Form 8-A

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-A

FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES

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

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Belgium   Not Applicable

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation

or Organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification no.)

Brouwerijplein 1

3000 Leuven, Belgium

  Not Applicable
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

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

 

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

 

Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates:    333-169514
   (If applicable)

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

 

Title of Each Class

to be so Registered

  

Name of Each Exchange on Which

Each Class is to be Registered

Floating Rate Notes due 2014

1.500% Notes due 2014

  

New York Stock Exchange

New York Stock Exchange

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

None

(Title of Class)

 

 

 


TABLE OF CO-REGISTRANTS

 

Exact Name as Specified in its Charter

  

State or Other
Jurisdiction
of
Incorporation or
Organization

   Primary
Standard
Industrial
Classification
Number
   I.R.S.
Employer
Identification
Number
  

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

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc.*    Delaware, United States    2082    43-1162835   

One Busch Place, St. Louis,

Missouri 63118, U.S.A.

Tel: +1 (314) 577-2000

Cobrew NV/SA    Belgium    2082    N/A   

Brouwerijplein 1, 3000 Leuven,

Belgium

Tel: +32 16 27 61 11

BrandBrew S.A.    Luxembourg    2082    N/A   

5, rue Gabriel Lippmann - Parc

d’Activités Syrdall, L-5365 Münsbach

Tel: +352 26 15 96

Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.    Delaware, United States    2082    43-1162835   

One Busch Place, St. Louis,

Missouri 63118, U.S.A.

Tel: +1 (314) 577-2000

 

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


INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT

The Registrant has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a red prospectus supplement dated July 7, 2011 (the “Red Prospectus Supplement”) to a prospectus dated September 21, 2010 (the “Prospectus”), relating to the securities to be registered hereunder included in the Registrant’s automatic shelf Registration Statement on Form F-3 (File No. 333-169514), which became automatically effective on September 21, 2010.

 

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

The material set forth in (i) the section captioned “Description of Debt Securities and Guarantees”, “Legal Ownership” and “Tax Considerations” in the registrant’s Registration Statement on Form F-3 (File No. 333-169514) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 21, 2010, and (ii) the sections captioned “Description of the Notes” and “Taxation” in the Issuer’s Red Prospectus Supplement, dated July 7, 2011 are each incorporated herein by reference. Copies of such descriptions will be filed with the New York Stock Exchange, Inc.

 

Item 2. Exhibits.

 

4.1.    Indenture, dated as of October 16, 2009, among the Company, Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV, Brandbrew S.A., Cobrew NV/SA and Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Form F-4 (File No. 333-163464) filed by Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV on December 3, 2009).
4.2    Fifth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of 27 November 2009, among Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc., Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV, the Subsidiary Guarantors named therein, and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.6 to Form F-4 (File No. 333-163464) filed by Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV on 3 December 2009).
4.3    Tenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of 7 April 2010, among Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc., Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV, the Subsidiary Guarantors named therein, and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.3 to Form 20-F filed by Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV on 13 April 2011).
4.4    Form of Twenty-Second Supplemental Indenture, among the Company, Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV, Brandbrew S.A., Cobrew NV/SA and Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. and the Trustee.


4.5    Form of Twenty-Third Supplemental Indenture, among the Company, Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV, Brandbrew S.A., Cobrew NV/SA and Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. and the Trustee.


SIGNATURE

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

 

    Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc.
Date: July 8, 2011     By:           /s/ Scott Gray
        Name:   Scott Gray
        Title:   Authorized Signatory
    Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV
By:       /s/ Christina Frank     By:           /s/ Scott Gray
Name:   Christina Frank     Name:   Scott Gray
Title:   Authorized Signatory     Title:   Authorized Signatory
    Cobrew NV/SA
      By:           /s/ Scott Gray
        Name:   Scott Gray
        Title:   Authorized Signatory
    BrandBrew S.A.
      By:           /s/ Scott Gray
        Name:   Scott Gray
        Title:   Authorized Signatory


Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.
By:  

/s/ Scott Gray

Name:   Scott Gray
Title:   Authorized Signatory


INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit No.

     
4.1.    Indenture, dated as of October 16, 2009, among the Company, Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV, Brandbrew S.A., Cobrew NV/SA and Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Form F-4 (File No. 333-163464) filed by Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV on December 3, 2009).
4.2    Fifth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of 27 November 2009, among Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc., Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV, the Subsidiary Guarantors named therein, and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.6 to Form F-4 (File No. 333-163464) filed by Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV on 3 December 2009).
4.3    Tenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of 7 April 2010, among Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc., Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV, the Subsidiary Guarantors named therein, and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.3 to Form 20-F filed by Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV on 13 April 2011).
4.4    Form of Twenty-Second Supplemental Indenture, among the Company, Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV, Brandbrew S.A., Cobrew NV/SA and Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. and the Trustee.
4.5    Form of Twenty-Third Supplemental Indenture, among the Company, Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV, Brandbrew S.A., Cobrew NV/SA and Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. and the Trustee.