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Anheuser-Busch InBev S.A. 8-K 2008 UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
Current Report
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 30, 2008 (December 23, 2008)
ANHEUSER-BUSCH COMPANIES, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (314) 577-2000
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the
filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction
A.2.):
On December 23, 2008, the Company entered into guarantee agreements (collectively, the
“Guarantee Agreements”) with respect to (i) the $45,000,000,000 Senior Facilities Agreement dated
as of July 12, 2008, as amended, among Anheuser-Busch InBev S.A. /N.V. (“AB InBev”), InBev
Worldwide S.A. R.L. (“InBev Worldwide”), the arrangers and bookrunners identified therein, the
lenders party thereto and the agent and issuing bank identified therein (the “Senior Facilities
Agreement”) and (ii) the $300,000,000 4.13% Series A Senior Notes due 2009, the $475,000,000 4.41%
Series B Senior Notes due 2010 and the $75,000,000 4.95% Series C Senior Notes due 2013 each issued
under the Note Purchase and Guarantee Agreement, dated as of October 22, 2003, as amended, among AB
InBev, N.V. Cobrew and Brandbrew S.A. and each of the purchasers identified therein (the “Note
Agreement”).
The Company entered into the Guarantee Agreements as part of a larger financial arrangement
that gives members of AB InBev and its subsidiaries (the “Group”) the benefit of the credit rating
of the Group by providing for cross guarantees by specified Group members, as well as to induce
certain creditors of the Group to offer and continue to provide financing to the Group on favorable
terms. AB InBev and InBev Worldwide have previously entered into a guarantee agreement in favor of
the holders of certain outstanding indebtedness of the Company in connection with the closing of
the acquisition of the Company’s outstanding shares,
Pursuant to the Guarantee Agreements, the Company guarantees the payment of the principal and
any accrued interest thereunder and the performance and observance by the Company when due of the
covenants, agreements and conditions to be performed and observed on its part with respect to the
indebtedness of the Group under the Senior Facilities Agreement and the Note Agreement. In
addition, under certain circumstances described in such agreements, the maturity of the
indebtedness may be accelerated and may obligate the Company to pay the principal and interest
amounts due thereunder. The obligation to pay such indebtedness could have a material adverse
affect on the Company’s financial condition and results of operations.
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 hereunto duly authorized.
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