospectus dated March 20, 2018 (the “Red Prospectus Supplement”) to a prospectus dated March 19, 2018 (the “Prospectus”), relating to the securities to be registered hereunder included in the Registrant’s automatic shelf Registration Statement on Form F-3 (File No. 333-223771), which became automatically effective on March 19, 2018.

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

The material set forth in (i) the section captioned “Description of Debt Securities and Guarantees”, “Legal Ownership” and “Tax Considerations” in the registrant’s Registration Statement on Form F-3 (File No. 333-223774) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 19, 2018, and (ii) the sections captioned “Description of the Notes” and “Taxation” in the Issuer’s Red Prospectus Supplement, dated March 20, 2018 are each incorporated herein by reference. Copies of such descriptions will be filed with the New York Stock Exchange, Inc.

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-3 (File No. 333-223774) filed by Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV on March 19, 2018).
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.
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.
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.

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.
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.
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.

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:   March 29, 2018     By:   /s/ Bryan Warner
      Name:   Bryan Warner
      Title:   Authorized Signatory

 

    Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV
By:   /s/ Ann Randon     By:   /s/ Jan Vandermeersch
Name:   Ann Randon     Name:   Jan Vandermeersch
Title:   Authorized Signatory     Title:   Authorized Signatory

 

    Cobrew NV
By:   /s/ Ann Randon     By:   /s/ Jan Vandermeersch
Name:   Ann Randon     Name:   Jan Vandermeersch
Title:   Authorized Signatory     Title:   Authorized Signatory

 

    Brandbrew S.A.
By:   /s/ Octavio Chino     By:   /s/ Yannick Bomans
Name:   Octavio Chino     Name:   Yannick Bomans
Title:   Authorized Signatory     Title:   Authorized Signatory

    Brandbev S.à r.l.
By:   /s/ Christine Delhaye     By:   /s/ Yannick Bomans
Name:   Christine Delhaye     Name:   Yannick Bomans
Title:   Authorized Signatory     Title:   Authorized Signatory
    Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC
      By:   /s/ Bryan Warner
      Name:   Bryan Warner
      Title:   Authorized Signatory
    Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc.
      By:   /s/ Bryan Warner
      Name:   Bryan Warner
      Title:   Authorized Signatory

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-3 (File No. 333-223774) filed by Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV on March 19, 2018).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.