The tender offer was for USD 9.15 per share in cash and expired at 2:00 p.m., Mexico City time, on May 31, 2013. AB InBev has informed us that the exchange agent for the tender offer has advised that, as of the expiration of the tender offer, a preliminary total of 1,966,744,040 shares had been tendered into, representing approximately 89% of Grupo Modelo's outstanding Series C shares not previously owned by AB InBev. When added to AB InBev's existing ownership interest in Grupo Modelo, AB InBev and its affiliates will, following the settlement of the tender offer, own approximately 95% of Grupo Modelo's outstanding shares.
On the date of settlement of the tender offer, scheduled for June 4th, 2013, AB InBev will establish a funded trust that will accept further tenders of shares by Grupo Modelo shareholders that did not participate in the tender offer, over a period of up to 25 months after the tender offer closing and also for USD 9.15 per share.
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Grupo Modelo, founded in 1925, is the leader in Mexico in beer production, distribution and marketing. It has a total annual installed capacity of 71.5 million hectoliters. Currently, it brews and distributes 14 brands, including Corona Extra, the number one Mexican beer sold in the world, Modelo Especial, Victoria, Pacífico and Negra Modelo. It exports seven brands and is present in more than 180 countries. It is the importer of Anheuser-Busch InBev's products in Mexico, including Budweiser, Bud Light and O'Doul's. It also imports the Chinese Tsingtao Brand, the Danish beer Carlsberg, and Spanish beer Mahou Cinco Estrellas. Through a strategic alliance with Nestlé Waters, it produces and distributes in Mexico the bottled water brands Sta. María and Nestlé Pureza Vital, among others. Grupo Modelo trades in the Mexican Stock Exchange since 1994 with the ticker symbol GMODELOC and in 2011 it was included in its Sustainability Index. It also quotes as an ADR under the ticker GPMCY in the OTC markets and in Lati bex in Spain as XGMD.
Investor Relations
Begoña Orgambide (52-55) 1103-5740
ir@gmodelo.com.mx www.gmodelo.mx
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