UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 20-F/A
(Amendment No. 1)
(Mark One)
| ☐ | REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
OR
| ☒ | ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the fiscal year ended 31 December 2017
OR
| ☐ | TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the transition period from to
OR
| ☐ | SHELL COMPANY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
Date of event requiring this shell company report
Commission file numbers 1-37911
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
N/A
(Translation of Registrant’s Name into English)
Belgium
(Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
Brouwerijplein 1,
3000 Leuven, Belgium
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
John Blood
General Counsel
Brouwerijplein 1, 3000 Leuven
Belgium
Telephone No.: + 32 16 27 61 11
Email: Corporategovernance@ab-inbev.com
(Name, Telephone, E-mail and/or Facsimile number and Address of Company Contact Person)
Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of Each Class |
Name of Each Exchange On Which Registered | |
| Ordinary shares without nominal value | New York Stock Exchange* | |
| American Depositary Shares, each representing one ordinary share without nominal value | New York Stock Exchange | |
| 6.375% Notes due 2040 (issued January 2010) | New York Stock Exchange | |
| 5.375% Notes due 2020 (issued January 2010) | New York Stock Exchange | |
| 4.375% Notes due 2021 (issued January 2011) | New York Stock Exchange | |
| 6.875% Notes due 2019 (issued February 2011) | New York Stock Exchange | |
| 2.500% Notes due 2022 (issued July 2012) | New York Stock Exchange | |
| 3.750% Notes due 2042 (issued July 2012) | New York Stock Exchange | |
| 2.625% Notes due 2023 (issued January 2013) | New York Stock Exchange | |
| 4.000% Notes due 2043 (issued January 2013) | New York Stock Exchange | |
| Floating Rate Notes due 2019 (issued January 2014) | New York Stock Exchange | |
| 2.150% Notes due 2019 (issued January 2014) | New York Stock Exchange | |
| 3.700% Notes due 2024 (issued January 2014) | New York Stock Exchange | |
| 4.625% Notes due 2044 (issued January 2014) | New York Stock Exchange | |
| 1.900% Notes due 2019 (issued January 2016) | New York Stock Exchange | |
| 2.650% Notes due 2021 (issued January 2016) | New York Stock Exchange | |
| 3.300% Notes due 2023 (issued January 2016) | New York Stock Exchange | |
| 3.650% Notes due 2026 (issued January 2016) | New York Stock Exchange | |
| 4.700% Notes due 2036 (issued January 2016) | New York Stock Exchange | |
| 4.900% Notes due 2046 (issued January 2016) | New York Stock Exchange | |
| Floating Rate Notes due 2021 (issued January 2016) | New York Stock Exchange | |
| 2.200% Notes due 2018 (issued December 2016) | New York Stock Exchange | |
| Floating Rate Notes due 2018 (issued December 2016) | New York Stock Exchange | |
| 3.750% Notes due 2022 (issued December 2016) | New York Stock Exchange | |
| 4.950% Notes due 2042 (issued December 2016) | New York Stock Exchange | |
| 6.625% Notes due 2033 (issued December 2016) | New York Stock Exchange | |
| 5.875% Notes due 2035 (issued December 2016) | New York Stock Exchange |
| * | Not for trading, but in connection with the registration of American Depositary Shares, pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act.
None
(Title of Class)
Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act.
None
(Title of Class)
Indicate the number of outstanding shares of each of the issuer’s classes of capital or common stock as of the close of the period covered by the annual report.
1,693,242,156 ordinary shares without nominal value
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. ☒ Yes ☐ No
If this report is an annual or transition report, indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. ☐ Yes ☒ No
Note – Checking the box above will not relieve any registrant required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 from their obligations under those Sections.
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. ☒ Yes ☐ No
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). ☒ Yes ☐ No
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
| Large accelerated filer ☒ | Accelerated filer ☐ | Non-accelerated filer ☐ | ||
| Emerging growth company ☐ |
If an emerging growth company that prepares its financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards† provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
| † | The term “new or revised financial accounting standard” refers to any update issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board to its Accounting Standards Codification after April 5, 2012. |
Indicate by check mark which basis of accounting the registrant has used to prepare the financial statements included in this filing:
| U.S. GAAP ☐ | International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board ☒ |
Other ☐ |
If “Other” has been checked in response to the previous question, indicate by check mark which financial statement item the registrant has elected to follow. N/A ☐ Item 17 ☐ Item 18
If this is an annual report, indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). ☐ Yes ☒ No
(APPLICABLE ONLY TO ISSUERS INVOLVED IN BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS DURING THE PAST FIVE YEARS)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed all documents and reports required to be filed by Section 12, 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 subsequent to the distribution of securities under a plan confirmed by a court. N/A ☐ Yes ☐ No
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Amendment No. 1 to the Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended 31 December 2017, originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on 19 March 2018 (the “2017 Form 20-F”), is being filed solely for the purposes of adding Exhibit 101 to Item 19 “Exhibits” and furnishing the Interactive Data File disclosure as Exhibit 101 in accordance with Rule 405 of Regulation S-T. Exhibit 101 was not previously filed.
Other than as expressly set forth above, this Amendment No. 1 to the 2017 Form 20-F does not, and does not purport to, amend, update or restate the information in any other item of the 2017 Form 20-F, or reflect any events that have occurred after the 2017 Form 20-F was originally filed.
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EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit | Description | |
| 101.INS | XBRL Instance Document | |
| 101.SCH | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema | |
| 101.CAL | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Calculation Linkbase | |
| 101.DEF | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Definition Linkbase | |
| 101.LAB | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Label Linkbase | |
| 101.PRE | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Presentation Linkbase | |
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SIGNATURES
The registrant hereby certifies that it meets all of the requirements for filing this Amendment No. 1 to Form 20-F and that it has duly caused and authorised the undersigned to sign this this Amendment No. 1 to Form 20-F on its behalf.
| Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (Registrant) | ||||
| Date: 4 April 2018 | By: | /s/ John Blood | ||
| John Blood General Counsel | ||||
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