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Anheuser-Busch InBev announces the Reference Base following the combination with SABMiller

Anheuser-Busch InBev (Euronext: ABI) (NYSE: BUD) (MEXBOL: ANB) (JSE: ANH) ("AB InBev") announces the Reference Base for AB InBev following its business combination with SABMiller plc ("SABMiller").

Given the transformational nature of the combination with SABMiller, we have updated our 2015 and 2016 segment reporting for purposes of results announcements and internal review by senior management. This presentation includes, for comparative purposes, the results of AB InBev for 4Q15, 1Q16, 2Q16 and 3Q16, as if the combination with SABMiller had taken place at the beginning of 4Q15.

For external reporting purposes, AB InBev will continue to present its results under the existing six regions. However, with effect from 4Q16, these regions will also include the former SABMiller geographies. Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Honduras and El Salvador will be reported together with Mexico as Latin America West, Panama will be reported within Latin America North, Africa will be reported together with Europe as EMEA, and Australia, India and Vietnam will be reported within APAC. This external reporting presentation has no impact on the operational management and organizational structure within AB InBev which was announced on 4 August 2016.

The six regions are:

  1. North America
  2. Latin America West
  3. Latin America North
  4. Latin America South
  5. EMEA
  6. Asia Pacific

We will also continue to report the results of Global Export and Holding Companies which include our global headquarters, the export businesses which have not been allocated to the regions, and the interim supply agreement with Constellation Brands, Inc.

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Our six geographic regions plus our Global Export and Holding Companies will comprise our seven segments for all financial reporting purposes.

The Reference Base has been prepared on the following basis:

  1. The Reference Base excludes the results of those business sold since the combination was completed, including the joint venture stakes in MillerCoors and CR Snow, and the sale of the Peroni, Grolsch and Meantime brands and associated businesses in Italy, the Netherlands, the UK and internationally

  2. The Reference Base excludes the results of the Central and Eastern Europe business and the stake in Distell. Binding sale agreements have been announced for these businesses but the transactions have not yet closed. As per IFRS rules, the results of the Central and Eastern Europe business will be reported as "Results from discontinued operations" until the sale is completed. The results of Distell will be reported as share of results of associates, and accordingly, excluded from normalized EBIT and EBITDA

  3. Exports to countries in which AB InBev has operations following the combination, were allocated to the respective regions in the Reference Base

  4. On 21 December 2016, The Coca-Cola Company and AB InBev announced that they had reached agreement regarding the transition of AB InBev's 54.5% equity stake in Coca-Cola Beverages Africa ("CCBA"). For the purposes of the Reference Base, the results of CCBA are included in "EMEA" and will continue to be reported within that region throughout AB InBev's ownership of its stake in CCBA

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REFERENCE BASE (million USD)

AB InBev Worldwide

4Q15

1Q16

2Q16

3Q16

9M16

Total volumes (thousand hls)

156,353

142,845

150,652

162,944

456,441

of which AB InBev own beer

127,733

117,797

128,312

134,913

381,022

Revenue

14,047

12,073

13,453

14,210

39,736

Cost of sales

-5,238

-4,803

-5,262

-5,698

-15,764

Gross profit

8,809

7,270

8,192

8,511

23,973

SG&A

-4,518

-3,960

-4,614

-4,716

-13,291

Other operating income/(expenses)

362

208

284

200

692

Normalized EBIT

4,653

3,517

3,862

3,995

11,374

Normalized EBITDA

5,619

4,490

4,856

5,039

14,385

Normalized EBITDA margin

40.0%

37.2%

36.1%

35.5%

36.2%

North America

4Q15

1Q16

2Q16

3Q16

9M16

Total volumes (thousand hls)

27,317

26,913

31,526

31,912

90,351

Revenue

3,644

3,532

4,263

4,287

12,082

Cost of sales

-1,449

-1,358

-1,544

-1,579

-4,481

Gross profit

2,195

2,175

2,717

2,709

7,601

SG&A

-1,017

-992

-1,208

-1,183

-3,383

Other operating income/(expenses)

25

11

20

10

41

Normalized EBIT

1,203

1,194

1,529

1,536

4,259

Normalized EBITDA

1,400

1,384

1,732

1,741

4,857

Normalized EBITDA margin

38.4%

39.2%

40.6%

40.6%

40.2%

Latin America West

4Q15

1Q16

2Q16

3Q16

9M16

Total volumes (thousand hls)

28,675

25,672

26,862

27,152

79,686

Revenue

2,355

1,974

2,149

2,161

6,284

Cost of sales

-639

-576

-623

-642

-1,841

Gross profit

1,717

1,398

1,527

1,518

4,443

SG&A

-762

-676

-738

-705

-2,119

Other operating income/(expenses)

71

38

40

22

100

Normalized EBIT

1,026

760

829

835

2,424

Normalized EBITDA

1,184

915

988

991

2,894

Normalized EBITDA margin

50.3%

46.4%

46.0%

45.9%

46.1%

Latin America North

4Q15

1Q16

2Q16

3Q16

9M16

Total volumes (thousand hls)

35,940

29,713

27,209

28,947

85,869

Revenue

2,547

1,900

1,920

2,081

5,901

Cost of sales

-757

-652

-734

-881

-2,267

Gross profit

1,791

1,248

1,187

1,198

3,634

SG&A

-602

-586

-636

-715

-1,938

Other operating income/(expenses)

163

100

92

95

286

Normalized EBIT

1,350

763

641

579

1,983

Normalized EBITDA

1,510

931

830

782

2,543

Normalized EBITDA margin

59.3%

49.0%

43.2%

37.6%

43.1%

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Latin America South

4Q15

1Q16

2Q16

3Q16

9M16

Total volumes (thousand hls)

10,065

8,820

5,999

7,478

22,297

Revenue

1,046

727

504

677

1,908

Cost of sales

-317

-229

-185

-225

-639

Gross profit

731

498

319

451

1,268

SG&A

-228

-174

-149

-173

-495

Other operating income/(expenses)

7

2

0

7

10

Normalized EBIT

509

326

170

287

784

Normalized EBITDA

557

366

218

332

917

Normalized EBITDA margin

53.3%

50.4%

43.3%

49.1%

48.1%

EMEA

4Q15

1Q16

2Q16

3Q16

9M16

Total volumes (thousand hls)

34,554

27,965

29,754

35,898

93,617

Revenue

2,505

1,885

2,257

2,648

6,789

Cost of sales

-1,061

-877

-970

-1,213

-3,061

Gross profit

1,443

1,007

1,286

1,435

3,729

SG&A

-783

-643

-783

-857

-2,283

Other operating income/(expenses)

15

-7

14

8

14

Normalized EBIT

675

357

517

586

1,460

Normalized EBITDA

841

521

688

778

1,987

Normalized EBITDA margin

33.6%

27.7%

30.5%

29.4%

29.3%

Asia Pacific

4Q15

1Q16

2Q16

3Q16

9M16

Total volumes (thousand hls)

19,071

23,262

28,900

31,103

83,265

Revenue

1,603

1,699

1,959

2,107

5,765

Cost of sales

-757

-825

-861

-911

-2,597

Gross profit

846

873

1,098

1,196

3,168

SG&A

-706

-572

-710

-747

-2,029

Other operating income/(expenses)

54

33

94

41

167

Normalized EBIT

193

334

482

490

1,306

Normalized EBITDA

379

533

648

668

1,849

Normalized EBITDA margin

23.6%

31.4%

33.1%

31.7%

32.1%

Global Export and Holding Companies

4Q15

1Q16

2Q16

3Q16

9M16

Total volumes (thousand hls)

729

502

400

455

1,357

Revenue

346

357

401

249

1,006

Cost of sales

-260

-287

-344

-246

-877

Gross profit

86

70

57

2

129

SG&A

-417

-319

-386

-338

-1,043

Other operating income/(expenses)

27

32

24

18

73

Normalized EBIT

-304

-218

-306

-317

-841

Normalized EBITDA

-252

-161

-246

-256

-663

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