SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

November 14, 2018

Commission File No.:   001-37911

Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

Belgium

(Jurisdiction of Incorporation )

Brouwerijplein 1

3000 Leuven, Belgium

(Address of principal executive offices )

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:

 

Form 20-F          ✓                Form 40-F                   

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):                 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):                 

Indicate by check mark whether by furnishing the information contained in this Form, the registrant is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.                

 

Yes                       No          ✓        

THIS REPORT ON FORM 6-K SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM F-3 (FILE NO. 333-223774) AND EACH OF THE REGISTRATION STATEMENTS ON FORM S-8 (FILE NO. 333-227335), FORM S-8 (FILE NO. 333-172069), FORM S-8 (FILE NO. 333-171231), FORM S-8 (FILE NO. 333-169272), FORM S-8 (FILE NO. 333-165566), FORM S-8 (FILE NO. 333-165065), FORM S-8 (FILE NO. 333-178664), FORM S-8 (FILE NO. 333-188517), FORM S-8 (FILE NO. 333-192806), FORM S-8 (FILE NO. 333-201386), FORM S-8 (FILE NO. 333-208634) AND FORM S-8 (FILE NO. 333-221808) OF ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV SA/NV AND TO BE A PART THEREOF FROM THE DATE ON WHICH THIS REPORT IS FURNISHED, TO THE EXTENT NOT SUPERSEDED BY DOCUMENTS OR REPORTS SUBSEQUENTLY FILED OR FURNISHED.


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

Number

  

Description

4.1    Indenture, dated as of November 13, 2018, among Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC, Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc., Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV, Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc., Brandbev S.A., Brandbrew S.a r.l, Cobrew NV/SA and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee.
4.2    First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 13, 2018, by and among Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC, Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc., Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV, the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee.
4.3    Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 13, 2018, by and among Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC, Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc., Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV, the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee.
4.4    Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 13, 2018, by and among Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC, Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc., Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV, the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee.
99.1    Press release issued 26 October 2018 regarding private U.S. exchange offers.
99.2    Press release issued 9 November 2018 regarding results of private U.S. exchange offers.
99.3    Press release issued on 13 November 2018 regarding debt tender offer.


SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

   

ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV SA/NV

(Registrant)

Dated: November 14, 2018     By:  

/s/ Jan Vandermeersch

Name: Jan Vandermeersch

Title:   Global Legal Director Corporate

Exhibit 4.1

 

 

 

ANHEUSER-BUSCH COMPANIES, LLC

and

ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV WORLDWIDE INC.,

as Companies

and

ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV SA/NV,

as Parent Guarantor

and

the SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS party hereto from time to time

and

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,

as Trustee

 

 

Indenture

Dated as of November 13, 2018

 

 

 

 

 

 


Certain Sections of this Indenture relating to Sections 310 through 318, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939:

 

Trust Indenture Act Section

  

Indenture Section

Section 310

  

(a)(1)

  

609

  

(a)(2)

  

609

  

(a)(3)

  

Not Applicable

  

(a)(4)

  

Not Applicable

  

(b)

  

608

     

610

Section 311

  

(a)

  

613

  

(b)

  

613

Section 312

  

(a)

  

701

     

702

  

(b)

  

702

  

(c)

  

702

Section 313

  

(a)

  

703

  

(b)

  

703

  

(c)

  

703

  

(d)

  

703

Section 314

  

(a)

  

704

  

(a)(4)

  

101

     

1004

  

(b)

  

Not Applicable

  

(c)(1)

  

102

  

(c)(2)

  

102

  

(c)(3)

  

Not Applicable

  

(d)

  

Not Applicable

  

(e)

  

102

Section 315

  

(a)

  

601

  

(b)

  

602

  

(c)

  

601

  

(d)

  

601

  

(e)

  

514

Section 316

  

(a)

  

101

  

(a)(1)(A)

  

502

     

512

  

(a)(1)(B)

  

513

  

(a)(2)

  

Not Applicable

  

(b)

  

508

  

(c)

  

104

Section 317

  

(a)(1)

  

503

  

(a)(2)

  

504

  

(b)

  

1003

Section 318

  

(a)

  

107

NOTE: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of the Indenture.


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

          P AGE  

P ARTIES

     1  

R ECITALS OF THE C OMPANIES AND THE G UARANTORS

     1  

ARTICLE ONE

 

D EFINITIONS AND O THER P ROVISIONS

 

OF G ENERAL A PPLICATION

 

SECTION 101.

   Definitions      1  
   2010 Senior Facility Agreement      2  
   Absorbing Company      2  
   Act      2  
   Additional Amounts      2  
   Affiliate      2  
   Anheuser-Busch InBev Group      2  
   Applicable Procedures      3  
   Authenticating Agent      3  
   Board of Directors      3  
   Board Resolution      3  
   Brandbev      3  
   Brandbev Guarantee      3  
   Brandbrew      3  
   Brandbrew Guarantee      3  
   Business Day      3  
   Certificated Security      3  
   Clearstream      3  
   Code      3  
   Commission      3  
   Company      4  
   Company Request; Company Order      4  
   Corporate Trust Office      4  
   Corporation      4  
   Covenant Defeasance      4  
   Defaulted Interest      4  
   Defeasance      4  
   Depositary      4  
   Distribution Compliance Period      4  
   Distributor      4  
   DTC      4  

 

 

N OTE : This Table of Contents shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of the Indenture.

 

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Encumbrance

     4  
  

Euroclear

     5  

    

  

Event of Default

     5  
  

Exchange Act

     5  
  

Expiration Date

     5  
  

FATCA Withholding

     5  
  

Global Guarantee

     5  
  

Global Security

     5  
  

Guarantees

     5  
  

Guarantor

     5  
  

Holder

     5  
  

Indenture

     5  
  

Indirect Participant

     5  
  

Interest

     5  
  

Interest Payment Date

     5  
  

Investment Company Act

     6  
  

January 2009 Indenture

     6  
  

January 2013 Indenture

     6  
  

Judgment Currency

     6  
  

Law of 2002

     6  
  

Luxembourg Regulation

     6  
  

Maturity

     6  
  

Net Tangible Assets

     6  
  

Notice of Default

     6  
  

October 2009 Indenture

     6  
  

Officers’ Certificate

     7  
  

Opinion of Counsel

     7  
  

Original Issue Discount Security

     7  
  

Other Guaranteed Facilities

     7  
  

Outstanding

     7  
  

Parent Guarantee

     8  
  

Parent Guarantor

     8  
  

Participant

     8  
  

Paying Agent

     8  
  

Person

     8  
  

Place of Payment

     8  
  

Predecessor Security

     8  
  

Principal Plant

     8  
  

Redemption Date

     9  
  

Redemption Price

     9  
  

Regular Record Date

     9  
  

Responsible Officer

     9  
  

Restricted Certificated Security

     9  
  

Restricted Global Security

     9  
  

Restricted Subsidiary

     9  
  

Securities

     9  
  

Securities Act

     10  
  

Security Register; Security Registrar

     10  
  

Significant Subsidiary

     10  

 

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Special Record Date

     10  
  

Stated Maturity

     10  
  

Subsidiary

     10  
  

Subsidiary Guarantee

     10  
  

Subsidiary Guarantor

     10  
  

Trust Indenture Act

     11  
  

Trustee

     11  
  

U.S. Government Obligation

     11  
  

Unrestricted Certificated Security

     11  
  

Unrestricted Global Security

     11  
  

Vice President

     11  

SECTION 102.

   Compliance Certificates and Opinions      11  

SECTION 103.

   Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee      12  

SECTION 104.

   Acts of Holders; Record Dates      12  

SECTION 105.

   Notices, Etc., to Trustee, each Company and a Guarantor      14  

SECTION 106.

   Notice to Holders; Waiver      15  

SECTION 107.

   Conflict with Trust Indenture Act      15  

SECTION 108.

   Effect of Headings and Table of Contents      16  

SECTION 109.

   Successors and Assigns      16  

SECTION 110.

   Separability Clause      16  

SECTION 111.

   Benefits of Indenture      16  

SECTION 112.

   Governing Law; Waiver of Trial by Jury      16  

SECTION 113.

   Legal Holidays      16  

SECTION 114.

   Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Immunity      17  

SECTION 115.

   Appointment of Agent for Service of Process      17  
ARTICLE TWO  
S ECURITY AND G UARANTEE F ORMS  

SECTION 201.

   Forms Generally      18  

SECTION 202.

   Form of Face of Security      18  

SECTION 203.

   Form of Reverse of Security      21  

SECTION 204.

   Form of Legends for Securities      26  

SECTION 205.

   Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication      28  

SECTION 206.

   Guarantees by Guarantors      28  

SECTION 207.

   Additional Guarantees      32  

SECTION 208.

   Release of Guarantee      32  

SECTION 209.

   Limitations on Guarantees      33  

SECTION 210.

   CUSIP Numbers      38  

SECTION 211.

   Non-Impairment      38  
ARTICLE THREE  
T HE S ECURITIES  

SECTION 301.

   Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series      38  

SECTION 302.

   Denominations      41  

SECTION 303.

   Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating      41  

 

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SECTION 304.

   Temporary Securities      43  

SECTION 305.

   Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange      43  

SECTION 306.

   Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities      53  

SECTION 307.

   Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved      54  

SECTION 308.

   Persons Deemed Owners      55  

SECTION 309.

   Cancellation      55  

SECTION 310.

   Computation of Interest      56  

SECTION 311.

   Co-Obligation of the Companies      56  

ARTICLE FOUR

 

S ATISFACTION AND D ISCHARGE

 

SECTION 401.

   Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture      57  

SECTION 402.

   Application of Trust Money      58  

ARTICLE FIVE

 

R EMEDIES

 

SECTION 501.

   Events of Default      58  

SECTION 502.

   Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment      60  

SECTION 503.

   Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee      61  

SECTION 504.

   Trustee May File Proofs of Claim      62  

SECTION 505.

   Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities      62  

SECTION 506.

   Application of Money Collected      63  

SECTION 507.

   Limitation on Suits      63  

SECTION 508.

   Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest      64  

SECTION 509.

   Restoration of Rights and Remedies      64  

SECTION 510.

   Rights and Remedies Cumulative      64  

SECTION 511.

   Delay or Omission Not Waiver      64  

SECTION 512.

   Control by Holders      64  

SECTION 513.

   Waiver of Past Defaults      65  

SECTION 514.

   Undertaking for Costs      65  

SECTION 515.

   Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws      65  

SECTION 516.

   Agents to Act for Trustee      66  

ARTICLE SIX

 

T HE T RUSTEE

 

SECTION 601.

   Certain Duties and Responsibilities      66  

SECTION 602.

   Notice to Holders of Defaults      66  

SECTION 603.

   Certain Rights of Trustee      66  

SECTION 604.

   Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities      69  

SECTION 605.

   May Hold Securities      69  

SECTION 606.

   Money Held in Trust      69  

SECTION 607.

   Compensation and Reimbursement      69  

 

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SECTION 608.

   Conflicting Interests      70  

SECTION 609.

   Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility      71  

SECTION 610.

   Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor      71  

SECTION 611.

   Acceptance of Appointment by Successor      72  

SECTION 612.

   Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business      73  

SECTION 613.

   Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Companies or the Guarantors      74  

SECTION 614.

   Appointment of Authenticating Agent      74  

SECTION 615.

   FATCA Withholding      75  

ARTICLE SEVEN

 

H OLDERS ’ L ISTS AND R EPORTS BY T RUSTEE AND C OMPANIES

 

SECTION 701.

   Companies and the Parent Guarantor to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders      76  

SECTION 702.

   Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders      76  

SECTION 703.

   Reports by Trustee      76  

SECTION 704.

   Reports by the Parent Guarantor      77  

ARTICLE EIGHT

 

C ONSOLIDATION , M ERGER , C ONVEYANCE , T RANSFER OR L EASE

 

SECTION 801.

   Companies and a Guarantor May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms      77  

SECTION 802.

   Successor Substituted      79  

SECTION 803.

   Conversion to Limited Liability Company      80  

ARTICLE NINE

 

S UPPLEMENTAL I NDENTURES

 

SECTION 901.

   Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders      80  

SECTION 902.

   Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders      82  

SECTION 903.

   Execution of Supplemental Indentures      83  

SECTION 904.

   Effect of Supplemental Indentures      84  

SECTION 905.

   Conformity with Trust Indenture Act      84  

SECTION 906.

   Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures      84  

ARTICLE TEN

 

C OVENANTS

 

SECTION 1001.

   Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest      84  

SECTION 1002.

   Maintenance of Office or Agency      84  

SECTION 1003.

   Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust      85  

SECTION 1004.

   Statement by Officers as to Default      86  

SECTION 1005.

   Existence      86  

 

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SECTION 1006.

   Limitation on Liens      86  

SECTION 1007.

   Sale-Leaseback Transactions      89  

SECTION 1008.

   Waiver of Certain Covenants      91  

SECTION 1009.

   Additional Amounts      91  

SECTION 1010.

   Additional Information      93  

SECTION 1011.

   Notice of Event of Default      93  

SECTION 1012.

   Indemnification of Judgment Currency      93  

SECTION 1013.

   Further Instruments and Acts      94  

ARTICLE ELEVEN

 

R EDEMPTION OF S ECURITIES

 

SECTION 1101.

   Applicability of Article      94  

SECTION 1102.

   Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee      94  

SECTION 1103.

   Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed      94  

SECTION 1104.

   Notice of Redemption      95  

SECTION 1105.

   Deposit of Redemption Price      96  

SECTION 1106.

   Securities Payable on Redemption Date      96  

SECTION 1107.

   Securities Redeemed in Part      97  

ARTICLE TWELVE

 

S INKING F UNDS

 

SECTION 1201.

   Applicability of Article      97  

SECTION 1202.

   Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities      97  

SECTION 1203.

   Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund      98  

ARTICLE THIRTEEN

 

D EFEASANCE AND C OVENANT D EFEASANCE

 

SECTION 1301.

   Companies’ and the Parent Guarantor’s Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance      98  

SECTION 1302.

   Defeasance and Discharge      98  

SECTION 1303.

   Covenant Defeasance      99  

SECTION 1304.

   Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance      99  

SECTION 1305.

   Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Miscellaneous Provisions      101  

SECTION 1306.

   Reinstatement      101  

SECTION 1307.

   Qualifying Trustee      102  

 

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INDENTURE, dated as of November 13, 2018, among Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC, a limited liability company duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called “ABC” and a “Company”) and Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called “ABIWW” and a “Company,” and together with ABC, the “Companies,” as the context requires), Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV, a société anonyme/naamloze vennootschap duly organized and existing under the laws of the Kingdom of Belgium (herein called the “Parent Guarantor”), the Subsidiaries of the Parent Guarantor party hereto from time to time, as Subsidiary Guarantors, and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., a national banking association, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”).

R ECITALS OF THE C OMPANIES AND THE G UARANTORS

The Companies have duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (herein called the “Securities”), to be issued in one or more series as in this Indenture provided.

The Guarantors have duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance of Guarantees with respect to the Securities.

All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Companies and the Guarantors, in accordance with its terms, have been done.

N OW , T HEREFORE , T HIS I NDENTURE W ITNESSETH :

For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities or of series thereof, as follows:

ARTICLE ONE

D EFINITIONS AND O THER P ROVISIONS

OF G ENERAL A PPLICATION

SECTION 101.       Definitions.

For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:

(1)      the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular;

(2)      all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein;

(3)      all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting


principles, as applied by the Parent Guarantor, and, except as otherwise herein expressly provided, the term “generally accepted accounting principles” with respect to any computation required or permitted hereunder shall mean such accounting principles as are generally accepted — at the date of this instrument — at the date of such computation in the jurisdiction of incorporation of the Parent Guarantor;

(4)      unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to an “Article” or a “Section” refers to an Article or a Section, as the case may be, of this Indenture; and

(5)      the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision.

“2010 Senior Facilities Agreement” means the $9 billion (originally $13 billion) senior facilities agreement, dated as of February 26, 2010, as amended on July 25, 2011, as extended on August 20, 2013 and as amended and restated on August 28, 2015 and further extended on 3 October 2017, for the Parent Guarantor and ABIWW, arranged by Banc of America Securities Limited, Banco Santander, S.A., Barclays Capital, Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, Fortis Bank SA/NV, ING Bank NV, Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A, J.P. Morgan plc, Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd, The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking, The Corporate and Investment Banking Division of Société Générale and The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. as mandated lead arrangers and bookrunners, and Fortis Bank SA/NV, acting as agent and issuing bank.

“Absorbing Company” has the meaning specified in Section 801.

“Act”, when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in Section 104.

“Additional Amounts” has the meaning specified in Section 1009.

“Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

“Anheuser-Busch InBev Group” means the Parent Guarantor or the Parent Guarantor and the group of companies owned and/or controlled by the Parent Guarantor, as the context requires.

“April 2018 Indenture” means the Indenture dated as of April 4, 2018, among ABIWW, the Parent Guarantor, the subsidiary guarantors thereunder and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. as trustee.

 

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“Applicable Procedures” means, with respect to any transfer or exchange of or for beneficial interests in any Global Security, the rules and procedures of the Depositary with respect thereto that apply to such transfer or exchange.

“Authenticating Agent” means any Person authorized by the Trustee pursuant to Section 614 to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of one or more series.

“Board of Directors” means either the board of directors or other managing body of either Company or a Guarantor, as applicable, or any duly authorized committee of that board or managing body.

“Board Resolution” means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary or other authorized officer or person, in the case of each Company, or a manager or other authorized officer or person, in the case of any Guarantor, to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors of such Company or the applicable Guarantor, as applicable, and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.

“Brandbev” means Brandbev S.à r.l., a société à responsabilité limitée incorporated under the laws of Luxembourg, with registered office at Zone Industrielle Breedewues No. 15, L-1259 Senningerberg, Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg, registered with the Luxembourg Register of Commerce and Companies under the number B 80.984 and having a share capital of USD 43,150,720.

“Brandbev Guarantee” has the meaning specified in Section 209.

“Brandbrew” means Brandbrew S.A., a société anonyme incorporated under the laws of Luxembourg, with registered office at Zone Industrielle Breedewues No. 15, L-1259 Senningerberg, Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg and registered with the Luxembourg Register of Commerce and Companies under the number B 75.696.

“Brandbrew Guarantee” has the meaning specified in Section 209.

“Business Day”, when used with respect to any Place of Payment, means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in that Place of Payment are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.

“Certificated Security” means a certificated Security that evidences all or part of the Securities of any series and bears the legend set forth in Section 204 (or such legends as may be specified as contemplated by Section 301 of such Securities) and that is registered in the name of the Holder thereof.

“Clearstream” means Clearstream Banking, société anonyme , Luxembourg (or any successor securities clearing agency).

“Code” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

“Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, from time to time constituted, created under the Exchange Act, or if at any time after the execution of

 

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this instrument such Commission is not existing and performing its duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties at such time.

“Company” means either of the Persons named as the “Company” in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor Person or successor Persons shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Company” shall mean such successor Person or Persons.

“Company Request” or “Company Order” means a written request or order signed in the name of both Companies by their respective President, Chairman of the Board, any Vice-President, Treasurer, Secretary, Assistant Secretary or other authorized officer and delivered to the Trustee.

“Corporate Trust Office” means the designated office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered, which office at the date hereof is located at 100 South 4 th Street, Suite 550, St. Louis, Missouri 63102, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration, Fax No. (732) 667-4450 or such other address as the Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Companies, or the principal corporate trust office of any successor Trustee (or such other address as such successor Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Companies).

“Corporation” means a corporation, partnership, association, company, limited liability company, joint-stock company, business trust or other similar entity.

“Covenant Defeasance” has the meaning specified in Section 1303.

“December 2016 Indenture” means the Indenture dated as of December 16, 2016, among ABIWW, the Parent Guarantor, the subsidiary guarantors thereunder and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee.

“Defaulted Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 307.

“Defeasance” has the meaning specified in Section 1302.

“Depositary” means, with respect to Securities of any series issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities, a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act that is designated to act as Depositary for such Securities as contemplated by Section 301.

“Distribution Compliance Period” has the meaning specified in Section 305(b)(1)(A).

“Distributor” has the meaning specified in Section 305(b)(1)(A).

“DTC” means The Depository Trust Company, its nominees, successors and assigns.

“Encumbrance” means any mortgage, pledge, security interest or lien.

 

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“Euroclear” means the Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V. (or any successor securities clearing agency).

“Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 501.

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and any statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.

“Expiration Date” has the meaning specified in Section 104.

“FATCA Withholding” has the meaning specified in Section 615.

“Global Guarantee” means a guarantee of the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary Guarantor in substantially the form set forth in Section 206(d), as the case may be, which guarantee may be executed in advance of the authentication and delivery of the Securities covered thereby and may apply to more than one series of Securities issued hereunder.

“Global Security” means a Security that evidences all or part of the Securities of any series and bears the legend set forth in Section 204 (or such legend as may be specified as contemplated by Section 301 for such Securities).

“Guarantees” means the guarantees of the Parent Guarantor and any other Guarantor from time to time, which may be (i) in the form of one or more Global Guarantees or (ii) endorsed on, and relate to, the Securities of a particular series authenticated and delivered hereunder or (iii) documented in any other manner permitted by law.

“Guarantor” means the Parent Guarantor and any Subsidiary Guarantor under this Indenture from time to time.

“Holder” means a Person in whose name a Security is registered in the Security Register.

“Indenture” means this instrument as originally executed and as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof, including, for all purposes of this instrument and any such supplemental indenture, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be a part of and govern this instrument and any such supplemental indenture, respectively. The term “Indenture” shall also include the terms of particular series of Securities established as contemplated by Section 301.

“Indirect Participant” means a Person who holds a beneficial interest in a Global Security through a Participant.

“Interest”, when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount Security which by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, means interest payable after Maturity.

“Interest Payment Date”, when used with respect to any Security, means the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Security.

 

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“Investment Company Act” means the Investment Company Act of 1940 and any statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.

“January 2009 Indenture” means the Indenture dated as of January 12, 2009, among ABIWW, the Parent Guarantor, the subsidiary guarantors thereunder and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (formerly The Bank of New York Mellon, New York Branch) as trustee.

“January 2013 Indenture” means the Indenture dated as of January 17, 2013, among Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc., the Parent Guarantor, the subsidiary guarantors thereunder and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee.

“January 2016 Indenture” means the Indenture dated as of January 25, 2016, among Anheuser-Busch Finance Inc., the Parent Guarantor, the subsidiary guarantors thereunder and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee.

“Judgment Currency” has the meaning specified in Section 1012.

“Luxembourg Law of 2002” has the meaning specified in Section 209.

“Luxembourg Regulation” has the meaning specified in Section 209.

“Maturity”, when used with respect to any Security, means the date on which the principal of such Security or an installment of principal becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.

“May 2017 Indenture” means the Indenture dated as of May 15, 2017, among Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc., the Parent Guarantor, the subsidiary guarantors thereunder and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee.

“Net Tangible Assets” means the total assets of the Parent Guarantor and its Restricted Subsidiaries (including, with respect to the Parent Guarantor, its net investment in subsidiaries other than Restricted Subsidiaries) after deducting therefrom (a) all current liabilities (excluding any thereof constituting debt by reason of being renewable or extendable) and (b) all goodwill, trade names, trademarks, patents, unamortized debt discount and expense, organization and developmental expenses and other like segregated intangibles, all as computed by the Parent Guarantor in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles applied by the Parent Guarantor as of a date within 90 days of the date as of which the determination is being made; provided that any items constituting deferred income taxes, deferred investment tax credit or other similar items shall not be taken into account as a liability or as a deduction from or adjustment to total assets.

“Notice of Default” means a written notice of the kind specified in Section 501(4) or 501(5).

“October 2009 Indenture” means the Indenture dated as of October 16, 2009, among ABIWW, the Parent Guarantor, the subsidiary guarantors thereunder and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. as trustee.

 

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“Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President, any Vice-President, the Treasurer, a Secretary, an Assistant Secretary or any other authorized officer or person, in the case of each Company, and, in the case of any Guarantor, any manager or authorized officer or person, and delivered to the Trustee. One of the officers signing an Officer’s Certificate given pursuant to Section 1004 shall, in the case of each Company, be the principal executive, financial or accounting officer.

“Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel for either Company or both Companies or the applicable Guarantor, and which opinion shall be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.

“Original Issue Discount Security” means any Security which provides for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502.

“Other Guaranteed Facilities” has the meaning specified in Section 209.

“Outstanding”, when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the date of determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except:

(1)      Securities theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;

(2)      Securities for whose payment or redemption money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than either Company or a Guarantor) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by either Company (if either Company or a Guarantor shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Securities; provided that, if such Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been made;

(3)      Securities as to which Defeasance has been effected pursuant to Section 1302; and

(4)      Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 306 or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Securities are held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Securities are valid obligations of the Companies;

provided , however , that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have given, made or taken any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action hereunder as of any date, (A) the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount of the principal thereof which would be due and payable as of such date upon acceleration of the Maturity thereof to such date pursuant to Section 502; (B) if, as of such date, the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity

 

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of a Security is not determinable, the principal amount of such Security which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount as specified or determined as contemplated by Section 301; (C) the principal amount of a Security denominated in one or more foreign currencies or currency units which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the U.S. dollar equivalent, determined as of such date in the manner provided as contemplated by Section 301, of the principal amount of such Security (or, in the case of a Security described in clause (A) or (B) above, of the amount determined as provided in such clause); and (D) Securities owned by either Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Companies or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, only Securities which the Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not either Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of either Company or of such other obligor.

“Parent Guarantee” means any guarantee of the Parent Guarantor from time to time, which may be in the form of (i) one or more Global Guarantees or (ii) endorsed on, and relate to, the Securities of a particular series authenticated and delivered hereunder or (iii) documented in any other manner permitted by law.

“Parent Guarantor” has the meaning specified in the first paragraph of this Indenture, and any successor Person or assignee permitted pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and following a merger under Section 801(b), “Parent Guarantor” shall mean the Absorbing Company without any further action hereunder.

“Participant” means, with respect to any Depositary, a Person who is a participant of or has an account with such Depositary, respectively.

“Paying Agent” means any Person authorized by either Company or both Companies or a Guarantor to pay the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities on behalf of such Companies or Guarantor.

“Person” means any individual, Corporation, joint venture, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.

“Place of Payment”, when used with respect to the Securities of any series, means the place or places where the principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities of that series are payable as specified as contemplated by Section 301.

“Predecessor Security” of any particular Security means every previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 306 in exchange for or in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security.

“Principal Plant” means (a) any brewery, or any manufacturing, processing or packaging plant, now owned or hereafter acquired by the Parent Guarantor or any

 

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Subsidiary, but shall not include (i) any brewery or manufacturing, processing or packaging plant which the Parent Guarantor shall by Board Resolution have determined is not of material importance to the total business conducted by the Parent Guarantor and its Subsidiaries, (ii) any plant which the Parent Guarantor shall by Board Resolution have determined is used primarily for transportation, marketing or warehousing (any such determination to be effective as of the date specified in the applicable Board Resolution) or (iii) at the option of the Parent Guarantor, any plant that (A) does not constitute part of the brewing operations of the Parent Guarantor and its Subsidiaries and (B) has a net book value, as reflected on the balance sheet contained in the Parent Guarantor’s financial statements of not more than $100,000,000; and (b) any other facility owned by the Parent Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries that the Parent Guarantor shall, by Board Resolution, designate as a Principal Plant.

“Redemption Date”, when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.

“Redemption Price”, when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.

“Regular Record Date” for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date on the Securities of any series means the date specified for that purpose as contemplated by Section 301.

“Responsible Officer” shall mean, when used with respect to the Trustee, any officer within the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, including any vice president, assistant vice president, assistant secretary, assistant treasurer, trust officer or any other officer of the Trustee who customarily performs functions similar to those performed by the Persons who at the time shall be such officers, respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of such person’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.

“Restricted Certificated Security” means a Certificated Security offered and sold pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act.

“Restricted Global Security” means a Global Security offered and sold pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act.

“Restricted Subsidiary” means (a) any Subsidiary which owns or operates a Principal Plant, (b) any other subsidiary which the Parent Guarantor, by Board Resolution, shall elect to be treated as a Restricted Subsidiary, until such time as the Parent Guarantor may, by further Board Resolution, elect that such Subsidiary shall no longer be a Restricted Subsidiary, successive such elections being permitted without restriction, and (c) the Companies and the Subsidiary Guarantors; provided that each of Companhia de Bebidas das Américas – AmBev and Grupo Modelo S.A.B. de C.V. shall not be “Restricted Subsidiaries” until and unless the Parent Guarantor owns, directly or indirectly, 100% of the equity interests in such company. Any such election will be effective as of the date specified in the applicable Board Resolution.

“Securities” has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and more particularly means any Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.

 

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“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933 and any statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.

“Security Register” and “Security Registrar” have the respective meanings specified in Section 305.

“Significant Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary (i) the consolidated revenue of which represents 10% of more of the consolidated revenue of the Parent Guarantor, (ii) the consolidated earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”) of which represents 10% or more of the consolidated EBITDA of the Parent Guarantor, or (iii) the consolidated gross assets of which represent 10% or more of the consolidated gross assets of the Parent Guarantor, in each case as reflected in the most recent annual audited financial statements of the Parent Guarantor, provided that (A) in the case of a Subsidiary acquired by the Parent Guarantor during or after the financial year shown in the most recent annual audited financial statements of the Parent Guarantor such calculation shall be made on the basis of the contribution of the Subsidiary considered on a pro forma basis as if it had been acquired at the beginning of the relevant period, with the pro forma calculation (including any adjustments) being made by the Parent Guarantor acting in good faith, and (B) EBITDA shall be calculated by the Parent Guarantor in substantially the same manner as it is calculated for the amounts shown in the offering memorandum or circular for the relevant series of Securities.

“Special Record Date” for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 307.

“Stated Maturity”, when used with respect to any Security or any installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the date specified in such Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or such installment of principal or interest is due and payable.

“Subsidiary” means any Corporation of which more than 50% of the issued and outstanding stock entitled to vote for the election of directors or persons exercising similar functions (otherwise than by reason of default in dividends) is at the time owned directly or indirectly by the Parent Guarantor or a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries or by the Parent Guarantor and a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries.

“Subsidiary Guarantee” means the guarantee of any Subsidiary Guarantor from time to time, which may be (i) in the form of one or more Global Guarantees or (ii) endorsed on, and relate to, the Securities of a particular series authenticated and delivered hereunder or (iii) documented in any other manner permitted by law.

“Subsidiary Guarantor” shall initially include each of the following companies and shall subsequently include any Subsidiary of the Parent Guarantor that provides a guarantee under this Indenture from time to time:

 

   

Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware;

 

   

Cobrew NV, a public limited liability company organized and existing under Belgian law;

 

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Brandbrew; and

 

   

Brandbev.

“Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, including the rules promulgated thereunder, as in force at the date as of which this instrument was executed; provided, however, that in the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after such date, “Trust Indenture Act” means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended and any statute successor thereto.

“Trustee” means the Person named as the “Trustee” in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Trustee” shall mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person, “Trustee” as used with respect to the Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Securities of that series.

“U.S. Government Obligation” has the meaning specified in Section 1304.

“Unrestricted Certificated Security” means a Certificated Security the restrictions on transfer of which have expired or otherwise been removed.

“Unrestricted Global Security” means a Global Security the restrictions on transfer of which have expired or otherwise been removed.

“Vice President”, when used with respect to either Company or a Guarantor or the Trustee, means any vice president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or words added before or after the title “vice president”.

SECTION 102.       Compliance Certificates and Opinions.

Upon any application or request by either Company or the Parent Guarantor to the Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the relevant Company or the Parent Guarantor, as applicable, shall furnish to the Trustee such certificates and opinions as may be required under the Trust Indenture Act. Each such certificate or opinion shall be given in the form of an Officer’s Certificate, if to be given by an officer of either Company or the Parent Guarantor, as applicable, or an Opinion of Counsel, if to be given by counsel, and shall comply with the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act and any other requirements set forth in this Indenture.

Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (except for certificates provided for in Section 1004) shall include:

(1)      a statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto;

(2)      a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;

 

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(3)      a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and

(4)      a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with.

SECTION 103.       Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.

In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.

Any certificate or opinion of an officer of either Company or the Parent Guarantor, as applicable, may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate or opinion of counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of either Company or the Parent Guarantor, as applicable, stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of either Company or the Parent Guarantor, as applicable, unless such counsel knows that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are erroneous.

Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument.

SECTION 104.       Acts of Holders; Record Dates.

Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given, made or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Companies or the Parent Guarantor. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 601) conclusive in favor of the Trustee, the Companies or the Parent Guarantor, if made in the manner provided in this Section.

The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a certificate

 

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of a notary public or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.

The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Security Register.

Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act of the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of the same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee, the Companies or the Parent Guarantor in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Security.

The Companies and the Parent Guarantor may set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to give, make or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given, made or taken by Holders of Securities of such series, provided that the Companies and the Parent Guarantor may not set a record date for, and the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply with respect to, the giving or making of any notice, declaration, request or direction referred to in the next paragraph. If any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be entitled to take the relevant action, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date, provided that no such action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the applicable Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Companies or the Parent Guarantor from setting a new record date for any action for which a record date has previously been set pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set shall automatically and with no action by any Person be cancelled and of no effect), and nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any action taken by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on the date such action is taken. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Companies or the Parent Guarantor, at their own expense, shall cause notice of such record date, the proposed action by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be given to the Trustee in writing and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section 106.

The Trustee may set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to join in the giving or making of (i) any Notice of Default, (ii) any declaration of acceleration referred to in Section 502, (iii) any request to institute proceedings referred to in Section 507(2), or (iv) any direction referred to in Section 512, in each case with respect to Securities of such series. If any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be entitled to join in such notice, declaration, request or direction, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided that no such action shall be effective hereunder unless

 

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taken on or prior to the applicable Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Trustee from setting a new record date for any action for which a record date has previously been set pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set shall automatically and with no action by any Person be cancelled and of no effect), and nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any action taken by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on the date such action is taken. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Trustee, at the Companies’ or the Parent Guarantor’s expense, shall cause notice of such record date, the proposed action by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be given to the Companies and the Parent Guarantor in writing and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section 106.

With respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section, the party hereto which sets such record dates may designate any day as the “Expiration Date” and from time to time may change the Expiration Date to any earlier or later day; provided that no such change shall be effective unless notice of the proposed new Expiration Date is given to the other party hereto in writing, and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section 106, on or prior to the existing Expiration Date. If an Expiration Date is not designated with respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section, the party hereto which set such record date shall be deemed to have initially designated the 180th day after such record date as the Expiration Date with respect thereto, subject to its right to change the Expiration Date as provided in this paragraph. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Expiration Date shall be later than the 180th day after the applicable record date.

Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled hereunder to take any action hereunder with regard to any particular Security may do so with regard to all or any part of the principal amount of such Security or by one or more duly appointed agents each of which may do so pursuant to such appointment with regard to all or any part of such principal amount.

SECTION 105.       Notices, Etc., to Trustee, each Company and a Guarantor.

Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Holders or other document provided for or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,

(1)      the Trustee by any Holder or by either Company or a Guarantor shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing to or with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, 100 South 4 th Street, Suite 550, St. Louis, Missouri 63102, United States of America, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration, or

(2)      either Company or a Guarantor by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to either Company and a Guarantor, as applicable, addressed to it at the address specified in Section 115 of this instrument or at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by either Company or a Guarantor.

 

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The Trustee agrees to accept and act upon instructions or directions pursuant to this Indenture sent by unsecured e-mail, facsimile transmission or other similar unsecured electronic methods; provided, however , that (a) the party providing such electronic instructions or directions, subsequent to the transmission thereof, shall provide the originally executed instructions or directions to the Trustee in a timely manner and (b) such originally executed instructions or directions shall be signed by an authorized representative of the party providing such instructions or directions. The Trustee shall not be liable for any losses, costs or expenses arising directly or indirectly from the Trustee’s reliance upon and compliance with such instructions or directions notwithstanding such instructions or directions conflict or are inconsistent with a subsequent written instruction or direction or if the subsequent written instruction or direction is never received. The party providing instructions or directions by unsecured e-mail, facsimile transmission or other similar unsecured electronic methods, as aforesaid, agrees to assume all risks arising out of the use of such electronic methods to submit instructions and directions to the Trustee, including without limitation the risk of the Trustee acting on unauthorized instructions, and the risk of interception and misuse by third parties.

SECTION 106.       Notice to Holders; Waiver.

Where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder affected by such event, at his address as it appears in the Security Register, not later than the latest date (if any), and not earlier than the earliest date (if any), prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Holders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders. Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.

In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail, then such notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee in its sole discretion shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.

The costs of any such notice to Holders as provided in this Section 106 shall be paid by the Companies.

Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver required or permitted under this Indenture shall be in the English language, except that any published notice may be in an official language of the country of publication.

SECTION 107.       Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.

If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of the Trust Indenture Act that is required under the Trust Indenture Act to be a part of and govern this Indenture, the latter provision shall control. If any provision of this Indenture

 

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modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act that may be so modified or excluded, the latter provision shall be deemed to apply to this Indenture as so modified or to be excluded, as the case may be.

SECTION 108.       Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.

The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

SECTION 109.       Successors and Assigns.

All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by either Company and any Guarantor shall bind their successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.

SECTION 110.       Separability Clause.

In case any provision in this Indenture, in any Parent Guarantee or any Subsidiary Guarantee, or in the Securities shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

SECTION 111.       Benefits of Indenture.

Nothing in this Indenture, in any Parent Guarantee or Subsidiary Guarantee, or in the Securities, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder and the Holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.

SECTION 112.       Governing Law; Waiver of Trial by Jury.

This Indenture, each Parent Guarantee, each Subsidiary Guarantee and the Securities shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. Each of the Companies, the Guarantors and the Trustee hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Indenture, the Securities or the transactions contemplated hereby.

SECTION 113.       Legal Holidays.

In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity of any Security shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, of the Guarantees or of the Securities (other than a provision of any Security which specifically states that such provision shall apply in lieu of this Section)) payment of interest or principal (and premium, if any) need not be made at such Place of Payment on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date or Redemption Date, or at the Stated Maturity.

 

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SECTION 114.       Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Immunity.

For the benefit of the Holders, each of the Companies and each Guarantor hereby (i) irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any New York State court or United States federal court sitting in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York solely for purposes of any legal action or proceeding arising out of or relating to the Securities or the Guarantees and (ii) irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any legal action or proceeding in any New York State court or United States federal court sitting in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York, and any claim that any such action or proceedings brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Each of the Companies and the Parent Guarantor agrees that a final judgment in any such legal action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law.

Any legal action or proceeding arising out of or relating to the Securities or the Guarantees may also be brought and enforced in the courts of the Kingdom of Belgium and each of the Companies and each Guarantor irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of each such court in respect of any such action or proceeding.

To the extent that either Company or any Guarantor may in any jurisdiction claim for itself or its assets immunity (to the extent that any immunity may now or hereafter exist) from suit, execution, attachment (whether in aid of execution, before judgment or otherwise) or other legal process (whether through service or notice or otherwise), and to the extent that in any such jurisdiction there may be attributed to itself or its assets such immunity (whether or not claimed), each Company and each Guarantor irrevocably agree not to claim, and irrevocably waive, such immunity to the full extent permitted by the laws of such jurisdiction.

SECTION 115.       Appointment of Agent for Service of Process.

By the execution and delivery of this Indenture, each Guarantor (except for Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc.) hereby appoints Anheuser-Busch InBev Services, LLC as its agent upon which process may be served in any legal action or proceeding which may be instituted in any Federal or State court in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, arising out of or relating to the Securities or the Guarantees or this Indenture, but for that purpose only. Service of process upon such agent at the office of Anheuser-Busch InBev Services, LLC at 250 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10177, and written notice of said service to such Guarantor by the Person servicing the same addressed as provided by Section 105, shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon such Guarantor, respectively, in any such legal action or proceeding, and such Guarantor hereby submits to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of any such court in which any such legal action or proceeding is so instituted. Such appointment shall be irrevocable so long as the Holders of Securities shall have any rights pursuant to the terms thereof or of this Indenture until the appointment of a successor by such Guarantor with the consent of the Trustee and such successor’s acceptance of such appointment. Each such Guarantor further agrees to take any and all action, including the execution and filing of any and all such documents and instruments, as may be necessary to continue such designation and appointment of such agent or successor.

 

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ARTICLE TWO

S ECURITY AND G UARANTEE F ORMS

SECTION 201.       Forms Generally.

The Securities of each series shall be in substantially the form set forth in this Article, or in such other form as shall be established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or Depositary therefor or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution thereof. If the form of Securities of any series is established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by a Secretary or Assistant Secretary or other authorized officer or person of each Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by Section 303 for the authentication and delivery of such Securities.

Any Global Guarantee and any Guarantee to be endorsed on and to relate to the Securities of any series shall each be in substantially the applicable form set forth in this Article, or in such other form as shall be established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution of a Guarantor or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Guarantees, as evidenced by their execution of the Guarantees. If the form of the Guarantee is to be endorsed on the Securities of any series and such form of Guarantee is established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution of a Guarantor, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, or officer or person serving in a similar capacity, of the applicable Guarantor and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by Section 303 for the authentication and delivery of such Securities.

The definitive Securities shall be printed, lithographed or engraved on steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities.

SECTION 202.       Form of Face of Security.

[ Insert any legend required by the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations thereunder. ]

Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC

and

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc.

[ Title of Security ]

 

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Payment of Principal [ , Premium, if any, ]

and Interest Irrevocably, Fully and Unconditionally Guaranteed by

Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV and Various Subsidiary Guarantors

 

No. ●

   $  ........  

Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC, a limited liability company duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called “ABC” and a “Company”) and Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called “ABIWW” and a “Company,” and together with ABC, the “Companies,” as the context requires, and which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promise to pay to                                , or registered assigns, on                              , the principal sum of                                  Dollars [ if the Security is to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert  — , and to pay interest thereon from                  or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on                      and              in each year, commencing , at the rate of % per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment [ if applicable, insert  — ; provided that any principal and premium, and any such installment of interest, which is overdue shall bear interest at the rate of % per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), from the dates such amounts are due until they are paid or made available for payment, and such interest shall be payable on demand ] .

The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the                or                      (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture ] .

[ If the Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert  — The principal of this Security shall not bear interest except in the case of a default in payment of principal upon acceleration, upon redemption or at Stated Maturity, and in such case the overdue principal and any overdue premium shall bear interest at the rate of            % per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), from the dates such amounts are due until they are paid or made available for payment. Interest on any overdue principal or premium shall be payable on demand. [ Any such interest on overdue principal or premium which is not paid on demand shall bear interest at the rate of            % per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest on interest shall be legally enforceable), from the date of such demand until the amount so demanded is paid

 

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or made available for payment. Interest on any overdue interest shall be payable on demand. ]]

Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and [ if applicable, insert  — any such ] interest on this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Companies maintained for that purpose in                            , in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts [ if applicable, insert  —; provided , however , that at the option of the Companies payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register ] . Initially, the Paying Agent and Security Registrar for this Security will be The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., St. Louis, Missouri. The Companies may change the Paying Agent or Security Registrar without prior notice to the Holders, and in such an event either Company may act as Paying Agent or Security Registrar. Payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest on this Security shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds; provided , however , that in the case of payments of principal and premium, if any, this Security is first surrendered to the Paying Agent.

Notwithstanding any provision of this Security or the Indenture, the Companies may make any and all payments of principal, premium (if any) and interest on this Security pursuant to the applicable procedures of the Depositary for this Security as permitted in the Indenture.

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

I N W ITNESS W HEREOF , the Companies have caused this instrument to be duly executed [ include only if required by applicable law: under its corporate seal].

Dated:

 

ANHEUSER-BUSCH COMPANIES, LLC

By..........………...............................

Name:

Title:       Authorized Officer

ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV WORLDWIDE INC.

By..........………...............................

Name:

Title:       Authorized Officer

 

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SECTION 203.       Form of Reverse of Security.

This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Companies (herein called the “Securities”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of November 13, 2018 (herein called the “Indenture”, which term shall have the meaning assigned to it in such instrument), among the Companies, Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV, as Parent Guarantor, the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto from time to time and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Companies, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof [ if applicable, insert —, limited in aggregate principal amount to $                ] .

[ If applicable, insert  — The Securities of this series are subject to redemption upon not less than 30 days’ notice by mail (or if the Securities of this series are represented by one or more Global Securities, by transmission in accordance with the Depositary’s customary procedures therefor), [ if applicable, insert  — (1) on                in any year commencing with the year                  and ending with the year                  through operation of the sinking fund for this series at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount, and (2) ]  at any time [ if applicable, insert  — on or after              , 20 ] , as a whole or in part, at the election of the Companies, at the following Redemption Prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount): If redeemed [ if applicable, insert  — on or before                  ,        %, and if redeemed ] during the 12-month period beginning of the years indicated,

 

Year

  

Redemption

Price

  

Year

  

Redemption

Price

and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to            % of the principal amount, together in the case of any such redemption [ if applicable, insert  — (whether through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise) ] with accrued interest to the Redemption Date, but interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture. ]

[ If applicable, insert  — The Securities of this series are subject to redemption upon not less than 30 days’ notice by mail (or if the Securities of this series are represented by one or more Global Securities, by transmission in accordance with the Depositary’s customary procedures therefor), (1) on              in any year commencing with the year              and ending with the year              through operation of the sinking fund for this series at the Redemption Prices for redemption through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of the principal amount) set forth in the table below, and (2) at

 

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any time [ if applicable, insert  — on or after                    ] , as a whole or in part, at the election of the Companies, at the Redemption Prices for redemption otherwise than through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of the principal amount) set forth in the table below: If redeemed during the 12-month period beginning                      of the years indicated,

 

Year

  

Redemption Price

For Redemption

Through Operation

of the

Sinking Fund

  

Redemption Price For

Redemption Otherwise

Than Through Operation

of the Sinking Fund

and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to              % of the principal amount, together in the case of any such redemption (whether through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise) with accrued interest to the Redemption Date, but interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture. ]

[ If applicable, insert  — Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Companies may not, prior to                , redeem any Securities of this series as contemplated by [ if applicable, insert  — clause (2) of ] the preceding paragraph as a part of, or in anticipation of, any refunding operation by the application, directly or indirectly, of moneys borrowed having an interest cost to the Companies (calculated in accordance with generally accepted financial practice) of less than                        % per annum. ]

[ If applicable, insert  — The sinking fund for this series provides for the redemption on                in each year beginning with the year                  and ending with the year              of [ if applicable, insert  — not less than $                  (“mandatory sinking fund”) and not more than ] $                  aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series. Securities of this series acquired or redeemed by the Companies otherwise than through [ if applicable, insert  — mandatory ] sinking fund payments may be credited against subsequent [ if applicable, insert  — mandatory ] sinking fund payments otherwise required to be made [ if applicable, insert  — , in the inverse order in which they become due ] . ]

[ If the Security is subject to redemption of any kind, insert  — In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this series and of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof. ]

[ If applicable, insert paragraph regarding subordination of the Security. ]

 

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[ If applicable, insert  — The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of [ the entire indebtedness of this Security ] [ or ] [ certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this Security ] [ , in each case ] upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture. ]

[ If the Security is not an Original Issue Discount Security, insert  — If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. ]

[ If the Security is an Original Issue Discount Security, insert  — If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, an amount of principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. Such amount shall be equal to — insert formula for determining the amount . Upon payment (i) of the amount of principal so declared due and payable and (ii) of interest on any overdue principal, premium and interest (in each case to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), all of the Companies’ obligations in respect of the payment of the principal of and premium and interest, if any, on the Securities of this series shall terminate. ]

[ If applicable, add – In the event that any Guarantor becomes obligated to make payments in respect of the Securities of this series, such Guarantor will make all payments in respect of the Securities of this series without withholding or deduction for or on account of any present or future taxes or duties of whatever nature imposed or levied by way of withholding or deduction at source by or on behalf of any jurisdiction in which such Guarantor is incorporated, organized, or otherwise tax resident or any political subdivision or any authority thereof or therein having power to tax (the “Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction”) unless such withholding or deduction is required by law. In such event, such Guarantor will pay to the Holders of the Securities of this series such additional amounts (the “Additional Amounts”) as shall be necessary in order that the net amounts received by such Holders, after such withholding or deduction, shall equal the respective amounts of principal and interest which would otherwise have been receivable in the absence of such withholding or deduction; except that no such Additional Amounts shall be payable on account of any taxes or duties which:

(a)      are payable by any person acting as custodian bank or collecting agent on behalf of such Holder, or otherwise in any manner which does not constitute a deduction or withholding by such Guarantor from payment of principal or interest made by it, or

(b)      are payable by reason of such Holder or beneficial owner having, or having had, some personal or business connection with such Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction and not merely by reason of the fact that payments in respect of the Securities of this series or the Guarantees thereof are, or for purposes of taxation are deemed to be, derived from sources in, or are secured in the Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction, or

(c)      are imposed or withheld by reason of the failure of such Holder or beneficial owner to provide certification, information, documents or other evidence concerning the nationality, residence, or identity of the Holder and beneficial owner or to make any valid or timely declaration or similar claim or

 

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satisfy any other reporting requirements relating to such matters, whether required or imposed by statute, treaty, regulation or administrative practice, as a precondition to exemption from, or a reduction in the rate of withholding or deduction of such taxes, or

(d)      consist of any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, excise, transfer, personal property or similar taxes, or

(e)      are imposed on or with respect to any payment by the applicable Guarantor to the registered Holder of this Security if such Holder is a fiduciary or partnership or any person other than the sole beneficial owner of such payment to the extent that taxes would not have been imposed on such payment had such registered Holder been the sole beneficial owner of such Security, or

(f)      are deducted or withheld pursuant to (i) any European Union directive or regulation concerning the taxation of interest income, or (ii) any international treaty or understanding relating to such taxation and to which the Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction or the European Union is a party, or (iii) any provision of law implementing, or complying with, or introduced to conform with, such directive, regulation, treaty or understanding, or

(g)      are payable by reason of a change in law or practice that becomes effective more than 30 days after the relevant payment of principal or interest becomes due, or is duly provided for and written notice thereof is provided to such Holders, whichever occurs later, or

(h)      are payable because this Security was presented to a particular paying agent for payment if this Security could have been presented to another paying agent without any such withholding or deduction, or

(i)      are payable for any combination of (a) through (h) above.

References to principal or interest in respect of the Securities of this series shall be deemed to include any Additional Amounts which may be payable as set forth in the Indenture.

The covenant regarding Additional Amounts will not apply to any Guarantor at any time when such Guarantor is incorporated in a jurisdiction in the United States, and will apply to either Company any time such Company is incorporated in a jurisdiction outside of the United States.]

[In addition,] [A]ny amounts to be paid by either Company or any Guarantor on the Securities of this series will be paid net of any deduction or withholding imposed or required pursuant to Sections 1471 through 1474 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, any current or future regulations thereunder or official interpretations thereof, any agreement entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement entered into in connection with the implementation of such Sections of the Code (“FATCA Withholding”). Neither any Guarantor nor either Company will be required to pay Additional Amounts on account of any FATCA Withholding.

 

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[ If applicable, add – The Securities of this series may be redeemed at any time, at either Company’s or the Parent Guarantor’s option, as a whole, but not in part, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities of this series then outstanding plus accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount being redeemed (and all Additional Amounts, if any) to (but excluding) the redemption date, if (i) any change in, or amendment to, the laws, treaties, regulations or rulings of a Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction (as defined below) or in the interpretation, application or administration of any such laws, treaties, regulations or rulings (including a holding, judgment or order by a court of competent jurisdiction) which becomes effective on or after the issue date (any such change or amendment, a “Change in Tax Law”) would require either Company (or if a payment were then due under a Guarantee, the relevant Guarantor) to pay Additional Amounts and (ii) such obligation cannot be avoided by such Company (or the relevant Guarantor) taking reasonable measures available to it. Additional Amounts are payable by such Company under the circumstances described below under “—Additional Amounts”; provided, however , that the Securities of this series may not be redeemed to the extent such Additional Amounts arise solely as a result of such Company assigning its obligations under the Securities of this series to a Substitute Company, unless this assignment to a Substitute Company is undertaken as part of a plan of merger by the Parent Guarantor. ]

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Companies or the Guarantors and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Companies and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding affected thereby. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Companies and the Guarantors with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.

As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee indemnity and/or security, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity and/or security. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.

 

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No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Companies, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Companies in any place where the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Companies and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $                and any integral multiple thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series and of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Companies may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Companies, the Guarantors, the Trustee and any agent of the Companies, the Guarantors or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Companies, the Guarantors, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

SECTION 204.       Form of Legends for Securities.

Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for the Securities evidenced thereby, every Security authenticated and delivered hereunder shall bear legends in substantially the following form:

[ If a Global Security: ]

T HIS S ECURITY IS A G LOBAL S ECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE I NDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A D EPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF . T HIS S ECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A S ECURITY REGISTERED , AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS S ECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED , IN THE NAME OF ANY P ERSON OTHER THAN SUCH D EPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF , EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE I NDENTURE .

 

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U NLESS THIS C ERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE D EPOSITORY T RUST C OMPANY , A N EW Y ORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO A NHEUSER -B USCH C OMPANIES , LLC, A NHEUSER -B USCH I N B EV W ORLDWIDE I NC . OR THEIR AGENTS FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER , EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT , AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF C EDE  & C O . OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC ( AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO C EDE  & C O . OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER , PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF , C EDE  & C O ., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN .

[ If a Security that is offered and sold pursuant to Rule 144A or Regulation S under the Securities Act: ]

THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF (I) IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM SUCH REGISTRATION, (II) WITHIN THE UNITED STATES TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, PERSONS OTHER THAN “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYERS” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) IN TRANSACTIONS EXEMPT FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OR (III) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES OTHER THAN TO PERSONS WHO ARE U.S. PERSONS IN OFFSHORE TRANSACTIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT. EACH PERSON ACQUIRING AN OWNERSHIP INTEREST IN THIS SECURITY (1) SHALL BE DEEMED TO REPRESENT AND WARRANT THAT IT EITHER (A) IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT), (B) IS NOT A U.S. PERSON (AS DEFINED IN REGULATION S) AND IS OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES OR (C) IS ACQUIRING SUCH OWNERSHIP INTEREST PURSUANT TO A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT OR IN ANOTHER TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM SUCH REGISTRATION; (2) AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT RESELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS SECURITY EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS, AND IN ANY CASE IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES AND ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION; (3) PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, AGREES THAT IT WILL FURNISH TO THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., AS SECURITY REGISTRAR (OR A SUCCESSOR REGISTRAR, AS APPLICABLE), SUCH CERTIFICATIONS, LEGAL OPINIONS OR OTHER INFORMATION AS THE SECURITY REGISTRAR AND THE COMPANIES MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS BEING MADE PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND (4) AGREES THAT IT WILL DELIVER TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS SECURITY IS TRANSFERRED A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND. AS USED HEREIN, THE TERMS “UNITED STATES”, “U.S. PERSON” AND “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION”

 

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HAVE THE MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM BY REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.

[ For all Securities the offer and sale of which is not registered under the Securities Act: ]

THIS SECURITY AND ANY RELATED DOCUMENTATION MAY BE AMENDED OR SUPPLEMENTED FROM TIME TO TIME TO MODIFY THE RESTRICTIONS ON RESALES AND OTHER TRANSFERS OF THIS SECURITY TO REFLECT ANY CHANGE IN APPLICABLE LAW OR REGULATION (OR THE INTERPRETATION THEREOF) OR IN PRACTICES RELATING TO THE RESALE OR TRANSFER OF RESTRICTED SECURITIES GENERALLY. THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY SHALL BE DEEMED BY THE ACCEPTANCE OF THIS SECURITY TO HAVE AGREED TO ANY SUCH AMENDMENT OR SUPPLEMENT.

[ For all securities issued at an original issue discount: ]

THIS SECURITY HAS BEEN ISSUED WITH ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES (“OID”). HOLDERS MAY OBTAIN THE ISSUE PRICE, THE AMOUNT OF OID, THE ISSUE DATE AND THE YIELD TO MATURITY BY CONTACTING [Name and/or Title], AT [Address and/or Phone Number].

SECTION 205.       Form of Trustee s Certificate of Authentication.

The Trustee’s certificates of authentication shall be in substantially the following form:

This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.

as Trustee

By..............……..........................

Authorized Signatory

SECTION 206.       Guarantees by Guarantors.

(a)      Subject to this Indenture and unless provided otherwise under any Board Resolution or indenture supplement hereto, each Guarantor hereby jointly and severally, irrevocably, fully and unconditionally guarantees to the Trustee and the Holder of any Security issued under this Indenture duly authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal, and premium, if any, of (including any amount in respect of original issue discount) and interest, if any (together with any Additional Amounts payable pursuant to the terms of any such Security), on any such Security and the due and punctual payment of the sinking fund payments, if any, and analogous obligations, if any, provided for pursuant to the terms of any such Security, when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at Stated Maturity or upon redemption, repayment or upon declaration of acceleration or otherwise according to the terms of any such Security and of the Indenture. In case of default by the Companies in the payment of any such principal (including any amount in respect of original issue

 

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discount), and any premium or interest (together with any Additional Amounts payable pursuant to the terms of any such Security), sinking fund payment, or analogous obligation, each Guarantor agrees, duly and punctually to pay the same when and as the same shall become due and payable. Each Guarantor hereby agrees that its obligations hereunder shall be as principal and not merely as surety and shall be absolute and unconditional irrespective of any extension of the time for payment of any such Security, any modification of any such Security, any invalidity, irregularity or unenforceability of any such Security or the Indenture, any failure to enforce the same or any waiver, modification, consent or indulgence granted to the Companies with respect thereto by the holder of any such Security or the Trustee, or any other circumstances which may otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge of a surety or guarantor. Each Guarantor hereby waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of merger or bankruptcy of the Companies, any right to require a demand or proceeding first against the Companies, protest or notice with respect to any such Security or the indebtedness evidenced thereby and all demands whatsoever, and covenants that this Guarantee will not be discharged as to any such Security except by payment in full of the principal of (including any amount payable in respect of original issue discount), and any premium or interest (together with any Additional Amounts payable pursuant to the terms of any such Security) thereon.

(b)      Any Guarantee may be represented by a Global Guarantee, by a Guarantee endorsed on the Securities of the series covered by the Guarantee or by any other means permitted by law.

(c)      If the Guarantee is to be represented by a Guarantee endorsed on and relating to the Securities of a particular series authenticated and delivered hereunder, such Guarantee shall, subject to Section 201, Section 208 (in respect of a Subsidiary Guarantee) and Section 211, be in substantially the form set forth below:

GUARANTEE

For value received, the undersigned (herein called the “Guarantors”, and each, a “Guarantor” which terms include any successor Person or Persons under the Indenture referred to in the Security upon which this Guarantee is endorsed), hereby jointly and severally, irrevocably, fully and unconditionally guarantee to the Trustee and to each Holder of this Security, which has been authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of (including any amount in respect of original issue discount), and any premium and interest (together with any Additional Amounts payable pursuant to the terms of this Security), on this Security and the due and punctual payment of the sinking fund payments, if any, and analogous obligations, if any, provided for pursuant to the terms of this Security, when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at Stated Maturity or upon redemption or upon declaration of acceleration or otherwise according to the terms of this Security and of the Indenture. In case of default by the Companies in the payment of any such principal (including any amount in respect of original issue discount), interest (together with any Additional Amounts payable pursuant to the terms of this Security), sinking fund payment, or analogous obligation, each Guarantor agrees duly and punctually to pay the same. Each Guarantor hereby agrees that its obligations hereunder shall rank pari passu with all other unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of such Guarantor, shall be as principal and not merely as surety, and shall be absolute and unconditional irrespective of any extension of the time for payment of this Security, any modification of this Security, any

 

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invalidity, irregularity or unenforceability of this Security or the Indenture, any failure to enforce the same or any waiver, modification, consent or indulgence granted to the Companies with respect thereto by the Holder of this Security or the Trustee, or any other circumstances which may otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge of a surety or guarantor. Each Guarantor hereby waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of merger or bankruptcy of the Companies, any right to require a demand or proceeding first against the Companies, protest or notice with respect to this Security or the indebtedness evidenced thereby and all demands whatsoever, and covenants that this Guarantee will not be discharged as to this Security except by payment in full of the principal of (including any amount payable in respect of original issue discount), and any premium and interest (together with any Additional Amounts payable pursuant to the terms of this Security), thereon.

Each Guarantor irrevocably waives any and all rights to which it may be entitled, by operation of law or otherwise, upon making any payment hereunder (i) to be subrogated to the rights of a Holder against each Company with respect to such payment or otherwise to be reimbursed, indemnified or exonerated by each Company in respect thereof or (ii) to receive any payment, in the nature of contribution or for any other reason, from any other obligor with respect to such payment.

This Guarantee shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose with respect to this Security until the certificate of authentication on this Security shall have been signed by the Trustee.

All terms used in this Guarantee which are not defined herein shall have the meaning assigned to them in the Security upon which this Guarantee is endorsed.

This Guarantee is subject to the release upon the terms set forth in the Indenture.

This Guarantee is subject to certain limitations and waivers set forth in the Indenture, as it may be supplemented from time to time.

This Guarantee is governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this Guarantee to be signed manually or by facsimile by its duly authorized officer or representative and, if required by applicable law, has caused a facsimile of its corporate seal to be affixed hereunto or imprinted hereon.

 

[GUARANTOR(S)]

By:                                                  

Name:

Title:       Authorized Officer

(d)      If a Guarantee is to be represented by a Global Guarantee, then such Guarantee shall, subject to Section 201, Section 208 (in respect of a Subsidiary Guarantee) and Section 211, be in substantially the form set forth below:

 

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GLOBAL GUARANTEE

For value received, the undersigned (herein called the “Guarantor”, which term includes any successor Person or Persons under the Indenture, dated as of November 13, 2018, among the Companies, Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV, as Parent Guarantor, the Subsidiaries of the Parent Guarantor party thereto from time to time, as Subsidiary Guarantors, and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee, as the same may be supplemented from time to time (the “Indenture”)), hereby jointly and severally, irrevocably, fully and unconditionally guarantee to the Trustee and to every holder of the Securities of the Companies issued from time to time pursuant to the Indenture from and after the date of this Global Guarantee to but not including the date on which the Guarantor’s Notice of Revocation becomes effective, as provided below, which Securities have been authenticated and delivered by the Trustee or its Authenticating Agent, the due and punctual payment of the principal of (including any amount in respect of original issue discount), and any premium and interest (together with any Additional Amounts payable pursuant to the terms of the Securities), on the Securities and the due and punctual payment of the sinking fund payments, if any, and analogous obligations, if any, provided for pursuant to the terms of the Securities, when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at Stated Maturity or upon redemption or upon declaration of acceleration or otherwise according to the terms of the Securities, or any one of them, and of the Indenture.

The total liability of the Guarantor in respect of all Securities issued pursuant to the Indenture shall not at any time exceed the aggregate principal sum of            U.S. dollars plus interest and other monies (if any) from time to time payable by the Companies in respect thereto.

In case of default by the Companies in the payment of any such principal (including any amount in respect of original issue discount), interest (together with any Additional Amounts payable pursuant to the terms of the Securities), sinking fund payment, or analogous obligation, the Guarantor agrees duly and punctually to pay the same. The Guarantor hereby agrees that its obligations hereunder shall rank pari passu with all its other unsecured and unsubordinated obligations, shall be as principal and not merely as surety, and shall be absolute and unconditional irrespective of any extension of the time for payment of the Securities, any modification of the Securities, any invalidity, irregularity or unenforceability of the Securities or the Indenture, any failure to enforce the same or any waiver, modification, consent or indulgence granted to the Companies with respect thereto by the Holder of the Securities or the Trustee, or any other circumstances which may otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge of a surety or guarantor. The Guarantor hereby waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of merger or bankruptcy of the Companies, any right to require a demand or proceeding first against the Companies, protest or notice with respect to the Securities or the indebtedness evidenced thereby and all demands whatsoever, and, except as provided in the second succeeding paragraph, covenants that this Global Guarantee will not be discharged as to the Securities, or any one of them, except by payment in full of the principal of (including any amount payable in respect of original issue discount), and any premium and interest (together with any Additional Amounts payable pursuant to the terms of the Securities), thereon.

The Guarantor irrevocably waives any and all rights to which it may be entitled, by operation of law or otherwise, upon making any payment hereunder (i) to be

 

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subrogated to the rights of a Holder against each Company with respect to such payment or otherwise to be reimbursed, indemnified or exonerated by the Companies in respect thereof or (ii) to receive any payment, in the nature of contribution or for any other reason, from any other obligor with respect to such payment.

This Global Guarantee shall be revocable at the sole option of the Guarantor by providing the Trustee with written notice (a “Notice of Revocation”) of the revocation of this Global Guarantee, which shall become effective on the date specified therein, but in any event no sooner than five Business Days after the date on which such Notice of Revocation shall be delivered to the Trustee; provided, however , that any revocation of this Global Guarantee will only apply to Securities issued following the date specified in the Notice of Revocation and will not impair or otherwise affect the validity of the Global Guarantee to the extent relating to the Securities of any series issued prior to the date of the Notice of Revocation.

All terms used in this Global Guarantee which are not defined herein shall have the meaning assigned to them in the Indenture.

This Global Guarantee is subject to certain limitations and waivers set forth in the Indenture, as it may be supplemented from time to time.

This Global Guarantee is governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

(e)      A facsimile of any Global Guarantee may be endorsed on or appended to the Securities of any series covered by such Guarantee; provided, however , that the failure to endorse the Global Guarantee on or append it to the Securities of a series covered by such Guarantee shall not affect the validity or enforceability of such Guarantee, which shall remain in full force and effect with respect to all Securities of that series. A Global Guarantee shall be effective with respect to the Securities of a series issued after such Global Guarantee is delivered (and before such Global Guarantee is revoked pursuant to a Notice of Revocation) even if the Guarantor has not received notice of or otherwise approved the issuance thereof by Supplemental Indenture or otherwise.

SECTION 207.       Additional Guarantees.

The form and terms of any Guarantee by any subsequent Subsidiary Guarantor, including any applicable legal, regulatory or contractual restrictions, shall be specified in an indenture supplement hereto pursuant to Section 901(2) and may be changed for any such series of Securities as provided in the applicable indenture supplement.

SECTION 208.       Release of Guarantee.

Any Subsidiary Guarantor will automatically and unconditionally be released from all obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee, and such Subsidiary Guarantee shall thereupon terminate and be discharged and of no further force or effect, in the event that (i) (for so long as any commitments remain outstanding under the 2010 Senior Facilities Agreement) at substantially the same time as its Guarantee of the Securities is terminated, the relevant Guarantor is, or has been, released from its guarantee of the 2010 Senior Facility Agreement or is no longer a guarantor under the 2010 Senior Facility Agreement and (ii) the aggregate amount of indebtedness for borrowed money for which the relevant

 

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Subsidiary Guarantor is an obligor (as a guarantor or borrower) does not exceed 10% of the consolidated gross assets of the Parent Guarantor as reflected in the balance sheet included in its most recent publicly released interim or annual consolidated financial statements. For purposes of this clause, the amount of a Subsidiary Guarantor’s indebtedness for borrowed money shall not include (A) any Securities issued under this Indenture, the January 2009 Indenture, the October 2009 Indenture, the January 2013 Indenture, the January 2016 Indenture, the December 2016 Indenture, the May 2017 Indenture or the April 2018 Indenture, (B) any other debt the terms of which permit the termination of the Subsidiary Guarantor’s guarantee of such debt under similar circumstances, as long as such Subsidiary Guarantor’s obligations in respect of such other debt are terminated at substantially the same time as its guarantee of the relevant series of Securities in respect of which its Subsidiary Guarantee is being terminated, and (C) any debt that is being refinanced at substantially the same time that the Subsidiary Guarantee of the relevant series of Securities in respect of which its Subsidiary Guarantee is being terminated, provided that any obligations of the Subsidiary Guarantor in respect of the debt that is incurred in the refinancing shall be included in the calculation of the Subsidiary Guarantor’s indebtedness for borrowed money. If no commitments remain outstanding under the 2010 Senior Facility Agreement, a Subsidiary Guarantor shall be entitled to terminate its Subsidiary Guarantee solely upon compliance with the conditions set out in clause (iii) above. Upon the occurrence of the foregoing, upon delivery of an Officer’s Certificate of the Parent Guarantor confirming such conditions are satisfied, the Trustee shall execute any documents reasonably requested by the Parent Guarantor in order to evidence such release, discharge and termination in respect of the applicable Subsidiary Guarantee.

Any Subsidiary Guarantor with limitations on its Guarantee pursuant to Section 209 will automatically and unconditionally be released from all obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee, and such Subsidiary Guarantee shall thereupon terminate and be discharged and of no further force or effect, and the Trustee shall execute any documents reasonably requested by the Parent Guarantor in order to evidence such release, discharge and termination, with respect to any or all series of Securities issued under this Indenture, in the event that the Parent Guarantor determines that under the rules, regulations or interpretations of the Commission such Subsidiary Guarantor would be required to include its financial statements in any registration statement filed with the Commission with respect to Securities or Guarantees issued hereunder or in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission (by reason of such limitations or otherwise).      

Any Subsidiary Guarantor will automatically and unconditionally be released from all obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee, and such Subsidiary Guarantee shall thereupon terminate and be discharged and of no further force or effect, and the Trustee shall execute any documents reasonably requested by the Parent Guarantor in order to evidence such release, discharge and termination, in the event the Subsidiary Guarantor is no longer a Subsidiary of the Parent Guarantor or disposes of all or substantially all of its assets to a Person who is not a Subsidiary of the Parent Guarantor.

SECTION 209.       Limitations on Guarantees.

Further, certain of the Guarantees are subject to legal, regulatory or contractual limitations, as specified below or as may be provided in an indenture supplemental hereto by which a Subsidiary Guarantor may accede to this Indenture. Each such Subsidiary Guarantor shall be entitled to amend or modify by execution of an indenture

 

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supplemental hereto the terms of its Guarantee or the limitations applicable to its Guarantee, as set forth in this Section 209, in any respect reasonably deemed necessary by such Subsidiary Guarantor to meet the requirements of Rule 3-10 under Regulation S-X under the Securities Act (or any successor or similar regulation or exemption) in order for financial statements of such Subsidiary Guarantor not to be required to be included in any registration statement or in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission.

(a)      In respect of any Guarantee provided from time to time by Brandbrew (the “Brandbrew Guarantee”):

(1)      notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Brandbrew Guarantee, the maximum aggregate liability of Brandbrew under such Brandbrew Guarantee, together with any actual or contingent liabilities as a guarantor under the Other Guaranteed Facilities, shall not exceed an amount equal to the aggregate of (without double counting):

(A)      the aggregate amount of all moneys received by Brandbrew and its Subsidiaries as a borrower or issuer under the Other Guaranteed Facilities;

(B)      the aggregate amount of all outstanding intercompany loans made to Brandbrew and its Subsidiaries by other members of the Anheuser-Busch InBev Group which have been directly or indirectly funded using the proceeds of borrowings under this Indenture or the Other Guaranteed Facilities; and

(C)      an amount equal to 100% of the greater of:

(i)      the sum of (x) Brandbrew’s own capital ( capitaux propres ) (as referred to by article 34 of the Luxembourg law dated December 19, 2002 on the commercial register and annual accounts, as amended (the “Luxembourg Law of 2002”) and as implemented by the Grand-Ducal regulation dated December 18, 2015 setting out the form and content of the presentation of the balance sheet and profit and loss account (the “Luxembourg Regulation”)) as reflected in Brandbrew’s then most recent annual accounts approved by the competent organ of Brandbrew (as audited by its statutory auditor ( réviseur d’entreprises agréé ), if required by law) at the date an enforcement is made under the Brandbrew Guarantee and (y) any amounts owed by Brandbrew to any other member of the Anheuser-Busch InBev Group which have not been funded, directly or indirectly, using the proceeds of borrowings under this Indenture or the Other Guaranteed Facilities; and

(ii)      the sum of (x) Brandbrew’s own capital ( capitaux propres ) (as referred to by article 34 of the Luxembourg Law of 2002 and as implemented by the Luxembourg Regulation) as reflected in its most recent annual accounts as of the date of this Indenture and (y) any amounts owed by Brandbrew to any other

 

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member of the Anheuser-Busch InBev Group which have not been funded, directly or indirectly, using the proceeds of borrowings under this Indenture or the Other Guaranteed Facilities;

(2)      for the avoidance of doubt, the limitation referred to in paragraph (1) above shall not apply to the guarantee by Brandbrew of any obligations owed by its Subsidiaries under any Other Guaranteed Facilities;

(3)      in addition to the limitation referred to in paragraph (1) above, the obligations and liabilities of Brandbrew under this Indenture or under any Other Guaranteed Facilities shall not include any obligation which, if incurred, would constitute a breach of the provisions on unlawful financial assistance as contained in article 430-19 of the Luxembourg Law on Commercial Companies dated August 10, 1915, as amended, to the extent such or an equivalent provision is applicable to Brandbrew; and

(4)      Brandbrew hereby expressly accepts and confirms, for the purposes of article 1281 of the Luxembourg civil code, that notwithstanding any novation permitted under, and made in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture, the Brandbrew Guarantee shall be preserved for the benefit of any new Holder.

(b)      In respect of any Guarantee provided from time to time by Brandbev (the “Brandbev Guarantee”):

(1)      notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Brandbev Guarantee, the maximum aggregate liability of Brandbev under such Brandbev Guarantee, together with any actual or contingent liabilities as a guarantor under the Other Guaranteed Facilities, shall not exceed an amount equal to the aggregate of (without double counting):

(A)      the aggregate amount of all moneys received by Brandbev and its Subsidiaries as a borrower or issuer under the Other Guaranteed Facilities;

(B)      the aggregate amount of all outstanding intercompany loans made to Brandbev and its Subsidiaries by other members of the Anheuser-Busch InBev Group which have been directly or indirectly funded using the proceeds of borrowings under this Indenture or the Other Guaranteed Facilities; and

(C)      an amount equal to 100% of the greater of:

(i)      the sum of (x) Brandbev’s own capital ( capitaux propres ) (as referred to by article 34 of the Luxembourg Law of 2002 and as implemented by the Luxembourg Regulation) as reflected in Brandbev’s then most recent annual accounts approved by the competent organ of Brandbev (as audited by its statutory auditor ( réviseur d’entreprises agréé ), if required by law) at the date an enforcement is made under the Brandbev

 

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Guarantee and (y) any amounts owed by Brandbev to any other member of the Anheuser-Busch InBev Group which have not been funded, directly or indirectly, using the proceeds of borrowings under this Indenture or the Other Guaranteed Facilities; and

(ii)      the sum of (x) Brandbev’s own capital ( capitaux propres ) (as referred to by article 34 of the Luxembourg Law of 2002 and as implemented by the Luxembourg Regulation) as reflected in its most recent annual accounts as of the date of this Indenture and (y) any amounts owed by Brandbev to any other member of the Anheuser-Busch InBev Group which have not been funded, directly or indirectly, using the proceeds of borrowings under this Indenture or the Other Guaranteed Facilities;

(2)      for the avoidance of doubt, the limitation referred to in paragraph (1) above shall not apply to the guarantee by Brandbev of any obligations owed by its Subsidiaries under any Other Guaranteed Facilities;

(3)      in addition to the limitation referred to in paragraph (1) above, the obligations and liabilities of Brandbev under this Indenture or under any Other Guaranteed Facilities shall not include the guarantee of any amount if and to the extent the granting of such guarantee for such amounts would constitute unlawful financial assistance in violation of article 1500-7 of the Luxembourg Law on Commercial Companies dated August 10, 1915, as amended; and

(4)      Brandbev hereby expressly accepts and confirms, for the purposes of article 1281 of the Luxembourg civil code, that notwithstanding any novation permitted under, and made in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture, the Brandbev Guarantee shall be preserved for the benefit of any new Holder.

(c)      For the purpose of this Section 209, “Other Guaranteed Facilities” means:

(1)      any debt securities issued by Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC under any of the following indentures:

(A)      the Indenture, dated August 1, 1995, between Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC (formerly known as Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.) and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (as successor to Chemical Bank), as trustee;

(B)      the Indenture, dated July 1, 2001, between Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC (formerly known as Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.) and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (as successor to The Chase Manhattan Bank), as trustee; and

(C)      the Indenture, dated October 1, 2007, between Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC (formerly known as Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.) and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company,

 

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N.A. (formerly known as The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A.), as trustee;

(2)      the 2010 Senior Facilities Agreement;

(3)      any debt securities issued or guaranteed by Brandbrew, Brandbev or the Parent Guarantor under the €15,000,000,000 Euro Medium Term Note Programme originally entered into on January 16, 2009;

(4)      any debt securities issued or guaranteed by Brandbrew, Brandbev or the Parent Guarantor under the €40,000,000,000 Euro Medium Term Note Programme originally entered into on December 6, 2016;

(5)      any debt securities issued or guaranteed by Brandbrew, Brandbev or the Parent Guarantor under the €40,000,000,000 Euro Medium Term Note Programme originally entered into on December 20, 2017;

(6)      any debt securities guaranteed by Brandbrew or Brandbev under the January 2009 Indenture;

(7)      any debt securities guaranteed by Brandbrew or Brandbev under the October 2009 Indenture;

(8)      any debt securities guaranteed by Brandbrew or Brandbev under the U.S. Commercial Paper Program of short-term notes due up to a maximum of 364 days from the date of issue issued by ABIWW pursuant to dealer agreements, an issuing and paying agency agreement, the master note, guarantees and private placement memoranda, each dated on or around June 6, 2011, as amended and restated on or around August 20, 2014;

(9)      any debt securities guaranteed by Brandbrew or Brandbev under the January 2013 Indenture;

(10)      any debt securities guaranteed by Brandbrew or Brandbev under the January 2016 Indenture;

(11)      any debt securities guaranteed by Brandbrew or Brandbev under the December 2016 Indenture;

(12)      any debt securities guaranteed by Brandbrew or Brandbev under the May 2017 Indenture;

(13)       any debt securities guaranteed by Brandbrew or Brandbev under the April 2018 Indenture;

(14)      any other debt securities guaranteed by Brandbrew or Brandbev under this Indenture; and

(15)      any refinancing (in whole or part) of any of the above items or the Base Indenture for the same or a lower amount.

 

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SECTION 210.       CUSIP Numbers.

The Companies in issuing any series of the Securities may use CUSIP numbers, if then generally in use, and thereafter with respect to such series, the Trustee may use such numbers in any notice of redemption or exchange with respect to such series provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of a redemption or exchange and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Securities, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Companies will promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any change in the CUSIP numbers.

SECTION 211.       Non-Impairment.

The absence of an endorsement of a Guarantee on any Security and the lack of evidence of any guarantee of each Security by a written instrument other than this Indenture shall not affect or impair the validity of such Guarantee.

ARTICLE THREE

T HE S ECURITIES

SECTION 301.       Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.

The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.

The Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution and, subject to Section 303, set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in an Officer’s Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of Securities of any series,

(1)      the title of the Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the Securities of the series from Securities of any other series);

(2)      any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the series which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the series pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306, 906 or 1107 and except for any Securities which, pursuant to Section 303, are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder);

(3)      the Person to whom any interest on a Security of the series shall be payable, if other than the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest;

(4)      the date or dates on which the principal of any Securities of the series is payable;

 

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(5)      the rate or rates at which any Securities of the series shall bear interest, if any, the date or dates from which any such interest shall accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on which any such interest shall be payable, and the Regular Record Date for any such interest payable on any Interest Payment Date;

(6)      the place or places where the principal of and any premium and interest on any Securities of the series shall be payable;

(7)      the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which any Securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Companies and, if other than by a Board Resolution, the manner in which any election by the Companies to redeem the Securities shall be evidenced;

(8)      the obligation, if any, of the Companies to redeem or purchase any Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of the Holder thereof and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which any Securities of the series shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;

(9)      if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, the denominations in which any Securities of the series shall be issuable;

(10)      if the amount of principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of the series may be determined with reference to an index or pursuant to a formula, the manner in which such amounts shall be determined;

(11)      if other than the currency of the United States of America, the currency, currencies or currency units in which the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of the series shall be payable and the manner of determining the equivalent thereof in the currency of the United States of America for any purpose, including for purposes of the definition of “Outstanding” in Section 101;

(12)      if the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of the series is to be payable, at the election of the Companies or the Holder thereof, in one or more currencies or currency units other than that or those in which such Securities are stated to be payable, the currency, currencies or currency units in which the principal of or any premium or interest on such Securities as to which such election is made shall be payable, the periods within which and the terms and conditions upon which such election is to be made and the amount so payable (or the manner in which such amount shall be determined);

(13)      if other than the entire principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of any Securities of the series which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502;

(14)      if the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of any Securities of the series will not be determinable as of any one or more dates prior to the Stated Maturity, the amount which shall be deemed to be the principal

 

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amount of such Securities as of any such date for any purpose thereunder or hereunder, including the principal amount thereof which shall be due and payable upon any Maturity other than the Stated Maturity or which shall be deemed to be Outstanding as of any date prior to the Stated Maturity (or, in any such case, the manner in which such amount deemed to be the principal amount shall be determined);

(15)      if applicable, that the Securities of the series, in whole or any specified part, shall be defeasible pursuant to Section 1302 or Section 1303 or both such Sections and, if other than by a Board Resolution, the manner in which any election by the Companies to defease such Securities shall be evidenced;

(16)      if applicable, that any Securities of the series shall be issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities and, in such case, the respective Depositaries for such Global Securities, the form of any legend or legends which shall be borne by any such Global Security in addition to or in lieu of that set forth in Section 204 and any circumstances in addition to or in lieu of those set forth in clause (2) of the last paragraph of Section 305 in which any such Global Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for Securities registered, and any transfer of such Global Security in whole or in part may be registered, in the name or names of Persons other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof;

(17)      any addition to or change in the Events of Default which applies to any Securities of the series and any change in the right of the Trustee or the requisite Holders of such Securities to declare the principal amount thereof due and payable pursuant to Section 502;

(18)      any addition to or change in the covenants set forth in Article Ten which applies to Securities of the series; and

(19)      any other terms of the series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, except as permitted by Section 901(5)).

All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to the Board Resolution referred to above and (subject to Section 303) set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in the Officer’s Certificate referred to above or in any such indenture supplemental hereto.

If any of the terms of the series are established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or other authorized officer or person of each Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officer’s Certificate setting forth the terms of the series.

All Securities of any one series need not be issued at the same time and, unless otherwise so provided by the Companies, a series may be reopened for issuances of additional Securities of such series with identical terms and conditions (other than the

 

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issue date, issue price and, if applicable, initial interest accrual date and first Interest Payment Date).

SECTION 302.       Denominations.

The Securities of each series shall be issuable only in registered form without coupons and only in such denominations as shall be specified as contemplated by Section 301. In the absence of any such specified denomination with respect to the Securities of any series, the Securities of such series shall be issuable in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.

SECTION 303.       Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.

The Securities shall be executed on behalf of each Company by its Chairman of the Board, its President, one of its Vice Presidents or any other person authorized by its Board of Directors to execute Securities, and any Guarantees to be endorsed on the Securities of a particular series shall be executed on behalf of the applicable Guarantor by an authorized officer or person, in each case under such entity’s corporate seal if required by applicable law, reproduced thereon. The signature of any of these officers or persons on the Securities or Guarantees may be manual or facsimile.

Any Global Guarantee shall be executed and delivered on behalf of the applicable Guarantor by an authorized officer or person, under its corporate seal if required by applicable law, reproduced thereon. The signature of any of these officers or persons on the Global Guarantee may be manual or facsimile. A facsimile of any Global Guarantee may (but need not) be appended to each Security covered by such Global Guarantee.

Securities or Guarantees bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time the proper officers or authorized representatives of either Company or a Guarantor, as applicable, shall bind such Company and the applicable Guarantor, as applicable, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities or did not hold such offices at the date of such Securities.

At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Companies may deliver Securities of any series executed by the Companies and, if applicable, endorsed with any Guarantees of the Securities of such series or with a facsimile of any Global Guarantees relating to the Securities of such series appended, in each case, to the Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee in accordance with the Company Order shall authenticate and deliver such Securities with any Guarantees endorsed thereon or appended thereto. If the form or terms of the Securities of the series have been established by or pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions as permitted by Sections 201 and 301, in authenticating such Securities and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 601) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating,

 

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(1)      if the form of such Securities has been established by or pursuant to Board Resolution as permitted by Section 201, that such form has been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;

(2)      if the terms of such Securities have been established by or pursuant to Board Resolution as permitted by Section 301, that such terms have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;

(3)      that such Securities have been duly executed and, when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and issued by the Companies in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Companies enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles; and

(4)      that such Guarantees have been duly executed and, when the Securities on which they shall have been endorsed or to which facsimiles thereof have been appended shall have been authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and issued by the Companies in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of each Guarantor thereof enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles and provided that such Opinion of Counsel need not express any opinion on financial assistance or the consequences thereof.

If such form or terms have been so established, the Trustee shall not be required to authenticate such Securities if the issue of such Securities pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 301 and of the preceding paragraph, if all Securities of a series are not to be originally issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver the Officer’s Certificate otherwise required pursuant to Section 301 or the Company Order and Opinion of Counsel otherwise required pursuant to such preceding paragraph at or prior to the authentication of each Security of such series if such documents are delivered at or prior to the authentication upon original issuance of the first Security of such series to be issued.

Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.

No Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein executed by the Trustee by manual signature, and such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security shall have been authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the Companies, and the Companies shall deliver such Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section 309, for

 

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all purposes of this Indenture such Security shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.

The delivery of any Security by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder, shall constitute due delivery of any Guarantee endorsed thereon on behalf of the Guarantors that have not executed a Global Guarantee; provided , however , that a Guarantee shall not be deemed delivered if pursuant to Section 301 the Security is originally issued without a Guarantee; if the Guarantee is thereafter attached pursuant to an order of a Guarantor, then after authentication of the corresponding Guarantee, the corresponding Guarantee shall be deemed delivered. The Trustee, in accordance with the Company Order and order of the applicable Guarantor, shall authenticate the Guarantee and deliver such Securities.

SECTION 304.       Temporary Securities.

Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the Companies may execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities which may have endorsed thereon or appended thereto Guarantees duly executed by the applicable Guarantors, which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such Securities may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities.

If temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Companies will cause definitive Securities, which may have endorsed thereon or appended thereto Guarantees duly executed by the applicable Guarantors of that series, to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Securities of such series, the temporary Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities of such series, having endorsed thereon or appended thereto the Guarantees duly executed by the Guarantors, upon surrender of the temporary Securities of such series at the office or agency of the Companies in a Place of Payment for that series, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities of any series, the Companies shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor one or more definitive Securities of the same series, which may have endorsed thereon or appended thereto Guarantees duly executed by the applicable Guarantors, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount. Until so exchanged, the temporary Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such series and tenor.

SECTION 305.       Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange.

(a)       Registration, Restriction of Transfer and Exchange, Generally . The Companies shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee a register (the register maintained in such office or in any other office or agency of the Companies in a Place of Payment being herein sometimes referred to as the “Security Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Companies shall provide for the registration of Securities and of transfers of Securities. The Trustee is

 

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hereby appointed “Security Registrar” for the purpose of registering Securities and transfers of Securities as herein provided.

Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security of a series at the office or agency of the Companies in a Place of Payment for that series, the Companies shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities of the same series, of like tenor and aggregate principal amount, and having endorsed thereon or appended thereto any Guarantees which were endorsed on or appended to the Securities so surrendered.

Subject to this Section 305(a) and Section 305(b), at the option of the Holder, Securities of any series may be exchanged for other Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Companies shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive, and having endorsed thereon or appended thereto any Guarantees which were endorsed on or appended to the Securities so surrendered.

All Securities and any Guarantees endorsed thereon or appended thereto issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Companies and the Guarantors, as applicable, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.

Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange shall (if so required by the Companies or the Trustee) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Companies, the Parent Guarantor and the Security Registrar, duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.

No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, but the Companies may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 304, 906 or 1107 not involving any transfer.

If the Securities of any series (or of any series and specified tenor) are to be redeemed in part, the Companies shall not be required (A) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Securities of that series (or of that series and specified tenor, as the case may be) during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of any such Securities selected for redemption under Section 1103 and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, or (B) to register the transfer of or exchange any Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part.

The provisions of clauses (1), (2), (3) and (4) below shall apply only to Global Securities:

(1)      Each Global Security authenticated under this Indenture shall be registered in the name of the Depositary designated for such Global Security or a

 

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nominee thereof and delivered to such Depositary or a nominee thereof or custodian therefor, and each such Global Security shall constitute a single Security for all purposes of this Indenture.

(2)      Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, no Global Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for Securities registered, and no transfer of a Global Security in whole or in part may be registered, in the name of any Person other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof unless (A) such Depositary (i) has notified the Companies that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Security or (ii) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act, (B) there shall have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default with respect to such Global Security, or (C) there shall exist such circumstances, if any, in addition to or in lieu of the foregoing as have been specified for this purpose as contemplated by Section 301.

(3)      Subject to clause (2) above, any exchange of a Global Security for other Securities may be made in whole or in part, and all Securities issued in exchange for a Global Security or any portion thereof shall be registered in such names as the Depositary for such Global Security shall direct.

(4)      Every Security authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for or in lieu of, a Global Security or any portion thereof, whether pursuant to this Section, Section 304, 306, 906 or 1107 or otherwise, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Security, unless such Security is registered in the name of a Person other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof.

(b)       Certain Transfers and Exchanges . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or the Securities, transfers and exchanges of Securities and beneficial interests in a Global Security of the kinds specified in this Section 305(b) shall be made only in accordance with this Section 305(b).

(1)       Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in Global Securities. The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in Global Securities will be effected through the applicable Depositary, in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and the Applicable Procedures. Beneficial interests in the Restricted Global Securities will be subject to restrictions on transfer comparable to those set forth herein to the extent required by the Securities Act. Transfers of beneficial interests in Global Securities also will require compliance with either subparagraph (A) or (B) below, as applicable, as well as one or more of the other following subparagraphs, as applicable:

(A)       Transfer of Beneficial Interests in the Same Global Security . Beneficial interests in any Restricted Global Security may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the same Restricted Global Security in accordance with the transfer restrictions set forth in the applicable legends provided thereon; provided, however , that transfers of beneficial interests in the Global Security issued pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act may not be made to a U.S. Person or for the account or benefit of a U.S.

 

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Person prior to the expiration of the 40-day “Distribution Compliance Period” under Regulation S, unless such person is a “Distributor” as defined in Rule 902 under the Securities Act. Beneficial interests in any Unrestricted Global Security may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security. No written orders or instructions shall be required to be delivered to the Security Registrar to effect the transfers described in this Section 305(b)(1)(A).

(B)       All Other Transfers and Exchanges of Beneficial Interests in Global Securities . In connection with all transfers and exchanges of beneficial interests that are not subject to Section 305(b)(1)(A) above, the transferor of such beneficial interest must deliver to the Security Registrar both (i) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the applicable Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the applicable Depositary to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in another Global Security in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged, and (ii) instructions given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures containing information regarding the Participant account to be credited with such increase.

(C)       Transfer of Beneficial Interests to Another Restricted Global Security. A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Security may be transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Restricted Global Security if the transfer complies with the requirements of Section 305(a) above and the Security Registrar receives the following:

(i)      if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in a Global Security offered and sold pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Annex A hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof; and

(ii)      if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in a Global Security offered and sold pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Annex A hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof.

(D)      Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Security for Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global Security. A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Security may be exchanged by any holder thereof for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security if the exchange or transfer complies with the requirements of Section 305(a) above and the Security Registrar receives the following: (i) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a

 

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beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security, a certificate from such holder in the form of Annex B hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(a) thereof; or (ii) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security proposes to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security, a certificate from such holder in the form of Annex A hereto, including the appropriate certifications in item (3) thereof; and, in each such case, if the Companies so request or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Companies to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the applicable legends provided thereon are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

If any such transfer is effected pursuant to clause (D) above at a time when an Unrestricted Global Security has not yet been issued, the Companies shall issue and, upon receipt of a Company Order in accordance with Section 303 hereof, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Securities in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of beneficial interests transferred pursuant to clause (3) above.

Beneficial interests in an Unrestricted Global Security cannot be exchanged for, or transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of, a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security.

(2)       Transfer or Exchange of Beneficial Interests for Certificated Securities . If any one of the events listed in Section 305(a) has occurred or the Companies has elected to cause the issuance of certificated Securities, transfers or exchanges of beneficial interests in a Global Security for a certificated Security shall be effected, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in the applicable subclauses of this Section 305(b)(2).

(A)       Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Securities to Restricted Certificated Securities . If any holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted Certificated Security or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Certificated Security, then, upon receipt by the Security Registrar of the following documentation:

(i)      if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted Certificated Security, a certificate from such holder in the form of Annex  B hereto, including the certifications in item (2)(a) thereof;

(ii)      if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a qualified institutional buyer in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Annex A hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;

 

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(iii)      if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Annex A hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof;

(iv)      if such beneficial interest is being transferred pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Annex A hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(a) thereof; and

(v)      if such beneficial interest is being transferred to the Companies or any of its Subsidiaries, a certificate to the effect set forth in Annex A hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;

the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Security to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 305(c) hereof, and the Companies shall execute and upon receipt of a Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the instructions a Certificated Security in the appropriate principal amount. If any Guarantees were endorsed on or appended to the applicable Global Security, then such Guarantees (or facsimiles thereof) shall be endorsed on or appended to the Certificated Security. Any Certificated Security issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security pursuant to this Section 305(b)(2) shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest shall instruct the Security Registrar through instructions from the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee shall deliver such Certificated Securities to the Persons in whose names such Securities are so registered. Any Certificated Security issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security pursuant to this Section 305(b)(2) shall bear the appropriate legends and shall be subject to all restrictions on transfer contained therein.

(B)       Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Securities to Unrestricted Certificated Securities . A holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security may exchange such beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Certificated Security or may transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Certificated Security only if:

(i)      such beneficial interest is being transferred pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144, a certificate to the effect set forth in Annex A hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(a) thereof; or

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(a)      if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Certificated Security, a certificate from such holder in the form of Annex B hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(b) thereof; or

(b)      if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security proposes to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Certificated Security, a certificate from such holder in the form of Annex A hereto, including the appropriate certifications in item (3) thereof;

and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (ii), if the Companies so request or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Companies to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the appropriate legends are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

(C)       Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Securities to Unrestricted Certificated Securities . If any holder of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Certificated Security or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Certificated Security, then, upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 305(b)(1)(B) hereof, the Trustee will cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Security to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 305(c) hereof, and the Companies will execute and upon receipt of a Company Order the Trustee will authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the instructions a Certificated Security in the appropriate principal amount. Any Certificated Security issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 305(b)(2)(C) will be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest requests through instructions to the Security Registrar from or through the applicable Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee will deliver such Certificated Securities to the Persons in whose names such Securities are so registered. Any Certificated Security issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 305(b)(2)(C) will not bear a Restricted Certificated Security legend.

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(A)       Restricted Certificated Securities to Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Securities . If any Holder of a Restricted Certificated Security proposes to exchange such Security for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security or to transfer such Restricted Certificated Security to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security, then, upon receipt by the Security Registrar of the following documentation:

(i)      if the Holder of such Restricted Certificated Security proposes to exchange such Security for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Annex B hereto, including the certifications in item (2)(b) thereof;

(ii)      if such Restricted Certificated Security is being transferred to a qualified institutional buyer in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Annex A hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;

(iii)      if such Restricted Certificated Security is being transferred to a non-U.S. Person (as defined in Regulation S) in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Annex A hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof; and

(iv)      if such Restricted Certificated Security is being transferred to the Companies or any of its Subsidiaries, a certificate to the effect set forth in Annex A hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;

the Trustee will cancel the Restricted Certificated Security, increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of, in the case of clause (i) above, the appropriate Restricted Global Security, in the case of clause (ii) above, the Global Security offered and sold pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act, and in the case of clause (iii) above, the Global Security offered and sold pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act.

(B)       Restricted Certificated Securities to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Securities . A Holder of a Restricted Global Security may exchange such Security for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security or transfer such Restricted Global Security to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security only if:

(i)      if such Restricted Certificated Security is being transferred pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144,

 

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a certificate to the effect set forth in Annex A hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(a) thereof; or

(ii)      the Security Registrar receives: (A) if the Holder of such Restricted Certificated Security proposes to exchange such Restricted Certificated Security for a beneficial interest in the Unrestricted Global Security, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Annex  B hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(c) thereof, or (B) if the Holder of such Restricted Certificated Security proposes to transfer such Restricted Certificated Security to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the Unrestricted Global Security, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Annex  A hereto, including the appropriate certifications in item (3) thereof, and, in each such case, if the Companies so request or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Companies to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the applicable legends are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

Upon satisfaction of the conditions of any of the subparagraphs in this Section 305(b)(3)(B), the Trustee will cancel the Certificated Security and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of the Unrestricted Global Security.

(C)       Unrestricted Certificated Securities to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Securities . A Holder of an Unrestricted Certificated Security may exchange such Security for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security or transfer such Unrestricted Certificated Security to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security at any time. Upon receipt of a request for such an exchange or transfer, the Trustee will cancel the applicable Unrestricted Certificated Security and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of one of the Unrestricted Global Securities.

If any such exchange or transfer from a Certificated Security to a beneficial interest is effected pursuant to subparagraphs (c) above at a time when an Unrestricted Global Security has not yet been issued, the Companies will issue and, upon receipt of a Company Order, the Trustee will authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Securities in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of Certificated Securities so transferred.

(4)       Transfer and Exchange of Certificated Securities for Certificated Securities . Upon request by a Holder of Certificated Securities and such Holder’s compliance with the provisions of this Section 305(b)(4), the Security Registrar will register the transfer or exchange of Certificated Securities. Prior to such registration of transfer or exchange, the requesting Holder must present or

 

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surrender to the Security Registrar the Certificated Securities duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instruction of transfer in form satisfactory to the Security Registrar duly executed by such Holder or by its attorney, duly authorized in writing. In addition, the requesting Holder must provide any additional certifications, documents and information, as applicable, required pursuant to the following provisions of this Section 305(b)(4).

(A)       Restricted Certificated Securities to Restricted Certificated Securities . Any Restricted Certificated Security may be transferred to and registered in the name of Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Certificated Security if the Security Registrar receives the following:

(i)      if the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act, a certificate in the form of Annex A hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;

(ii)      if the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act, a certificate in the form of Annex  A hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof; and

(iii)      if the transfer will be made pursuant to any other exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, a certificate in the form of Annex  A hereto, including the certifications required by item (3) thereof.

(B)       Restricted Certificated Securities to Unrestricted Certificated Securities . Any Restricted Certificated Security may be exchanged by the Holder thereof for an Unrestricted Certificated Security or transferred to a Person or Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Certificated Security if the Security Registrar receives: (i) if the Holder of such Restricted Certificated Security proposes to exchange such Security for an Unrestricted Certificated Security, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Annex B hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(d) thereof; or (ii) if the Holder of such Restricted Certificated Security proposes to transfer such Security to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Certificated Security, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Annex A hereto, including the appropriate certifications in item (3) thereof; and, in each such case, if the Security Registrar so requests, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Security Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the appropriate legends are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

(C)       Unrestricted Certificated Securities to Unrestricted Certificated Securities . A Holder of Unrestricted Certificated Securities may transfer such Securities to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Certificated Security. Upon receipt of a request

 

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to register such a transfer, the Security Registrar shall register the Unrestricted Certificated Securities pursuant to the instructions from the Holder thereof.

(c)       Cancellation and/or Adjustment of Global Securities . At such time as all beneficial interests in a particular Global Security have been exchanged for Certificated Securities or a particular Certificated Security has been redeemed, repurchased or canceled in whole and not in part, each such Global Security will be returned to or retained and canceled by the Trustee in accordance with Section 309 hereof. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Security is exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Security or for Certificated Securities, the principal amount of Securities represented by such Global Security will be reduced accordingly and an endorsement will be made on such Global Security by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such reduction; and if the beneficial interest is being exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Security, such other Global Security will be increased accordingly and an endorsement will be made on such Global Security by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.

(d)      The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer or exchange imposed under this Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer or exchange of any interest in any Security (including any transfers between or among Participants or beneficial owners in any Global Security) other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by, the terms of this Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.

SECTION 306.       Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.

If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, the Companies shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.

If there shall be delivered to the Companies and the Trustee (i) evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security and (ii) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them, the Guarantors and any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Companies or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Companies shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.

In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become or is about to become due and payable, the Companies in their discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security.

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that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.

Every new Security of any series issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Companies and the Guarantors, respectively, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities of that series duly issued hereunder.

The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities.

SECTION 307.       Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.

Except as otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any series of Securities, interest on any Security which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest.

Any interest on any Security of any series which is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein called “Defaulted Interest”) shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Companies, at their election in each case, as provided in clause (1) or (2) below:

(1)      The Companies may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Companies shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Security of such series and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Companies shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Companies of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Companies, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be given to each Holder of Securities of such series in the manner set forth in Section 106, not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been so

 

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mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following clause (2).

(2)      The Companies may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on the Securities of any series in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which such Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Companies to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.

Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Security delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Security.

SECTION 308.       Persons Deemed Owners.

Prior to due presentment of a Security for registration of transfer, the Companies, the Parent Guarantor, the Trustee and any agent of the Companies, the Guarantors or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such Security is registered as the owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and any premium and (subject to Section 307) any interest on such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and neither the Companies, the Guarantors, the Trustee nor any agent of the Companies, the Guarantors or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

No holder of any beneficial interest in any Global Security held on its behalf by a Depositary shall have any rights under this Indenture with respect to such Global Security, and such Depositary may be treated by the Companies, the Parent Guarantor, the Trustee and any agent of the Companies, the Guarantors or the Trustee as the owner of such Global Security for all purposes whatsoever. None of the Companies, the Guarantors, the Trustee, any Paying Agent or the Security Registrar will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests of a Global Security or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests.

SECTION 309.       Cancellation.

All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of transfer or exchange or for credit against any sinking fund payment shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee and shall be promptly cancelled by it. Either Company may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which either Company or any Guarantor may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and may deliver to the Trustee (or to any other Person for delivery to the Trustee) for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated hereunder which the Companies have not issued and sold, and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities cancelled as provided in this

 

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Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee shall dispose of all cancelled Securities in accordance with its customary procedures.

SECTION 310.       Computation of Interest.

Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any series, interest on the Securities of each series shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

SECTION 311. Co-Obligation of the Companies

(a)      Each Company hereby fully, unconditionally and irrevocably assumes and agrees to perform and discharge, jointly and severally with the other Company, as applicable, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and any premium and interest (including additional amounts, if any, pursuant to Section 1009 hereof (“Additional Amounts”)) on all of the Securities on the dates and in the manner provided in this Indenture and in the Securities, and the due performance and observance of every covenant of this Indenture on the part of such other Company, as the case may be, to be performed or observed and to be subject, jointly and severally with such Company, as the case may be, to the provisions of Article Five of this Indenture.

(b)      The obligations of each Company as co-obligor hereunder are primary and not merely those of a surety, and shall be absolute and unconditional, irrespective of, and shall be unaffected by, an invalidity, irregularity or unenforceability of any Security or this Indenture, any failure to enforce the provisions of any Security or this Indenture, or any waiver, modification or indulgence granted to either Company with respect thereto, by the Holder of any Security or the Trustee, or any other circumstance which may otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge of a co-obligor, surety or guarantor; provided however , that, notwithstanding the foregoing, no such waiver, modification or indulgence shall, without the consent of each Company, increase the principal amount of any Security or the interest rate thereon or impose or increase any premium payable upon redemption thereof. Each Company hereby waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, any right to require a proceeding first against the other Company, as applicable, protest or notice and all demands whatsoever with respect to the Securities or the indebtedness evidenced thereby, and covenants that the co-obligation hereunder will not be discharged as to this Indenture or the Securities except in accordance with Article Four of this Indenture. Each Company shall be subrogated to all rights of the Holder of a Security of a series against the other Company, as applicable, in respect of any amounts paid to such Holder by such Company pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture; provided, however , that each Company shall not be entitled to enforce, or to receive any payments arising out of or based upon, such right of subrogation or any right of contribution until the principal of and any premium and interest (including Additional Amounts) on all of the Securities of the same series issued under this Indenture shall have been paid in full. Each Company hereby agrees that any notice given to the other Company, as the case may be, pursuant to the terms of this Indenture shall be deemed given to such Company.

ARTICLE FOUR

S ATISFACTION AND D ISCHARGE

 

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SECTION 401.       Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.

This Indenture shall upon Company Request cease to be of further effect (except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Securities herein expressly provided for), and the Trustee, at the expense of the Companies, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when

(1)      either

(A)      all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (i) Securities which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 306 and (ii) Securities for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by either Company or a Guarantor and thereafter repaid to such Company or that Guarantor or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 1003) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or

(B)      all such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation

(i)      have become due and payable, or

(ii)      will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year, or

(iii)      are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Companies,

and either Company or a Guarantor, as the case may be, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose money in an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal and any premium and interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities which have become due and payable) or to the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be;

(2)      either Company or a Guarantor, as the case may be, has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Companies; and

(3)      the Companies have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with.

Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the Companies and the Guarantors to the Trustee under Section 607 and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (B) of clause (1) of this

 

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Section, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 402 and the last paragraph of Section 1003 shall survive.

SECTION 402.       Application of Trust Money.

Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 401 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities and Guarantees and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Guarantor (including either Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal and any premium and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee.

ARTICLE FIVE

R EMEDIES

SECTION 501.       Events of Default.

“Event of Default”, wherever used herein with respect to Securities of any series, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):

(1)      default in the payment of any interest upon any Security of that series when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; or

(2)      default in the payment of the principal of or any premium on any Security of that series at its Maturity; provided that to the extent any such failure to pay principal or premium is caused by a technical or administrative error, delay in processing payments or event beyond the control of either Company or a Guarantor, no Event of Default shall occur for three days following such failure to pay; provided further that in the case of any redemption payment, no Event of Default shall occur for 30 days following a failure to make such payment; or

(3)      default in the performance or observance of any other material obligation of the Companies or a Guarantor under any Security or any Guarantee applicable to such Security, including any material covenant or warranty in this Indenture (other than a covenant or warranty a default in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with or which has expressly been included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of series of Securities other than that series), and continuance of such default for a period of 90 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Companies and the Parent Guarantor by the Trustee or to the Companies, the Parent Guarantor and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder; or

 

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(4)      a default with respect to any obligation for the payment or repayment under any bond, debenture, note or other evidence of indebtedness for money borrowed by either Company or a Guarantor having an aggregate principal amount outstanding of at least €100,000,000 (or its equivalent in any other currency) that shall have resulted in such indebtedness becoming or being declared due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise have become due and payable, without such indebtedness having been discharged, or such acceleration having been rescinded or annulled within 30 days; or

(5)      the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of (A) a decree or order for relief in respect of either Company, the Parent Guarantor or a Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary of the Parent Guarantor in an involuntary case or proceeding under the applicable laws of their respective jurisdictions of organization or incorporation relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or (B) a decree or order adjudging either Company, the Parent Guarantor or a Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary of the Parent Guarantor as bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of such Company, the Parent Guarantor or the applicable Guarantor under the applicable laws of their respective jurisdictions of organization or incorporation, or appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of such Company, the Parent Guarantor or the applicable Guarantor or of any substantial part of their property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of their affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order for relief or any such other decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 90 consecutive days; or

(6)      the commencement by either Company, the Parent Guarantor or a Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary of the Parent Guarantor of a voluntary case or proceeding under the applicable laws of their respective jurisdictions of organization or incorporation relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or of any other case or proceeding to be adjudicated as bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by either Company, the Parent Guarantor or a Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary of the Parent Guarantor to the entry of a decree or order for relief in respect of such Company, the Parent Guarantor or the applicable Guarantor, respectively, in an involuntary case or proceeding under the applicable laws of their respective jurisdictions of organization or incorporation relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or to the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding against such Company, the Parent Guarantor or the applicable Guarantor, or the filing by either Company, the Parent Guarantor or a Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under the applicable laws of their respective jurisdictions of organization or incorporation, or the consent by either Company, the Parent Guarantor or a Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary of the Parent Guarantor to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of such Company, the Parent Guarantor or the applicable Guarantor or of any substantial part of their property, or the making by either Company, the Parent Guarantor or a Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary of the Parent Guarantor of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the admission by either

 

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Company, the Parent Guarantor or a Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary of the Parent Guarantor in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or the taking of corporate action by such Company, the Parent Guarantor or the applicable Guarantor in furtherance of any such action; or

(7)      the issuance of any governmental order, decree or enactment in or by Belgium or the jurisdiction of organization of a Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary of the Parent Guarantor whereby either Company, Parent Guarantor or applicable Guarantor is prevented from observing and performing in full its obligations pursuant to the Securities or that series and the Guarantees thereof, respectively, and such situation is not cured within 90 days; or

(8)      a Guarantee of the Securities of that series provided by the Parent Guarantor or a Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary ceases to be valid and legally binding for any reason or the Parent Guarantor or a Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary seeks to deny or disaffirm its obligations under such Guarantee; or

(9)      any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities of that series.

SECTION 502.       Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.

If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 501(5) or 501(6)) with respect to Securities of any series at the time Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series may declare the principal amount of all the Securities of that series (or, if any Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount of such Securities as may be specified by the terms thereof) to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Companies and the Parent Guarantor (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal amount (or specified amount) shall become immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in Section 501(5) or 501(6) with respect to Securities of any series at the time Outstanding occurs, the principal amount of all the Securities of that series (or, if any Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount of such Securities as may be specified by the terms thereof) shall automatically, and without any declaration or other action on the part of the Trustee or any Holder, become immediately due and payable.

At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to Securities of any series has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this Article provided, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series, by written notice to the Companies, the Parent Guarantor and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if

(1)      the Companies or the Guarantors have paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay

(A)      all overdue interest on all Securities of that series,

 

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(B)      the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Securities of that series which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and any interest thereon at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities,

(C)      to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest upon overdue interest at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, and

(D)      all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents, advisers and counsel;

and

(2)      all Events of Default with respect to Securities of that series, other than the non-payment of the principal of Securities of that series which have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 513.

No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon.

SECTION 503.       Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.

The Companies and the Guarantors covenant that if

(1)      default is made in the payment of any interest on any Security when such interest becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days, or

(2)      default is made in the payment of the principal of or premium on any Security at its Maturity; provided that in case any such failure to pay principal or premium is caused by a technical or administrative error, delay in processing payments or event beyond the control of the Companies or a Guarantor, such default continues for more than three days; provided, further , that, in the case of a default in making a redemption payment, such default continues for 30 days,

the Companies and the Guarantors will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, the whole amount then due and payable on such Securities for principal and any premium and interest and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, interest on any overdue principal and premium and on any overdue interest, at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents, advisers and counsel that are properly incurred.

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proceeding to judgment or final decree and may enforce the same against the Companies or any other obligor upon such Securities and collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Companies or any other obligor upon such Securities, wherever situated.

If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion, and subject to indemnity and/or security, proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.

SECTION 504.       Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.

In case of any judicial proceeding relative to either Company, any Guarantor (or any other obligor upon the Securities), its property or its creditors, the Trustee shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise, to take any and all actions authorized under the Trust Indenture Act and local law in order to have claims of the Holders and the Trustee allowed in any such proceeding. In particular, the Trustee shall be authorized to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same; and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for the compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents, advisers and reasonable fees and expenses of its counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 607.

No provision of this Indenture shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities of any series or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding; provided , however , that the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders, vote for the election of a trustee in bankruptcy or similar official and be a member of a creditors’ or other similar committee.

SECTION 505.       Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities.

All rights of action and claims under this Indenture, the Securities or any Guarantee may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities or any Guarantee or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents, advisers and reasonable fees and expenses of its counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.

 

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SECTION 506.       Application of Money Collected.

Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal or any premium or interest, upon presentation of the Securities and the notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:

FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee and its agents and advisers under Section 607; and

SECOND: the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Securities for principal and any premium and interest, respectively.

SECTION 507.       Limitation on Suits.

No Holder of any Security of any series shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, the Securities or any Guarantees or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless

(1)      such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that series;

(2)      the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder;

(3)      such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee indemnity and/or security satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request;

(4)      the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and

(5)      no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series;

it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing itself of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other of such Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all of such Holders.

 

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SECTION 508.       Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest.

Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of and any premium and (subject to Section 307) interest on such Security on the respective Stated Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.

SECTION 509.       Restoration of Rights and Remedies.

If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to any determination in such proceeding, the Companies, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Holders shall be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.

SECTION 510.       Rights and Remedies Cumulative.

Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in the last paragraph of Section 306, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy, hereunder or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.

SECTION 511.       Delay or Omission Not Waiver.

No delay or omission by the Trustee or by any Holder of any Securities to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may be.

SECTION 512.       Control by Holders.

The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with respect to the Securities of such series, provided that

(1)      such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture and would not involve the Trustee in personal liability, and

 

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(2)      the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction.

SECTION 513.       Waiver of Past Defaults.

The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series may on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series waive any past default hereunder with respect to such series and its consequences, except a default

(1)      in the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on any Security of such series, or

(2)      in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article Nine cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of such series affected.

Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon.

SECTION 514.       Undertaking for Costs.

In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, a court may require any party litigant in such suit to file an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and may assess costs against any such party litigant, in the manner and to the extent provided in the Trust Indenture Act; provided that neither this Section nor the Trust Indenture Act shall be deemed to authorize any court to require such an undertaking or to make such an assessment in any suit instituted by the Trustee or to any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of Holders, holding in the aggregate more than 10% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, or to any suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Security on or after the Stated Maturity or Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date).

SECTION 515.       Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws.

Each of the Companies and Guarantors covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any usury, stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Companies and Guarantors (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby each expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.

 

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SECTION 516.       Agents to Act for Trustee.

At any time after the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Trustee shall be entitled to require the Authenticating Agent, the Paying Agent or another agent acting on behalf of the Companies in relation to any of the Securities to act under its direction.

ARTICLE SIX

T HE T RUSTEE

SECTION 601.       Certain Duties and Responsibilities.

The duties and responsibilities of the Trustee shall be as provided by the Trust Indenture Act and this Indenture; provided that (i) notwithstanding Section 315(a)(2) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of any mathematical calculations or other facts, statements, opinions or conclusions stated in the certificates or opinions referred to therein, and (ii) except during the continuance of an Event of Default, no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability, including, for the avoidance of doubt, compensation for its services hereunder, in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity and/or security against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it, nor shall the Trustee be required to do anything which it believes is illegal or contrary to applicable laws. Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section.

SECTION 602.       Notice to Holders of Defaults.

If a default occurs hereunder with respect to Securities of any series, the Trustee shall give the Holders of Securities of such series notice of such default as and to the extent provided by the Trust Indenture Act; provided , however , that in the case of any default of the character specified in Section 501(4) with respect to Securities of such series, no such notice to Holders shall be given until at least 30 days after the occurrence thereof. For the purpose of this Section, the term “default” means any event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default with respect to Securities of such series.

SECTION 603.       Certain Rights of Trustee.

Subject to the provisions of Section 601:

(1)      the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document (whether in its original or facsimile form) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;

 

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(2)      any request or direction of either Company or the Parent Guarantor mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order or order by the Parent Guarantor, and any resolution of the Board of Directors of either Company or the Parent Guarantor shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution of such Company or the Parent Guarantor;

(3)      whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, exclusively rely upon an Officer’s Certificate from each Company;

(4)      the Trustee may consult with counsel and other advisers of its own selection and the advice of such counsel or other advisers or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;

(5)      the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by, or pursuant to, this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture or otherwise take any action, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee security and/or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction or the taking of such action;

(6)      the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion acting reasonably, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit at the sole cost of the Companies and shall incur no liability or additional liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation except for liability resulting from the Trustee’s gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of each Company, personally or by agent or attorney, at the sole cost of the Companies;

(7)      the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder;

(8)      in no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for special, punitive, indirect, or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of business, goodwill, opportunity or profit) irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action;

 

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(9)      the Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Event of Default unless an officer of the Trustee responsible for the administration of this Indenture has received written notice of any event which is in fact such an Event of Default and it is received by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice references the relevant Securities and this Indenture;

(10)      whether or not expressly provided in any other provision hereof, the rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified and all rights provided under Sections 601 and this Section 603, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder, and shall survive the earlier of any removal or resignation, or the termination of this Indenture;

(11)      the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with an Act of the Holders hereunder, and, to the extent not so provided herein, with respect to any Act requiring the Trustee to exercise its own discretion, relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture or any Notes, unless it shall be proved that, in connection with any such action taken, suffered or omitted or any such act, the Trustee was grossly negligent, acted in bad faith or engaged in willful misconduct;

(12)      the permissive rights of the Trustee to do things enumerated in this Indenture shall not be construed as a duty, and the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered, or omitted to be taken by it except in case of gross negligence, bad faith or willful default or misconduct;

(13)      the Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or surety with respect to the performance of its duties or the exercise of its powers under this Indenture;

(14)      in the event the Trustee receives inconsistent or conflicting requests and indemnity from two or more Holders or groups of Holders, each representing less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of a series then outstanding, each pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee, in its sole discretion, may, but shall not be obligated to, determine what action, if any, shall be taken and the Trustee shall suffer no liability from so determining or not determining what action, if any, shall be taken, as the case may be, or otherwise from failing to act;

(15)      except as provided herein, the Trustee shall have no duty to inquire as to the performance of the covenants of the Companies, the Parent Guarantor, or any other entity and the Trustee shall be entitled to assume without inquiry that the Companies, the Parent Guarantor, and any other Guarantor have each performed in accordance with all of the provisions of the Indenture, unless notified to the contrary;

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or indirectly, forces or circumstances beyond the Trustee’s control, including, but not limited to, acts of God, flood, war (whether declared or undeclared), civil or military disturbances, terrorism, fire, riot, embargo, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, nuclear or natural catastrophes, government action (including any laws, ordinances or regulations) or interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software or hardware) services, which delay, restrict or prohibit the providing of any services or the taking of any action contemplated by this Indenture;

(17)      the Trustee will not be liable to any person if prevented or delayed in performing any of its obligations or discretionary functions under this Indenture by reason of any present or future law applicable to it, by any governmental or regulatory authority or by any circumstances beyond its control; and

(18)      the Trustee may request that each Company deliver an Officer’s Certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture, which Officer’s Certificate may be signed by any person authorized to sign an Officer’s Certificate, including any person as so authorized in any such certificate previously delivered and not superseded.

SECTION 604.       Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.

The recitals contained herein and in the Securities and the Guarantees, except the Trustee’s certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Companies and the Guarantors, and neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent assumes any responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities or the Guarantees. Neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent shall be accountable for the use or application by the Companies of Securities or the proceeds thereof.

SECTION 605.       May Hold Securities.

The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Security Registrar or any other agent of the Trustee, the Companies or the Guarantors, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and, subject to Sections 608 and 613, may otherwise deal with the Companies or the Guarantors with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Security Registrar or such other agent.

SECTION 606.       Money Held in Trust.

Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed in writing with the Companies.

SECTION 607.       Compensation and Reimbursement.

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(1)      to pay to the Trustee from time to time compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder, including, if applicable, additional compensation in the event of a default or Event of Default (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);

(2)      except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all expenses, disbursements and advances properly incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture or arising out of, or in connection with, the acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts hereunder (including the compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or advance as shall be determined to have been caused by its willful misconduct, gross negligence or bad faith; and

(3)      to indemnify the Trustee, its officers, directors, employees, representatives and agents for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder.

The Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities as to all property and funds held or collected by it hereunder for any amount owing it or any predecessor Trustee pursuant to this Section 607, except with respect to funds held in trust for the benefit of the Holders of particular Securities.

Without prejudice to any other rights available to the Trustee under applicable law, when the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after the occurrence of an Event of Default specified in Section 501(5) or (6), the expenses (including the reasonable charges and expenses of its counsel, agents and advisers) and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law.

The provisions of this Section shall survive the termination of this Indenture and the resignation or removal of the Trustee and shall apply with equal force and effect to any agent under this Indenture.

SECTION 608.       Conflicting Interests.

If the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall either eliminate such interest or resign, to the extent and in the manner provided by, and subject to the provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act and this Indenture. To the extent permitted by such Act, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have a conflicting interest by virtue of being a trustee under this Indenture with respect to Securities of more than one series.

 

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SECTION 609.       Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.

There shall at all times be one (and only one) Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of each series, which may be Trustee hereunder for Securities of one or more other series. Each Trustee shall be a Person that is eligible pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act to act as such and has a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000. If any such Person publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section and to the extent permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, the combined capital and surplus of such Person shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article.

SECTION 610.       Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.

No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 611.

The Trustee may resign at any time, without giving explanation as to such resignation, with respect to the Securities of one or more series by giving written notice thereof to the Companies. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by Section 611 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition at the expense of the Companies any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.

The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Securities of any series by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series, delivered to the Trustee and to the Companies and the Parent Guarantor.

If at any time:

(1)      the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 608 after written request therefor by the Companies and the Parent Guarantor or by any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months, or

(2)      the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 609 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Companies and the Parent Guarantor or by any such Holder, or

(3)      the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation,

 

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then, in any such case, (A) the Companies and the Parent Guarantor by a Board Resolution may remove the Trustee with respect to all Securities, or (B) subject to Section 514, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with respect to all Securities and the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees.

If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, with respect to the Securities of one or more series, the Companies and the Parent Guarantor, by a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect to the Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such successor Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more or all of such series and that at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to the Securities of any particular series) and shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 611. If, within one year after such resignation, removal or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall be appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the Companies, the Parent Guarantor and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 611, become the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and to that extent supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Companies and the Parent Guarantor. If no successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall have been so appointed by the Companies and the Parent Guarantor or the Holders and accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 611, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.

The Companies shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and each appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series to all Holders of Securities of such series in the manner provided in Section 106. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.

In no event shall any retiring Trustee be held liable for any acts or omissions of any successor Trustee hereunder.

SECTION 611.       Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.

In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to all Securities, every such successor Trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Companies and the Parent Guarantor and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request of the Companies, the Parent Guarantor or the successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and

 

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trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder.

In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Companies, the retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (1) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates; (2) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all Securities, shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee; and (3) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same trust and that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee; and upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates; but, on request of the Companies, the Parent Guarantor, or any successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates.

Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Companies shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in the first or second preceding paragraph, as the case may be.

No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under this Article.

SECTION 612.       Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.

Any Corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any Corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any Corporation succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided such Corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto. In case any Securities shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication

 

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and deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities.

SECTION 613.       Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Companies or the Guarantors.

If and when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of either Company or a Guarantor (or any other obligor upon the Securities), the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection of claims against either Company or the Guarantor (or any such other obligor).

SECTION 614.       Appointment of Authenticating Agent.

The Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents with respect to one or more series of Securities which shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of such series issued upon original issue and upon exchange, registration of transfer or partial redemption thereof or pursuant to Section 306, and Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Securities by the Trustee or the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the Companies and the Parent Guarantor and shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of not less than $50,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State authority. If such Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, such Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section.

Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate agency or corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be an Authenticating Agent, provided such corporation shall be otherwise eligible under this Section, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent.

An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Trustee and to the Companies and the Parent Guarantor. The Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice thereof to such Authenticating Agent and to the Companies and the Parent Guarantor. Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of

 

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this Section, the Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the Companies and shall give notice of such appointment in the manner provided in Section 106 to all Holders of Securities of the series with respect to which such Authenticating Agent will serve. Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the provisions of this Section.

The Companies agree to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable compensation for its services under this Section.

If an appointment with respect to one or more series is made pursuant to this Section, the Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in addition to the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, an alternative certificate of authentication in the following form:

This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

T HE B ANK OF N EW Y ORK M ELLON T RUST

C OMPANY , N.A.

As Trustee

By ...........................................................,

As Authenticating Agent

By ..........................................................

Authorized Officer

SECTION 615.        FATCA Withholding.

The Trustee shall be entitled without liability to deduct FATCA Withholding, and shall have no obligation to gross-up any payment hereunder or to pay any additional amount as a result of such FATCA Withholding. Each of the Companies and each Guarantor agrees to cooperate and to provide the Trustee and any Paying Agent with such information as each may have in its possession to enable the determination of whether any payments pursuant to this Indenture are subject to the deduction or withholding requirements imposed or required pursuant to Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, any current or future regulations thereunder or official interpretations thereof, any agreement entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b) of the Code, or any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement entered into in connection with the implementation of such Sections of the Code (“FATCA Withholding”).

ARTICLE SEVEN

H OLDERS ’ L ISTS AND R EPORTS BY T RUSTEE AND C OMPANIES

 

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SECTION 701.       Companies and the Parent Guarantor to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.

The Companies and the Parent Guarantor will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee:

(1)      semi-annually, not later than June 30 and December 30 in each year, a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders of Securities of each series as of the preceding June 15 or December 15, as the case may be, and

(2)      at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after the receipt by either Company or the Parent Guarantor of any such request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished;

excluding from any such list names and addresses received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security Registrar.

SECTION 702.       Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders.

The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, the names and addresses of Holders contained in the most recent list furnished to the Trustee as provided in Section 701 and the names and addresses of Holders received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security Registrar. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 701 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.

The rights of Holders to communicate with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Securities, and the corresponding rights and privileges of the Trustee, shall be as provided by the Trust Indenture Act.

Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Companies, the Guarantors and the Trustee that neither the Companies, the Guarantors nor the Trustee nor any agent of any of them shall be held accountable by reason of any disclosure of information as to names and addresses of Holders made pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act.

SECTION 703.       Reports by Trustee.

The Trustee shall transmit to Holders such reports concerning the Trustee and its actions under this Indenture as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided pursuant thereto. Reports so required to be transmitted at stated intervals of not more than 12 months shall be transmitted within 60 days after (i) the first anniversary of the first date of issuance of Securities hereunder and (ii) each anniversary of such date.

A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to Holders, be filed by the Trustee with each stock exchange upon which any Securities are listed, with the Commission and with the Companies and the Parent Guarantor. The Companies or the Parent Guarantor will notify the Trustee when any Securities are listed on any stock exchange.

 

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SECTION 704.       Reports by the Parent Guarantor.

The Parent Guarantor will file with the Trustee, within 15 days after it files the same with the Commission, copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents and other reports that, if it is subject to the reporting requirements of either Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, it files with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d). If the Parent Guarantor is not required to file with the Commission information, documents or reports pursuant to either of those sections of the Exchange Act, then it will file with the Trustee and the Commission such reports, if any, as may be prescribed by the Commission pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at such time, in each case within 15 days after it files the same with the Commission.

Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute actual or constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including each Company’s or any Guarantor’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers’ Certificates).

ARTICLE EIGHT

C ONSOLIDATION , M ERGER , C ONVEYANCE , T RANSFER OR L EASE

SECTION 801.       Companies and a Guarantor May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.

(a)      (x) Any of the Companies or the Guarantors may, without the consent of the Holders, consolidate with, or merge into, or sell, transfer, lease or convey all or substantially all of their respective assets to, any Corporation or (y) either Company may at any time substitute for such Company either the other Company, a Guarantor or any Affiliate of a Guarantor as principal debtor under the Securities (a “Substitute Company”); provided that:

(1)      except as provided in Section 801(b) below, in the case that a Guarantor or either Company shall consolidate with or merge into another Person or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, the Person formed by such consolidation or into which such Guarantor or Company is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance or transfer, or which leases, the properties and assets of such Guarantor or Company substantially as an entirety shall by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, (i) in the case of a Guarantor, expressly guarantee, or (ii) in the case of a Company, expressly assume the due and punctual payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on all the Securities and the performance or observance of every covenant of this Indenture on the part of the applicable Guarantor or Company, as the case may be, to be performed or observed;

(2)      the Companies are not in default of any payments due under the Securities and immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of Default shall be continuing;

 

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(3)      the Person formed by such consolidation or into which a Guarantor or Company is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance or transfer, or which leases, the properties and assets of a Guarantor or Company substantially as an entirety shall be organized under the laws of a member country of the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development;

(4)      in the case of a Substitute Company:

(i)      the obligations of the Substitute Company arising under or in connection with the Securities and the Indenture are jointly and severally, irrevocably, fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the Guarantors (other than the Substitute Company, if applicable) on the same terms as existed immediately prior to such substitution under the Guarantees given by such Guarantors;

(ii)      the Parent Guarantor, each Company and the Substitute Company jointly and severally indemnify each Holder for any income tax or other tax (if any) recognized by such Holder solely as a result of the substitution of the Substitute Company (and not as a result of any transfer by such Holder), provided , however , that this indemnity shall not apply to any deduction or withholding imposed or required pursuant to Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, any current or future regulations thereunder or official interpretations thereof, any agreement entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b) of the Code, or any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement entered into in connection with the implementation of such Sections of the Code, and shall not require the payment of Additional Amounts on account of any such withholding or deduction;

(iii)      each stock exchange on which the Securities are listed, if any, shall have confirmed that, following the proposed substitution, such Securities will continue to be listed on such stock exchange; and

(iv)      each rating agency that rates the Securities, if any, shall have confirmed that, following the proposed substitution of the Substitute Company, such Securities will continue to have the same or better rating as immediately prior to such substitution;

(5)      written notice of such transaction shall be promptly provided to the Holders.

(b)      In the case that the Parent Guarantor shall merge into another Person (the “Absorbing Company”) organized under the laws of the Kingdom of Belgium via a “merger by absorption” in accordance with the Belgian Companies Code, the Absorbing Company in such merger shall, by virtue of the operation of Belgian law and without

 

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further action by the Parent Guarantor or the Absorbing Company, assume the obligations of and be substituted for the Parent Guarantor; provided that:

(1)      each Company is not in default of any payments due under the Securities and immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of Default shall be continuing;

(2)      an Opinion of Counsel under Belgian law shall promptly be provided to the Trustee by the Absorbing Company stating that the Absorbing Company has validly assumed by operation of law the obligations of Parent Guarantor under the Indenture and the Parent Guarantee and that no supplemental indenture or other instrument of assumption is required under Belgian law to effect such assumption;

(3)      a copy of the written notice of the completion of the merger as announced pursuant to the Belgian Companies Code shall be promptly provided to the Trustee and the Holders; and

(4)      an Officer’s Certificate of the Absorbing Company shall be promptly delivered to the Trustee stating that all conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture to such merger and assumption have been complied with.

(c)      In the circumstances described in Section 801(b) above, the Absorbing Company shall succeed to all of the obligations of the Parent Guarantor hereunder and under the Parent Guarantees and shall guarantee the due and punctual payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on all the Securities and the performance or observance of every covenant of this Indenture on the part of the Parent Guarantor to be performed or observed, and neither the Parent Guarantor nor the Absorbing Company shall be required to execute an indenture supplemental hereto or any other document.

SECTION 802.       Successor Substituted.

Upon any consolidation of a Guarantor or either Company, as the case may be, with, or merger of such Guarantor or Company, as the case may be, into, any other Person or any conveyance, transfer or lease of the properties and assets of such Guarantor or Company, as the case may be, substantially as an entirety in accordance with Section 801, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which such Guarantor or Company, as the case may be, is merged or to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, such Guarantor or Company, as the case may be, under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as such Guarantor or Company, as the case may be, herein, and thereafter, except in the case of a lease, the predecessor Person shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Securities.

Upon any substitution pursuant to Section 801(a)(4), the Substitute Company shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the applicable Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if the Substitute Company had been named as a Company herein, and thereafter, the predecessor Company shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Securities.

 

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Upon any merger and assumption pursuant to Section 801(b), the Absorbing Company shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Parent Guarantor under this Indenture with the same effect as if the Absorbing Company had been named as the Parent Guarantor herein, and thereafter (to the extent it continues to exist in any form) the predecessor Parent Guarantor shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and its Guarantee.

SECTION 803.       Conversion to Limited Liability Company.

(a)      Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, each Company, that is not a limited liability company, may at any time, in its sole discretion, convert from a corporation into a limited liability company, pursuant to Section 266 of the Delaware General Corporation Law or any other applicable law of the State of Delaware that provides that the limited liability company resulting from such conversion shall be deemed to be the same entity as the corporation.

(b)      Upon such conversion, all references to the applicable Company herein, in any indenture supplemental hereto and in any Outstanding Securities shall be deemed to refer to the limited liability company resulting from such conversion without any further action by such Company hereunder. Such conversion shall not constitute a breach of any covenant or warranty of either Company or any Guarantor in this Indenture and shall not constitute a default in the performance or observance of any of their respective obligations hereunder.

(c)      Promptly following any such conversion, the applicable Company shall give written notice of such conversion to the Trustee and shall deliver to the Trustee:

(1)      copies of (a) a Board Resolution approving such conversion and (b) the certificate of conversion filed with the Secretary of State for Delaware, in each case certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or other authorized officer or person of the applicable Company; and

(2)      an Opinion of Counsel stating that the applicable Company is an existing limited liability company in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and that all conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture to such conversion have been complied with.

(d)      For the avoidance of doubt, the applicable Company shall not be required to enter into any indenture supplemental hereto in order to affect the conversion pursuant this Section 803.

ARTICLE NINE

S UPPLEMENTAL I NDENTURES

SECTION 901.       Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.

Without the consent of any Holders, the Companies, the Parent Guarantor and the Guarantors party hereto from time to time, when authorized by their respective boards of directors or other governing bodies, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time,

 

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may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes:

(1)      to evidence the succession of another Person to either Company or a Guarantor, or successive successions, and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of such Company or such Guarantor herein and in the Securities; or

(2)      to add any Subsidiary of the Parent Guarantor as a Guarantor with respect to any series of Securities, subject to applicable legal, regulatory or contractual limitations relating to such Subsidiary’s Guarantee; or

(3)      to add to the covenants of the Companies or the Guarantors for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such covenants are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such covenants are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series) or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Companies or the Guarantors; or

(4)      to modify the restrictions on and procedures for resale and the transfers of the Securities pursuant to law, regulation or practice relating to the resale or transfer of restricted securities generally; or

(5)      to add any additional Events of Default for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such additional Events of Default are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such additional Events of Default are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series); or

(6)      to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture in respect of one or more series of Securities, provided that any such addition, change or elimination (A) shall neither (i) apply to any Security of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture and entitled to the benefit of such provision nor (ii) modify the rights of the Holder of any such Security with respect to such provision or (B) shall become effective only when there is no such Security Outstanding; or

(7)      to convey, transfer, assign, mortgage or pledge any property or assets to the Trustee or another person as security for the Securities; or

(8)      to provide for the issues of Securities in exchange for one or more series of outstanding Securities; or

(9)      to provide for the issuance and terms of any particular series of Securities or Guarantees as permitted by Sections 201, 206, 301 and 312, the rights and obligations of the Guarantors and the Holders of the Securities of such series, the form or forms of the Securities of such series and such other matters in connection therewith as the Companies and the Guarantors shall consider appropriate, including, without limitation, provisions for (a) additional or different covenants, restrictions or conditions applicable to such series, (b) additional or different events of default in respect of such series, (c) a longer

 

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or shorter period of grace and/or notice in respect of any provision applicable to such series than is otherwise provided, (d) immediate enforcement of any event of default in respect of such series, or (e) limitations upon the remedies available in respect of any events of default in respect of such series or upon the rights of the holders of securities of such series to waive any such event of default; or

(10)      to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section 611; or

(11)      to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein or in the Securities or Guarantees or in any supplemental agreement, which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein or therein or any supplemental agreement, to eliminate any conflict between the terms hereof and the Trust Indenture Act or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture or any supplemental agreement as the Companies may deem necessary or desirable, provided that in either case such action pursuant to this clause (11) shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series to which such provisions relate in any material respect; or

(12)      to “reopen” any series of Securities and to create and issue additional Securities of the same series having identical terms and conditions as any series already issued (or in all respects except for the issue date, issue price and, if applicable, initial interest accrual date and first Interest Payment Date), any such additional Securities to be consolidated and form a single series with the outstanding Securities of such series; or

(13)      to provide for the release and termination of any Guarantee by any Subsidiary as provided herein;

(14)      to provide for any amendment, modification or alteration of the Guarantees or the limitations applicable thereto, in accordance with Section 209; or

(15)      to make any other change that does not materially adversely affect the interests of the Holders of the series of Securities affected thereby;

provided, however , that no Guarantor shall be required to execute and deliver any indenture supplemental hereto pursuant to this Section 901, including with respect to the issuance and terms of any particular series of Securities or Guarantees as described in clause (9) above, in relation to any series of Securities covered by a Global Guarantee of such Guarantor.

SECTION 902.       Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders.

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the Trustee, the Companies, when authorized by a Board Resolution, the Parent Guarantor, the Subsidiary Guarantors party hereto from time to time and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series under this Indenture; provided , however , that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby,

(1)      change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of principal of or interest on, any Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate of interest thereon or any premium payable upon the redemption thereof, or reduce the amount of the principal of an Original Issue Discount Security or any other Security which would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502, or change the coin or currency in which any Security or any premium or interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date), or change either Company’s or a Guarantor’s obligation to pay Additional Amounts, or change in any manner adverse to the interests of the Holders the terms and provisions of the Guarantees in respect of the due and punctual payment of principal amount of the Securities then Outstanding plus accrued and unpaid interest (and all Additional Amounts, if any);

(2)      reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is required for any such supplemental indenture or the consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver (of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their consequences) provided for in this Indenture.

A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of this Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the benefit of one or more particular series of Securities, or which modifies the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with respect to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.

It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.

Any amendment, modification or alteration authorized pursuant to Section 901 shall not be subject to this Section 902.

SECTION 903.       Execution of Supplemental Indentures.

In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive pursuant to Section 102 hereof, and (subject to Section 601) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel and an Officer’s Certificate from each Company, each stating that the execution of such

 

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supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.

SECTION 904.       Effect of Supplemental Indentures.

Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article, this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby.

SECTION 905.       Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.

Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act.

SECTION 906.       Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.

Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Companies shall so determine, new Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Companies, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Companies and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series.

ARTICLE TEN

C OVENANTS

SECTION 1001.       Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest.

Each Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of each series of Securities that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities of that series in accordance with the terms of the Securities and this Indenture.

SECTION 1002.       Maintenance of Office or Agency.

Each Company will maintain in each Place of Payment for any series of Securities an office or agency where Securities of that series may be presented or surrendered for payment, where Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon either Company in respect of the Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served. Each Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time either Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Companies hereby appoint the Trustee as their agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and

 

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demands. The Companies hereby appoint the Trustee as their agent for all of the foregoing purposes with respect to the Securities of each series.

The Companies may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Securities of one or more series may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided , however , that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve each Companies of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in each Place of Payment for Securities of any series for such purposes. The Companies will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.

SECTION 1003.       Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust.

If either Company or a Guarantor shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect to any series of Securities, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of or any premium or interest on any of the Securities of that series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal and any premium and interest so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.

Whenever the Companies shall have one or more Paying Agents for any series of Securities, it will, before 10:00 am (London time) at least one Business Day prior to each due date of the principal of or any premium or interest or any other amounts on any Securities of that series, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum in immediately available funds sufficient to pay such amount, such sum to be held as provided by the Trust Indenture Act, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Companies will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act. No Paying Agent shall be obligated to make any payment with respect to the Securities unless and until such funds have been so deposited.

The Companies will cause each Paying Agent for any series of Securities, other than the Trustee, to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent will (1) comply with the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act applicable to it as a Paying Agent; (2) give the Trustee notice of any default by either Company or any Guarantor (or any other obligor upon the Securities) in the making of any payment of principal, premium, if any, any Additional Amounts or interest on the Securities; and (3) at any time during the continuance of any such default, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent for payment in respect of that series of Securities.

Both Companies may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by such Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by such Company or such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such money.

 

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Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by either Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on any Security of any series and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, premium or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to either Company on Company Request, or (if then held by such Company) shall be discharged from such trust, and the Holder of such Security shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Companies for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of either Company as trustees thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided , however , that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment may at the expense of either Company cause to be published once, in a newspaper published in the English language, customarily published on each Business Day and of general circulation in the City of New York, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to such Company.

SECTION 1004.       Statement by Officers as to Default.

Each Company will deliver to the Trustee, within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of such Company ending after the date hereof, an Officer’s Certificate, complying with Section 314(a)(4) of the Trust Indenture Act, stating whether or not to the best knowledge of the signers thereof such Company is in default in the performance and observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture (without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided hereunder) and, if either Company shall be in default, specifying all such defaults and the nature and status thereof of which they may have knowledge.

SECTION 1005.       Existence.

Subject to Article Eight, each Company will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence, rights (charter and statutory) and franchises; provided , however , that neither Company shall be required to preserve any such right or franchise if the Board of Directors of such Company shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of such Company and that the loss thereof is not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders; provided further that, for the avoidance of doubt, a conversion of a Company pursuant to Section 803 hereof shall not result in a breach of this Section 1005.

SECTION 1006.       Limitation on Liens.

So long as any of the Securities remains outstanding, the Parent Guarantor will not, nor will it permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, create, assume, guarantee or suffer to exist any Encumbrance on any of its Principal Plants or on any capital stock of any Restricted Subsidiary without effectively providing that the Securities shall be secured by the security for such secured indebtedness equally and ratably therewith, provided , however , the above limitation does not apply to:

 

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  (b)

Encumbrances existing at the time of acquisition of property (including through merger or consolidation) or securing indebtedness the proceeds of which are used to pay or reimburse the Parent Guarantor or a Restricted Subsidiary for the cost of such property ( provided such indebtedness is incurred within 180 days after such acquisition);

 

  (c)

Encumbrances on property of a Restricted Subsidiary existing at the time it becomes a Restricted Subsidiary;

 

  (d)

Encumbrances to secure the cost of development or construction of property, or improvements thereon, provided that the recourse of the creditors in respect of such indebtedness is limited to such property and improvements;

 

  (e)

Encumbrances in connection with the acquisition or construction of Principal Plants or additions thereto financed by tax-exempt securities;

 

  (f)

Encumbrances securing indebtedness owing to the Parent Guarantor or a Restricted Subsidiary by a Restricted Subsidiary;

 

  (g)

Encumbrances existing at the date of the Indenture;

 

  (h)

Encumbrances required in connection with state or local governmental programs which provide financial or tax benefits, provided the obligations secured are in lieu of or reduce an obligation that would have been secured by an Encumbrance permitted under the Indenture;

 

  (i)

any Encumbrance arising by operation of law and not securing amounts more than ninety (90) days overdue or otherwise being contested in good faith;

 

  (j)

judgment Encumbrances not giving rise to an Event of Default;

 

  (k)

any Encumbrance incurred or deposits made in the ordinary course of business, including, but not limited to, (i) any mechanics’, materialmen’s, carriers’, workmen’s, vendors’ or other like Encumbrances, (ii) any Encumbrances securing amounts in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other types of social security, and (iii) any easements, rights-of-way, restrictions and other similar charges;

 

  (l)

any Encumbrance upon specific items of inventory or other goods and proceeds of the Parent Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary securing the Parent Guarantor’s or any such Restricted Subsidiary’s obligations in respect of bankers’ acceptances issued or created for the account of such person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or other goods;

 

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any Encumbrance incurred or deposits made securing the performance of tenders, bids, leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds,

 

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government contracts, performance and return-of-money bonds and other obligations of like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business;

 

  (n)

any Encumbrance on any Principal Plant of the Parent Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary in favor of the Federal Government of the United States or the government of any State thereof, or the government of the United Kingdom, or any state in, or former state of, the European Union, or any instrumentality of any of them, securing the obligations of the Parent Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to any contract or payments owed to such entity pursuant to applicable laws, rules, regulations or statutes;

 

  (o)

any Encumbrance securing taxes or assessments or other applicable governmental charges or levies;

 

  (p)

extensions, renewals or replacements of the Encumbrances referred to in clauses (a) through (o), provided that the amount of indebtedness secured by such extension, renewal or replacement shall not exceed the principal amount of indebtedness being extended, renewed or replaced, together with the amount of any premiums, fees, costs and expenses associated with such extension, renewal or replacement, nor shall the pledge, mortgage or lien be extended to any additional Principal Plant unless otherwise permitted under this covenant;

 

  (q)

as permitted under the provisions described in the following two paragraphs herein; and

 

  (r)

in connection with sale-leaseback transactions permitted under the Indenture.

Notwithstanding the provisions described in the immediately preceding paragraph, the Parent Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary may, without rateably securing the Securities, create, assume, guarantee or suffer to exist any indebtedness which would otherwise be subject to such restrictions, and renew, extend or replace such indebtedness, provided that the aggregate amount of such indebtedness, when added to the fair market value of property transferred in sale-leaseback transactions as described in Section 1011 (computed without duplication of amount) does not at the time exceed 15% of Net-Tangible Assets.

If the Parent Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary merges or consolidates with, or purchases all or substantially all of the assets of, another Corporation, or the Parent Guarantor sells all or substantially all of its assets to another Corporation, and if such other Corporation has outstanding obligations secured by an Encumbrance which, by reason of an after-acquired property clause or similar provision, would extend to any Principal Plant owned by the Parent Guarantor or such Restricted Subsidiary immediately prior thereto, the Parent Guarantor or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, will in such event be deemed to have created an Encumbrance, within the prohibition of the covenant described above, unless (a) such merger or consolidation involving a Restricted Subsidiary constitutes a disposition by the Parent Guarantor of its interest in the Restricted Subsidiary or (b) (i) at or prior to the effective date of such merger, consolidation, sale or purchase such Encumbrance shall be released of record or

 

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otherwise satisfied to the extent it would extend to such Principal Plant, (ii) prior thereto, the Parent Guarantor or such Restricted Subsidiary shall have created, as security for the Securities (and, if the Parent Guarantor shall so determine, as security for any other indebtedness of the Parent Guarantor then existing or thereafter created ranking equally with the Securities and any other indebtedness of such Restricted Subsidiary then existing or thereafter created), a valid Encumbrance which will rank equally and ratably with the Encumbrances of such other Corporation on such Principal Plant of the Parent Guarantor or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, or (iii) such Encumbrance is otherwise permitted or complies with the Covenant described above.

SECTION 1007.       Sale-Leaseback Transactions.

(a)      Except to the extent permitted under paragraph (c) below, and except for any transaction involving a lease for a temporary period, not to exceed three years, by the end of which it is intended that the use of the leased property by the Parent Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary will be discontinued and except for any transaction with a state or local authority that is required in connection with any program, law, statute or regulation that provides financial or tax benefits not available without such transaction, the Parent Guarantor shall not sell any Principal Plant as an entirety, or any substantial portion thereof, with the intention of taking back a lease of such property and the Parent Guarantor will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to sell to anyone other than the Parent Guarantor or a Restricted Subsidiary any Principal Plant as an entirety, or any substantial portion thereof, with the intention of taking back a lease of such property unless:

 

  (i)

the net proceeds of such sale (including any purchase money mortgages received in connection with such sale) are at least equal to the fair market value (as determined by an officer of the Parent Guarantor) of such property; and

 

  (ii)

subject to paragraph (d) below, the Parent Guarantor shall, within 120 days after the transfer of title to such property (or, if the Parent Guarantor holds the net proceeds described below in cash or cash equivalents, within two years):

(A)      purchase, and surrender to the Trustee for retirement as provided in this covenant, a principal amount of Securities equal to the net proceeds derived from such sale (including the amount of any such purchase money mortgages), or

(B)      repay other pari passu indebtedness of the Parent Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary in an amount equal to such net proceeds, or

(C)      expend an amount equal to such net proceeds for the expansion, construction or acquisition of a Principal Plant, or

(D)      effect a combination of such purchases, repayments and plant expenditures in an amount equal to such net proceeds.

 

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(b)      At or prior to the date 120 days after a transfer of title to a Principal Plant which shall be subject to the requirements of this covenant, the Parent Guarantor shall furnish to the Trustee:

 

  (i)

an Officer’s Certificate stating that paragraph (a) of this covenant has been complied with and setting forth in detail the manner of such compliance, which certificate shall contain information as to:

(A)      the amount of Securities theretofore redeemed and the amount of Securities theretofore purchased by the Parent Guarantor and cancelled by the Trustee and the amount of Securities purchased by the Parent Guarantor and then being surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation,

(B)      the amount thereof previously credited under paragraph (d) below,

(C)      the amount thereof which it then elects to have credited on its obligation under paragraph (d) below, and

(D)      any amount of other indebtedness which the Parent Guarantor has repaid or will repay and of the expenditures which the Parent Guarantor has made or will make in compliance with its obligation under paragraph (a), and

 

  (ii)

if applicable, a deposit with the Trustee for cancellation of the Securities then being surrendered as set forth in such certificate.

(c)      Notwithstanding the restriction of paragraph (a), the Parent Guarantor and any one or more Restricted Subsidiaries may transfer property in sale-leaseback transactions which would otherwise be subject to such restriction if the aggregate principal amount of the fair market value of the property so transferred and not reacquired at such time, when added to the aggregate amount of indebtedness for borrowed money permitted by the last paragraph of the covenant described under “—Limitation on Liens” which shall be outstanding at the time (computed without duplication of the value of property transferred as provided in this paragraph (c)), does not at the time exceed 15% of Net Tangible Assets.

(d)      The Parent Guarantor, at its option, shall be entitled to a credit, in respect of its obligation to purchase and retire Securities under this covenant, for the principal amount of any Securities deposited with the Trustee for the purpose and also for the principal amount of (i) any Securities theretofore redeemed at the option of the Parent Guarantor and (ii) any Securities previously purchased by the Parent Guarantor and cancelled by the Trustee, and in each case not theretofore applied as a credit under this paragraph (d) or as part of a sinking fund arrangement for the Securities.

(e)      For purposes of this covenant, the amount or the principal amount of Securities which are issued with original issue discount shall be the principal amount of such Securities that on the date of the purchase or redemption of such Securities referred to in this covenant could be declared to be due and payable pursuant to the Indenture.

 

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SECTION 1008.       Waiver of Certain Covenants.

Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of such series, the Companies may, with respect to the Securities of any series, omit in any particular instance to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in any covenant provided pursuant to Section 301(18), 901(3), 901(9), 1006 or 1007 for the benefit of the Holders of such series if before the time for such compliance the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall, by Act of such Holders, either waive such compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with such term, provision or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such term, provision or condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Companies and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such term, provision or condition shall remain in full force and effect.

SECTION 1009.       Additional Amounts.

Unless otherwise specified in any Board Resolution of a Company or the relevant Guarantor establishing the terms of Securities of a series or the Guarantees relating thereto in accordance with Section 301, in the event that a Guarantor becomes obligated under this Indenture to make payments in respect of the Securities, such Guarantor will make all payments in respect of the Securities without withholding or deduction for or on account of any present or future taxes or duties of whatever nature imposed or levied by way of withholding or deduction at source by or on behalf of any jurisdiction in which such Guarantor is incorporated, organized, or otherwise tax resident or any political subdivision or any authority thereof or therein having power to tax (the “Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction”) unless such withholding or deduction is required by law. In such event, such Guarantor will pay to the Holders such additional amounts (the “Additional Amounts”) as shall be necessary in order that the net amounts received by the Holders, after such withholding or deduction, shall equal the respective amounts of principal and interest which would otherwise have been receivable in the absence of such withholding or deduction; except that no such Additional Amounts shall be payable on account of any taxes or duties which:

 

  (a)

are payable by any person acting as custodian bank or collecting agent on behalf of a Holder, or otherwise in any manner which does not constitute a deduction or withholding by the Guarantor from payment of principal or interest made by it; or

 

  (b)

are payable by reason of the Holder or beneficial owner having, or having had, some personal or business connection with such Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction and not merely by reason of the fact that payments in respect of the Securities or the Guarantees are, or for purposes of taxation are deemed to be, derived from sources in, or are secured in the Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction; or

 

  (c)

are imposed or withheld by reason of the failure of the Holder or beneficial owner to provide certification, information, documents or other evidence concerning the nationality, residence, or identity of the Holder and beneficial owner or to make any valid or timely declaration or similar claim or satisfy any other reporting requirements relating to

 

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such matters, whether required or imposed by statute, treaty, regulation or administrative practice, as a precondition to exemption from, or a reduction in the rate of withholding or deduction of such taxes; or

 

  (d)

consist of any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, excise, transfer, personal property or similar taxes; or

 

  (e)

are imposed on or with respect to any payment by the applicable Guarantor to the registered Holder if such Holder is a fiduciary or partnership or any person other than the sole beneficial owner of such payment to the extent that taxes would not have been imposed on such payment had such registered Holder been the sole beneficial owner of such Security; or

 

  (f)

are deducted or withheld pursuant to (i) any European Union directive or regulation concerning the taxation of interest income, or (ii) any international treaty or understanding relating to such taxation and to which the Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction or the European Union is a party, or (iii) any provision of law implementing, or complying with, or introduced to conform with, such directive, regulation, treaty or understanding; or

 

  (g)

are payable by reason of a change in law or practice that becomes effective more than 30 days after the relevant payment of principal or interest becomes due, or is duly provided for and written notice thereof is provided to the Holders, whichever occurs later; or

 

  (h)

are payable because any Security was presented to a particular paying agent for payment if the Security could have been presented to another paying agent without any such withholding or deduction; or

 

  (i)

are payable for any combination of (a) through (h) above.

In addition, any amounts to be paid by a Company or any Guarantor on the Securities will be paid net of any FATCA Withholding. Neither any Guarantor nor either Company will be required to pay Additional Amounts on account of any FATCA Withholding.

Such payment of Additional Amounts may be subject to such further exceptions as may be established in the terms of such Securities established as contemplated by Section 301. Subject to the foregoing provisions, whenever in this Indenture there is mentioned, in any context, the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on, or in respect of, any Security of any series or the net proceeds received on the sale or exchange of any Security of any series, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts provided for in this Section to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable in respect thereof pursuant to the provisions of this Section and express mention of the payment of Additional Amounts (if applicable) in any provisions hereof shall not be construed as excluding Additional Amounts in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made, provided, however, that the covenant regarding Additional Amounts provided for in this Section shall not apply to any Guarantor at any time when such Guarantor is

 

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incorporated in a jurisdiction in the United States; provided further that the covenant regarding Additional Amounts provided for in this Section shall apply to either Company at any time when it is incorporated in a jurisdiction outside of the United States.

If the terms of the Securities of a series established as contemplated by Section 301 do not specify that Additional Amounts will not be payable by each Company or a Guarantor, at least 10 days prior to the first Interest Payment Date with respect to that series of Securities (or if the Securities of that series will not bear interest prior to Maturity, the first day on which a payment of principal and any premium is made), and at least 10 days prior to each date of payment of principal and any premium or interest if there has been any change with respect to the matters set forth in the below-mentioned Officer’s Certificate, each Company will furnish the Trustee and each Company’s principal Paying Agent or Paying Agents, if other than the Trustee, with an Officer’s Certificate instructing the Trustee and such Paying Agent or Paying Agents whether such payment of principal of and any premium or interest on the Securities of that series shall be made to Holders of Securities of that series without withholding for or on account of any tax, assessment or other governmental charge described in the Securities of that series. If any such withholding shall be required, then such Officer’s Certificate shall specify by country the amount, if any, required to be withheld on such payments to such Holders of Securities and each Company or Guarantor, as the case may be, will pay to the Trustee or such Paying Agent or Paying Agents the Additional Amounts required by this Section. Each of the Companies and Guarantors covenant to indemnify each of the Trustee and any Paying Agent for, and to hold each of them harmless against, any loss, liability or expense arising out of or in connection with actions taken or omitted by any of them in reliance on any Officer’s Certificate furnished pursuant to this Section, except to the extent that any such loss, liability or expense is due to its own negligence or bad faith.

SECTION 1010.       Additional Information.

Each Company agrees to furnish, at any time when such Company is not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or exempt from reporting pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Exchange Act, in respect of any Securities sold or offered for sale pursuant to an exemption from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act, at its expense and upon request, to the Holders and prospective purchasers of such Securities information satisfying the requirements of subsection (d)(4) of Rule 144A under the Securities Act.

SECTION 1011.       Notice of Event of Default.

Each Company hereby covenants with the Trustee that, so long as any of the Securities remain Outstanding, it will promptly give notice in writing to the Trustee upon having knowledge (and in no event later than seven days after obtaining such knowledge) of any Event of Default.

SECTION 1012.       Indemnification of Judgment Currency.

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each Company and each of the Guarantors shall indemnify each Holder against any loss incurred by such Holder as a result of any judgment or order being given or made for any amount due under any Security or Guarantee and such judgment or order being expressed and paid in a currency

 

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(the “Judgment Currency”), which is other than U.S. dollars and as a result of any variation as between (i) the rate of exchange at which the U.S. dollar is converted into the Judgment Currency for the purposes of such judgment or order and (ii) the spot rate of exchange in The City of New York at which the Holder on the date of payment of such judgment is able to purchase U.S. dollars with the amount of the Judgment Currency actually received by such Holder. This indemnification will constitute a separate and independent obligation of each Company or each of the Guarantors, as the case may be, and will continue in full force and effect notwithstanding any such judgment or order as aforesaid. The term “spot rate of exchange” includes any premiums and costs of exchange payable in connection with the purchase of, or conversion into, U.S. dollars.

SECTION 1013.       Further Instruments and Acts .

Each Company and the Parent Guarantor hereby covenant with the Trustee that, so long as any of the Securities remain Outstanding, upon request of the Trustee, but without an affirmative duty on the Trustee to do so, they and any other Guarantor shall execute and deliver such further instruments and acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the purpose of this Indenture.

ARTICLE ELEVEN

R EDEMPTION OF S ECURITIES

SECTION 1101.       Applicability of Article.

Securities of any series which are redeemable before their Stated Maturity shall be redeemable in accordance with their terms and (except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for such Securities) in accordance with this Article.

SECTION 1102.       Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.

The election of the Companies or Parent Guarantor to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution or in another manner specified as contemplated by Section 301 for such Securities. In case of any redemption at the election of the Companies or Parent Guarantor of the Securities of any series in whole or in part (including any such redemption affecting only a single Security), the Companies or Parent Guarantor shall, at least 60 days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by such Company or the Parent Guarantor (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date, of the principal amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed and, if applicable, of the tenor of the Securities to be redeemed. In the case of any redemption of Securities (a) prior to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, or (b) pursuant to an election of a Company which is subject to a condition specified in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, the Companies shall each furnish the Trustee with an Officer’s Certificate evidencing compliance with such restriction or condition.

SECTION 1103.       Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed.

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redemption affects only a single Security), the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities of such series not previously called for redemption, by such method as the Trustee in its sole discretion shall deem fair and appropriate and which may provide for the selection for redemption of a portion of the principal amount of any Security of such series, except that if the Securities of such series are listed on any securities exchange, any such selection and redemption of the Securities shall be in compliance with the requirements of the principal securities exchange on which those Securities are listed (as such requirements shall be specified to the Trustee in an Officer’s Certificate from a Company), except that if the Securities of such series are represented by one or more Global Securities, interests in such Securities shall be selected for redemption by the Depositary in accordance with its customary procedures therefor, and provided that the unredeemed portion of the principal amount of any Security shall be in an authorized denomination (which shall not be less than the minimum authorized denomination) for such Security. If less than all the Securities of such series and of a specified tenor are to be redeemed (unless such redemption affects only a single Security), the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities of such series and specified tenor not previously called for redemption in accordance with the preceding sentence.

The Trustee shall promptly notify the Companies in writing of the Securities selected for redemption as aforesaid and, in case of any Securities selected for partial redemption as aforesaid, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.

The provisions of the two preceding paragraphs shall not apply with respect to any redemption affecting only a single Security, whether such Security is to be redeemed in whole or in part. In the case of any such redemption in part, the unredeemed portion of the principal amount of the Security shall be in an authorized denomination (which shall not be less than the minimum authorized denomination) for such Security.

For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate, in the case of any Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Securities which has been or is to be redeemed.

SECTION 1104.       Notice of Redemption.

Notice of redemption shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed (or if the Securities of the applicable series are represented by one or more Global Securities, transmitted in accordance with the Depositary’s customary procedures therefor) not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, unless a shorter period is specified in the Securities to be redeemed, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed, at his address appearing in the Security Register.

All notices of redemption shall state:

(1)      the Redemption Date;

(2)      the Redemption Price or if not then ascertainable, the manner of calculation thereof;

 

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(3)      if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any series consisting of more than a single Security are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption of any such Securities, the principal amounts) of the particular Securities to be redeemed and, if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any series consisting of a single Security are to be redeemed, the principal amount of the particular Security to be redeemed;

(4)      that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become due and payable upon each such Security to be redeemed and, if applicable, that interest thereon will cease to accrue on and after said date;

(5)      the place or places where each such Security is to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price;

(6)      applicable CUSIP numbers, if any; and

(7)      that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case.

Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the Companies shall be given by the Companies or, at the Companies’ request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Companies; provided , however , that each Company shall have delivered to the Trustee, at least 5 Business Days prior to the date the Redemption Notice will be sent to Holders (or such shorter period as may be satisfactory to the Trustee), an Officer’s Certificate requesting that the Trustee give such notice and setting forth the information to be stated in such notice as provided above. Any notice of redemption pursuant to this Section shall be irrevocable.

SECTION 1105.       Deposit of Redemption Price.

By 10:00 am (London time) at least one Business Day prior to any Redemption Date, the Companies or the Parent Guarantor shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if either Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 1003) an amount of money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and (except if the Redemption Date shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued interest on, all the Securities which are to be redeemed on that date.

SECTION 1106.       Securities Payable on Redemption Date.

Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price therein specified, and from and after such date (unless the Companies shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest) such Securities shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any such Security for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Security shall be paid by the Companies at the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest to the Redemption Date; provided , however , that, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, installments of interest whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions of Section 307.

 

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If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal and any premium shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed therefor in the Security.

SECTION 1107.       Securities Redeemed in Part.

Any Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at a Place of Payment therefor (with, if the Companies or the Trustee so require, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Companies and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing), and the Companies shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security without service charge, a new Security or Securities of the same series and of like tenor, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder, in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security so surrendered and with any applicable Guarantees endorsed thereon or attached thereto if such Guarantees were endorsed on or attached to the Security redeemed in part.

ARTICLE TWELVE

S INKING F UNDS

SECTION 1201.       Applicability of Article.

The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of Securities of a series except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of such series.

The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as a “mandatory sinking fund payment”, and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as an “optional sinking fund payment”. If provided for by the terms of Securities of any series, the cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 1202. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of Securities of any series as provided for by the terms of Securities of such series.

SECTION 1202.       Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.

The Companies or Parent Guarantor (1) may deliver Outstanding Securities of a series (other than any previously called for redemption) and (2) may apply as a credit Securities of a series which have been redeemed either at the election of the Companies pursuant to the terms of such Securities or through the application of permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such Securities, in each case in satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund payment with respect to any Securities of such series required to be made pursuant to the terms of such Securities as and to the extent provided for by the terms of such Securities; provided that the Securities to be so credited have not been previously so credited. The Securities to be so credited shall be received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the Redemption Price, as specified in the Securities so to be redeemed, for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.

 

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SECTION 1203.       Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.

Not less than 45 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any Securities, the Companies will deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for such Securities pursuant to the terms of such Securities, the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by payment of cash and the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities pursuant to Section 1202 and the basis for such credit and will also deliver to the Trustee any Securities to be so delivered. Not less than 30 days prior to each such sinking fund payment date, the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 1103 and cause notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense of the Companies in the manner provided in Section 1104. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Sections 1106 and 1107.

ARTICLE THIRTEEN

D EFEASANCE AND C OVENANT D EFEASANCE

SECTION 1301.       Companies and the Parent Guarantor s Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

Either Company or the Parent Guarantor may elect, at its option at any time, to have Section 1302 or Section 1303 applied to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, designated pursuant to Section 301 as being defeasible pursuant to such Section 1302 or 1303, in accordance with any applicable requirements provided pursuant to Section 301 and upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article. Any such election shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution or in another manner specified as contemplated by Section 301 for such Securities.

SECTION 1302.       Defeasance and Discharge.

Upon a Company’s or the Parent Guarantor’s exercise of its option (if any) to have this Section applied to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, each of the Companies and the Guarantors shall be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations with respect to such Securities as provided in this Section on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 1304 are satisfied (hereinafter called “Defeasance”). For this purpose, such Defeasance means that the Companies and the Guarantors shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by such Securities and to have satisfied all its other obligations under such Securities and this Indenture insofar as such Securities are concerned (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Companies or the Parent Guarantor, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), subject to the following which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (1) the rights of Holders of such Securities to receive, solely from the trust fund described in Section 1304 and as more fully set forth in such Section, payments in respect of the principal of and any premium and interest on such Securities when payments are due, (2) the Companies’ or the Guarantors’ obligations with respect to such Securities under Sections 304, 305, 306, 1002 and 1003, (3) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and (4) this Article. Subject to compliance with this Article, the Companies and the Parent Guarantor

 

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may exercise their option (if any) to have this Section applied to any Securities notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option (if any) to have Section 1303 applied to such Securities.

SECTION 1303.       Covenant Defeasance.

Upon a Company’s or the Parent Guarantor’s exercise of its option (if any) to have this Section applied to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, (1) the Companies and the Guarantors shall be released from their obligations under Section 801(2), Sections 1006 through 1007, inclusive, and any covenants provided pursuant to Section 301(18), 901(3) or 901(9) for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities and (2) the occurrence of any event specified in Sections 501(3) (with respect to any of Section 801(2), Sections 1006 through 1007, inclusive, and any such covenants provided pursuant to Section 301(18), 901(3) or 901(9)) and 501(4) shall be deemed not to be or result in an Event of Default, in each case with respect to such Securities as provided in this Section on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 1304 are satisfied (hereinafter called “Covenant Defeasance”). For this purpose, such Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to such Securities, each Company and the Guarantor may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such specified Section (to the extent so specified in the case of Section 501(3)), whether directly or indirectly by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such Section or Article or by reason of any reference in any such Section or Article to any other provision herein or in any other document, but the remainder of this Indenture and such Securities shall be unaffected thereby.

SECTION 1304.       Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

The following shall be the conditions to the application of Section 1302 or Section 1303 to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be:

(1)      Either Company or the Parent Guarantor shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee (or another trustee which satisfies the requirements contemplated by Section 609 and agrees to comply with the provisions of this Article applicable to it) as trust funds in trust for the purpose of making the following payments, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefits of the Holders of such Securities, (A) money in an amount, or (B) U.S. Government Obligations which through the scheduled payment of principal and interest in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, not later than one day before the due date of any payment, money in an amount, or (C) a combination thereof, in each case sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge, and which shall be applied by the Trustee (or any such other qualifying trustee) to pay and discharge, the principal of and any premium and interest on such Securities on the respective Maturities, in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and such Securities, provided that a Company shall specify whether such Securities are being defeased to Stated Maturity or to the Redemption Date. As used herein, “U.S. Government Obligation” means any security which is (i) a direct obligation of the United States of America for the payment of which the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged or (ii) an obligation of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as

 

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an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of America, which, in either case (i) or (ii), is not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof.

(2)      In the event of an election to have Section 1302 apply to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, the Companies or the Parent Guarantor shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that (A) a Company or the Parent Guarantor have received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (B) since the date of this instrument, there has been a change in the applicable U.S. Federal income tax law, in either case (A) or (B) to the effect that, and based thereon such opinion shall confirm that, the Holders of such Securities will not recognize gain or loss for U.S. Federal income tax purposes as a result of the deposit, Defeasance and discharge to be effected with respect to such Securities and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amount, in the same manner and at the same times as would be the case if such deposit, Defeasance and discharge were not to occur.

(3)      In the event of an election to have Section 1303 apply to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, a Company or the Parent Guarantor shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Holders of such Securities will not recognize gain or loss for U.S. Federal income tax purposes as a result of the deposit and Covenant Defeasance to be effected with respect to such Securities and will be subject to U.S. Federal income tax on the same amount, in the same manner and at the same times as would be the case if such deposit and Covenant Defeasance were not to occur.

(4)      A Company or the Parent Guarantor shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate to the effect that neither such Securities nor any other Securities of the same series, if then listed on any securities exchange, will be delisted as a result of such deposit.

(5)      A Company or the Parent Guarantor shall have delivered to the Trustee for cancellation all Securities Outstanding theretofore authenticated.

(6)      No event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default with respect to such Securities or any other Securities shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such deposit or, with regard to any such event specified in Sections 501(5) and (6), at any time on or prior to the 90th day after the date of such deposit (it being understood that this condition shall not be deemed satisfied until after such 90th day).

(7)      Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not cause the Trustee to have a conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act (assuming all Securities are in default within the meaning of such Act).

(8)      Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other agreement or instrument to which the Companies or the Parent Guarantor are a party or by which they are bound.

 

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(9)      Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in the trust arising from such deposit constituting an investment Company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act unless such trust shall be registered under such Act or exempt from registration thereunder.

(10)      A Company or the Parent Guarantor shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent with respect to such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance have been complied with.

SECTION 1305.       Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Miscellaneous Provisions.

Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all money and U.S. Government Obligations (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee or other qualifying trustee (solely for purposes of this Section and Section 1306, the Trustee and any such other trustee are referred to collectively as the “Trustee”) pursuant to Section 1304 in respect of any Securities shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any such Paying Agent (including either Company or a Guarantor acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Securities, of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal and any premium and interest, but money so held in trust need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

The Companies and the Parent Guarantor shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the U.S. Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 1304 or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of Outstanding Securities.

Anything in this Article to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Companies or the Parent Guarantor from time to time upon Company Request any money or U.S. Government Obligations held by it as provided in Section 1304 with respect to any Securities which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the amount thereof which would then be required to be deposited to effect the Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance, as the case may be, with respect to such Securities.

SECTION 1306.       Reinstatement.

If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any money in accordance with this Article with respect to any Securities by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the obligations under this Indenture and such Securities from which the Companies and the Guarantors have been discharged or released pursuant to Section 1302 or 1303 shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article with respect to such Securities, until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all money held in trust pursuant to Section 1305 with respect to such Securities in accordance with this Article; provided , however , that if the

 

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Companies or the Guarantors make any payment of principal of or any premium or interest on any such Security following such reinstatement of its obligations, the Companies and the Guarantors shall be subrogated to the rights (if any) of the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the money so held in trust.

SECTION 1307.       Qualifying Trustee.

Any trustee appointed pursuant to Section 1304 for the purpose of holding trust funds deposited pursuant to that Section shall be appointed under an agreement in form acceptable to the Trustee and shall provide to the Trustee a certificate of such trustee, upon which certificate the Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely, that all conditions precedent provided for herein to the related Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance have been complied with. In no event shall the Trustee be liable for any acts or omissions of said trustee.

 

 

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I N W ITNESS W HEREOF , the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed all as of the day and year first above written.

 

A NHEUSER -B USCH C OMPANIES , LLC

as Company

By:

 

/s/ Bryan Warner

 

Name:    Bryan Warner

 

Title:      Authorized Officer

A NHEUSER -B USCH I N B EV W ORLDWIDE I NC .

as Company

By:

 

/s/ Bryan Warner

 

Name:    Bryan Warner

 

Title:      Authorized Officer

A NHEUSER -B USCH I N B EV SA/NV

as Parent Guarantor

By:

 

/s/ Bryan Warner

 

Name:     Bryan Warner

 

Title:       Authorized Officer

By:

 

/s/ Margot Miller

 

Name:     Margot Miller

 

Title:       Authorized Officer

T HE B ANK OF N EW Y ORK M ELLON , T RUST C OMPANY , N.A.,

as Trustee

By:

 

/s/ R. Tarnas

 

Name:     R. Tarnas

 

Title:       Vice President

[ ABC and ABIWW Base Indenture Signature Page ]


A NHEUSER -B USCH I N B EV F INANCE I NC .

as Subsidiary Guarantor

By:  

/s/ Bryan Warner

  Name:    Bryan Warner
  Title:      Authorized Officer

C OBREW NV

as Subsidiary Guarantor

By:  

/s/ Ann Randon

  Name:    Ann Randon
  Title:      Authorized Officer
By:  

/s/ Jan Vandermeersch

  Name:    Jan Vandermeersch
  Title:      Authorized Officer

B RANDBREW SA

as Subsidiary Guarantor

By:  

/s/ Ann Randon / Jan Vandermeersch

  Name:    Ann Randon / Jan Vandermeersch
  Title:      Authorized Officer

B RANDBEV S. À R . L .

as Subsidiary Guarantor

By:  

/s/ Ann Randon / Jan Vandermeersch

  Name:    Ann Randon / Jan Vandermeersch
  Title:      Authorized Officer

[ ABC and ABIWW Base Indenture Signature Page ]

 


Annex A

F ORM O F C ERTIFICATE O F T RANSFER

Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC

attn: Treasurer

One Busch Place, St. Louis, Missouri 63118

United States of America

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc.

attn: Treasurer

One Busch Place, St. Louis, Missouri 63118

United States of America

Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV

Brouwerijplein 1, 3000

Leuven, Belgium

The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.

100 South 4 th Street, Suite 550

St. Louis, Missouri 63102,

USA

Re: [Title of Securities]

Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of November 13, 2018 (as supplemented to the date hereof, the “ Indenture ”), among Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC (“ ABC ” and a “ Company ”), and Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc. as co-issuers (“ ABIWW ” and a “ Company ” and together with ABC, the “ Companies ,” as the context requires), Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV, as parent guarantor (the “ Parent Guarantor ”), the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto from time to time and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.

___________________, (the “ Transferor ”) owns and proposes to transfer the [Security][Securities] or beneficial interest in such [Security][Securities] specified in Exhibit 1 hereto, in the principal amount of $___________ (the “ Transfer ”), to ___________________________ (the “ Transferee ”), as further specified in Exhibit 1 hereto. In connection with the Transfer, the Transferor hereby certifies that:

[CHECK ALL THAT APPLY]

1. ☐       Check if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in the Global Security or a Certificated Security Pursuant to Rule  144A . The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), and, accordingly, the Transferor hereby further certifies that the beneficial interest or Certificated Security is being transferred to a Person that the Transferor reasonably believed and believes is purchasing the beneficial interest or Certificated Security for its own account, or for one or more accounts with respect to which such Person exercises sole investment discretion, and such Person and

 

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Annex A

 

each such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A and such Transfer is in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Certificated Security will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the applicable legend printed on the Global Security and/or the Certificated Security pursuant to Rule 144A and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

2. ☐       Check if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in the Global Security or a Certificated Security pursuant to Regulation S . The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act and, accordingly, the Transferor hereby further certifies that (i) the Transfer is not being made to a Person in the United States and (x) at the time the buy order was originated, the Transferee was outside the United States or such Transferor and any Person acting on its behalf reasonably believed and believes that the Transferee was outside the United States or (y) the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated offshore securities market and neither such Transferor nor any Person acting on its behalf knows that the transaction was prearranged with a buyer in the United States, (ii) no directed selling efforts have been made in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or Rule 904(b) of Regulation S under the Securities Act, (iii) the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act and (iv) if the proposed transfer is being made prior to the expiration of the 40-day “Distribution Compliance Period” under Regulation S, the transfer is not being made to a U.S. Person or for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person (other than a “Distributor” as defined in Rule 902 of Regulation S) and the transferred beneficial interest will be held immediately after such Transfer through Euroclear or Clearstream. Upon consummation of the proposed transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Certificated Security will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the applicable legend printed on the Global Security and/or the Certificated Security and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

3. ☐       Check if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security or of an Unrestricted Certificated Security .

(a) ☐       Check if Transfer is pursuant to Rule  144 . (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the applicable legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Certificated Security will no longer be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the applicable legend printed on the Restricted Global Securities, on Restricted Certificated Securities and in the Indenture.

(b) ☐       Check if Transfer is Pursuant to Regulation S . (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any

 

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Annex A

 

applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the applicable legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Certificated Security will no longer be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the applicable legend printed on the Restricted Global Securities, on Restricted Certificated Securities and in the Indenture.

(c) ☐       Check if Transfer is Pursuant to an Effective Registration Statement. The Transfer is being effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and in compliance with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act.

(d) ☐       Check if Transfer is Pursuant to Other Exemption . (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in compliance with an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 144, Rule 903 or Rule 904 and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any State of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the applicable legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Certificated Security will not be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the applicable legend printed on the Restricted Global Securities or Restricted Certificated Securities and in the Indenture.

4. ☐       Check if Transfer is to either Company or any of its Subsidiaries. The transfer is being effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.

This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Companies and the Guarantors.

 

                                                         

      [Insert Name of Transferor]

By:                                                      

  Name:

  Title:

Dated: _______________________

 

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Annex A — Exhibit 1

 

EXHIBIT 1 TO CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER

1.    The Transferor owns and proposes to transfer the following:

[CHECK ONE OF (a) OR (b)]

(a)    ☐    a beneficial interest in the:

 

  (i)

☐    Global Security offered and sold pursuant to Rule 144A (CUSIP _________), or

 

  (ii)

☐    Global Security offered and sold pursuant to Regulation S (CUSIP _________)

(b)    ☐    a Restricted Certificated Security.

2.    After the Transfer the Transferee will hold:

[CHECK ONE]

(a)    ☐    a beneficial interest in the:

 

  (i)

☐ Global Security offered and sold pursuant to Rule 144A (CUSIP _________), or

 

  (ii)

☐    Global Security offered and sold pursuant to Regulation S (CUSIP _________), or

 

  (iii)

☐    Unrestricted Global Security (CUSIP _________); or

(b)    ☐    a Restricted Certificated Security; or

(c)    ☐    an Unrestricted Certificated Security, in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.

 

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FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE

Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC

attn: Treasurer

One Busch Place, St. Louis, Missouri 63118

United States of America

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc.

attn: Treasurer

One Busch Place, St. Louis, Missouri 63118

United States of America

Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV

Brouwerijplein 1, 3000

Leuven, Belgium

The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.

100 South 4 th Street, Suite 550

St. Louis, Missouri 63102,

USA

Re: [Title of Securities]

Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of November 13, 2018 (as supplemented to the date hereof, the “ Indenture ”), among Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC (“ ABC ” and a “ Company ”), and Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc. as co-issuers (“ ABIWW ” and a “ Company ” and together with ABC, the “ Companies ,” as the context requires), Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV, as parent guarantor (the “ Parent Guarantor ”), the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto from time to time and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.

__________________________, (the “ Owner ”) owns and proposes to exchange the Note[s] or beneficial interest in such Note[s] specified herein, in the principal amount of $____________ (the “ Exchange ”). In connection with the Exchange, the Owner hereby certifies that:

1.       Exchange of Restricted Certificated Securities or Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Security for Unrestricted Certificated Securities or Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global Security

(a) ☐       Check if Exchange is from beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security to beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security . In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security in an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Global Securities and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), (iii) the restrictions on

 

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transfer contained in the Indenture and the applicable legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.

(b) ☐       Check if Exchange is from beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security to Unrestricted Certificated Security . In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security for an Unrestricted Certificated Security, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the Certificated Security is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Restricted Global Securities and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the applicable legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the Certificated Security is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.

(c) ☐       Check if Exchange is from Restricted Certificated Security to beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security . In connection with the Owner’s Exchange of a Restricted Certificated Security for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to Restricted Certificated Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the applicable legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the beneficial interest is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.

(d) ☐       Check if Exchange is from Restricted Certificated Security to Unrestricted Certificated Security . In connection with the Owner’s Exchange of a Restricted Certificated Security for an Unrestricted Certificated Security, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the Unrestricted Certificated Security is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to Restricted Certificated Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the applicable legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the Unrestricted Certificated Security is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.

2.       Exchange of Restricted Certificated Notes or Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Securities for Restricted Certificated Securities or Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Securities

(a) ☐       Check if Exchange is from beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security to Restricted Certificated Security. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security for a Restricted Certificated Security with an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies that the Restricted Certificated Security is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer. Upon consummation of the proposed Exchange in accordance with the terms of the

 

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Indenture, the Restricted Certificated Security issued will continue to be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the applicable legend printed on the Restricted Certificated Security and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

(b) ☐       Check if Exchange is from Restricted Certificated Security to beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security . In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s Restricted Certificated Security for a beneficial interest in the [CHECK ONE] ☐ Global Note offered and sold pursuant to Rule 144A, ☐ Global Note offered and sold pursuant to Regulation S, with an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer and (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Restricted Global Securities and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, and in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States. Upon consummation of the proposed Exchange in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the beneficial interest issued will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the applicable legend printed on the relevant Restricted Global Security and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Companies and the Guarantors.

 

                                                         

      [Insert Name of Transferor]

By:                                                      

  Name:

  Title:

Dated: _____________________

 

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Exhibit 4.2

 

 

 

ANHEUSER-BUSCH COMPANIES, LLC

and

ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV WORLDWIDE INC.,

as Companies

and

ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV SA/NV,

as Parent Guarantor

and

the SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS party hereto from time to time

and

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.

as Trustee

 

 

FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

Dated as of November 13, 2018

 

 

To the Indenture, dated as of November 13, 2018,

among Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC, Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc., as

Companies,

Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV, as Parent Guarantor, the Subsidiary Guarantors party

thereto from time to time and

The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee

4.900% Notes due 2046

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

     Page  
ARTICLE I

 

Definitions and Other Provisions of General Application

 

SECTION 1.01

  Definitions      2  

SECTION 1.02

  Effect of Headings      4  

SECTION 1.03

  Separability Clause      4  

SECTION 1.04

  Benefits of Instrument      5  
ARTICLE II

 

4.900% Senior Notes due 2046

 

SECTION 2.01

  Creation of Series; Establishment of Form      5  

SECTION 2.02

  Guarantee      6  

SECTION 2.03

  Interest      6  

SECTION 2.04

  Payment of Principal, Interest and Other Amounts      6  

SECTION 2.05

  Optional Redemption      7  

SECTION 2.06

  Optional Tax Redemption      8  
ARTICLE III

 

Miscellaneous Provisions

 

SECTION 3.01

  Effectiveness      9  

SECTION 3.02

  Original Issue      9  

SECTION 3.03

  Ratification and Integral Part      9  

SECTION 3.04

  Priority      9  

SECTION 3.05

  Successors and Assigns      9  

SECTION 3.06

  Counterparts      9  

SECTION 3.07

  Guarantee Limitations      9  

SECTION 3.08

  The Trustee      10  

SECTION 3.09  

  Governing Law      10  

EXHIBIT A

       A-1  

EXHIBIT B

       B-1  

 

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FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of November 13, 2018 (the “ First Supplemental Indenture ”), among ANHEUSER-BUSCH COMPANIES, LLC, a limited liability company duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called “ ABC ” and a “ Company ”) and ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV WORLDWIDE INC., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called “ ABIWW ” and a “ Company ” and together with ABC, the “ Companies ,” as the context requires), ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV SA/NV, a société anonyme/naamloze vennootschap duly organized and existing under the laws of the Kingdom of Belgium (the “ Parent Guarantor ”), ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV FINANCE INC., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, BRANDBEV S.à r.l., a société à responsabilité limitée incorporated under the laws of Luxembourg, with its registered office at Zone Industrielle Breedewues No. 15, L-1259 Senningerberg, Grand-Duchy of Luxemburg, registered with the Luxembourg Register of Commerce and Companies under the number B 80.984, BRANDBREW S.A., a société anonyme incorporated under the laws of Luxembourg, with registered office at Zone Industrielle Breedewues No. 15, L-1259 Senningerberg, Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg and registered with the Luxembourg Register of Commerce and Companies under the number B-75696, COBREW NV, a public limited liability company organized and existing under Belgian law (each, a “ Subsidiary Guarantor ”, and together with the Parent Guarantor, the “ Guarantors ”) and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “ Trustee ”) to the Indenture, dated as of November 13, 2018, among the Companies, the Guarantors and the Trustee (the “ Indenture ”).

RECITALS OF THE COMPANIES AND THE GUARANTORS

WHEREAS, the Companies, the Guarantors and the Trustee are parties to the Indenture, which provides for the issuance from time to time of unsecured debt securities of the Companies;

WHEREAS, Section 901(9) of the Indenture permits supplements thereto without the consent of Holders of Securities to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as permitted by Sections 201 and 301 of the Indenture;

WHEREAS, as contemplated by Section 301 of the Indenture, the Companies intend to issue a new series of Securities to be known as the Companies’ “4.900% Notes due 2046” (the “ Notes ”) under the Indenture;

WHEREAS, the Companies and the Guarantors have taken all necessary corporate action to authorize the execution and delivery of this First Supplemental Indenture;

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH:

 

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For and in consideration of the premises and the other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Companies, the Guarantors and the Trustee mutually agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

Definitions and Other Provisions of General Application

SECTION 1.01           Definitions .

Except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires, all terms used in this First Supplemental Indenture which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings ascribed to them by the Indenture. The following terms used in this First Supplemental Indenture have the following respective meanings:

Business Day ” means a day on which commercial banks and exchange markets are open, or not authorized to close, in the City of New York, London and Brussels. If the date of maturity of interest on, or principal of, the Notes or the date fixed for redemption or payment in connection with an acceleration of any Note is not a Business Day, then payment of interest or principal need not be made on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the date of maturity or the date fixed for redemption or payment in connection with acceleration, and no interest shall accrue as a result of the delayed payment.

Change in Tax Law ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.06(a).

Company ” and “ Companies ” have the meanings set forth in the first paragraph of this First Supplemental Indenture.

Comparable Treasury Issue ” means the U.S. Treasury security (not inflation-indexed) selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to August 1, 2045 that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity of August 1, 2045.

Comparable Treasury Price ” means, with respect to a Redemption Date, (i) the average of five (5) Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (ii) if the Independent Investment Banker obtains fewer than five (5) such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations.

Depositary ” means The Depository Trust Company, or any successor thereto.

 

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First Supplemental Indenture ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

Global Security ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(d).

Guarantors ” has the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this First Supplemental Indenture.

Indenture ” has the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this First Supplemental Indenture.

Independent Investment Banker ” means Barclays Capital Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. or Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as specified by the Companies, or if all of these firms are unwilling or unable to serve in that capacity, an independent investment banking institution of national standing in the United States appointed by the Companies.

Initial Issue Date ” means November 13, 2018, which is the date of the initial issuance of the Notes.

Interest Payment Date ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03.

Notes ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

Parent Guarantor ” has the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this First Supplemental Indenture.

Redemption Notice Date ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.06(b).

Reference Treasury Dealer ” means (i) Barclays Capital Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Incorporated, and their respective successors, provided, however , that if any of the foregoing shall cease to be a primary U.S. government securities dealer in The City of New York (a “ Primary Treasury Dealer ”), the Companies will substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer and (ii) any three other Primary Treasury Dealers selected by the Companies after consultation with the Independent Investment Banker.

Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations ” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Independent Investment Banker, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Independent Investment Banker at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.

 

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Regular Record Date ” means January 15 and July 15 (whether or not a Business Day).

Regulation S ” means Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Restricted Security ” means any Note that has not been transferred pursuant to an exemption from the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Rule 144A ” means Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Stated Maturity ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(f).

Treasury Rate ” means, with respect to any Redemption Date:

(i)        the yield, under the heading which represents the average for the immediately preceding week, appearing in the most recently published statistical release designated “H.l5(5l9)” or any successor publication which is published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which establishes yields on actively traded U.S. treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity under the caption “Treasury constant maturities—Nominal”, for the maturity corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue (if no maturity is within three months before or after the remaining term of the Notes, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue will be determined and the Treasury Rate will be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight line basis, rounding to the nearest month); or

(ii)        if such release (or any successor release) is not published during the week preceding the calculation date or does not contain such yields, the rate per annum equal to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, calculated using a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption Date.

Trustee ” has the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this First Supplemental Indenture.

SECTION 1.02           Effect of Headings .

The Article and Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

SECTION 1.03           Separability Clause .

 

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In case any provision in this First Supplemental Indenture shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

SECTION 1.04           Benefits of Instrument .

Nothing in this First Supplemental Indenture, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder and the Holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this First Supplemental Indenture or the Indenture.

ARTICLE II

4.900% Senior Notes due 2046

SECTION 2.01           Creation of Series; Establishment of Form .

(a)        There is hereby established a new series of Securities under the Indenture entitled “4.900% Notes due 2046”.

(b)        The form of the Notes, including the form of the certificate of authentication, is attached hereto as Exhibit A. The Restricted Security shall include the legends set forth on the face of Exhibit A, substantially in the form so set forth therein.

(c)        The Companies shall issue the Notes in an aggregate principal amount of USD 9,542,514,000. The Companies may from time to time, without the consent of the Holders of the Notes, issue additional Notes in accordance with Sections 301 and 901 of the Indenture. Any such additional Notes subsequently issued shall rank equally and ratably with the Notes in all respects (except for the payment of interest accruing prior to the issue date of such further Notes or except for the first payment of interest following the issue date of such further Notes), so that such further Notes shall be consolidated and form a single series with the Notes and shall have the same terms as to status, redemption or otherwise as the Notes, provided that either (i) such additional Notes are fungible with the Notes of such series offered hereby for U.S. federal income tax purposes or (ii) such additional Notes shall have a separate CUSIP number.

(d)        The Notes shall be initially offered and sold in reliance on Rule 144A and/or Regulation S and shall be issued initially in the form of one or more permanent global securities, without coupons, registered in the name of the Depositary or a nominee of the Depositary (each, a “ Global Security ”) and deposited with the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary. Any proposed transfer of an interest in the Notes shall consist of a transfer within a Global Security and shall be effected through the book-entry system maintained by the Depositary.

 

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(e)        The Notes shall not have a sinking fund.

(f)        The stated maturity of the principal of the Notes shall be February 1, 2046 (the “ Stated Maturity ”).

(g)        The outstanding principal amount of the Notes shall accrue interest at a rate equal to 4.900% per annum, as provided in Section 2.03.

(h)        The Notes shall be issued in denominations of USD 1,000 in principal amount and integral multiples of USD 1,000 in excess thereof.

(i)        The Notes shall be subject to both Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance in accordance with the Indenture.

(j)        The Notes shall be senior unsecured obligations of the Companies and will rank equally with all other existing and future unsecured and unsubordinated debt obligations of the Companies.

SECTION 2.02           Guarantee . Subject to the terms and applicable limitations set forth in the Indenture and the form of Notes, the Notes shall be jointly and severally, irrevocably, fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the Guarantors as to all payments due on the Notes whether at their Stated Maturity, by acceleration, redemption, repayment or otherwise in accordance with the terms of such Guarantees and the Indenture. In the case of the failure of the Companies to pay punctually any principal, premium or interest on the Notes, the Guarantors shall cause any such payment to be made as it becomes due and payable, whether at maturity, upon acceleration, redemption, repayment or otherwise. The Guarantees shall be unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Guarantors and rank equally with other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Guarantors that is currently outstanding or that they may issue in the future.

SECTION 2.03           Interest . The Notes shall bear interest at a rate equal to 4.900% per annum, and computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve (12) 30-day months. Interest on the Notes will accrue from August 1, 2018 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, as the case may be. Interest is payable semi-annually, in arrears, on February 1 and August 1 of each year (each, an “ Interest Payment Date ”), subject to deferral of such payment in accordance with the definition of “ Business Day ” contained in Section 1.01 hereof, commencing February 1, 2019 to the Person in whose name the Notes were registered at the close of business on the applicable Regular Record Date until the principal thereof is paid or made available for payment.

SECTION 2.04           Payment of Principal, Interest and Other Amounts . Payments of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes shall be made in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal

 

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tender for payment of public and private debts and such payments on Notes represented by a Global Security shall be made through one or more Paying Agents appointed under the Indenture to the Depositary or its nominee, as the Holder of the Global Security. Initially, the Paying Agent and Registrar for the Notes will be The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., in St. Louis, Missouri. The Companies may change the Paying Agent or Registrar without prior notice to the Holders of the Notes, and in such an event either Company may act as Paying Agent or Registrar. Payments of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes represented by a Global Security shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the Holder thereof; provided, however , that in the case of payments of principal and premium, if any, such Global Security is first surrendered to the Paying Agent.

SECTION 2.05           Optional Redemption.

(a)        The Companies may, at their option, redeem the Notes as a whole or in part at any time and from time to time prior to August 1, 2045 upon not less than thirty (30) nor more than sixty (60) days’ prior notice, as provided in Section 1104 of the Indenture, at a redemption price equal to the greater of:

(i)         100% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed; and

(ii)        as determined by the Independent Investment Banker, the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Notes to be redeemed as if the Notes matured on August 1, 2045 (not including any portion of such payments of interest accrued to the Redemption Date) discounted to the Redemption Date on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve (12) 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 35 basis points;

plus, in each case described above, accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount being redeemed to (but excluding) such Redemption Date. The Treasury Rate will be calculated on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.

(b)        The Companies may, at their option, redeem the Notes as a whole or in part at any time and from time to time on or after August 1, 2045 upon not less than thirty (30) nor more than sixty (60) days’ prior notice, as provided in Section 1104 of the Indenture, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount being redeemed to (but excluding) such Redemption Date.

(c)        Notice of redemption shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed (or otherwise transmitted in accordance with applicable procedures of the

 

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Depositary) to the Holders of the Notes being redeemed (the date on which such notice is given to be termed a “ Redemption Notice Date ”).

(d)        Unless the Companies (and/or a Guarantor) default on payment of the redemption price, from and after the Redemption Date interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption. On the Redemption Date, the Companies will deposit with the Trustee or with one or more Paying Agents (or, if either Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, set aside, segregate and hold in trust as provided in the Indenture) money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest on the Notes to be redeemed on such date.

(e)        If fewer than all of the Notes are to be redeemed, the Trustee will select, not more than sixty (60) days prior to the Redemption Date, the particular Notes or portions thereof for redemption from the outstanding Notes not previously called for redemption, on a pro rata basis or by such method as the Trustee deems fair and appropriate.

SECTION 2.06           Optional Tax Redemption .

(a)        The Companies may, at their or the Parent Guarantor’s option, redeem the Notes in whole but not in part, upon not less than thirty (30) nor more than sixty (60) days’ prior notice, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes then outstanding plus accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount being redeemed (and all Additional Amounts, if any) to (but excluding) the Redemption Date, if (i) as a result of any change in, or amendment to, the laws, treaties, regulations or rulings of a jurisdiction in which either Company or any Guarantor is incorporated, organized or otherwise tax resident or any political subdivision or any authority thereof or therein having power to tax, or in the interpretation, application or administration of any such laws, treaties, regulations or rulings (including a holding, judgment or order by a court of competent jurisdiction) which becomes effective on or after October 26, 2018 (any such change or amendment, a “ Change in Tax Law ”), the relevant Company or, if a payment were then due under a Guarantee, the relevant Guarantor, would be required to pay Additional Amounts and (ii) such obligation cannot be avoided by the relevant Company or the relevant Guarantor taking reasonable measures available to it; provided, however , that the Notes may not be redeemed to the extent such Additional Amounts arise solely as a result of a Company assigning its obligations under the Notes to a Substitute Company (as defined in Section 801 of the Indenture), unless such assignment to a Substitute Company is undertaken as part of a plan of merger by the Parent Guarantor.

(b)        Prior to the mailing of any notice of redemption pursuant to this Section 2.06, the relevant Company or the relevant Guarantor will deliver to the Trustee an opinion of independent tax counsel of recognized standing to the effect that the

 

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relevant Company or the relevant Guarantor is or would be obligated to pay such Additional Amounts as a result of such Change in Tax Law.

(c)        No notice of redemption pursuant to this Section 2.06 may be given earlier than ninety (90) days prior to the earliest date on which the relevant Company or the relevant Guarantor would be obligated to pay Additional Amounts if a payment in respect of the Notes were then due.

ARTICLE III

Miscellaneous Provisions

SECTION 3.01           Effectiveness . This First Supplemental Indenture will become effective upon its execution and delivery.

SECTION 3.02           Original Issue . The Notes may, upon execution of this First Supplemental Indenture, be executed by the Companies and delivered by the Companies and the Parent Guarantor to the Trustee for authentication, and the Trustee shall, upon Company Order, authenticate and deliver such Notes as in such Company Order provided.

SECTION 3.03           Ratification and Integral Part . The Indenture, as supplemented by this First Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and this First Supplemental Indenture will be deemed an integral part of the Indenture in the manner and to the extent herein and therein provided.

SECTION 3.04           Priority . This First Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed part of the Indenture in the manner and to the extent herein and therein provided. The provisions of this First Supplemental Indenture shall, subject to the terms hereof, supersede the provisions of the Indenture to the extent the Indenture is inconsistent herewith.

SECTION 3.05           Successors and Assigns . All covenants and agreements in the Indenture, as supplemented and amended by this First Supplemental Indenture, by the Companies and the Guarantors will bind their respective successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.

SECTION 3.06           Counterparts . This First Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

SECTION 3.07           Guarantee Limitations . The limitations applicable to the Guarantees, as set forth in Section 209 of the Indenture, will apply to the Guarantees issued hereunder; provided, however , that any further limitations, or any

 

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amendments or modifications to such Guarantees or limitations thereon, shall be set forth in an additional supplemental indenture, in each case in accordance with the Indenture.

SECTION 3.08           The Trustee . The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this First Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which are made solely by the Companies and the Guarantors.

SECTION 3.09           Governing Law . This First Supplemental Indenture and the Notes and Guarantees will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this First Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed, all as of the day and year first above written.

 

A NHEUSER -B USCH C OMPANIES , LLC

as Company

By:

 

/s/ Bryan Warner

 

Name:   Bryan Warner

 

Title:     Authorized Officer

A NHEUSER -B USCH I N B EV W ORLDWIDE I NC .

as Company

By:

 

/s/ Bryan Warner

 

Name:   Bryan Warner

 

Title:     Authorized Officer

A NHEUSER -B USCH I N B EV SA/NV

as Parent Guarantor

By:

 

/s/ Bryan Warner

 

Name:   Bryan Warner

 

Title:     Authorized Officer

By:

 

/s/ Margot Miller

 

Name:   Margot Miller

 

Title:     Authorized Officer

T HE B ANK OF N EW Y ORK M ELLON T RUST C OMPANY , N.A.,

as Trustee

By:

 

/s/ R. Tarnas

 

Name:   R. Tarnas

 

Title:     Vice President

[ First Supplemental Indenture Signature Page ]


A NHEUSER -B USCH I N B EV F INANCE I NC .

as Subsidiary Guarantor

By:

 

/s/ Bryan Warner

 

Name:   Bryan Warner

 

Title:     Authorized Officer

C OBREW NV

as Subsidiary Guarantor

By:

 

/s/ Ann Randon

 

Name:   Ann Randon

 

Title:     Authorized Officer

By:

 

/s/ Jan Vandermeersch

 

Name:   Jan Vandermeersch

 

Title:     Authorized Officer

B RANDBREW SA

as Subsidiary Guarantor

By:

 

/s/ Ann Randon / Jan Vandermeersch

 

Name:   Ann Randon / Jan Vandermeersch

 

Title:     Authorized Officer

B RANDBEV S. À R . L .

as Subsidiary Guarantor

By:

 

/s/ Ann Randon / Jan Vandermeersch

 

Name:   Ann Randon / Jan Vandermeersch

 

Title:     Authorized Officer

[ First Supplemental Indenture Signature Page ]


Exhibit A

FORM OF NOTES

FACE OF SECURITY

THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO ANHEUSER-BUSCH COMPANIES, LLC, ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV WORLDWIDE INC. OR THEIR AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF (I) IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM SUCH REGISTRATION, (II) WITHIN THE UNITED STATES TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, PERSONS OTHER THAN “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYERS” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) IN TRANSACTIONS EXEMPT FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OR (III) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES OTHER THAN TO PERSONS WHO ARE U.S. PERSONS IN OFFSHORE TRANSACTIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT. EACH PERSON ACQUIRING AN OWNERSHIP INTEREST IN THIS SECURITY (1) SHALL BE DEEMED TO REPRESENT AND WARRANT THAT IT EITHER (A) IS A

 

A-1


Exhibit A

 

“QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT), (B) IS NOT A U.S. PERSON (AS DEFINED IN REGULATION S) AND IS OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES OR (C) IS ACQUIRING SUCH OWNERSHIP INTEREST PURSUANT TO A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT OR IN ANOTHER TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM SUCH REGISTRATION; (2) AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT RESELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS SECURITY EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS, AND IN ANY CASE IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES AND ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION; (3) PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, AGREES THAT IT WILL FURNISH TO THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., AS SECURITY REGISTRAR (OR A SUCCESSOR REGISTRAR, AS APPLICABLE), SUCH CERTIFICATIONS, LEGAL OPINIONS OR OTHER INFORMATION AS THE SECURITY REGISTRAR AND THE COMPANIES MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS BEING MADE PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND (4) AGREES THAT IT WILL DELIVER TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS SECURITY IS TRANSFERRED A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND. AS USED HEREIN, THE TERMS “UNITED STATES”, “U.S. PERSON” AND “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION” HAVE THE MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM BY REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.

BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER REPRESENTS THAT EITHER (A) IT IS NOT AND FOR SO LONG AS IT HOLDS THIS SECURITY (OR ANY INTEREST HEREIN) WILL NOT BE (I) AN “EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN” AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(3) OF THE U.S. EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”) THAT IS SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF ERISA, (II) A “PLAN” AS DEFINED IN AND SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE U.S. INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”), (III) AN ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS INCLUDE THE ASSETS OF ANY SUCH EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO ERISA OR OTHER PLAN SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE, OR (IV) A GOVERNMENTAL, CHURCH OR NON-U.S. PLAN WHICH IS SUBJECT TO ANY STATE, LOCAL, OTHER FEDERAL LAW OF THE UNITED STATES OR NON-U.S. LAW THAT IS SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 406 OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE, OR (B) ITS ACQUISITION AND HOLDING OF THIS SECURITY WILL NOT RESULT IN A PROHIBITED TRANSACTION UNDER SECTION 406 OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE, OR, IN THE CASE OF SUCH A GOVERNMENTAL, CHURCH OR NON-U.S. PLAN, ANY SUCH SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR STATE, LOCAL, OTHER FEDERAL LAW OF THE UNITED STATES OR NON-U.S. LAW, FOR WHICH AN EXEMPTION IS NOT AVAILABLE.

 

A-2


Exhibit A

 

THIS SECURITY AND ANY RELATED DOCUMENTATION MAY BE AMENDED OR SUPPLEMENTED FROM TIME TO TIME TO MODIFY THE RESTRICTIONS ON RESALES AND OTHER TRANSFERS OF THIS SECURITY TO REFLECT ANY CHANGE IN APPLICABLE LAW OR REGULATION (OR THE INTERPRETATION THEREOF) OR IN PRACTICES RELATING TO THE RESALE OR TRANSFER OF RESTRICTED SECURITIES GENERALLY. THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY SHALL BE DEEMED BY THE ACCEPTANCE OF THIS SECURITY TO HAVE AGREED TO ANY SUCH AMENDMENT OR SUPPLEMENT.

 

A-3


Exhibit A

 

Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC

and

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc.

4.900% Note due 2046

Payment of Principal, Premium, if any,

and Interest Irrevocably, Fully and Unconditionally Guaranteed by

Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV, Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc., Brandbev S.à r.l.,

Brandbrew S.A. and Cobrew NV

 

No. ….    

   USD ….
  

CUSIP No.: [03522A AF7/U00323 AF9]

   ISIN: [US03522AAF75/ USU00323AF97]

Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC (“ ABC ” and a “ Company ”), a limited liability company duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware and Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (“ ABIWW ” and a “ Company ” and together with ABC, the “ Companies ,” as the context requires, and which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promise to pay to Cede & Co., or its registered assigns, on February 1, 2046 (the “ Maturity Date ”), the principal sum of                U.S. dollars, and to pay interest thereon from August 1, 2018 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually, in arrears, on February 1 and August 1, in each year, commencing on February 1, 2019, at the rate of 4.900% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment, subject to deferral of such interest payment in accordance with the Indenture in case such date is not a Business Day.

The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the January 15 and July 15 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than ten (10) days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in the Indenture.

 

A-4


Exhibit A

 

Subject to the terms of the Indenture, this Security is fully and unconditionally guaranteed as to all payments due hereon whether at the Stated Maturity, by acceleration, redemption, repayment or otherwise in accordance with the terms of the Guarantees and the Indenture.

Payments of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes shall be made in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts and such payments on Notes represented by a Global Security shall be made through one or more Paying Agents appointed under the Indenture to the Depositary or its nominee, as the Holder of this Security. Initially, the Paying Agent and Registrar for the Securities will be The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., St. Louis, Missouri. The Companies may change the Paying Agent or Registrar without prior notice to the Holders, and in such an event either Company may act as Paying Agent or Registrar. Payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Securities represented by this Security shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds; provided, however , that in the case of payments of principal and premium, if any, such Global Security is first surrendered to the Paying Agent.

Notwithstanding any provision of this Security or the Indenture, the Companies may make any and all payments of principal, premium (if any) and interest on this Security pursuant to the applicable procedures of the Depositary for this Security as permitted in the Indenture.

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

 

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Exhibit A

 

I N W ITNESS W HEREOF , the Companies have caused this instrument to be duly executed.

Dated:

 

ANHEUSER-BUSCH COMPANIES, LLC
By:    

                     

    Name:
    Title: Authorized Officer
ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV WORLDWIDE INC.
By:  

 

    Name:
    Title: Authorized Officer

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This Security is one of the Securities of the series designated herein and referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Trustee
By:  

             

    Authorized Signatory

 

A-6


Exhibit A

 

REVERSE OF SECURITY

 

  1.

Securities and Indenture

This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Companies (payable in U.S. dollars) (herein called the “ Securities ”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of November 13, 2018 (the “ Base Indenture ”), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 13, 2018 (the “ First Supplemental Indenture ” and together with the Base Indenture, the “ Indenture ”), in each case among the Companies, Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV, as Parent Guarantor, the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto from time to time and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee (herein called the “ Trustee ”, which term includes any successor trustee under the Base Indenture), and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Companies, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.

 

  2.

Series and Denomination

This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof, initially limited to an aggregate principal amount of USD 9,542,514,000, except as provided in the Indenture. References herein to “this series” mean the series of securities designated on the face hereof and any additional securities issued under the First Supplemental Indenture. Except as provided in the preceding paragraph, references herein to the “ Securities ” means (unless the context otherwise requires) the Securities of this series and includes any other securities issued, as provided in the Indenture and forming a single series with the Securities of this series, provided that either (i) such additional Securities are fungible with the Securities of such series offered hereby for U.S. federal income tax purposes or (ii) such additional Securities shall have a separate CUSIP number.

The Securities are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of USD 1,000 in principal amount and integral multiples of USD 1,000 in excess thereof.

 

  3.

Redemption at the Companies’ Option

The Companies may, at their option, redeem the Securities of this series as a whole or in part at any time and from time to time prior to August 1, 2045 upon not less than thirty (30) nor more than sixty (60) days prior notice at a redemption price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed and (ii) as determined by the Independent Investment Banker, the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Securities to be redeemed as if the Securities matured on August 1, 2045 (not including any portion of such payments of interest accrued to the Redemption Date) discounted to the Redemption Date on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve (12) 30-day

 

A-7


Exhibit A

 

months) at the Treasury Rate plus 35 basis points; plus, in each case described above, accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount being redeemed to (but excluding) such Redemption Date.

The Companies may also, at their option, redeem the Securities of this series as a whole or in part at any time and from time to time on or after August 1, 2045 upon not less than thirty (30) nor more than sixty (60) days prior notice at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount being redeemed to (but excluding) such Redemption Date.

In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this series and of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.

 

  4.

Optional Tax Redemption

The Companies may, at their or the Parent Guarantor’s option, redeem the Securities of this series in whole, but not in part, upon not less than thirty (30) nor more than sixty (60) days’ prior notice, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities of this series then outstanding plus accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount being redeemed (and all Additional Amounts, if any) to (but excluding) the Redemption Date, if (i) as a result of any change in, or amendment to, the laws, treaties, regulations or rulings of a jurisdiction in which either Company or any Guarantor is incorporated, organized, or otherwise tax resident or any political subdivision or any authority thereof or therein having power to tax, or in the interpretation, application or administration of any such laws, treaties, regulations or rulings (including a holding, judgment or order by a court of competent jurisdiction) which becomes effective on or after October 26, 2018 (any such change or amendment, a “ Change in Tax Law ”), the relevant Company or, if a payment were then due under a Guarantee, the relevant Guarantor, would be required to pay Additional Amounts and (ii) such obligation cannot be avoided by the relevant Company or the relevant Guarantor taking reasonable measures available to it; provided, however , that the Securities of this series may not be redeemed to the extent such Additional Amounts arise solely as a result of the relevant Company assigning its obligations under the Securities of this series to a Substitute Company, unless such assignment to a Substitute Company is undertaken as part of a plan of merger by the Parent Guarantor.

Prior to the mailing of any notice of redemption pursuant to this Section, the relevant Company or the relevant Guarantor will deliver to the Trustee an opinion of independent tax counsel of recognized standing to the effect that the relevant Company or the relevant Guarantor is or would be obligated to pay such Additional Amounts as a result of such Change in Tax Law.

No notice of redemption pursuant to this Section may be given earlier than ninety (90) days prior to the earliest date on which the relevant Company or the relevant

 

A-8


Exhibit A

 

Guarantor would be obligated to pay Additional Amounts if a payment in respect of the Securities of this series were then due.

 

  5.

Additional Amounts

In the event that any Guarantor becomes obligated to make payments in respect of the Securities of this series, such Guarantor will make all payments in respect of the Securities of this series without withholding or deduction for or on account of any present or future taxes or duties of whatever nature imposed or levied by way of withholding or deduction at source by or on behalf of any jurisdiction in which such Guarantor is incorporated, organized or otherwise tax resident or any political subdivision or any authority thereof or therein having power to tax (the “ Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction ”) unless such withholding or deduction is required by law. In such event, such Guarantor will pay to the Holders of the Securities of this series such additional amounts (the “ Additional Amounts ”) as shall be necessary in order that the net amounts received by the Holders, after such withholding or deduction, shall equal the respective amounts of principal and interest which would otherwise have been receivable in the absence of such withholding or deduction; except that no such Additional Amounts shall be payable on account of any taxes or duties which:

(a)        are payable by any person acting as custodian bank or collecting agent on behalf of such Holder, or otherwise in any manner which does not constitute a deduction or withholding by such Guarantor from payment of principal or interest made by it, or

(b)        are payable by reason of such Holder or beneficial owner having, or having had, some personal or business connection with such Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction and not merely by reason of the fact that payments in respect of the Securities of this series or the Guarantees thereof are, or for purposes of taxation are deemed to be, derived from sources in, or are secured in, the Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction, or

(c)        are imposed or withheld by reason of the failure of such Holder or beneficial owner to provide certification, information, documents or other evidence concerning the nationality, residence, or identity of the Holder and beneficial owner or to make any valid or timely declaration or similar claim or satisfy any other reporting requirements relating to such matters, whether required or imposed by statute, treaty, regulation or administrative practice, as a precondition to exemption from, or a reduction in the rate of withholding or deduction of, such taxes, or

(d)        consist of any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, excise, transfer, personal property or similar taxes, or

(e)        are imposed on or with respect to any payment by the applicable Guarantor to the registered Holder of this Security if such Holder is a

 

A-9


Exhibit A

 

fiduciary or partnership or any person other than the sole beneficial owner of such payment to the extent that taxes would not have been imposed on such payment had such registered Holder been the sole beneficial owner of this Security, or

(f)        are deducted or withheld pursuant to (i) any European Union directive or regulation concerning the taxation of interest income, or (ii) any international treaty or understanding relating to such taxation and to which the Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction or the European Union is a party, or (iii) any provision of law implementing, or complying with, or introduced to conform with, such directive, regulation, treaty or understanding, or

(g)        are payable by reason of a change in law or practice that becomes effective more than thirty (30) days after the relevant payment of principal or interest becomes due, or is duly provided for and written notice thereof is provided to the Holders, whichever occurs later, or

(h)        are payable because this Security was presented to a particular paying agent for payment if this Security could have been presented to another paying agent without any such withholding or deduction, or

(i)        are payable for any combination of (a) through (h) above.

References to principal or interest in respect of the Securities of this series shall be deemed to include any Additional Amounts which may be payable as set forth in the Indenture.

The covenant regarding Additional Amounts shall not apply to any Guarantor at any time when such Guarantor is incorporated in a jurisdiction in the United States, and will apply to each Company any time it is incorporated in a jurisdiction outside of the United States.

In addition, any amounts to be paid by either Company or any Guarantor on the Securities of this series will be paid net of any deduction or withholding imposed or required pursuant to Sections 1471 through 1474 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, any current or future regulations thereunder or official interpretations thereof, any agreement entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement entered into in connection with the implementation of such Sections of the Code (“ FATCA Withholding ”). Neither any Guarantor nor either Company will be required to pay Additional Amounts on account of any FATCA Withholding.

 

  6.

Transfer and Exchange

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this

 

A-10


Exhibit A

 

Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Companies in any place where the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Companies and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series and of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Companies may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Companies, the Guarantors, the Trustee and any agent of the Companies, the Guarantors or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Companies, the Guarantors, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

  7.

Limitation on Suits

As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made a written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee indemnity and/or security, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for sixty (60) days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity and/or security. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Companies, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

 

A-11


Exhibit A

 

  8.

Amendment, Modification and Waiver

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Companies or the Guarantors and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Companies and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding (irrespective of series) that are to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Companies and the Guarantors with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.

 

  9.

Defeasance

The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this Security upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.

 

  10.

Governing Law

This Security shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

 

  11.

Defined Terms

All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Base Indenture or the First Supplemental Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Base Indenture or the First Supplemental Indenture.

 

A-12


Exhibit A

 

SCHEDULE

Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC

and

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc.

4.900% Note due 2046

The initial principal amount of this Global Security is USD             . The following increases or decreases in this Global Security have been made:

 

Date of Exchange   

Amount of decrease in
Principal Amount

of

this Global Security

  

Amount of increase in
Principal Amount

of

this Global Security

  

Principal Amount

of this Global Security
following such
decrease

(or increase)

   Signature of authorized
officer of Trustee or
Custodian

 

A-1


Exhibit B

FORM OF GUARANTEE

For value received, the undersigned (herein called the “ Guarantors ”, and each, a “ Guarantor ”, which terms include any successor Person or Persons under the Indenture referred to in the Security upon which this Guarantee is endorsed), hereby jointly and severally, irrevocably, fully and unconditionally guarantee to the Trustee and to each Holder of this Security, which has been authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of (including any amount in respect of original issue discount), and any premium and interest (together with any Additional Amounts payable pursuant to the terms of this Security), on this Security and the due and punctual payment of the sinking fund payments, if any, and analogous obligations, if any, provided for pursuant to the terms of this Security, when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at Stated Maturity or upon redemption or upon declaration of acceleration or otherwise according to the terms of this Security and of the Indenture. In case of default by the Companies in the payment of any such principal (including any amount in respect of original issue discount), interest (together with any Additional Amounts payable pursuant to the terms of this Security), sinking fund payment or analogous obligation, each Guarantor agrees duly and punctually to pay the same. Each Guarantor hereby agrees that its obligations hereunder shall rank pari passu with all other unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of such Guarantor, shall be as principal and not merely as surety, and shall be absolute and unconditional irrespective of any extension of the time for payment of this Security, any modification of this Security, any invalidity, irregularity or unenforceability of this Security or the Indenture, any failure to enforce the same or any waiver, modification, consent or indulgence granted to the Companies with respect thereto by the Holder of this Security or the Trustee, or any other circumstances which may otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge of a surety or guarantor. Each Guarantor hereby waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of merger or bankruptcy of either Company, any right to require a demand or proceeding first against either Company, protest or notice with respect to this Security or the indebtedness evidenced thereby and all demands whatsoever, and covenants that this Guarantee will not be discharged as to this Security except by payment in full of the principal of (including any amount payable in respect of original issue discount), and any premium and interest (together with any Additional Amounts payable pursuant to the terms of this Security), thereon.

Each Guarantor irrevocably waives any and all rights to which it may be entitled, by operation of law or otherwise, upon making any payment hereunder (i) to be subrogated to the rights of a Holder against the Companies with respect to such payment or otherwise to be reimbursed, indemnified or exonerated by the Companies in respect thereof or (ii) to receive any payment, in the nature of contribution or for any other reason, from any other obligor with respect to such payment.

This Guarantee shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose with respect to this Security until the certificate of authentication on this Security shall have been signed by the Trustee.

 

B-1


Exhibit B

 

All terms used in this Guarantee which are not defined herein shall have the meaning assigned to them in the Security upon which this Guarantee is endorsed.

This Guarantee is subject to the release upon the terms set forth in the Indenture.

This Guarantee is subject to certain limitations and waivers set forth in the Indenture, as it may be supplemented from time to time.

This Guarantee is governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

 

B-2


Exhibit B

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this Guarantee to be signed by facsimile by its duly authorized officer or representative and, if required by applicable law, has caused a facsimile of its corporate seal to be affixed hereunto or imprinted hereon.

 

A NHEUSER -B USCH I N B EV SA/NV

as Parent Guarantor

 
By:      

                                         

 
  Name:  
  Title:     Authorized Officer  
By:  

     

 
  Name:           
  Title:     Authorized Officer  

 

Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc.

as Subsidiary Guarantor

 
By:  

     

 
  Name:  
  Title:     Authorized Officer  

C OBREW NV

as Subsidiary Guarantor

 
By:  

     

          
  Name:  
  Title:     Authorized Officer  
By:  

     

 
  Name:  
  Title:     Authorized Officer  

 

B-3


Exhibit B

 

B RANDBREW SA

as Subsidiary Guarantor

 

By:

 

                 

 
 

Name:

 
 

Title:     Authorized Officer

 

B RANDBEV S. À R . L .

as Subsidiary Guarantor

 

        

By:

 

 

 
 

Name:

 
 

Title:     Authorized Officer

 

 

B-4

Exhibit 4.3

 

 

 

ANHEUSER-BUSCH COMPANIES, LLC

and

ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV WORLDWIDE INC.,

as Companies

and

ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV SA/NV,

as Parent Guarantor

and

the SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS party hereto from time to time

and

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,

as Trustee

 

 

SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

Dated as of November 13, 2018

 

 

To the Indenture, dated as of November 13, 2018,

among Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC, Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc., as

Companies,

Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV, as Parent Guarantor, the Subsidiary Guarantors party

thereto from time to time and

The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee

4.700% Notes due 2036

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

         Page  

ARTICLE I

 

Definitions and Other Provisions of General Application

 

 

SECTION 1.01

  Definitions      2  

SECTION 1.02

  Effect of Headings      4  

SECTION 1.03

  Separability Clause      5  

SECTION 1.04

  Benefits of Instrument      5  

ARTICLE II

 

4.700% Senior Notes due 2036

 

 

SECTION 2.01

  Creation of Series; Establishment of Form      5  

SECTION 2.02

  Guarantee      6  

SECTION 2.03

  Interest      6  

SECTION 2.04

  Payment of Principal, Interest and Other Amounts      7  

SECTION 2.05

  Optional Redemption.      7  

SECTION 2.06

  Optional Tax Redemption      8  

ARTICLE II

 

Miscellaneous Provisions

 

 

SECTION 3.01

  Effectiveness      9  

SECTION 3.02

  Original Issue      9  

SECTION 3.03

  Ratification and Integral Part      9  

SECTION 3.04

  Priority      9  

SECTION 3.05

  Successors and Assigns      9  

SECTION 3.06

  Counterparts      9  

SECTION 3.07

  Guarantee Limitations      10  

SECTION 3.08

  The Trustee      10  

SECTION 3.09

  Governing Law      10  

EXHIBIT A

       A-1  

EXHIBIT B

       B-1  

 

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SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of November 13, 2018 (the “ Second Supplemental Indenture ”), among ANHEUSER-BUSCH COMPANIES, LLC, a limited liability company duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called “ ABC ” and a “ Company ”) and ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV WORLDWIDE INC., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called “ ABIWW ” and a “ Company ” and together with ABC, the “ Companies ,” as the context requires), ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV SA/NV, a soci é t é anonyme/naamloze vennootschap duly organized and existing under the laws of the Kingdom of Belgium (the “ Parent Guarantor ”), ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV FINANCE INC., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, BRANDBEV S.à r.l., a soci é t é à responsabilit é limit é e incorporated under the laws of Luxembourg, with its registered office at Zone Industrielle Breedewues No. 15, L-1259 Senningerberg, Grand-Duchy of Luxemburg, registered with the Luxembourg Register of Commerce and Companies under the number B 80.984, BRANDBREW S.A., a soci é t é anonyme incorporated under the laws of Luxembourg, with registered office at Zone Industrielle Breedewues No. 15, L-1259 Senningerberg, Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg and registered with the Luxembourg Register of Commerce and Companies under the number B-75696, COBREW NV, a public limited liability company organized and existing under Belgian law (each, a “ Subsidiary Guarantor ”, and together with the Parent Guarantor, the “ Guarantors ”) and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “ Trustee ”) to the Indenture, dated as of November 13, 2018, among the Companies, the Guarantors and the Trustee (the “ Indenture ”).

RECITALS OF THE COMPANIES AND THE GUARANTORS

WHEREAS, the Companies, the Guarantors and the Trustee are parties to the Indenture, which provides for the issuance from time to time of unsecured debt securities of the Companies;

WHEREAS, Section 901(9) of the Indenture permits supplements thereto without the consent of Holders of Securities to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as permitted by Sections 201 and 301 of the Indenture;

WHEREAS, as contemplated by Section 301 of the Indenture, the Companies intend to issue a new series of Securities to be known as the Companies’ “4.700% Notes due 2036” (the “ Notes ”) under the Indenture;

WHEREAS, the Companies and the Guarantors have taken all necessary corporate action to authorize the execution and delivery of this Second Supplemental Indenture;

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH:

 

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For and in consideration of the premises and the other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Companies, the Guarantors and the Trustee mutually agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

Definitions and Other Provisions of General Application

SECTION 1.01           Definitions .

Except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires, all terms used in this Second Supplemental Indenture which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings ascribed to them by the Indenture. The following terms used in this Second Supplemental Indenture have the following respective meanings:

Business Day ” means a day on which commercial banks and exchange markets are open, or not authorized to close, in the City of New York, London and Brussels. If the date of maturity of interest on, or principal of, the Notes or the date fixed for redemption or payment in connection with an acceleration of any Note is not a Business Day, then payment of interest or principal need not be made on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the date of maturity or the date fixed for redemption or payment in connection with acceleration, and no interest shall accrue as a result of the delayed payment.

Change in Tax Law ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.06.

Company ” and “ Companies ” have the meanings set forth in the first paragraph of this Second Supplemental Indenture.

Comparable Treasury Issue ” means the U.S. Treasury security (not inflation-indexed) selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to August 1, 2035 that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity of August 1, 2035.

Comparable Treasury Price ” means, with respect to a Redemption Date, (i) the average of five (5) Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (ii) if the Independent Investment Banker obtains fewer than five (5) such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations.

 

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Depositary ” means The Depository Trust Company, or any successor thereto.

Global Security ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(c).

Guarantors ” has the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this Second Supplemental Indenture.

Indenture ” has the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this Second Supplemental Indenture.

Independent Investment Banker ” means Barclays Capital Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. or Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as specified by the Companies, or if all of these firms are unwilling or unable to serve in that capacity, an independent investment banking institution of national standing in the United States appointed by the Companies.

Initial Issue Date ” means November 13, 2018, which is the date of the initial issuance of the Notes.

Interest Payment Date ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03.

Notes ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

Parent Guarantor ” has the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this Second Supplemental Indenture.

Redemption Notice Date ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.06(a).

Reference Treasury Dealer ” means (i) Barclays Capital Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Incorporated, and their respective successors, provided, however , that if any of the foregoing shall cease to be a primary U.S. government securities dealer in The City of New York (a “ Primary Treasury Dealer ”), the Companies will substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer and (ii) any three other Primary Treasury Dealers selected by the Companies after consultation with the Independent Investment Banker.

Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations ” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Independent Investment Banker, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Independent Investment Banker at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.

 

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Regular Record Date ” means January 15 and July 15 (whether or not a Business Day).

Regulation S ” means Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Restricted Security ” means any Note that has not been transferred pursuant to an exemption from the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Rule 144A ” means Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Second Supplemental Indenture ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

Stated Maturity ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(f).

Treasury Rate ” means, with respect to any Redemption Date:

(i)      the yield, under the heading which represents the average for the immediately preceding week, appearing in the most recently published statistical release designated “H.l5(5l9)” or any successor publication which is published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which establishes yields on actively traded U.S. treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity under the caption “Treasury constant maturities—Nominal”, for the maturity corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue (if no maturity is within three months before or after the remaining term of the Notes, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue will be determined and the Treasury Rate will be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight line basis, rounding to the nearest month); or

(ii)      if such release (or any successor release) is not published during the week preceding the calculation date or does not contain such yields, the rate per annum equal to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, calculated using a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption Date.

Trustee ” has the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this Second Supplemental Indenture.

SECTION 1.02           Effect of Headings .

 

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The Article and Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

SECTION 1.03           Separability Clause .

In case any provision in this Second Supplemental Indenture shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

SECTION 1.04           Benefits of Instrument .

Nothing in this Second Supplemental Indenture, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder and the Holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Second Supplemental Indenture or the Indenture.

ARTICLE II

4.700% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2036

SECTION 2.01           Creation of Series; Establishment of Form .

(a)        There is hereby established a new series of Securities under the Indenture entitled “4.700% Notes due 2036.”

(b)        The form of the Notes, including the form of the certificate of authentication, is attached hereto as Exhibit A. The Restricted Security shall include the legends set forth on the face of Exhibit A, substantially in the form so set forth therein.

(c)        The Companies shall issue the Notes in an aggregate principal amount of USD 5,385,495,000. The Companies may from time to time, without the consent of the Holders of the Notes, issue additional Notes in accordance with Sections 301 and 901 of the Indenture. Any such additional Notes subsequently issued shall rank equally and ratably with the Notes in all respects (except for the payment of interest accruing prior to the issue date of such further Notes or except for the first payment of interest following the issue date of such further Notes), so that such further Notes shall be consolidated and form a single series with the Notes and shall have the same terms as to status, redemption or otherwise as the Notes, provided that either (i) such additional Notes are fungible with the Notes of such series offered hereby for U.S. federal income tax purposes or (ii) such additional Notes shall have a separate CUSIP number.

(d)        The Notes shall be initially offered and sold in reliance on Rule 144A and/or Regulation S and shall be issued initially in the form of one or more permanent global securities, without coupons, registered in the name of the Depositary or

 

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a nominee of the Depositary (each, a “ Global Security ”) and deposited with the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary. Any proposed transfer of an interest in the Notes shall consist of a transfer within a Global Security and shall be effected through the book-entry system maintained by the Depositary.

(e)        The Notes shall not have a sinking fund.

(f)        The stated maturity of the principal of the Notes shall be February 1, 2036 (the “ Stated Maturity ”).

(g)        The outstanding principal amount of the Notes shall accrue interest at a rate equal to 4.700% per annum, as provided in Section 2.03.

(h)        The Notes shall be issued in denominations of USD 1,000 in principal amount and integral multiples of USD 1,000 in excess thereof.

(i)        The Notes shall be subject to both Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance in accordance with the Indenture.

(j)        The Notes shall be senior unsecured obligations of the Companies and will rank equally with all other existing and future unsecured and unsubordinated debt obligations of the Companies.

SECTION 2.02           Guarantee . Subject to the terms and applicable limitations set forth in the Indenture and the form of Notes, the Notes shall be jointly and severally, irrevocably, fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the Guarantors as to all payments due on the Notes whether at their Stated Maturity, by acceleration, redemption, repayment or otherwise in accordance with the terms of such Guarantees and the Indenture. In the case of the failure of the Companies to pay punctually any principal, premium or interest on the Notes, the Guarantors shall cause any such payment to be made as it becomes due and payable, whether at maturity, upon acceleration, redemption, repayment or otherwise. The Guarantees shall be unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Guarantors and rank equally with other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Guarantors that is currently outstanding or that they may issue in the future.

SECTION 2.03           Interest . The Notes shall bear interest at a rate equal to 4.700% per annum, and computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve (12) 30-day months. Interest on the Notes will accrue from August 1, 2018 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, as the case may be. Interest is payable semi-annually, in arrears, on February 1 and August 1 of each year (each, an “ Interest Payment Date ”), subject to deferral of such payment in accordance with the definition of “ Business Day ” contained in Section 1.01 hereof, commencing February 1, 2019 to the Person in whose name the

 

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Notes were registered at the close of business on the applicable Regular Record Date until the principal thereof is paid or made available for payment.

SECTION 2.04           Payment of Principal, Interest and Other Amounts . Payments of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes shall be made in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts and such payments on Notes represented by a Global Security shall be made through one or more Paying Agents appointed under the Indenture to the Depositary or its nominee, as the Holder of the Global Security. Initially, the Paying Agent and Registrar for the Notes will be The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., in St. Louis, Missouri. The Companies may change the Paying Agent or Registrar without prior notice to the Holders of the Notes, and in such an event either Company may act as Paying Agent or Registrar. Payments of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes represented by a Global Security shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the Holder thereof; provided, however , that in the case of payments of principal and premium, if any, such Global Security is first surrendered to the Paying Agent.

SECTION 2.05           Optional Redemption.

(a)        The Companies may, at their option, redeem the Notes as a whole or in part at any time and from time to time prior to August 1, 2035 upon not less than thirty (30) nor more than sixty (60) days’ prior notice, as provided in Section 1104 of the Indenture, at a redemption price equal to the greater of:

(i)        100% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed; and

(ii)        as determined by the Independent Investment Banker, the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Notes to be redeemed as if the Notes matured on August 1, 2035 (not including any portion of such payments of interest accrued to the Redemption Date) discounted to the Redemption Date on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve (12) 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 30 basis points;

plus, in each case described above, accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount being redeemed to (but excluding) such Redemption Date. The Treasury Rate will be calculated on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.

(b)        The Companies may, at their option, redeem the Notes as a whole or in part at any time and from time to time on or after August 1, 2035 upon not less than thirty (30) nor more than sixty (60) days’ prior notice, as provided in Section 1104 of the

 

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Indenture, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount being redeemed to (but excluding) such Redemption Date.

(c)        Notice of redemption shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed (or otherwise transmitted in accordance with applicable procedures of the Depositary) to the Holders of the Notes being redeemed (the date on which such notice is given to be termed a “ Redemption Notice Date ”).

(d)        Unless the Companies (and/or a Guarantor) default on payment of the redemption price, from and after the Redemption Date interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption. On the Redemption Date, the Companies will deposit with the Trustee or with one or more Paying Agents (or, if either Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, set aside, segregate and hold in trust as provided in the Indenture) money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest on the Notes to be redeemed on such date.

(e)        If fewer than all of the Notes are to be redeemed, the Trustee will select, not more than sixty (60) days prior to the Redemption Date, the particular Notes or portions thereof for redemption from the outstanding Notes not previously called for redemption, on a pro rata basis or by such method as the Trustee deems fair and appropriate.

SECTION 2.06           Optional Tax Redemption .

(a)        The Companies may, at their or the Parent Guarantor’s option, redeem the Notes in whole but not in part, upon not less than thirty (30) nor more than sixty (60) days’ prior notice, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes then outstanding plus accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount being redeemed (and all Additional Amounts, if any) to (but excluding) the Redemption Date, if (i) as a result of any change in, or amendment to, the laws, treaties, regulations or rulings of a jurisdiction in which either Company or any Guarantor is incorporated, organized or otherwise tax resident or any political subdivision or any authority thereof or therein having power to tax, or in the interpretation, application or administration of any such laws, treaties, regulations or rulings (including a holding, judgment or order by a court of competent jurisdiction) which becomes effective on or after October 26, 2018 (any such change or amendment, a “ Change in Tax Law ”), the relevant Company or, if a payment were then due under a Guarantee, the relevant Guarantor, would be required to pay Additional Amounts and (ii) such obligation cannot be avoided by the relevant Company or the relevant Guarantor taking reasonable measures available to it; provided, however , that the Notes may not be redeemed to the extent such Additional Amounts arise solely as a result of a Company assigning its obligations under the Notes to a Substitute Company (as defined in Section 801 of the Indenture), unless such assignment

 

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to a Substitute Company is undertaken as part of a plan of merger by the Parent Guarantor.

(b)        Prior to the mailing of any notice of redemption pursuant to this Section 2.06, the relevant Company or the relevant Guarantor will deliver to the Trustee an opinion of independent tax counsel of recognized standing to the effect that the relevant Company or the relevant Guarantor is or would be obligated to pay such Additional Amounts as a result of such Change in Tax Law.

(c)        No notice of redemption pursuant to this Section 2.06 may be given earlier than ninety (90) days prior to the earliest date on which the relevant Company or the relevant Guarantor would be obligated to pay Additional Amounts if a payment in respect of the Notes were then due.

ARTICLE III

Miscellaneous Provisions

SECTION 3.01           Effectiveness . This Second Supplemental Indenture will become effective upon its execution and delivery.

SECTION 3.02           Original Issue . The Notes may, upon execution of this Second Supplemental Indenture, be executed by the Companies and delivered by the Companies and the Parent Guarantor to the Trustee for authentication, and the Trustee shall, upon Company Order, authenticate and deliver such Notes as in such Company Order provided.

SECTION 3.03           Ratification and Integral Part . The Indenture, as supplemented by this Second Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and this Second Supplemental Indenture will be deemed an integral part of the Indenture in the manner and to the extent herein and therein provided.

SECTION 3.04           Priority . This Second Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed part of the Indenture in the manner and to the extent herein and therein provided. The provisions of this Second Supplemental Indenture shall, subject to the terms hereof, supersede the provisions of the Indenture to the extent the Indenture is inconsistent herewith.

SECTION 3.05           Successors and Assigns . All covenants and agreements in the Indenture, as supplemented and amended by this Second Supplemental Indenture, by the Companies and the Guarantors will bind their respective successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.

SECTION 3.06           Counterparts . This Second Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be

 

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deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

SECTION 3.07           Guarantee Limitations . The limitations applicable to the Guarantees, as set forth in Section 209 of the Indenture, will apply to the Guarantees issued hereunder; provided, however , that any further limitations, or any amendments or modifications to such Guarantees or limitations thereon, shall be set forth in an additional supplemental indenture, in each case in accordance with the Indenture.

SECTION 3.08           The Trustee . The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Second Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which are made solely by the Companies and the Guarantors.

SECTION 3.09           Governing Law . This Second Supplemental Indenture and the Notes and Guarantees will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Second Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed, all as of the day and year first above written.

 

A NHEUSER -B USCH C OMPANIES , LLC

as Company

By:   /s/ Bryan Warner
  Name:  Bryan Warner
  Title:    Authorized Officer

A NHEUSER -B USCH I N B EV W ORLDWIDE I NC .

as Company

By:   /s/ Bryan Warner
  Name:  Bryan Warner
  Title:    Authorized Officer

A NHEUSER -B USCH I N B EV SA/NV

as Parent Guarantor

By:   /s/ Bryan Warner
  Name:  Bryan Warner
  Title:    Authorized Officer
By:   /s/ Margot Miller
  Name:  Margot Miller
  Title:    Authorized Officer
T HE B ANK OF N EW Y ORK M ELLON , T RUST C OMPANY , N.A.,
as Trustee
By:   /s/ R. Tarnas
  Name:  R. Tarnas
  Title:    Vice President

[Second Supplemental Indenture Signature Page]


A NHEUSER -B USCH I N B EV F INANCE I NC .

as Subsidiary Guarantor

By:  

/s/ Bryan Warner

  Name:  Bryan Warner
  Title:    Authorized Officer

C OBREW NV

as Subsidiary Guarantor

By:  

/s/ Ann Randon

  Name:  Ann Randon
  Title:    Authorized Officer
By:  

/s/ Jan Vandermeersch

  Name:  Jan Vandermeersch
  Title:    Authorized Officer

B RANDBREW SA

as Subsidiary Guarantor

By:  

/s/ Ann Randon / Jan Vandermeersch

  Name:  Ann Randon / Jan Vandermeersch
  Title:    Authorized Officer

B RANDBEV S. À R . L .

as Subsidiary Guarantor

By:  

/s/ Ann Randon / Jan Vandermeersch

  Name:  Ann Randon / Jan Vandermeersch
  Title:    Authorized Officer

[Second Supplemental Indenture Signature Page]


Exhibit A

 

FORM OF NOTES

FACE OF SECURITY

THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO ANHEUSER-BUSCH COMPANIES, LLC, ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV WORLDWIDE INC. OR THEIR AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF (I) IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM SUCH REGISTRATION, (II) WITHIN THE UNITED STATES TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, PERSONS OTHER THAN “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYERS” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) IN TRANSACTIONS EXEMPT FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OR (III) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES OTHER THAN TO PERSONS WHO ARE U.S. PERSONS IN OFFSHORE TRANSACTIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT. EACH PERSON ACQUIRING AN OWNERSHIP INTEREST IN THIS SECURITY (1) SHALL BE DEEMED TO REPRESENT AND WARRANT THAT IT EITHER (A) IS A

 

A-1


Exhibit A

 

“QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT), (B) IS NOT A U.S. PERSON (AS DEFINED IN REGULATION S) AND IS OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES OR (C) IS ACQUIRING SUCH OWNERSHIP INTEREST PURSUANT TO A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT OR IN ANOTHER TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM SUCH REGISTRATION; (2) AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT RESELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS SECURITY EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS, AND IN ANY CASE IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES AND ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION; (3) PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, AGREES THAT IT WILL FURNISH TO THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., AS SECURITY REGISTRAR (OR A SUCCESSOR REGISTRAR, AS APPLICABLE), SUCH CERTIFICATIONS, LEGAL OPINIONS OR OTHER INFORMATION AS THE SECURITY REGISTRAR AND THE COMPANIES MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS BEING MADE PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND (4) AGREES THAT IT WILL DELIVER TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS SECURITY IS TRANSFERRED A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND. AS USED HEREIN, THE TERMS “UNITED STATES”, “U.S. PERSON” AND “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION” HAVE THE MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM BY REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.

BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER REPRESENTS THAT EITHER (A) IT IS NOT AND FOR SO LONG AS IT HOLDS THIS SECURITY (OR ANY INTEREST HEREIN) WILL NOT BE (I) AN “EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN” AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(3) OF THE U.S. EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”) THAT IS SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF ERISA, (II) A “PLAN” AS DEFINED IN AND SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE U.S. INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”), (III) AN ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS INCLUDE THE ASSETS OF ANY SUCH EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO ERISA OR OTHER PLAN SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE, OR (IV) A GOVERNMENTAL, CHURCH OR NON-U.S. PLAN WHICH IS SUBJECT TO ANY STATE, LOCAL, OTHER FEDERAL LAW OF THE UNITED STATES OR NON-U.S. LAW THAT IS SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 406 OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE, OR (B) ITS ACQUISITION AND HOLDING OF THIS SECURITY WILL NOT RESULT IN A PROHIBITED TRANSACTION UNDER SECTION 406 OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE, OR, IN THE CASE OF SUCH A GOVERNMENTAL, CHURCH OR NON-U.S. PLAN, ANY SUCH SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR STATE, LOCAL, OTHER FEDERAL LAW OF THE UNITED STATES OR NON-U.S. LAW, FOR WHICH AN EXEMPTION IS NOT AVAILABLE.

 

A-2


Exhibit A

 

THIS SECURITY AND ANY RELATED DOCUMENTATION MAY BE AMENDED OR SUPPLEMENTED FROM TIME TO TIME TO MODIFY THE RESTRICTIONS ON RESALES AND OTHER TRANSFERS OF THIS SECURITY TO REFLECT ANY CHANGE IN APPLICABLE LAW OR REGULATION (OR THE INTERPRETATION THEREOF) OR IN PRACTICES RELATING TO THE RESALE OR TRANSFER OF RESTRICTED SECURITIES GENERALLY. THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY SHALL BE DEEMED BY THE ACCEPTANCE OF THIS SECURITY TO HAVE AGREED TO ANY SUCH AMENDMENT OR SUPPLEMENT.

THIS SECURITY HAS BEEN ISSUED WITH ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES (“OID”). HOLDERS MAY OBTAIN THE ISSUE PRICE, THE AMOUNT OF OID, THE ISSUE DATE AND THE YIELD TO MATURITY BY CONTACTING GLOBAL DIRECTOR – TREASURY AT ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV SERVICES, LLC, AT (212) 573-8800.

 

A-3


Exhibit A

 

Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC

and

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc.

4.700% Note due 2036

Payment of Principal, Premium, if any,

and Interest Irrevocably, Fully and Unconditionally Guaranteed by

Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV, Anheuser -Busch InBev Finance Inc., Brandbev S.à r.l.,

Brandbrew S.A. and Cobrew NV

 

No. …

      USD …

 

CUSIP No.: [03522A AE0/ U00323 AE2]     

ISIN: [US03522AAE01/ USU00323AE23]

Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC (“ ABC ” and a “ Company ”), a limited liability company duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware and Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (“ ABIWW ” and a “ Company ” and together with ABC, the “ Companies ,” as the context requires, and which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promise to pay to Cede & Co., or its registered assigns, on February 1, 2036 (the “ Maturity Date ”), the principal sum of                U.S. dollars, and to pay interest thereon from August 1, 2018 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually, in arrears, on February 1 and August 1, in each year, commencing on February 1, 2019, at the rate of 4.700% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment, subject to deferral of such interest payment in accordance with the Indenture in case such date is not a Business Day.

The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the January 15 and July 15 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than ten (10) days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in the Indenture.

 

A-4


Exhibit A

 

Subject to the terms of the Indenture, this Security is fully and unconditionally guaranteed as to all payments due hereon whether at the Stated Maturity, by acceleration, redemption, repayment or otherwise in accordance with the terms of the Guarantees and the Indenture.

Payments of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes shall be made in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts and such payments on Notes represented by a Global Security shall be made through one or more Paying Agents appointed under the Indenture to the Depositary or its nominee, as the Holder of this Security. Initially, the Paying Agent and Registrar for the Securities will be The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., St. Louis, Missouri. The Companies may change the Paying Agent or Registrar without prior notice to the Holders, and in such an event either Company may act as Paying Agent or Registrar. Payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Securities represented by this Security shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds; provided, however , that in the case of payments of principal and premium, if any, such Global Security is first surrendered to the Paying Agent.

Notwithstanding any provision of this Security or the Indenture, the Companies may make any and all payments of principal, premium (if any) and interest on this Security pursuant to the applicable procedures of the Depositary for this Security as permitted in the Indenture.

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

 

A-5


Exhibit A

 

I N W ITNESS W HEREOF , the Companies have caused this instrument to be duly executed.

Dated:

 

ANHEUSER-BUSCH COMPANIES, LLC                
By:    
  Name:
  Title: Authorized Officer

 

ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV WORLDWIDE INC.
By:    
  Name:
  Title: Authorized Officer

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This Security is one of the Securities of the series designated herein and referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST

COMPANY, N.A., as Trustee

By:    
  Authorized Signatory

 

A-6


Exhibit A

 

REVERSE OF SECURITY

1.     Securities and Indenture

This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Companies (payable in U.S. dollars) (herein called the “ Securities ”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of November 13, 2018 (the “ Base Indenture ”), as supplemented by the Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 13, 2018 (the “ Second Supplemental Indenture ” and together with the Base Indenture, the “ Indenture ”), in each case among the Companies, Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV, as Parent Guarantor, the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto from time to time and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee (herein called the “ Trustee ”, which term includes any successor trustee under the Base Indenture), and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Companies, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.

2.     Series and Denomination

This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof, initially limited to an aggregate principal amount of USD 5,385,495,000, except as provided in the Indenture. References herein to “this series” mean the series of securities designated on the face hereof and any additional securities issued under the Second Supplemental Indenture. Except as provided in the preceding paragraph, references herein to the “ Securities ” means (unless the context otherwise requires) the Securities of this series and includes any other securities issued, as provided in the Indenture and forming a single series with the Securities of this series, provided that either (i) such additional Securities are fungible with the Securities of such series offered hereby for U.S. federal income tax purposes or (ii) such additional Securities shall have a separate CUSIP number.

The Securities are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of USD 1,000 in principal amount and integral multiples of USD 1,000 in excess thereof.

3.     Redemption at the Companies’ Option

The Companies may, at their option, redeem the Securities of this series as a whole or in part at any time and from time to time prior to August 1, 2035 upon not less than thirty (30) nor more than sixty (60) days prior notice at a redemption price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed and (ii) as determined by the Independent Investment Banker, the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Securities to be redeemed as if the Securities matured on August 1, 2035 (not including any portion of such payments of interest accrued to the Redemption Date) discounted to the Redemption Date on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve (12) 30-day

 

A-7


Exhibit A

 

months) at the Treasury Rate plus 30 basis points; plus, in each case described above, accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount being redeemed to (but excluding) such Redemption Date.

The Companies may also, at their option, redeem the Securities of this series as a whole or in part at any time and from time to time on or after August 1, 2035 upon not less than thirty (30) nor more than sixty (60) days prior notice at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount being redeemed to (but excluding) such Redemption Date.

In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this series and of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.

4.     Optional Tax Redemption

The Companies may, at their or the Parent Guarantor’s option, redeem the Securities of this series in whole, but not in part, upon not less than thirty (30) nor more than sixty (60) days’ prior notice, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities of this series then outstanding plus accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount being redeemed (and all Additional Amounts, if any) to (but excluding) the Redemption Date, if (i) as a result of any change in, or amendment to, the laws, treaties, regulations or rulings of a jurisdiction in which either Company or any Guarantor is incorporated, organized, or otherwise tax resident or any political subdivision or any authority thereof or therein having power to tax, or in the interpretation, application or administration of any such laws, treaties, regulations or rulings (including a holding, judgment or order by a court of competent jurisdiction) which becomes effective on or after October 26, 2018 (any such change or amendment, a “ Change in Tax Law ”), the relevant Company or, if a payment were then due under a Guarantee, the relevant Guarantor, would be required to pay Additional Amounts and (ii) such obligation cannot be avoided by the relevant Company or the relevant Guarantor taking reasonable measures available to it; provided, however , that the Securities of this series may not be redeemed to the extent such Additional Amounts arise solely as a result of the relevant Company assigning its obligations under the Securities of this series to a Substitute Company, unless such assignment to a Substitute Company is undertaken as part of a plan of merger by the Parent Guarantor.

Prior to the mailing of any notice of redemption pursuant to this Section, the relevant Company or the relevant Guarantor will deliver to the Trustee an opinion of independent tax counsel of recognized standing to the effect that the relevant Company or the relevant Guarantor is or would be obligated to pay such Additional Amounts as a result of such Change in Tax Law.

No notice of redemption pursuant to this Section may be given earlier than ninety (90) days prior to the earliest date on which the relevant Company or the relevant

 

A-8


Exhibit A

 

Guarantor would be obligated to pay Additional Amounts if a payment in respect of the Securities of this series were then due.

5.     Additional Amounts

In the event that any Guarantor becomes obligated to make payments in respect of the Securities of this series, such Guarantor will make all payments in respect of the Securities of this series without withholding or deduction for or on account of any present or future taxes or duties of whatever nature imposed or levied by way of withholding or deduction at source by or on behalf of any jurisdiction in which such Guarantor is incorporated, organized or otherwise tax resident or any political subdivision or any authority thereof or therein having power to tax (the “ Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction ”) unless such withholding or deduction is required by law. In such event, such Guarantor will pay to the Holders of the Securities of this series such additional amounts (the “ Additional Amounts ”) as shall be necessary in order that the net amounts received by the Holders, after such withholding or deduction, shall equal the respective amounts of principal and interest which would otherwise have been receivable in the absence of such withholding or deduction; except that no such Additional Amounts shall be payable on account of any taxes or duties which:

(a)        are payable by any person acting as custodian bank or collecting agent on behalf of such Holder, or otherwise in any manner which does not constitute a deduction or withholding by such Guarantor from payment of principal or interest made by it, or

(b)        are payable by reason of such Holder or beneficial owner having, or having had, some personal or business connection with such Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction and not merely by reason of the fact that payments in respect of the Securities of this series or the Guarantees thereof are, or for purposes of taxation are deemed to be, derived from sources in, or are secured in, the Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction, or

(c)        are imposed or withheld by reason of the failure of such Holder or beneficial owner to provide certification, information, documents or other evidence concerning the nationality, residence, or identity of the Holder and beneficial owner or to make any valid or timely declaration or similar claim or satisfy any other reporting requirements relating to such matters, whether required or imposed by statute, treaty, regulation or administrative practice, as a precondition to exemption from, or a reduction in the rate of withholding or deduction of, such taxes, or

(d)        consist of any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, excise, transfer, personal property or similar taxes, or

(e)        are imposed on or with respect to any payment by the applicable Guarantor to the registered Holder of this Security if such Holder is a

 

A-9


Exhibit A

 

fiduciary or partnership or any person other than the sole beneficial owner of such payment to the extent that taxes would not have been imposed on such payment had such registered Holder been the sole beneficial owner of this Security, or

(f)        are deducted or withheld pursuant to (i) any European Union directive or regulation concerning the taxation of interest income, or (ii) any international treaty or understanding relating to such taxation and to which the Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction or the European Union is a party, or (iii) any provision of law implementing, or complying with, or introduced to conform with, such directive, regulation, treaty or understanding, or

(g)        are payable by reason of a change in law or practice that becomes effective more than thirty (30) days after the relevant payment of principal or interest becomes due, or is duly provided for and written notice thereof is provided to the Holders, whichever occurs later, or

(h)        are payable because this Security was presented to a particular paying agent for payment if this Security could have been presented to another paying agent without any such withholding or deduction, or

(i)        are payable for any combination of (a) through (h) above.

References to principal or interest in respect of the Securities of this series shall be deemed to include any Additional Amounts which may be payable as set forth in the Indenture.

The covenant regarding Additional Amounts shall not apply to any Guarantor at any time when such Guarantor is incorporated in a jurisdiction in the United States, and will apply to each Company any time it is incorporated in a jurisdiction outside of the United States.

In addition, any amounts to be paid by either Company or any Guarantor on the Securities of this series will be paid net of any deduction or withholding imposed or required pursuant to Sections 1471 through 1474 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, any current or future regulations thereunder or official interpretations thereof, any agreement entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement entered into in connection with the implementation of such Sections of the Code (“ FATCA Withholding ”). Neither any Guarantor nor either Company will be required to pay Additional Amounts on account of any FATCA Withholding.

6.     Transfer and Exchange

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this

 

A-10


Exhibit A

 

Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Companies in any place where the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Companies and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series and of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Companies may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Companies, the Guarantors, the Trustee and any agent of the Companies, the Guarantors or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Companies, the Guarantors, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

7.     Limitation on Suits

As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made a written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee indemnity and/or security, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for sixty (60) days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity and/or security. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Companies, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

 

A-11


Exhibit A

 

8.     Amendment, Modification and Waiver

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Companies or the Guarantors and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Companies and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding (irrespective of series) that are to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Companies and the Guarantors with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.

9.     Defeasance

The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this Security upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.

10.   Governing Law

This Security shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

11.   Defined Terms

All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Base Indenture or the Second Supplemental Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Base Indenture or the Second Supplemental Indenture.

 

A-12


Exhibit A

 

SCHEDULE

Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC

and

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc.

4.700% Note due 2036

The initial principal amount of this Global Security is USD              . The following increases or decreases in this Global Security have been made:

 

Date of Exchange    Amount of decrease in Principal Amount
of
this Global Security
   Amount of increase in Principal Amount
of
this Global Security
   Principal Amount
of this Global Security following such decrease
(or increase)
   Signature of authorized officer of Trustee or Custodian

 

A-1


Exhibit B

FORM OF GUARANTEE

For value received, the undersigned (herein called the “ Guarantors ”, and each, a “ Guarantor ”, which terms include any successor Person or Persons under the Indenture referred to in the Security upon which this Guarantee is endorsed), hereby jointly and severally, irrevocably, fully and unconditionally guarantee to the Trustee and to each Holder of this Security, which has been authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of (including any amount in respect of original issue discount), and any premium and interest (together with any Additional Amounts payable pursuant to the terms of this Security), on this Security and the due and punctual payment of the sinking fund payments, if any, and analogous obligations, if any, provided for pursuant to the terms of this Security, when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at Stated Maturity or upon redemption or upon declaration of acceleration or otherwise according to the terms of this Security and of the Indenture. In case of default by the Companies in the payment of any such principal (including any amount in respect of original issue discount), interest (together with any Additional Amounts payable pursuant to the terms of this Security), sinking fund payment or analogous obligation, each Guarantor agrees duly and punctually to pay the same. Each Guarantor hereby agrees that its obligations hereunder shall rank pari passu with all other unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of such Guarantor, shall be as principal and not merely as surety, and shall be absolute and unconditional irrespective of any extension of the time for payment of this Security, any modification of this Security, any invalidity, irregularity or unenforceability of this Security or the Indenture, any failure to enforce the same or any waiver, modification, consent or indulgence granted to the Companies with respect thereto by the Holder of this Security or the Trustee, or any other circumstances which may otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge of a surety or guarantor. Each Guarantor hereby waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of merger or bankruptcy of either Company, any right to require a demand or proceeding first against either Company, protest or notice with respect to this Security or the indebtedness evidenced thereby and all demands whatsoever, and covenants that this Guarantee will not be discharged as to this Security except by payment in full of the principal of (including any amount payable in respect of original issue discount), and any premium and interest (together with any Additional Amounts payable pursuant to the terms of this Security), thereon.

Each Guarantor irrevocably waives any and all rights to which it may be entitled, by operation of law or otherwise, upon making any payment hereunder (i) to be subrogated to the rights of a Holder against the Companies with respect to such payment or otherwise to be reimbursed, indemnified or exonerated by the Companies in respect thereof or (ii) to receive any payment, in the nature of contribution or for any other reason, from any other obligor with respect to such payment.

This Guarantee shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose with respect to this Security until the certificate of authentication on this Security shall have been signed by the Trustee.

 

B-1


Exhibit B

 

All terms used in this Guarantee which are not defined herein shall have the meaning assigned to them in the Security upon which this Guarantee is endorsed.

This Guarantee is subject to the release upon the terms set forth in the Indenture.

This Guarantee is subject to certain limitations and waivers set forth in the Indenture, as it may be supplemented from time to time.

This Guarantee is governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

 

B-2


Exhibit B

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this Guarantee to be signed by facsimile by its duly authorized officer or representative and, if required by applicable law, has caused a facsimile of its corporate seal to be affixed hereunto or imprinted hereon.

 

A NHEUSER -B USCH I N B EV SA/NV

as Parent Guarantor

 
By:      

                                         

 
  Name:  
  Title:     Authorized Officer  
By:  

     

 
  Name:           
  Title:     Authorized Officer  

 

Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc.

as Subsidiary Guarantor

 
By:  

     

 
  Name:  
  Title:     Authorized Officer  

C OBREW NV

as Subsidiary Guarantor

 
By:  

     

          
  Name:  
  Title:     Authorized Officer  
By:  

     

 
  Name:  
  Title:     Authorized Officer  

 

B-3


Exhibit B

 

B RANDBREW SA

as Subsidiary Guarantor

 

By:

 

                 

 
 

Name:

 
 

Title:     Authorized Officer

 

B RANDBEV S. À R . L .

as Subsidiary Guarantor

 

        

By:

 

 

 
 

Name:

 
 

Title:     Authorized Officer

 

 

B-4

Exhibit 4.4

 

 

 

ANHEUSER-BUSCH COMPANIES, LLC

and

ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV WORLDWIDE INC.,

as Companies

and

ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV SA/NV,

as Parent Guarantor

and

the SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS party hereto from time to time

and

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,

as Trustee

 

 

THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

Dated as of November 13, 2018

 

 

To the Indenture, dated as of November 13, 2018,

among Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC, Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc., as Companies,

Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV, as Parent Guarantor, the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto from time to time and

The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee

3.650% Notes due 2026

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

         Page  
ARTICLE I

 

Definitions and Other Provisions of General Application

 

SECTION 1.01  

Definitions

     2  
SECTION 1.02  

Effect of Headings

     4  
SECTION 1.03  

Separability Clause

     4  
SECTION 1.04  

Benefits of Instrument

     5  
ARTICLE II

 

3.650% Senior Notes due 2026

 

SECTION 2.01  

Creation of Series; Establishment of Form

     5  
SECTION 2.02  

Guarantee

     6  
SECTION 2.03  

Interest

     6  
SECTION 2.04        

Payment of Principal, Interest and Other Amounts

     6  
SECTION 2.05  

Optional Redemption

     7  
SECTION 2.06  

Optional Tax Redemption

     8  
ARTICLE III

 

Miscellaneous Provisions

 

SECTION 3.01  

Effectiveness

     9  
SECTION 3.02  

Original Issue

     9  
SECTION 3.03  

Ratification and Integral Part

     9  
SECTION 3.04  

Priority

     9  
SECTION 3.05  

Successors and Assigns

     9  
SECTION 3.06  

Counterparts

     9  
SECTION 3.07  

Guarantee Limitations

     9  
SECTION 3.08  

The Trustee

     10  
SECTION 3.09  

Governing Law

     10  

EXHIBIT A

       A-1  

EXHIBIT B

       B-1  

 

 

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THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of November 13, 2018 (the “ Third Supplemental Indenture ”), among ANHEUSER-BUSCH COMPANIES, LLC, a limited liability company duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called “ ABC ” and a “ Company ”) and ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV WORLDWIDE INC., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called “ ABIWW ” and a “ Company ” and together with ABC, the “ Companies ,” as the context requires), ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV SA/NV, a société anonyme/naamloze vennootschap duly organized and existing under the laws of the Kingdom of Belgium (the “ Parent Guarantor ”), ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV FINANCE INC., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, BRANDBEV S.à r.l., a société à responsabilité limitée incorporated under the laws of Luxembourg, with its registered office at Zone Industrielle Breedewues No. 15, L-1259 Senningerberg, Grand-Duchy of Luxemburg, registered with the Luxembourg Register of Commerce and Companies under the number B 80.984, BRANDBREW S.A., a société anonyme incorporated under the laws of Luxembourg, with registered office at Zone Industrielle Breedewues No. 15, L-1259 Senningerberg, Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg and registered with the Luxembourg Register of Commerce and Companies under the number B-75696, COBREW NV, a public limited liability company organized and existing under Belgian law (each, a “ Subsidiary Guarantor ”, and together with the Parent Guarantor, the “ Guarantors ”) and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “ Trustee ”) to the Indenture, dated as of November 13, 2018, among the Companies, the Guarantors and the Trustee (the “ Indenture ”).

RECITALS OF THE COMPANIES AND THE GUARANTORS

WHEREAS, the Companies, the Guarantors and the Trustee are parties to the Indenture, which provides for the issuance from time to time of unsecured debt securities of the Companies;

WHEREAS, Section 901(9) of the Indenture permits supplements thereto without the consent of Holders of Securities to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as permitted by Sections 201 and 301 of the Indenture;

WHEREAS, as contemplated by Section 301 of the Indenture, the Companies intend to issue a new series of Securities to be known as the Companies’ “3.650% Notes due 2026” (the “ Notes ”) under the Indenture;

WHEREAS, the Companies and the Guarantors have taken all necessary corporate action to authorize the execution and delivery of this Third Supplemental Indenture;

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH:

 

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For and in consideration of the premises and the other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Companies, the Guarantors and the Trustee mutually agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

Definitions and Other Provisions of General Application

SECTION 1.01       Definitions .

Except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires, all terms used in this Third Supplemental Indenture which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings ascribed to them by the Indenture. The following terms used in this Third Supplemental Indenture have the following respective meanings:

Business Day ” means a day on which commercial banks and exchange markets are open, or not authorized to close, in the City of New York, London and Brussels. If the date of maturity of interest on, or principal of, the Notes or the date fixed for redemption or payment in connection with an acceleration of any Note is not a Business Day, then payment of interest or principal need not be made on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the date of maturity or the date fixed for redemption or payment in connection with acceleration, and no interest shall accrue as a result of the delayed payment.

Change in Tax Law ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.06(a).

Company ” and “ Companies ” have the meanings set forth in the first paragraph of this Third Supplemental Indenture.

Comparable Treasury Issue ” means the U.S. Treasury security (not inflation-indexed) selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to November 1, 2025 that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity of November 1, 2025.

Comparable Treasury Price ” means, with respect to a Redemption Date, (i) the average of five (5) Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (ii) if the Independent Investment Banker obtains fewer than five (5) such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations.

Depositary ” means The Depository Trust Company, or any successor thereto.

 

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Global Security ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(d).

Guarantors ” has the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this Third Supplemental Indenture.

Indenture ” has the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this Third Supplemental Indenture.

Independent Investment Banker ” means Barclays Capital Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. or Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as specified by the Companies, or if all of these firms are unwilling or unable to serve in that capacity, an independent investment banking institution of national standing in the United States appointed by the Companies.

Initial Issue Date ” means November 13, 2018, which is the date of the initial issuance of the Notes.

Interest Payment Date ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03.

Notes ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

Parent Guarantor ” has the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this Third Supplemental Indenture.

Redemption Notice Date ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(b).

Reference Treasury Dealer ” means (i) Barclays Capital Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Incorporated, and their respective successors, provided, however , that if any of the foregoing shall cease to be a primary U.S. government securities dealer in The City of New York (a “ Primary Treasury Dealer ”), the Companies will substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer and (ii) any three other Primary Treasury Dealers selected by the Companies after consultation with the Independent Investment Banker.

Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations ” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Independent Investment Banker, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Independent Investment Banker at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.

Regular Record Date ” means January 15 and July 15 (whether or not a Business Day).

 

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Regulation S ” means Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Restricted Security ” means any Note that has not been transferred pursuant to an exemption from the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Rule 144A ” means Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Stated Maturity ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(f).

Third Supplemental Indenture ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

Treasury Rate ” means, with respect to any Redemption Date:

(i)      the yield, under the heading which represents the average for the immediately preceding week, appearing in the most recently published statistical release designated “H.l5(5l9)” or any successor publication which is published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which establishes yields on actively traded U.S. treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity under the caption “Treasury constant maturities—Nominal”, for the maturity corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue (if no maturity is within three months before or after the remaining term of the Notes, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue will be determined and the Treasury Rate will be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight line basis, rounding to the nearest month); or

(ii)      if such release (or any successor release) is not published during the week preceding the calculation date or does not contain such yields, the rate per annum equal to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, calculated using a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption Date.

Trustee ” has the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this Third Supplemental Indenture.

SECTION 1.02       Effect of Headings .

The Article and Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

SECTION 1.03       Separability Clause .

 

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In case any provision in this Third Supplemental Indenture shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

SECTION 1.04       Benefits of Instrument .

Nothing in this Third Supplemental Indenture, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder and the Holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Third Supplemental Indenture or the Indenture.

ARTICLE II

3.650% Senior Notes Due 2026

SECTION 2.01       Creation of Series; Establishment of Form .

(a)      There is hereby established a new series of Securities under the Indenture entitled “3.650% Notes due 2026”.

(b)      The form of the Notes, including the form of the certificate of authentication, is attached hereto as Exhibit A. The Restricted Security shall include the legends set forth on the face of Exhibit A, substantially in the form so set forth therein.

(c)      The Companies shall issue the Notes in an aggregate principal amount of USD 8,555,163,000. The Companies may from time to time, without the consent of the Holders of the Notes, issue additional Notes in accordance with Sections 301 and 901 of the Indenture. Any such additional Notes subsequently issued shall rank equally and ratably with the Notes in all respects (except for the payment of interest accruing prior to the issue date of such further Notes or except for the first payment of interest following the issue date of such further Notes), so that such further Notes shall be consolidated and form a single series with the Notes and shall have the same terms as to status, redemption or otherwise as the Notes, provided that either (i) such additional Notes are fungible with the Notes of such series offered hereby for U.S. federal income tax purposes or (ii) such additional Notes shall have a separate CUSIP number.

(d)      The Notes shall be initially offered and sold in reliance on Rule 144A and/or Regulation S and shall be issued initially in the form of one or more permanent global securities, without coupons, registered in the name of the Depositary or a nominee of the Depositary (each, a “ Global Security ”) and deposited with the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary. Any proposed transfer of an interest in the Notes shall consist of a transfer within a Global Security and shall be effected through the book-entry system maintained by the Depositary.

 

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(e)      The Notes shall not have a sinking fund.

(f)      The stated maturity of the principal of the Notes shall be February 1, 2026 (the “ Stated Maturity ”).

(g)      The outstanding principal amount of the Notes shall accrue interest at a rate equal to 3.650% per annum, as provided in Section 2.03.

(h)      The Notes shall be issued in denominations of USD 1,000 in principal amount and integral multiples of USD 1,000 in excess thereof.

(i)      The Notes shall be subject to both Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance in accordance with the Indenture.

(j)      The Notes shall be senior unsecured obligations of the Companies and will rank equally with all other existing and future unsecured and unsubordinated debt obligations of the Companies.

SECTION 2.02       Guarantee . Subject to the terms and applicable limitations set forth in the Indenture and the form of Notes, the Notes shall be jointly and severally, irrevocably, fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the Guarantors as to all payments due on the Notes whether at their Stated Maturity, by acceleration, redemption, repayment or otherwise in accordance with the terms of such Guarantees and the Indenture. In the case of the failure of the Companies to pay punctually any principal, premium or interest on the Notes, the Guarantors shall cause any such payment to be made as it becomes due and payable, whether at maturity, upon acceleration, redemption, repayment or otherwise. The Guarantees shall be unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Guarantors and rank equally with other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Guarantors that is currently outstanding or that they may issue in the future.

SECTION 2.03       Interest . The Notes shall bear interest at a rate equal to 3.650% per annum, and computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve (12) 30-day months. Interest on the Notes will accrue from August 1, 2018 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, as the case may be. Interest is payable semi-annually, in arrears, on February 1 and August 1 of each year (each, an “ Interest Payment Date ”), subject to deferral of such payment in accordance with the definition of “ Business Day ” contained in Section 1.01 hereof, commencing February 1, 2019 to the Person in whose name the Notes were registered at the close of business on the applicable Regular Record Date until the principal thereof is paid or made available for payment.

SECTION 2.04       Payment of Principal, Interest and Other Amounts . Payments of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes shall be made in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal

 

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tender for payment of public and private debts and such payments on Notes represented by a Global Security shall be made through one or more Paying Agents appointed under the Indenture to the Depositary or its nominee, as the Holder of the Global Security. Initially, the Paying Agent and Registrar for the Notes will be The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., in St. Louis, Missouri. The Companies may change the Paying Agent or Registrar without prior notice to the Holders of the Notes, and in such an event either Company may act as Paying Agent or Registrar. Payments of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes represented by a Global Security shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the Holder thereof; provided, however , that in the case of payments of principal and premium, if any, such Global Security is first surrendered to the Paying Agent.

SECTION 2.05       Optional Redemption.

(a)      The Companies may, at their option, redeem the Notes as a whole or in part at any time and from time to time prior to November 1, 2025 upon not less than thirty (30) nor more than sixty (60) days’ prior notice, as provided in Section 1104 of the Indenture, at a redemption price equal to the greater of:

(i)      100% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed; and

(ii)      as determined by the Independent Investment Banker, the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Notes to be redeemed as if the Notes matured on November 1, 2025 (not including any portion of such payments of interest accrued to the Redemption Date) discounted to the Redemption Date on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve (12) 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 25 basis points;

plus, in each case described above, accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount being redeemed to (but excluding) such Redemption Date. The Treasury Rate will be calculated on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.

(b)      The Companies may, at their option, redeem the Notes as a whole or in part at any time and from time to time on or after November 1, 2025 upon not less than thirty (30) nor more than sixty (60) days’ prior notice, as provided in Section 1104 of the Indenture, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount being redeemed to (but excluding) such Redemption Date.

(c)      Notice of redemption shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed (or otherwise transmitted in accordance with applicable procedures of the

 

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Depositary) to the Holders of the Notes being redeemed (the date on which such notice is given to be termed a “ Redemption Notice Date ”).

(d)      Unless the Companies (and/or a Guarantor) default on payment of the redemption price, from and after the Redemption Date interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption. On the Redemption Date, the Companies will deposit with the Trustee or with one or more Paying Agents (or, if either Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, set aside, segregate and hold in trust as provided in the Indenture) money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest on the Notes to be redeemed on such date.

(e)      If fewer than all of the Notes are to be redeemed, the Trustee will select, not more than sixty (60) days prior to the Redemption Date, the particular Notes or portions thereof for redemption from the outstanding Notes not previously called for redemption, on a pro rata basis or by such method as the Trustee deems fair and appropriate.

SECTION 2.06       Optional Tax Redemption .

(a)      The Companies may, at their or the Parent Guarantor’s option, redeem the Notes in whole but not in part, upon not less than thirty (30) nor more than sixty (60) days’ prior notice, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes then outstanding plus accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount being redeemed (and all Additional Amounts, if any) to (but excluding) the Redemption Date, if (i) as a result of any change in, or amendment to, the laws, treaties, regulations or rulings of a jurisdiction in which either Company or any Guarantor is incorporated, organized or otherwise tax resident or any political subdivision or any authority thereof or therein having power to tax, or in the interpretation, application or administration of any such laws, treaties, regulations or rulings (including a holding, judgment or order by a court of competent jurisdiction) which becomes effective on or after October 26, 2018 (any such change or amendment, a “ Change in Tax Law ”), the relevant Company or, if a payment were then due under a Guarantee, the relevant Guarantor, would be required to pay Additional Amounts and (ii) such obligation cannot be avoided by the relevant Company or the relevant Guarantor taking reasonable measures available to it; provided, however , that the Notes may not be redeemed to the extent such Additional Amounts arise solely as a result of a Company assigning its obligations under the Notes to a Substitute Company (as defined in Section 801 of the Indenture), unless such assignment to a Substitute Company is undertaken as part of a plan of merger by the Parent Guarantor.

(b)      Prior to the mailing of any notice of redemption pursuant to this Section 2.06, the relevant Company or the relevant Guarantor will deliver to the Trustee an opinion of independent tax counsel of recognized standing to the effect that the

 

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relevant Company or the relevant Guarantor is or would be obligated to pay such Additional Amounts as a result of such Change in Tax Law.

(c)      No notice of redemption pursuant to this Section 2.06 may be given earlier than ninety (90) days prior to the earliest date on which the relevant Company or the relevant Guarantor would be obligated to pay Additional Amounts if a payment in respect of the Notes were then due.

ARTICLE III

Miscellaneous Provisions

SECTION 3.01       Effectiveness . This Third Supplemental Indenture will become effective upon its execution and delivery.

SECTION 3.02       Original Issue . The Notes may, upon execution of this Third Supplemental Indenture, be executed by the Companies and delivered by the Companies and the Parent Guarantor to the Trustee for authentication, and the Trustee shall, upon Company Order, authenticate and deliver such Notes as in such Company Order provided.

SECTION 3.03       Ratification and Integral Part . The Indenture, as supplemented by this Third Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and this Third Supplemental Indenture will be deemed an integral part of the Indenture in the manner and to the extent herein and therein provided.

SECTION 3.04       Priority . This Third Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed part of the Indenture in the manner and to the extent herein and therein provided. The provisions of this Third Supplemental Indenture shall, subject to the terms hereof, supersede the provisions of the Indenture to the extent the Indenture is inconsistent herewith.

SECTION 3.05       Successors and Assigns . All covenants and agreements in the Indenture, as supplemented and amended by this Third Supplemental Indenture, by the Companies and the Guarantors will bind their respective successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.

SECTION 3.06       Counterparts . This Third Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

SECTION 3.07       Guarantee Limitations . The limitations applicable to the Guarantees, as set forth in Section 209 of the Indenture, will apply to the Guarantees issued hereunder; provided, however , that any further limitations, or any

 

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amendments or modifications to such Guarantees or limitations thereon, shall be set forth in an additional supplemental indenture, in each case in accordance with the Indenture.

SECTION 3.08       The Trustee . The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Third Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which are made solely by the Companies and the Guarantors.

SECTION 3.09       Governing Law . This Third Supplemental Indenture and the Notes and Guarantees will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Third Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed, all as of the day and year first above written.

 

A NHEUSER -B USCH C OMPANIES , LLC

as Company

By:   /s/ Bryan Warner
  Name: Bryan Warner
  Title: Authorized Officer

A NHEUSER -B USCH I N B EV W ORLDWIDE I NC .

as Company

By:   /s/ Bryan Warner
  Name: Bryan Warner
  Title: Authorized Officer

A NHEUSER -B USCH I N B EV SA/NV

as Parent Guarantor

By:   /s/ Bryan Warner
  Name: Bryan Warner
  Title: Authorized Officer
By:   /s/ Margot Miller
  Name: Margot Miller
  Title: Authorized Officer
T HE B ANK OF N EW Y ORK M ELLON , T RUST C OMPANY , N.A.,
as Trustee
By:   /s/ R. Tarnas
  Name: R. Tarnas
  Title: Vice President

[ Third Supplemental Indenture Signature Page ]


A NHEUSER -B USCH I N B EV F INANCE I NC .

as Subsidiary Guarantor

By:   /s/ Bryan Warner
  Name: Bryan Warner
  Title: Authorized Officer

C OBREW NV

as Subsidiary Guarantor

By:   /s/ Ann Randon
  Name: Ann Randon
  Title: Authorized Officer
By:   /s/ Jan Vandermeersch
  Name: Jan Vandermeersch
  Title: Authorized Officer

B RANDBREW SA

as Subsidiary Guarantor

By:   /s/ Ann Randon / Jan Vandermeersch
  Name: Ann Randon / Jan Vandermeersch
  Title: Authorized Officer

B RANDBEV S. À R . L .

as Subsidiary Guarantor

By:   /s/ Ann Randon / Jan Vandermeersch
  Name: Ann Randon / Jan Vandermeersch
  Title: Authorized Officer

 

[ Third Supplemental Indenture Signature Page ]


Exhibit A

 

FORM OF NOTES

FACE OF SECURITY

THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO ANHEUSER-BUSCH COMPANIES, LLC, ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV WORLDWIDE INC. OR THEIR AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF (I) IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM SUCH REGISTRATION, (II) WITHIN THE UNITED STATES TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, PERSONS OTHER THAN “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYERS” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) IN TRANSACTIONS EXEMPT FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OR (III) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES OTHER THAN TO PERSONS WHO ARE U.S. PERSONS IN OFFSHORE TRANSACTIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT. EACH PERSON ACQUIRING AN OWNERSHIP INTEREST IN THIS SECURITY (1) SHALL BE DEEMED TO REPRESENT AND WARRANT THAT IT EITHER (A) IS A

 

A-1


Exhibit A

 

“QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT), (B) IS NOT A U.S. PERSON (AS DEFINED IN REGULATION S) AND IS OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES OR (C) IS ACQUIRING SUCH OWNERSHIP INTEREST PURSUANT TO A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT OR IN ANOTHER TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM SUCH REGISTRATION; (2) AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT RESELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS SECURITY EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS, AND IN ANY CASE IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES AND ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION; (3) PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, AGREES THAT IT WILL FURNISH TO THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., AS SECURITY REGISTRAR (OR A SUCCESSOR REGISTRAR, AS APPLICABLE), SUCH CERTIFICATIONS, LEGAL OPINIONS OR OTHER INFORMATION AS THE SECURITY REGISTRAR AND THE COMPANIES MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS BEING MADE PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND (4) AGREES THAT IT WILL DELIVER TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS SECURITY IS TRANSFERRED A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND. AS USED HEREIN, THE TERMS “UNITED STATES”, “U.S. PERSON” AND “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION” HAVE THE MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM BY REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.

BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER REPRESENTS THAT EITHER (A) IT IS NOT AND FOR SO LONG AS IT HOLDS THIS SECURITY (OR ANY INTEREST HEREIN) WILL NOT BE (I) AN “EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN” AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(3) OF THE U.S. EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”) THAT IS SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF ERISA, (II) A “PLAN” AS DEFINED IN AND SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE U.S. INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”), (III) AN ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS INCLUDE THE ASSETS OF ANY SUCH EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO ERISA OR OTHER PLAN SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE, OR (IV) A GOVERNMENTAL, CHURCH OR NON-U.S. PLAN WHICH IS SUBJECT TO ANY STATE, LOCAL, OTHER FEDERAL LAW OF THE UNITED STATES OR NON-U.S. LAW THAT IS SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 406 OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE, OR (B) ITS ACQUISITION AND HOLDING OF THIS SECURITY WILL NOT RESULT IN A PROHIBITED TRANSACTION UNDER SECTION 406 OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE, OR, IN THE CASE OF SUCH A GOVERNMENTAL, CHURCH OR NON-U.S. PLAN, ANY SUCH SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR STATE, LOCAL, OTHER FEDERAL LAW OF THE UNITED STATES OR NON-U.S. LAW, FOR WHICH AN EXEMPTION IS NOT AVAILABLE.

 

A-2


Exhibit A

 

THIS SECURITY AND ANY RELATED DOCUMENTATION MAY BE AMENDED OR SUPPLEMENTED FROM TIME TO TIME TO MODIFY THE RESTRICTIONS ON RESALES AND OTHER TRANSFERS OF THIS SECURITY TO REFLECT ANY CHANGE IN APPLICABLE LAW OR REGULATION (OR THE INTERPRETATION THEREOF) OR IN PRACTICES RELATING TO THE RESALE OR TRANSFER OF RESTRICTED SECURITIES GENERALLY. THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY SHALL BE DEEMED BY THE ACCEPTANCE OF THIS SECURITY TO HAVE AGREED TO ANY SUCH AMENDMENT OR SUPPLEMENT.

THIS SECURITY HAS BEEN ISSUED WITH ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES (“OID”). HOLDERS MAY OBTAIN THE ISSUE PRICE, THE AMOUNT OF OID, THE ISSUE DATE AND THE YIELD TO MATURITY BY CONTACTING GLOBAL DIRECTOR – TREASURY AT ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV SERVICES, LLC, AT (212) 573-8800.

 

A-3


Exhibit A

 

Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC

and

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc.

3.650% Note due 2026

Payment of Principal, Premium, if any,

and Interest Irrevocably, Fully and Unconditionally Guaranteed by

Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV, Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc., Brandbev S.à r.l.,

Brandbrew S.A. and Cobrew NV

 

No. …

   USD …

 

CUSIP No.: [03522A AD2/U00323 AD4]

   ISIN: [US03522AAD28/ USU00323AD40]

Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC (“ ABC ” and a “ Company ”), a limited liability company duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware and Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (“ ABIWW ” and a “ Company ” and together with ABC, the “ Companies ,” as the context requires, and which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promise to pay to Cede & Co., or its registered assigns, on February 1, 2026 (the “ Maturity Date ”), the principal sum of                U.S. dollars, and to pay interest thereon from August 1, 2018 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually, in arrears, on February 1 and August 1, in each year, commencing on February 1, 2019, at the rate of 3.650% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment, subject to deferral of such interest payment in accordance with the Indenture in case such date is not a Business Day.

The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the January 15 and July 15 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than ten (10) days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in the Indenture.

 

A-4


Exhibit A

 

Subject to the terms of the Indenture, this Security is fully and unconditionally guaranteed as to all payments due hereon whether at the Stated Maturity, by acceleration, redemption, repayment or otherwise in accordance with the terms of the Guarantees and the Indenture.

Payments of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes shall be made in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts and such payments on Notes represented by a Global Security shall be made through one or more Paying Agents appointed under the Indenture to the Depositary or its nominee, as the Holder of this Security. Initially, the Paying Agent and Registrar for the Securities will be The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., St. Louis, Missouri. The Companies may change the Paying Agent or Registrar without prior notice to the Holders, and in such an event either Company may act as Paying Agent or Registrar. Payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Securities represented by this Security shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds; provided, however , that in the case of payments of principal and premium, if any, such Global Security is first surrendered to the Paying Agent.

Notwithstanding any provision of this Security or the Indenture, the Companies may make any and all payments of principal, premium (if any) and interest on this Security pursuant to the applicable procedures of the Depositary for this Security as permitted in the Indenture.

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

 

A-5


Exhibit A

 

I N W ITNESS W HEREOF , the Companies have caused this instrument to be duly executed.

Dated:

 

ANHEUSER-BUSCH COMPANIES, LLC
By:    
  Name:
  Title: Authorized Officer

 

ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV WORLDWIDE INC.
By:    
  Name:
  Title: Authorized Officer

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This Security is one of the Securities of the series designated herein and referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Trustee
By:    
  Authorized Signatory

 

A-6


Exhibit A

 

REVERSE OF SECURITY

1.     Securities and Indenture

This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Companies (payable in U.S. dollars) (herein called the “ Securities ”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of November 13, 2018 (the “ Base Indenture ”), as supplemented by the Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 13, 2018 (the “ Third Supplemental Indenture ” and together with the Base Indenture, the “ Indenture ”), in each case among the Companies, Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV, as Parent Guarantor, the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto from time to time and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee (herein called the “ Trustee ”, which term includes any successor trustee under the Base Indenture), and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Companies, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.

2.     Series and Denomination

This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof, initially limited to an aggregate principal amount of USD 8,555,163,000, except as provided in the Indenture. References herein to “this series” mean the series of securities designated on the face hereof and any additional securities issued under the Third Supplemental Indenture. Except as provided in the preceding paragraph, references herein to the “ Securities ” means (unless the context otherwise requires) the Securities of this series and includes any other securities issued, as provided in the Indenture and forming a single series with the Securities of this series, provided that either (i) such additional Securities are fungible with the Securities of such series offered hereby for U.S. federal income tax purposes or (ii) such additional Securities shall have a separate CUSIP number.

The Securities are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of USD 1,000 in principal amount and integral multiples of USD 1,000 in excess thereof.

3.     Redemption at the Companies’ Option

The Companies may, at their option, redeem the Securities of this series as a whole or in part at any time and from time to time prior to November 1, 2025 upon not less than thirty (30) nor more than sixty (60) days prior notice at a redemption price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed and (ii) as determined by the Independent Investment Banker, the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Securities to be redeemed as if the Securities matured on November 1, 2025 (not including any portion of such payments of interest accrued to the Redemption Date)

 

A-7


Exhibit A

 

discounted to the Redemption Date on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve (12) 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 25 basis points; plus, in each case described above, accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount being redeemed to (but excluding) such Redemption Date.

The Companies may also, at their option, redeem the Securities of this series as a whole or in part at any time and from time to time on or after November 1, 2025 upon not less than thirty (30) nor more than sixty (60) days prior notice at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount being redeemed to (but excluding) such Redemption Date.

In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this series and of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.

4.     Optional Tax Redemption

The Companies may, at their or the Parent Guarantor’s option, redeem the Securities of this series in whole, but not in part, upon not less than thirty (30) nor more than sixty (60) days’ prior notice, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities of this series then outstanding plus accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount being redeemed (and all Additional Amounts, if any) to (but excluding) the Redemption Date, if (i) as a result of any change in, or amendment to, the laws, treaties, regulations or rulings of a jurisdiction in which either Company or any Guarantor is incorporated, organized, or otherwise tax resident or any political subdivision or any authority thereof or therein having power to tax, or in the interpretation, application or administration of any such laws, treaties, regulations or rulings (including a holding, judgment or order by a court of competent jurisdiction) which becomes effective on or after October 26, 2018 (any such change or amendment, a “ Change in Tax Law ”), the relevant Company or, if a payment were then due under a Guarantee, the relevant Guarantor, would be required to pay Additional Amounts and (ii) such obligation cannot be avoided by the relevant Company or the relevant Guarantor taking reasonable measures available to it; provided, however , that the Securities of this series may not be redeemed to the extent such Additional Amounts arise solely as a result of the relevant Company assigning its obligations under the Securities of this series to a Substitute Company, unless such assignment to a Substitute Company is undertaken as part of a plan of merger by the Parent Guarantor.

Prior to the mailing of any notice of redemption pursuant to this Section, the relevant Company or the relevant Guarantor will deliver to the Trustee an opinion of independent tax counsel of recognized standing to the effect that the relevant Company or the relevant Guarantor is or would be obligated to pay such Additional Amounts as a result of such Change in Tax Law.

 

A-8


Exhibit A

 

No notice of redemption pursuant to this Section may be given earlier than ninety (90) days prior to the earliest date on which the relevant Company or the relevant Guarantor would be obligated to pay Additional Amounts if a payment in respect of the Securities of this series were then due.

5.     Additional Amounts

In the event that any Guarantor becomes obligated to make payments in respect of the Securities of this series, such Guarantor will make all payments in respect of the Securities of this series without withholding or deduction for or on account of any present or future taxes or duties of whatever nature imposed or levied by way of withholding or deduction at source by or on behalf of any jurisdiction in which such Guarantor is incorporated, organized or otherwise tax resident or any political subdivision or any authority thereof or therein having power to tax (the “ Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction ”) unless such withholding or deduction is required by law. In such event, such Guarantor will pay to the Holders of the Securities of this series such additional amounts (the “ Additional Amounts ”) as shall be necessary in order that the net amounts received by the Holders, after such withholding or deduction, shall equal the respective amounts of principal and interest which would otherwise have been receivable in the absence of such withholding or deduction; except that no such Additional Amounts shall be payable on account of any taxes or duties which:

(a)    are payable by any person acting as custodian bank or collecting agent on behalf of such Holder, or otherwise in any manner which does not constitute a deduction or withholding by such Guarantor from payment of principal or interest made by it, or

(b)    are payable by reason of such Holder or beneficial owner having, or having had, some personal or business connection with such Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction and not merely by reason of the fact that payments in respect of the Securities of this series or the Guarantees thereof are, or for purposes of taxation are deemed to be, derived from sources in, or are secured in, the Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction, or

(c)    are imposed or withheld by reason of the failure of such Holder or beneficial owner to provide certification, information, documents or other evidence concerning the nationality, residence, or identity of the Holder and beneficial owner or to make any valid or timely declaration or similar claim or satisfy any other reporting requirements relating to such matters, whether required or imposed by statute, treaty, regulation or administrative practice, as a precondition to exemption from, or a reduction in the rate of withholding or deduction of, such taxes, or

(d)    consist of any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, excise, transfer, personal property or similar taxes, or

 

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(e)    are imposed on or with respect to any payment by the applicable Guarantor to the registered Holder of this Security if such Holder is a fiduciary or partnership or any person other than the sole beneficial owner of such payment to the extent that taxes would not have been imposed on such payment had such registered Holder been the sole beneficial owner of this Security, or

(f)    are deducted or withheld pursuant to (i) any European Union directive or regulation concerning the taxation of interest income, or (ii) any international treaty or understanding relating to such taxation and to which the Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction or the European Union is a party, or (iii) any provision of law implementing, or complying with, or introduced to conform with, such directive, regulation, treaty or understanding, or

(g)    are payable by reason of a change in law or practice that becomes effective more than thirty (30) days after the relevant payment of principal or interest becomes due, or is duly provided for and written notice thereof is provided to the Holders, whichever occurs later, or

(h)    are payable because this Security was presented to a particular paying agent for payment if this Security could have been presented to another paying agent without any such withholding or deduction, or

(i)    are payable for any combination of (a) through (h) above.

References to principal or interest in respect of the Securities of this series shall be deemed to include any Additional Amounts which may be payable as set forth in the Indenture.

The covenant regarding Additional Amounts shall not apply to any Guarantor at any time when such Guarantor is incorporated in a jurisdiction in the United States, and will apply to each Company any time it is incorporated in a jurisdiction outside of the United States.

In addition, any amounts to be paid by either Company or any Guarantor on the Securities of this series will be paid net of any deduction or withholding imposed or required pursuant to Sections 1471 through 1474 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, any current or future regulations thereunder or official interpretations thereof, any agreement entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement entered into in connection with the implementation of such Sections of the Code (“ FATCA Withholding ”). Neither any Guarantor nor either Company will be required to pay Additional Amounts on account of any FATCA Withholding.

 

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6.     Transfer and Exchange

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Companies in any place where the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Companies and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series and of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Companies may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Companies, the Guarantors, the Trustee and any agent of the Companies, the Guarantors or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Companies, the Guarantors, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

7.     Limitation on Suits

As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made a written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee indemnity and/or security, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for sixty (60) days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity and/or security. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.

 

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No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Companies, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

8.     Amendment, Modification and Waiver

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Companies or the Guarantors and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Companies and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding (irrespective of series) that are to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Companies and the Guarantors with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.

9.     Defeasance

The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this Security upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.

10.     Governing Law

This Security shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

11.     Defined Terms

All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Base Indenture or the Third Supplemental Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Base Indenture or the Third Supplemental Indenture.

 

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Exhibit A

 

SCHEDULE

Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC

and

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc.

3.650% Note due 2026

The initial principal amount of this Global Security is USD              . The following increases or decreases in this Global Security have been made:

 

Date of Exchange    Amount of decrease in Principal Amount
of
this Global Security
   Amount of increase in Principal Amount
of
this Global Security
   Principal Amount
of this Global Security following such decrease
(or increase)
   Signature of authorized officer of Trustee or Custodian

 

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FORM OF GUARANTEE

For value received, the undersigned (herein called the “ Guarantors ”, and each, a “ Guarantor ”, which terms include any successor Person or Persons under the Indenture referred to in the Security upon which this Guarantee is endorsed), hereby jointly and severally, irrevocably, fully and unconditionally guarantee to the Trustee and to each Holder of this Security, which has been authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of (including any amount in respect of original issue discount), and any premium and interest (together with any Additional Amounts payable pursuant to the terms of this Security), on this Security and the due and punctual payment of the sinking fund payments, if any, and analogous obligations, if any, provided for pursuant to the terms of this Security, when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at Stated Maturity or upon redemption or upon declaration of acceleration or otherwise according to the terms of this Security and of the Indenture. In case of default by the Companies in the payment of any such principal (including any amount in respect of original issue discount), interest (together with any Additional Amounts payable pursuant to the terms of this Security), sinking fund payment or analogous obligation, each Guarantor agrees duly and punctually to pay the same. Each Guarantor hereby agrees that its obligations hereunder shall rank pari passu with all other unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of such Guarantor, shall be as principal and not merely as surety, and shall be absolute and unconditional irrespective of any extension of the time for payment of this Security, any modification of this Security, any invalidity, irregularity or unenforceability of this Security or the Indenture, any failure to enforce the same or any waiver, modification, consent or indulgence granted to the Companies with respect thereto by the Holder of this Security or the Trustee, or any other circumstances which may otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge of a surety or guarantor. Each Guarantor hereby waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of merger or bankruptcy of either Company, any right to require a demand or proceeding first against either Company, protest or notice with respect to this Security or the indebtedness evidenced thereby and all demands whatsoever, and covenants that this Guarantee will not be discharged as to this Security except by payment in full of the principal of (including any amount payable in respect of original issue discount), and any premium and interest (together with any Additional Amounts payable pursuant to the terms of this Security), thereon.

Each Guarantor irrevocably waives any and all rights to which it may be entitled, by operation of law or otherwise, upon making any payment hereunder (i) to be subrogated to the rights of a Holder against the Companies with respect to such payment or otherwise to be reimbursed, indemnified or exonerated by the Companies in respect thereof or (ii) to receive any payment, in the nature of contribution or for any other reason, from any other obligor with respect to such payment.

This Guarantee shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose with respect to this Security until the certificate of authentication on this Security shall have been signed by the Trustee.

 

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Exhibit B

 

All terms used in this Guarantee which are not defined herein shall have the meaning assigned to them in the Security upon which this Guarantee is endorsed.

This Guarantee is subject to the release upon the terms set forth in the Indenture.

This Guarantee is subject to certain limitations and waivers set forth in the Indenture, as it may be supplemented from time to time.

This Guarantee is governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

 

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Exhibit B

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this Guarantee to be signed by facsimile by its duly authorized officer or representative and, if required by applicable law, has caused a facsimile of its corporate seal to be affixed hereunto or imprinted hereon.

 

A NHEUSER -B USCH I N B EV SA/NV
as Parent Guarantor
By:    
  Name:
  Title: Authorized Officer
By:    
  Name:
  Title: Authorized Officer

Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc.

as Subsidiary Guarantor

By:    
  Name:
  Title: Authorized Officer

C OBREW NV

as Subsidiary Guarantor

By:    
  Name:
  Title: Authorized Officer
By:    
  Name:
  Title: Authorized Officer

 

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Exhibit B

 

B RANDBREW SA

as Subsidiary Guarantor

By:    
  Name:
  Title: Authorized Officer

B RANDBEV S. À R . L .

as Subsidiary Guarantor

By:    
  Name:
  Title: Authorized Officer

 

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Anheuser-Busch InBev Commences

Exchange Offers of Up To Six Series

of USD Notes

Anheuser-Busch InBev (“AB InBev”) (Euronext: ABI) (NYSE: BUD) (MEXBOL: ANB) (JSE: ANH) today announced the commencement of offers to Eligible Holders (as defined below) to exchange (the “Exchange Offers” and each, an “Exchange Offer”) any validly tendered (and not validly withdrawn) and accepted notes up to the Offer Cap (as defined below) of six series issued by Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc. (“ABIFI”) for notes to be co-issued by Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC (“ABC”) and Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc. (“ABIWW”) (the “Issuers” and each, an “Issuer”) as described in the table below, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the confidential offering memorandum dated 26 October 2018 (the “Confidential Offering Memorandum”).

Copies of the Confidential Offering Memorandum will be made available only to holders who have certified to AB InBev their eligibility via an eligibility letter. Copies of the eligibility letter are available to holders through the information agent, Global Bondholder Services Corporation, at their website http://gbsc-usa.com/eligibility/anheuser-busch or by calling +1 (866) 470-3900 (toll free) or +1 212-430-3774 (for banks and brokers).

The principal difference between the Old Notes and the New Notes is the entities that will act as an Issuer versus as a guarantor, as shown below:

 

Entity

  

Old Notes

  

New Notes

Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc. (“ABIFI”)

   Issuer   

Guarantor

Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC (“ABC”)

  

Guarantor

   Co-Issuer

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc. (“ABIWW”)

  

Guarantor

   Co-Issuer

Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV

  

Guarantor

  

Guarantor

Brandbev S.à r.l.

  

Guarantor

  

Guarantor

Brandbrew S.A.

  

Guarantor

  

Guarantor

Cobrew NV

  

Guarantor

  

Guarantor

 

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The aggregate principal amount of Old Notes that are accepted for exchange will be based on the Offer Cap (as defined below) and the order of acceptance priority for such series as set forth in the table below (the “Acceptance Priority Levels”), with Acceptance Priority Level 1 being the highest and Acceptance Priority Level 6 being the lowest:

 

Aggregate
Principal
Amount
(mm)

  

Title of
Series
of Notes
Issued by
ABIFI to
be
Exchanged
(collectively,
the “Old
Notes”)

  

CUSIP/ISIN No.

  

Acceptance
Priority
Level

  

Title of
Series of
Notes to
be
Issued by
ABC &
ABIWW
(collectively,
the “New
Notes”) (2)

  

Exchange
Consideration (1)

  

Early
Participation
Premium (1)

  

Total Consideration (1)(3)

                        

New Notes

(principal
amount) (2)

   Cash   

New Notes

(principal
amount) (2)

  

New Notes

(principal
amount) (2)

   Cash
$11,000   

4.900%

Notes due

2046

  

035242
AN6

 

US035242AN64

   1    4.900%
Notes due
2046
   $970    $1.00    $30    $1,000    $1.00
$6,000   

4.700%

Notes due

2036

  

035242
AM8

 

US035242AM81

   2    4.700%
Notes due
2036
   $970    $1.00    $30    $1,000    $1.00
$11,000   

3.650%

Notes due

2026

  

035242
AP1

 

US035242AP13

   3    3.650%
Notes due
2026
   $970    $1.00    $30    $1,000    $1.00
$6,000   

3.300%

Notes due

2023

  

035242
AL0

 

US035242AL09

   4    3.300%
Notes due
2023
   $970    $1.00    $30    $1,000    $1.00
$7,500   

2.650%

Notes due

2021

  

035242
AJ5

 

US035242AJ52

   5    2.650%
Notes due
2021
   $970    $1.00    $30    $1,000    $1.00
$500   

Floating
Rate

Notes due

2021

  

035242
AK2

 

US035242AK26

   6    Floating Rate
Notes due
2021
   $970    $1.00    $30    $1,000    $1.00

 

(1)

                Consideration per $1,000 principal amount of Old Notes validly tendered and accepted for exchange.

(2)

                The term “New Notes” in this column refers, in each case, to the series of New Notes corresponding to the series of Old Notes of like tenor and coupon.

(3)

                Includes the Early Participation Premium for Old Notes validly tendered prior to the Early Participation Date described below and not validly withdrawn.

Old Notes will be accepted, in accordance with the Acceptance Priority Levels, in up to a combined aggregate offer cap equal to (i) $20,000,000,000 (the “Target Amount”) of combined aggregate principal amount of Old Notes plus (ii) such additional principal amount of Old Notes required to result in the acceptance of any and all Old Notes from the Threshold Series which are validly tendered and not validly withdrawn prior to the Early Participation Deadline or Expiration Time, as applicable (the “Offer Cap”). The “Threshold Series” will be the first series of Old Notes for which the acceptance of all validly tendered and not validly withdrawn Old Notes in such series would result in the acceptance of a combined aggregate principal amount of Old Notes in excess of the Target Amount. Old Notes validly tendered and not

 

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withdrawn at or prior to the Early Participation Deadline will be accepted for purchase in priority to Old Notes validly tendered after the Early Participation Deadline, and to the extent that Old Notes are validly tendered and not withdrawn at or prior to the Early Participation Deadline, the amount of the Target Amount available after the Early Participation Deadline would be reduced. Accordingly, if the Target Amount is reached in respect of tenders made at or prior to the Early Participation Deadline, no Old Notes tendered after the Early Participation Deadline will be accepted for purchase. No series of Old Notes accepted for exchange will be pro-rated.

For example, if all Eligible Holders of Old Notes in Acceptance Priority Levels 1 through 3 validly tender and do not withdraw such Old Notes at or prior to the Early Participation Deadline, (i) the Exchange Offers would be oversubscribed, (ii) the series of Old Notes with Acceptance Priority Level 3 would be the Threshold Series, (iii) all Old Notes from the Threshold Series and all Old Notes with an Acceptance Priority Level higher than the Threshold Series would be accepted (to the extent validly tendered and not withdrawn prior to the Early Participation Deadline), (iv) no Old Notes with an Acceptance Priority Level lower than the Threshold Series will be accepted for purchase and (v) no Old Notes of any series tendered after the Early Participation Deadline will be accepted for purchase.

The Exchange Offers commenced on 26 October 2018. The Exchange Offers will expire at 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on 26 November 2018, unless extended (such date and time, as it may be extended, the “Expiration Time”). In order to be eligible to receive the Total Consideration described in the table above, Eligible Holders must validly tender their Old Notes at or prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on 8 November 2018, unless extended (such date and time, as it may be extended, the “Early Participation Deadline”). Tenders of Old Notes may not be withdrawn after 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on 8 November 2018, unless extended (such date and time, as it may be extended, the “Withdrawal Deadline”), except in certain limited circumstances as set forth in the Confidential Offering Memorandum.

Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Confidential Offering Memorandum, in exchange for each $1,000 principal amount of Old Notes that is validly tendered prior to Early Participation Deadline and not validly withdrawn, subject to the Offer Cap and the Acceptance Priority Levels, holders will receive the Total Consideration, which consists of $1,000 principal amount of dollar-denominated New Notes and a cash amount of $1.00.

The Total Consideration includes an early participation premium set out in the table above (the “Early Participation Premium”), which consists of $30 principal amount of New Notes.

Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Confidential Offering Memorandum, to the extent the Offer Cap is not reached in respect of tenders made at or prior to the Early Participation Deadline, in exchange for each $1,000 principal amount of Old Notes that is validly tendered after the

 

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Early Participation Date but prior to the Expiration Date, subject to the Offer Cap and the Acceptance Priority Levels, holders will receive only the exchange consideration set out in the table above (the “Exchange Consideration”), which is equal to the Total Consideration less the Early Participation Premium and so consists of $970 principal amount of New Notes and a cash amount of $1.00.

AB InBev reserves the right, but is not obligated to, increase (or upsize) or decrease the Target Amount in its sole discretion. The Exchange Offers are subject to certain conditions described in the Confidential Offering Memorandum.

The Issuers reserve the right, but are under no obligation, at any point following the Early Participation Deadline and before the Expiration Time, to accept for exchange any Old Notes validly tendered at or prior to the Early Participation Deadline (the date of such exchange, the “Early Settlement Date”), subject to the Acceptance Priority Levels and the Offer Cap. The Issuers currently intend to exercise their option to make this exchange and currently expect the Early Settlement Date to occur on the second business day immediately following the Early Participation Deadline. Irrespective of whether the Issuers choose to exercise their option to have an Early Settlement Date, if, as of the Expiration Time, all conditions have been or are concurrently satisfied or waived by us, the “Final Settlement Date” will be promptly after the Expiration Time (and is expected to be the second business day immediately following the Expiration Time), and will apply to all Old Notes validly tendered, subject to the Acceptance Priority Levels and the Offer Cap, prior to the Expiration Time and not exchanged on the Early Settlement Date, other than any Old Notes validly withdrawn prior to the Withdrawal Deadline.

Other than the identity of the issuers (who are guarantors on the Old Notes), the terms of the New Notes to be issued in the Exchange Offers are identical in all material respects to the Old Notes. No accrued but unpaid interest will be paid on the Old Notes in connection with the Exchange Offers. However, interest on the applicable New Note will accrue from and including the most recent interest payment date of the tendered Old Note. Subject to the minimum denominations as described in the Confidential Offering Memorandum, the principal amount of each New Note will be rounded down, if necessary, to the nearest whole multiple of $1,000, and we will pay cash equal to the remaining portion, if any, of the exchange price of such Old Note.

The New Notes will be unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of the Issuers and will rank equally with all other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Issuers issued from time to time. The New Notes will be structurally subordinated to all existing and future obligations of the Issuers’ current and future subsidiaries that are not guarantors of the New Notes. The New Notes will be guaranteed by each of Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV, Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc., Brandbev S.à r.l., Brandbrew S.A. and Cobrew NV (collectively, the “AB InBev Guarantors”). The guarantees of the New Notes will be

 

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unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of the AB InBev Guarantors and will rank equally with all other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the AB InBev Guarantors, from time to time. The guarantees of the New Notes will be structurally subordinated to all existing and future obligations of the AB InBev Guarantors’ current and future subsidiaries that are not guarantors or the issuers of the New Notes.

The dealer managers for the Exchange Offers relating to the Old Notes are:

 

BofA Merrill Lynch

 

214 North Tryon Street, 14th Floor

Charlotte, North Carolina 28255

U.S.A.

 

Attention: Liability Management Group

 

By Telephone:

+1 (888) 292-0070 (toll-free)

+1 (980) 683 – 3215 (collect)

  

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

 

60 Wall Street

New York, NY 10005
U.S.A.

 

Attention: Liability Management Group

 

By Telephone:

+1 (866) 627-0391 (toll-free)

+1 (212) 250-2955 (collect)

The exchange agent and information agent for the Exchange Offers relating to the Old Notes is:

Global Bondholder Services

Corporation

 

By Phone:

 

Bank and Brokers Call Collect:

 

+1 (212) 430-3774

 

All Others, Please Call Toll-Free:

 

+1 (866) 470-3900

  

By E-Mail:

 

contact@gbsc-usa.com

  

By Mail or Hand :

 

65 Broadway—Suite 404

 

New York, New York 10006

 

ATTN: Corporate Actions

Available Documents and Other Details

Documents relating to the Exchange Offers will only be distributed to holders of the Old Notes who complete and return an eligibility form confirming that they are either a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A or not a “U.S. person” under Regulation S and, if resident and/or located in any member state of the EEA, not a “retail investor” for purposes of applicable securities laws. Holders of Old Notes who desire to complete an eligibility form should either visit http://gbsc-usa.com/eligibility/anheuser-busch or request instructions by sending an e-mail to contact@gbsc-usa.com or by calling Global Bondholders Services Corporation, the Exchange Agent and Information Agent for the Exchange Offer, at (866) 470-3900 (U.S. toll-free) or (212) 430-3774 (banks and brokers).

 

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The complete terms and conditions of the Exchange Offers are set forth in the Confidential Offering Memorandum. This press release is for informational purposes only and is neither an offer to purchase nor a solicitation of an offer to sell the New Notes. The Exchange Offers are only being made pursuant to the Confidential Offering Memorandum. The Exchange Offers are not being made to holders of Old Notes in any jurisdiction in which the making or acceptance thereof would not be in compliance with the securities, blue sky or other laws of such jurisdiction. The New Notes have not been approved or disapproved by any regulatory authority, nor has any such authority passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of the Confidential Offering Memorandum.

The Exchange Offers and the issuance of the New Notes have not been registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the Securities Act, or any other applicable securities laws and, unless so registered, the New Notes may not be offered, sold, pledged or otherwise transferred within the United States or to or for the account of any U.S. person, except pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements thereof.

The Exchange Offers are being made, and the New Notes are being offered and will be issued, only (i) to holders of Old Notes that are “qualified institutional buyers” as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), in a private transaction in reliance upon the exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act provided by Section 4(a)(2) thereof, or (ii) outside the United States, to holders of Old Notes other than “U.S. persons”, as defined in Rule 902 under the Securities Act, in an offshore transaction in compliance with Regulation S under the Securities Act and that are not acquiring the New Notes for the account or benefit of a U.S. person (a holder satisfying at least one of the foregoing conditions being referred to as an “Eligible Holder”), and, in each case, (x) if resident and/or located in any member state of the European Economic Area (the “EEA”), that they are persons other than “retail investors” (for these purposes, a retail investor means a person who is one (or more) of: (i) a retail client as defined in point (11) of Article 4(1) of Directive 2014/65/EU (as amended, “MiFID II”); or (ii) a customer within the meaning of Directive 2002/92/EC (as amended or superseded, the “Insurance Mediation Directive”), where that customer would not qualify as a professional client as defined in point (10 ) of Article 4(1) of MIFID II; or (iii) not a qualified investor as defined in Directive 2003/71/EC (as amended or superseded, the “Prospectus Directive”)), (y) if resident in Canada, a “permitted client” as defined in National Instrument 31-103, resident in one of the provinces and which has received the Canadian wrapper to the Confidential Offering Memorandum and (z) is not participating in the transaction in or from any jurisdiction in which it would be unlawful to do so.

Pursuant to a registration rights agreement, the Issuers will be required to file an exchange offer registration statement with the SEC regarding an offer to exchange the New Notes for a new issue of substantially identical notes registered under the Securities Act and, in certain circumstances, to file a

 

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shelf registration statement with respect to resales of the New Notes. In the event that the Issuer fails to comply with certain of its obligations under the registration rights agreement, it will pay additional interest to the holders of the New Notes.

Non-U.S. Distribution Restrictions

Belgium . Neither the Confidential Offering Memorandum nor any other documents or materials relating to the Exchange Offers have been submitted to or will be submitted for approval or recognition to the Belgian Financial Services and Markets Authority and, accordingly, the Exchange Offers may not be made in Belgium by way of a public offering, as defined in Articles 3 and 6 of the Belgian Law of 1 April 2007 on public takeover bids (the “Belgian Takeover Law”) or as defined in Article 3 of the Belgian Law of 16 June 2006 on the public offer of placement instruments and the admission to trading of placement instruments on regulated markets (the “Belgian Prospectus Law”), both as amended or replaced from time to time. Accordingly, the Exchange Offers may not be advertised and the Exchange Offers will not be extended, and neither the Confidential Offering memorandum nor any other documents or materials relating to the Exchange Offers (including any memorandum, information circular, brochure or any similar documents) has been or shall be distributed or made available, directly or indirectly, to any person in Belgium other than (i) to persons which are “qualified investors” in the sense of Article 10 of the Belgian Prospectus Law, acting on their own account or (ii) in any other circumstances set out in Article 6, Section 4 of the Belgian Takeover Law and Article 3, Section 4 of the Belgian Prospectus Law. The Confidential Offering memorandum has been issued only for the personal use of the above qualified investors and exclusively for the purpose of the Exchange Offers. Accordingly, the information contained in the Confidential Offering memorandum may not be used for any other purpose or disclosed to any other person in Belgium.

European Economic Area . The New Notes are not intended to be offered, sold or otherwise made available to, and should not be offered, sold or otherwise made available to, any retail investor in the EEA. For these purposes, the expression “offer” includes the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the New Notes to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe the New Notes, and a “retail investor” means a person who is one (or more) of: (a) a retail client, as defined in point (11) of Article 4(1) of MiFID II; or (b) a customer, within the meaning of the Insurance Mediation Directive where that customer would not qualify as a professional client as defined in point (10) of Article 4(1) of MiFID II; or (c) not a qualified investor as defined in the Prospectus Directive. Consequently, no key information document required by Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 (as amended, the “PRIIPs Regulation”) for offering or selling the New Notes or otherwise making them available to retail investors in the EEA has been prepared, and therefore, offering

 

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or selling the New Notes or otherwise making them available to any retail investor in the EEA may be unlawful under the PRIIPs Regulation.

France . The Exchange Offers are not being made, directly or indirectly, to the public in the Republic of France. Neither the Confidential Offering Memorandum nor any other documents or materials relating to the Exchange Offers have been or shall be distributed to the public in France and only (i) providers of investment services relating to portfolio management for the account of third parties ( personnes fournissant le service d’investissement de gestion de portefeuille pour compte de tiers ) and/or (ii) qualified investors ( investisseurs qualifiés ) other than individuals, in each case acting on their own account and all as defined in, and in accordance with, Articles L.411-1, L.411-2 and D.411-1 of the French Code Monétaire et Financier , are eligible to participate in the Exchange Offers. The Confidential Offering Memorandum and any other document or material relating to the Exchange Offers have not been and will not be submitted for clearance to nor approved by the Autorité des marchés financiers .

Italy . None of the Exchange Offers, the Confidential Offering memorandum or any other documents or materials relating to the Exchange Offers or the New Notes have been or will be submitted to the clearance procedure of CONSOB. The Exchange Offers are being carried out in the Republic of Italy as exempted offers pursuant to article 101-bis, paragraph 3-bis of the Legislative Decree No. 58 of 24 February 1998, as amended (the “Financial Services Act”) and article 35-bis, paragraph 3 and 4, of CONSOB Regulation No. 11971 of 14 May 1999, as amended, as the case may be. Noteholders or beneficial owners of the Old Notes can offer to exchange the notes pursuant to the Exchange Offers through authorized persons (such as investment firms, banks or financial intermediaries permitted to conduct such activities in Italy in accordance with the Financial Services Act, CONSOB Regulation No. 16190 of 29 October 2007, as amended from time to time, and Legislative Decree No. 385 of 1 September 1993, as amended) and in compliance with applicable laws and regulations or with requirements imposed by CONSOB or any other Italian authority. Each intermediary must comply with the applicable laws and regulations concerning information duties vis-à-vis its clients in connection with the Old Notes, the New Notes, the Exchange Offers or the Confidential Offering Memorandum.

United Kingdom . Neither the communication of the Confidential Offering Memorandum nor any other offering material relating to the Exchange Offers has been made nor will be made, and the Confidential Offering Memorandum has not been approved, by an authorized person for the purposes of Section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act. Accordingly, the Confidential Offering Memorandum has and will only be distributed to and directed at: (i) persons who are outside the United Kingdom, (ii) investment professionals falling within Article 19(5) of the Order or (iiii) high net worth entities, and other persons to whom the Confidential Offering Memorandum may lawfully be communicated, falling within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) of the Order (all such persons together being referred

 

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to for purposes of this paragraph as “relevant persons”). The New Notes will only be available to, and any invitation, offer or agreement to subscribe, purchase or otherwise acquire such notes will be engaged in only with, relevant persons. Any person who is not a relevant person should not act or rely on the Confidential Offering Memorandum or any of its contents and may not participate in the Exchange Offers.

Canada . The Exchange Offers are being made to only to residents of Canada each of whom is a “permitted client” as defined in National Instrument 31-103, is resident in one of the provinces and has received the Canadian wrapper to the Confidential Offering Memorandum with the Canadian wrapper thereto. Any person who is a resident of Canada who is not a permitted client should not act or rely on the Confidential Offering Memorandum or any of its contents and may not participate in the Exchange Offers.

Hong Kong . The New Notes may not be offered by means of any document other than (i) in circumstances which do not constitute an offer to the public within the meaning of the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 32, Laws of Hong Kong), or (ii) to “professional investors” within the meaning of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571, Laws of Hong Kong) and any rules made thereunder, or (iii) in other circumstances which do not result in the document being a “prospectus” within the meaning of the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 32, Laws of Hong Kong), and no advertisement, invitation or document relating to the New Notes may be issued or may be in the possession of any person for the purpose of issue (in each case whether in Hong Kong or elsewhere), which is directed at, or the contents of which are likely to be accessed or read by, the public in Hong Kong (except if permitted to do so under the laws of Hong Kong) other than with respect to New Notes which are or are intended to be disposed of only to persons outside Hong Kong or only to “professional investors” within the meaning of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571, Laws of Hong Kong) and any rules made thereunder. The Confidential Offering Memorandum is strictly confidential to the person to whom it is addressed and must not be distributed, published, reproduced or disclosed (in whole or in part) by such person to any other person in Hong Kong or used for any purpose in Hong Kong other than in connection with such person’s consideration of the Exchange Offers.

 

Legal Disclaimer

This release contains “forward-looking statements”. These statements are based on the current expectations and views of future events and developments of the management of AB InBev and are naturally subject to uncertainty and changes in circumstances. The forward-looking statements contained in this release include, among other things, statements relating to AB InBev’s business combination with SAB and other statements other than historical facts. Forward-looking statements include statements typically containing words such as “will”, “may”, “should”, “believe”, “intends”, “expects”, “anticipates”, “targets”, “estimates”, “likely”, “foresees” and words of similar import. All statements other than statements of historical facts are forward-looking statements. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which reflect the current views of the management of AB InBev, are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties about AB InBev and are dependent on many factors, some of which are outside of AB InBev’s control. There are important factors, risks and uncertainties that could cause actual outcomes and results to be materially different, including the ability to realize synergies from the business combination with SAB and the risks and uncertainties relating to AB InBev described under Item 3.D of AB InBev’s Annual Report on Form 20-F (“Form 20-F”) filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on 19 March 2018. Other unknown or unpredictable factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements.

The forward-looking statements should be read in conjunction with the other cautionary statements that are included elsewhere, including AB InBev’s most recent Form 20-F, other reports furnished on Form 6-K, and any other documents that AB InBev has made public. Any forward-looking statements made in this communication are qualified in their entirety by these cautionary statements and there can be no assurance that the actual results or developments anticipated by AB InBev will be realized or, even if substantially realized, that they will have the expected consequences to, or effects on, AB InBev or its business or operations. Except as required by law, AB InBev undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

 

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ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV CONTACTS

 

Media

  

Investors

Pablo Jimenez

Tel: +1 212 573 9289

E-mail: pablo.jimenez@gmodelo.com.mx

  

Lauren Abbott

Tel: +1 212 573 9287

E-mail: lauren.abbott@ab-inbev.com

Aimee Baxter

Tel: +1 718 650 4003

E-mail: aimee.baxter@ab-inbev.com

  

Mariusz Jamka

Tel: +32 16 276 888

E-mail: mariusz.jamka@ab-inbev.com

Ingvild Van Lysebetten

Tel: +32 16 276 608

E-mail: ingvild.vanlysebetten@ab-inbev.com

  

Jency John

Tel: +1 646 746 9673

Email: jency.john@ab-inbev.com

 

About Anheuser-Busch InBev

Anheuser-Busch InBev is a publicly traded company (Euronext: ABI) based in Leuven, Belgium, with secondary listings on the Mexico (MEXBOL: ANB) and South Africa (JSE: ANH) stock exchanges and with American Depositary Receipts on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: BUD). Our Dream is to bring people together for a better world. Beer, the original social network, has been bringing people together for thousands of years. We are committed to building great brands that stand the test of time and to brewing the best beers using the finest natural ingredients. Our diverse portfolio of well over 500 beer brands includes global brands Budweiser®, Corona® and Stella Artois®; multi-country brands Beck’s®, Castle®, Castle Lite®, Hoegaarden® and Leffe®; and local champions such as Aguila®, Antarctica®, Bud Light®, Brahma®, Cass®, Cristal®, Harbin®, Jupiler®, Michelob Ultra®, Modelo Especial®, Quilmes®, Victoria®, Sedrin®, and Skol®. Our brewing heritage dates back more than 600 years, spanning continents and generations. From our European roots at the Den Hoorn brewery in Leuven, Belgium. To the pioneering spirit of the Anheuser & Co brewery in St. Louis, US. To the creation of the Castle Brewery in South Africa during the Johannesburg gold rush. To Bohemia, the first brewery in Brazil. Geographically diversified with a balanced exposure to developed and developing markets, we leverage the collective strengths of approximately 180,000 employees based in nearly 50 countries worldwide. For 2017, AB InBev’s reported revenue was 56.4 billion USD (excluding JVs and associates).

 

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Anheuser-Busch InBev Announces Early

Participation Results of Exchange Offers

Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (“AB InBev”) (Euronext: ABI) (NYSE: BUD) (MEXBOL: ANB) (JSE: ANH) today announced the early results of its previously announced private offers to exchange (the “Exchange Offers” and each, an “Exchange Offer”) any validly tendered (and not validly withdrawn) and accepted notes up to the Offer Cap of six series issued by Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc. (“ABIFI”) for notes to be co-issued by Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC (“ABC”) and Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc. (“ABIWW”) (the “Issuers” and each, an “Issuer”) as described in the table below. The Exchange Offers have been made pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in the confidential offering memorandum, dated 26 October 2018 (“Confidential Offering Memorandum”). Terms not defined in this announcement have the meanings given to them in the Confidential Offering Memorandum.

Based on information provided by Global Bondholders Services Corporation, the Exchange Agent and Information Agent for the Exchange Offers, $32,710,269,000 aggregate principal amount of the Old Notes were validly tendered prior to or at the Early Participation Deadline and not validly withdrawn. The Withdrawal Deadline for the Exchange Offers was 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on 8 November 2018.

The total aggregate principal amount of the Old Notes tendered and accepted in the Exchange Offers as of the Early Participation Deadline is $23,483,172,000 . The aggregate principal amount of Old Notes validly tendered for exchange and not validly withdrawn as of 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on 8 November 2018 (the “Early Participation Deadline”), exceeded the Offer Cap. Because the aggregate principal amount of Old Notes validly tendered prior to or at the Early Participation Deadline and not validly withdrawn exceeded the Offer Cap, the Issuers will not accept for purchase all such Old Notes that have been tendered and will only accept those Old Notes noted in the table below. All notes validly tendered (and not validly withdrawn) as of the Early Participation Deadline from the following series were accepted for exchange: the 4.900% Notes due 2046, the 4.700% Notes due 2036 and the 3.650% Notes due 2026. No notes from any other series were accepted for exchange. Furthermore, as the Offer Cap has been reached, the Issuers will not accept for purchase any Old Notes tendered after the Early Participation Deadline. All Old Notes not accepted for exchange will be returned to holders promptly.

The following table indicates, among other things, the principal amount of Old Notes validly tendered and accepted for exchange as of the Early Participation Deadline:

 

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    CUSIP/ISIN    

  

Title of Security

  

Acceptance

Priority Level

  

Principal Amount

Outstanding
(mm)

  

Principal Amount

Tendered and Accepted

as of Early Participation

Deadline

035242 AN6

US035242AN64

   4.900% Notes due 2046    1    $11,000    $9,542,514,000

035242 AM8

US035242AM81

   4.700% Notes due 2036    2    $6,000    $5,385,495,000

035242 AP1

US035242AP13

   3.650% Notes due 2026    3    $11,000    $8,555,163,000

035242 AL0

US035242AL09

   3.300% Notes due 2023    4    $6,000    $0

035242 AJ5

US035242AJ52

   2.650% Notes due 2021    5    $7,500    $0

035242 AK2

US035242AK26

   Floating Rate Notes due 2021    6    $500    $0
Total amount tendered and accepted in the Exchange Offers as of the Early Participation Deadline:    $23,483,172,000

Settlement and issuance of the New Notes to be issued in exchange for Old Notes validly tendered and accepted for exchange as of the Early Participation Deadline is expected to occur on 13 November 2018.

The Exchange Offers will expire at 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on 26 November 2018 (such date and time, as it may be extended by the Issuer, the “Expiration Time”). Because the Offer Cap has been reached, the Issuers will not accept for purchase any Old Notes tendered after the Early Participation Date.

The Exchange Offers and the issuance of the New Notes have not been registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the Securities Act, or any other applicable securities laws and, unless so registered, the New Notes may not be offered, sold, pledged or otherwise transferred within the United States or to or for the account of any U.S. person, except pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements thereof.

The Exchange Offers are being made, and the New Notes are being offered and will be issued, only (i) to holders of Old Notes that are “qualified institutional buyers” as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), in a private transaction in reliance upon the exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act provided by Section 4(a)(2) thereof, or (ii) outside the United States, to holders of Old Notes other than “U.S. persons”, as defined in Rule 902 under the Securities Act, in an offshore transaction in compliance with Regulation S under the Securities Act and that are not acquiring the New Notes for the account or benefit of a U.S. person (a holder satisfying at

 

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least one of the foregoing conditions being referred to as an “Eligible Holder”), and, in each case, (x) if resident and/or located in any member state of the European Economic Area (the “EEA”), that they are persons other than “retail investors” (for these purposes, a retail investor means a person who is one (or more) of: (i) a retail client as defined in point (11) of Article 4(1) of Directive 2014/65/EU (as amended, “MiFID II”); or (ii) a customer within the meaning of Directive 2002/92/EC (as amended or superseded, the “Insurance Mediation Directive”), where that customer would not qualify as a professional client as defined in point (10 ) of Article 4(1) of MIFID II; or (iii) not a qualified investor as defined in Directive 2003/71/EC (as amended or superseded, the “Prospectus Directive”)), (y) if resident in Canada, a “permitted client” as defined in National Instrument 31-103, resident in one of the provinces and which has received the Canadian wrapper to the Confidential Offering Memorandum and (z) is not participating in the transaction in or from any jurisdiction in which it would be unlawful to do so.

Non-U.S. Distribution Restrictions

Belgium . Neither the Confidential Offering Memorandum nor any other documents or materials relating to the Exchange Offers have been submitted to or will be submitted for approval or recognition to the Belgian Financial Services and Markets Authority and, accordingly, the Exchange Offers may not be made in Belgium by way of a public offering, as defined in Articles 3 and 6 of the Belgian Law of 1 April 2007 on public takeover bids (the “Belgian Takeover Law”) or as defined in Article 3 of the Belgian Law of 16 June 2006 on the public offer of placement instruments and the admission to trading of placement instruments on regulated markets (the “Belgian Prospectus Law”), both as amended or replaced from time to time. Accordingly, the Exchange Offers may not be advertised and the Exchange Offers will not be extended, and neither the Confidential Offering memorandum nor any other documents or materials relating to the Exchange Offers (including any memorandum, information circular, brochure or any similar documents) has been or shall be distributed or made available, directly or indirectly, to any person in Belgium other than (i) to persons which are “qualified investors” in the sense of Article 10 of the Belgian Prospectus Law, acting on their own account or (ii) in any other circumstances set out in Article 6, Section 4 of the Belgian Takeover Law and Article 3, Section 4 of the Belgian Prospectus Law. The Confidential Offering memorandum has been issued only for the personal use of the above qualified investors and exclusively for the purpose of the Exchange Offers. Accordingly, the information contained in the Confidential Offering memorandum may not be used for any other purpose or disclosed to any other person in Belgium.

European Economic Area . The New Notes are not intended to be offered, sold or otherwise made available to, and should not be offered, sold or otherwise made available to, any retail investor in the EEA. For these purposes, the expression “offer” includes the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the New Notes to be offered so as to enable

 

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an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe the New Notes, and a “retail investor” means a person who is one (or more) of: (a) a retail client, as defined in point (11) of Article 4(1) of MiFID II; or (b) a customer, within the meaning of the Insurance Mediation Directive where that customer would not qualify as a professional client as defined in point (10) of Article 4(1) of MiFID II; or (c) not a qualified investor as defined in the Prospectus Directive. Consequently, no key information document required by Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 (as amended, the “PRIIPs Regulation”) for offering or selling the New Notes or otherwise making them available to retail investors in the EEA has been prepared, and therefore, offering or selling the New Notes or otherwise making them available to any retail investor in the EEA may be unlawful under the PRIIPs Regulation.

France . The Exchange Offers are not being made, directly or indirectly, to the public in the Republic of France. Neither the Confidential Offering Memorandum nor any other documents or materials relating to the Exchange Offers have been or shall be distributed to the public in France and only (i) providers of investment services relating to portfolio management for the account of third parties ( personnes fournissant le service d’investissement de gestion de portefeuille pour compte de tiers ) and/or (ii) qualified investors ( investisseurs qualifiés ) other than individuals, in each case acting on their own account and all as defined in, and in accordance with, Articles L.411-1, L.411-2 and D.411-1 of the French Code Monétaire et Financier , are eligible to participate in the Exchange Offers. The Confidential Offering Memorandum and any other document or material relating to the Exchange Offers have not been and will not be submitted for clearance to nor approved by the Autorité des marchés financiers .

Italy . None of the Exchange Offers, the Confidential Offering memorandum or any other documents or materials relating to the Exchange Offers or the New Notes have been or will be submitted to the clearance procedure of CONSOB. The Exchange Offers are being carried out in the Republic of Italy as exempted offers pursuant to article 101-bis, paragraph 3-bis of the Legislative Decree No. 58 of 24 February 1998, as amended (the “Financial Services Act”) and article 35-bis, paragraph 3 and 4, of CONSOB Regulation No. 11971 of 14 May 1999, as amended, as the case may be. Noteholders or beneficial owners of the Old Notes can offer to exchange the notes pursuant to the Exchange Offers through authorized persons (such as investment firms, banks or financial intermediaries permitted to conduct such activities in Italy in accordance with the Financial Services Act, CONSOB Regulation No. 16190 of 29 October 2007, as amended from time to time, and Legislative Decree No. 385 of 1 September 1993, as amended) and in compliance with applicable laws and regulations or with requirements imposed by CONSOB or any other Italian authority. Each intermediary must comply with the applicable laws and regulations concerning information duties vis-à-vis its clients in connection with the Old Notes, the New Notes, the Exchange Offers or the Confidential Offering Memorandum.

 

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United Kingdom . Neither the communication of the Confidential Offering Memorandum nor any other offering material relating to the Exchange Offers has been made nor will be made, and the Confidential Offering Memorandum has not been approved, by an authorized person for the purposes of Section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act. Accordingly, the Confidential Offering Memorandum has and will only be distributed to and directed at: (i) persons who are outside the United Kingdom, (ii) investment professionals falling within Article 19(5) of the Order or (iiii) high net worth entities, and other persons to whom the Confidential Offering Memorandum may lawfully be communicated, falling within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) of the Order (all such persons together being referred to for purposes of this paragraph as “relevant persons”). The New Notes will only be available to, and any invitation, offer or agreement to subscribe, purchase or otherwise acquire such notes will be engaged in only with, relevant persons. Any person who is not a relevant person should not act or rely on the Confidential Offering Memorandum or any of its contents and may not participate in the Exchange Offers.

Canada . The Exchange Offers are being made to only to residents of Canada each of whom is a “permitted client” as defined in National Instrument 31-103, is resident in one of the provinces and has received the Canadian wrapper to the Confidential Offering Memorandum with the Canadian wrapper thereto. Any person who is a resident of Canada who is not a permitted client should not act or rely on the Confidential Offering Memorandum or any of its contents and may not participate in the Exchange Offers.

Hong Kong . The New Notes may not be offered by means of any document other than (i) in circumstances which do not constitute an offer to the public within the meaning of the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 32, Laws of Hong Kong), or (ii) to “professional investors” within the meaning of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571, Laws of Hong Kong) and any rules made thereunder, or (iii) in other circumstances which do not result in the document being a “prospectus” within the meaning of the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 32, Laws of Hong Kong), and no advertisement, invitation or document relating to the New Notes may be issued or may be in the possession of any person for the purpose of issue (in each case whether in Hong Kong or elsewhere), which is directed at, or the contents of which are likely to be accessed or read by, the public in Hong Kong (except if permitted to do so under the laws of Hong Kong) other than with respect to New Notes which are or are intended to be disposed of only to persons outside Hong Kong or only to “professional investors” within the meaning of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571, Laws of Hong Kong) and any rules made thereunder. The Confidential Offering Memorandum is strictly confidential to the person to whom it is addressed and must not be distributed, published, reproduced or disclosed (in whole or in part) by such person to any other person in Hong Kong or used for any purpose in Hong Kong other than in connection with such person’s consideration of the Exchange Offers.

 

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Available Documents and Other Details

Documents relating to the Exchange Offers will only be distributed to holders of the Old Notes who complete and return an eligibility form confirming that they are either a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A or not a “U.S. person” under Regulation S and, if resident and/or located in any member state of the EEA, not a “retail investor” for purposes of applicable securities laws. Holders of Old Notes who desire to complete an eligibility form should either visit http://gbsc-usa.com/eligibility/anheuser-busch or request instructions by sending an e-mail to contact@gbsc-usa.com or by calling Global Bondholders Services Corporation, the Exchange Agent and Information Agent for the Exchange Offer, at (866) 470-3900 (U.S. toll-free) or (212) 430-3774 (banks and brokers).

The complete terms and conditions of the Exchange Offers are set forth in the Confidential Offering Memorandum. This press release is for informational purposes only and is neither an offer to purchase nor a solicitation of an offer to sell the New Notes. The Exchange Offers are only being made pursuant to the Confidential Offering Memorandum. The Exchange Offers are not being made to holders of Old Notes in any jurisdiction in which the making or acceptance thereof would not be in compliance with the securities, blue sky or other laws of such jurisdiction. The New Notes have not been approved or disapproved by any regulatory authority, nor has any such authority passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of the Confidential Offering Memorandum.

 

Legal Disclaimer

This release contains “forward-looking statements”. These statements are based on the current expectations and views of future events and developments of the management of AB InBev and are naturally subject to uncertainty and changes in circumstances. The forward-looking statements contained in this release include, among other things, statements relating to AB InBev’s business combination with SAB and other statements other than historical facts. Forward-looking statements include statements typically containing words such as “will”, “may”, “should”, “believe”, “intends”, “expects”, “anticipates”, “targets”, “estimates”, “likely”, “foresees” and words of similar import. All statements other than statements of historical facts are forward-looking statements. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which reflect the current views of the management of AB InBev, are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties about AB InBev and are dependent on many factors, some of which are outside of AB InBev’s control. There are important factors, risks and uncertainties that could cause actual outcomes and results to be materially different, including the ability to realize synergies from the business combination with SAB and the risks and uncertainties relating to AB InBev described under Item 3.D of AB InBev’s Annual Report on Form 20-F (“Form 20-F”) filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on 19 March 2018. Other unknown or unpredictable factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements.

The forward-looking statements should be read in conjunction with the other cautionary statements that are included elsewhere, including AB InBev’s most recent Form 20-F, other reports furnished on Form 6-K, and any other documents that AB InBev has made public. Any forward-looking statements made in this communication are qualified in their entirety by these cautionary statements and there can be no assurance that the actual results or developments anticipated by AB InBev will be realized or, even if substantially realized, that they will have the expected consequences to, or effects on, AB InBev or its business or operations. Except as required by law, AB InBev undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

 

  ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV CONTACTS

Media

  Investors

Pablo Jimenez

Tel: +1 212 573 9289

E-mail: pablo.jimenez@ab-inbev.com

 

Lauren Abbott

Tel: +1 212 573 9287

E-mail: lauren.abbott@ab-inbev.com

 

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Aimee Baxter

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E-mail: aimee.baxter@ab-inbev.com

 

Mariusz Jamka

Tel: +32 16 276 888

E-mail: mariusz.jamka@ab-inbev.com

Ingvild Van Lysebetten

Tel: +32 16 276 608

E-mail: ingvild.vanlysebetten@ab-inbev.com

 

Jency John

Tel: +1 646 746 9673

Email: jency.john@ab-inbev.com

 

Fixed Income Investors

 

Gabriel Ventura

Tel: +1-212-478-7031

E-mail: gabriel.ventura@ab-inbev.com

 

Suma Prasad

Tel: +1-212-503-2887

E-mail: suma.prasad@ab-inbev.com

 

About Anheuser-Busch InBev

Anheuser-Busch InBev is a publicly traded company (Euronext: ABI) based in Leuven, Belgium, with secondary listings on the Mexico (MEXBOL: ANB) and South Africa (JSE: ANH) stock exchanges and with American Depositary Receipts on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: BUD). Our Dream is to bring people together for a better world. Beer, the original social network, has been bringing people together for thousands of years. We are committed to building great brands that stand the test of time and to brewing the best beers using the finest natural ingredients. Our diverse portfolio of well over 500 beer brands includes global brands Budweiser®, Corona® and Stella Artois®; multi-country brands Beck’s®, Castle®, Castle Lite®, Hoegaarden® and Leffe®; and local champions such as Aguila®, Antarctica®, Bud Light®, Brahma®, Cass®, Cristal®, Harbin®, Jupiler®, Michelob Ultra®, Modelo Especial®, Quilmes®, Victoria®, Sedrin®, and Skol®. Our brewing heritage dates back more than 600 years, spanning continents and generations. From our European roots at the Den Hoorn brewery in Leuven, Belgium. To the pioneering spirit of the Anheuser & Co brewery in St. Louis, US. To the creation of the Castle Brewery in South Africa during the Johannesburg gold rush. To Bohemia, the first brewery in Brazil. Geographically diversified with a balanced exposure to developed and developing markets, we leverage the collective strengths of approximately 180,000 employees based in nearly 50 countries worldwide. For 2017, AB InBev’s reported revenue was 56.4 billion USD (excluding JVs and associates).

 

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Brussels / 13 November 2018 / 3:00 p.m. CET

 

Anheuser-Busch InBev Launches Tender

Offers for Up To USD 2.5 Billion Aggregate

Purchase Price of Three Series of USD

Notes

Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (“AB InBev”) (Euronext: ABI) (NYSE: BUD) (MEXBOL: ANB) (JSE: ANH) today announced the commencement of offers by its wholly-owned subsidiary Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc. (“ABIFI” or the “Company”) to purchase for cash any validly tendered (and not validly withdrawn) and accepted notes up to an aggregate purchase price (excluding accrued and unpaid interest) of US$2.5 billion (the “Offer Cap”) of three series of the Company’s notes as described in the table below (the “Tender Offers”). The Tender Offers are being made upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the offer to purchase dated 13 November 2018 (the “Offer to Purchase”). Terms not defined in this announcement have the meanings given to them in the Offer to Purchase.

Copies of the Offer to Purchase are available to holders through the information agent, Global Bondholder Services Corporation, at their website http://www.gbsc-usa.com/Anheuser-Busch/ or by calling +1 (866) 470-3900 (toll free) or +1 212-430-3774 (for banks and brokers).

ABIFI is offering to purchase, up to the Offer Cap, its outstanding US$7,500,000,000 2.650% Notes due 2021, its US$1,250,000,000 2.625% Notes due 2023 and its US$6,000,000,000 3.300% Notes due 2023 (together, the “Notes”), from holders of any of the Notes, subject to the Acceptance Priority Levels (as defined below). Notes purchased in the Tender Offers will be retired and cancelled.

The following table sets forth certain information relating to the pricing for the Tender Offers.

Up to the Offer Cap of the Notes Listed Below

 

Title of

Notes

 

  

CUSIP / ISIN

 

  

Outstanding
Principal
Amount

 

  

Acceptance
Priority
Level

 

  

U.S.
Treasury
Reference
Security

 

  

Fixed
Spread
(basis
points) (c)

 

  

Early
Tender
Payment
(per $1,000)

 

  

Bloomberg
Reference
Page

 

  

Hypothetical

Total

Consideration (a) (b)

 

   
2.650%

Notes due

2021

   035242 AJ5

US035242AJ5
2

 

   $7,500,000,000

 

   1

 

   2.875% U.S.T. due 11/15/21    40.0 bps

 

   $30

 

   PX1

 

   $984.32

 

 

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2.625%

Notes due

2023

   035242 AA4

US035242AA44

 

  

 

$1,250,000,000

 

  

 

2

 

   2.875% U.S.T. due 10/31/23   

 

87.5 bps

 

  

 

$30

 

  

 

PX1

 

  

 

$950.96

 

   
3.300%

Notes due

2023

   035242 AL0

US035242AL0
9

 

   $6,000,000,000

 

   3

 

   2.875% U.S.T. due 10/31/23    87.5 bps

 

   $30

 

   PX1

 

   $976.28

 

(a)

Payable in cash per each $1,000 principal amount of the specified series of Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn at or prior to the Early Tender Time and accepted for purchase.

 

(b)

Hypothetical Total Consideration is based on the fixed spread for the applicable series of Notes to the yield of the U.S. Treasury Reference Security for that series as of 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on 9 November 2018 and assumed an Early Settlement Date of 29 November 2018. The information provided in the above tables is for illustrative purposes only. The Offeror (defined below) makes no representation with respect to the actual consideration that may be paid, and such amounts may be greater or less than those shown in the above table depending on the yield of the applicable U.S. Treasury Reference Security as of the applicable Price Determination Time (as defined below). The actual Total Consideration (as defined below) will be based on the fixed spread for the applicable series of Notes to the yield of the U.S. Treasury Reference Security for that series as of 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the applicable Price Determination Time. The hypothetical Total Consideration excludes accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes accepted for purchase.

 

(c)

The fixed spread will be used to calculate the yield to maturity that will be used to calculate the Total Consideration, which already includes the Early Tender Payment.

The Tender Offers for the Notes will expire at 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on 11 December 2018 (the “Expiration Time”), or, in each case, any other date and time to which the Company extends the applicable Tender Offer. Holders must validly tender their Notes prior to or at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on 27 November 2018 (such date and time, as it may be extended with respect to a series of Notes, the “Early Tender Time”), to be eligible to receive the applicable Total Consideration (as defined below) which includes an amount in cash (the “Early Tender Payment”) equal to the applicable amount set forth in the table above under the heading “Early Tender Payment,” plus accrued interest. If Holders validly tender their Notes after the Early Tender Time but prior to or at the applicable Expiration Time, Holders will only be eligible to receive the applicable Tender Offer Consideration plus accrued interest.

Notes tendered may be withdrawn prior to or at, but not after, 5:00 p.m. New York City time, on 27 November 2018 (such date and time, as it may be extended with respect to a series of Notes, the “Withdrawal Deadline”). The Tender Offers are subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, as set forth in the Offer to Purchase.

The Company will only accept for purchase Notes up to an aggregate purchase price (excluding accrued interest) that will not exceed the Offer Cap. Subject to applicable law, the Company reserves the right, but is under no obligation, to increase the Offer Cap in respect of the Tender Offers at any time, which could result in the Company purchasing a greater aggregate principal amount of Notes in the Tender Offers.

 

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The purchase of any series of Notes is not conditioned upon the purchase of any other series of Notes. Any Notes validly tendered in the Tender Offers and accepted for purchase will be accepted for purchase by the Company based on the Offer Cap and the acceptance priority levels noted above (the “Acceptance Priority Levels”), each as more fully described in the Offer to Purchase. If the purchase of all validly tendered Notes would result in an aggregate purchase price greater than the Offer Cap, then the Tender Offers will be oversubscribed and if the Offeror accepts Notes in the Tender Offers, any Notes accepted for purchase in the lowest Acceptance Priority Level in which Notes are accepted for purchase will be accepted for tender on a prorated basis. For the avoidance of doubt, Notes tendered prior to or at the Early Tender Time will have priority over Notes tendered after the Early Tender Time, regardless of the Acceptance Priority Levels. If the Offer Cap is reached at the Early Tender Time, then no Notes tendered after the Early Tender Time will be purchased, unless the Company increases the Offer Cap.

The “Total Consideration” payable for each series of Notes will be a price per $1,000 principal amount of such series that would reflect a yield to the applicable maturity date of such series of Notes equal to the sum of (i) the Reference Yield (as defined below) for such series, determined at 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the business day following the Early Tender Time, plus (ii) the fixed spread applicable to such series, as set forth in the table above (the “Fixed Spread”), minus accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes from, and including, the most recent interest payment date up to, but excluding, the applicable Settlement Date (as defined in the Offer to Purchase). The Total Consideration also includes the Early Tender Payment for the applicable series of Notes set forth in the table above. The “Reference Yield” means the bid side yield to maturity of the applicable reference security listed in the table above (the “Reference Security”) for such series as calculated by the Dealer Managers (as defined below).

Holders of Notes that are validly tendered and not validly withdrawn at or prior to the Early Tender Time and that are accepted for purchase will receive the applicable Total Consideration.

Holders of any Notes that are validly tendered after the Early Tender Time but prior to or at the Expiration Time and that are accepted for purchase will receive the applicable Total Consideration minus the Early Tender Payment. Total Consideration minus the Early Tender Payment is referred to as the “Tender Offer Consideration.”

 

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The Dealer Managers for the Tender Offer are:

 

BofA Merrill Lynch    Deutsche Bank Securities

214 North Tryon Street, 14th Floor

Charlotte, North Carolina 28255

USA

  

60 Wall Street, 2nd Floor
New York, New York 10005

USA

Attn: Liability Management Group

Collect: +1 (980) 387-3907

U.S. Toll-Free: : +1 (888) 292-0070

   Attn: Liability Management Group
Collect: +1 (212) 250-2955
U.S. Toll-Free:+1 (866) 627-0391

The Tender and Information Agent for the Tender Offers is:

Global Bondholders 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) 470-3800

Fax: +1 (212) 430-3775 or +1 (212) 430-3779

Non-U.S. Distribution Restrictions

Italy. None of the Offer to Purchase or any other document or materials relating to the Tender Offer have been or will be submitted to the clearance procedures of the Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (CONSOB) pursuant to Italian laws and regulations. The Tender Offer is being carried out in Italy as an exempted offer pursuant to article 101-bis, paragraph 3-bis of the Legislative Decree No. 58 of 24 February 1998, as amended (the “Financial Services Act”) and article 35-bis, paragraph 4 of CONSOB Regulation No. 11971 of 14 May 1999, as amended. Holders or beneficial owners of such Notes that are resident and/or located in Italy can tender Notes for purchase in the Tender Offer through authorised persons (such as investment firms, banks or financial intermediaries permitted to conduct such activities in the Republic of Italy in accordance with the Financial Services Act, CONSOB Regulation No. 16190 of 29 October 2007, as amended, and Legislative Decree No. 385 of 1 September 1993, as amended) and in compliance with any other applicable laws and regulations and with any requirements imposed by CONSOB and any other Italian authority. Each intermediary must comply with the applicable laws and regulations concerning information duties vis-à-vis its clients in connection with such Notes or the Tender Offer.

United Kingdom. The communication of this Offer to Purchase and any other documents or materials relating to the Tender Offer is not being made and such documents and/or materials have not been approved by an authorised person for the purposes of section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000. Accordingly, this Offer to Purchase and such documents and/or materials are not

 

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being distributed to, and must not be passed on to, persons in the United Kingdom other than (i) to those persons in the United Kingdom falling within the definition of investment professionals (as defined in Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (the “Financial Promotion Order”)), (ii) to those persons who are within Article 43(2) of the Financial Promotion Order, including existing members and creditors of the Offeror, (iii) to those persons who are outside the United Kingdom, or (iv) to any other persons to whom it may otherwise lawfully be made under the Financial Promotion Order.

France. The Tender Offer is not being made, directly or indirectly, to the public in the Republic of France (France). Neither this Offer to Purchase nor any other document or material relating to the Tender Offer has been or shall be distributed to the public in France and only (i) providers of investment services relating to portfolio management for the account of third parties (personnes fournissant le service d’investissement de gestion de portefeuille pour compte de tiers) and/or (ii) qualified investors (investisseurs qualifiés), other than individuals, acting for their own account, all as defined in, and in accordance with, Articles L.411-1, L.411-2 and D.411-1 of the French Code monétaire et financier, are eligible to participate in the Tender Offer. This Offer to Purchase has not been and will not be submitted for clearance to nor approved by the Autorité des Marchés Financiers.

Belgium. Neither this Offer to Purchase nor any other documents or materials relating to the Tender Offer have been submitted to or will be submitted for approval or recognition to the Belgian Financial Services and Markets Authority (Autoriteit voor financiële diensten en markten / Autorité des services marchés financiers) and, accordingly, the Tender Offer may not be made in Belgium by way of a public offering, as defined in Articles 3 and 6 of the Belgian Law of 1 April 2007 on public takeover bids as amended or replaced from time to time. Accordingly, the Tender Offer may not be advertised and the Tender Offer will not be extended, and neither this Offer to Purchase nor any other documents or materials relating to the Tender Offer (including any memorandum, information circular, brochure or any similar documents) has been or shall be distributed or made available, directly or indirectly, to any person in Belgium other than “qualified investors” in the sense of Article 10 of the Belgian Law of 16 June 2006 on the public offer of placement instruments and the admission to trading of placement instruments on regulated markets (as amended or replaced from time to time), acting on their own account. Insofar as Belgium is concerned, this Offer to Purchase has been issued only for the personal use of the above qualified investors and exclusively for the purpose of the Tender Offer. Accordingly, the information contained in this Offer to Purchase may not be used for any other purpose or disclosed to any other person in Belgium.

 

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Legal Notices

This announcement is for informational purposes only and is not an offer to purchase, a solicitation of an offer to purchase or a solicitation of consents with respect to any securities. This announcement does not describe all the material terms of the Tender Offer and no decision should be made by any Holder on the basis of this announcement. The terms and conditions of the Tender Offer are described in the Offer to Purchase. This announcement must be read in conjunction with the Offer to Purchase. The Offer to Purchase contains important information which should be read carefully before any decision is made with respect to the Tender Offer. If any Holder is in any doubt as to the contents of this announcement, or the Offer to Purchase, or the action it should take, it is recommended to seek its own financial and legal advice, including in respect of any tax consequences, immediately from its stockbroker, bank manager, solicitor, accountant or other independent financial, tax or legal adviser. Any individual or company whose Notes are held on its behalf by a broker, dealer, bank, custodian, trust company or other nominee must contact such entity if it wishes to tender such Notes pursuant to the Tender Offer.

None of the Company, the Guarantors, the Dealer Managers or their affiliates, their respective boards of directors, the Depository and Tender and Information Agent, the Notes Trustee or any of their respective affiliates makes any recommendation, or has expressed an opinion, as to whether or not Holders should tender their Notes, or refrain from doing so, pursuant to the Tender Offer. Each Holder should make its own decision as to whether to tender its Notes and if so, the principal amount of the Notes to tender.

The Company has not filed this announcement or the Offer to Purchase with, and they have not been reviewed by, any federal or state securities commission or regulatory authority of any country. No authority has passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of the Tender Offer, and it is unlawful and may be a criminal offense to make any representation to the contrary.

The Offer to Purchase does not constitute an offer to purchase Notes in any jurisdiction in which, or to or from any person to or from whom, it is unlawful to make such offer under applicable securities or blue sky laws. The distribution of the Offer to Purchase in certain jurisdictions is restricted by law. Persons into whose possession the Offer to Purchase comes are required by each of the Company, the Guarantors, the Dealer Managers and the Depository and Tender and Information Agent to inform themselves about, and to observe, any such restrictions.

 

Legal Disclaimer

This release contains “forward-looking statements”. These statements are based on the current expectations and views of future events and developments of the management of AB InBev and are naturally subject to uncertainty and changes in circumstances. The forward-looking statements contained in this release include, among other things, statements relating to AB InBev’s business combination with SAB and other statements other than historical facts. Forward-looking statements include statements typically containing words such as “will”, “may”, “should”, “believe”, “intends”, “expects”, “anticipates”, “targets”, “estimates”, “likely”, “foresees” and words of similar import. All statements other than statements of historical facts are forward-looking statements. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which reflect the current views of the management of AB InBev, are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties about AB InBev and are dependent on many factors, some of which are outside of AB InBev’s control. There are important factors, risks and uncertainties that could cause actual outcomes and results to be materially different, including the ability to realize synergies from the business combination with SAB and the risks and uncertainties relating to AB InBev described under Item 3.D of AB InBev’s Annual Report on Form 20-F (“Form 20-F”) filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on 19 March 2018. Other unknown or unpredictable factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements.

The forward-looking statements should be read in conjunction with the other cautionary statements that are included elsewhere, including AB InBev’s most recent Form 20-F, other reports furnished on Form 6-K, and any other documents that AB InBev has made public. Any forward-looking statements made in this communication are qualified in their entirety by these cautionary statements and there can be no assurance that the actual results or developments anticipated by AB InBev will be realized or, even if substantially realized, that they will have the expected consequences to, or effects on, AB InBev or its business or operations. Except as required by law, AB InBev undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

 

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  ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV CONTACTS

Media

   Investors

Pablo Jimenez

Tel: +1 212 573 9289

E-mail: pablo.jimenez@ab-inbev.com

  

Lauren Abbott

Tel: +1 212 573 9287

E-mail: lauren.abbott@ab-inbev.com

Aimee Baxter

Tel: +1 718 650 4003

E-mail: aimee.baxter@ab-inbev.com

  

Mariusz Jamka

Tel: +32 16 276 888

E-mail: mariusz.jamka@ab-inbev.com

Ingvild Van Lysebetten

Tel: +32 16 276 608

E-mail: ingvild.vanlysebetten@ab-inbev.com

  

Jency John

Tel: +1 646 746 9673

Email: jency.john@ab-inbev.com

   Fixed Income Investors
  

Gabriel Ventura

Tel: +1-212-478-7031

E-mail: gabriel.ventura@ab-inbev.com

  

Suma Prasad

Tel: +1-212-503-2887

E-mail: suma.prasad@ab-inbev.com

 

About Anheuser-Busch InBev

Anheuser-Busch InBev is a publicly traded company (Euronext: ABI) based in Leuven, Belgium, with secondary listings on the Mexico (MEXBOL: ANB) and South Africa (JSE: ANH) stock exchanges and with American Depositary Receipts on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: BUD). Our Dream is to bring people together for a better world. Beer, the original social network, has been bringing people together for thousands of years. We are committed to building great brands that stand the test of time and to brewing the best beers using the finest natural ingredients. Our diverse portfolio of well over 500 beer brands includes global brands Budweiser®, Corona® and Stella Artois®; multi-country brands Beck’s®, Castle®, Castle Lite®, Hoegaarden® and Leffe®; and local champions such as Aguila®, Antarctica®, Bud Light®, Brahma®, Cass®, Cristal®, Harbin®, Jupiler®, Michelob Ultra®, Modelo Especial®, Quilmes®, Victoria®, Sedrin®, and Skol®. Our brewing heritage dates back more than 600 years, spanning continents and generations. From our European roots at the Den Hoorn brewery in Leuven, Belgium. To the pioneering spirit of the Anheuser & Co brewery in St. Louis, US. To the creation of the Castle Brewery in South Africa during the Johannesburg gold rush. To Bohemia, the first brewery in Brazil. Geographically diversified with a balanced exposure to developed and developing markets, we leverage the collective strengths of approximately 180,000 employees based in nearly 50 countries worldwide. For 2017, AB InBev’s reported revenue was 56.4 billion USD (excluding JVs and associates).

 

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