20-F/A 1 d462340d20fa.htm FORM 20-F/A Form 20-F/A

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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