Overview

Anheuser-Busch InBev is the leading global brewer and one of the world's top five consumer products companies. Geographically diversified with a balanced exposure to developed and developing markets, AB InBev holds the No. 1 or No. 2 position in many of the world’s top beer markets. Its global operations span 23 countries through six geographic Zones: North America, Latin America North, Latin America South, Western Europe, Central & Eastern Europe and Asia Pacific. AB InBev is especially strong in the markets that are expected to drive the majority of global industry volume growth for the next several years.

AB InBev’s dedication to heritage and quality originates from the Den Hoorn brewery in Leuven, Belgium dating back to 1366, the birthplace of Stella Artois, as well as the pioneering spirit of the Anheuser & Co brewery, with origins in St. Louis, USA since 1852.

Beer, the original social network, has been bringing people together for thousands of years, and AB InBev’s portfolio of well over 200 beer brands continues to forge strong connections with consumers. AB InBev invests the majority of its brand-building resources on its Focus Brands – those with the greatest growth potential such as global brands Budweiser®, Stella Artois® and Beck’s®, alongside Leffe®, Hoegaarden®, Bud Light®, Skol®, Brahma®, Antarctica®, Quilmes®, Michelob Ultra®, Harbin®, Sedrin®, Klinskoye®, Sibirskaya Korona®, Chernigivske®, Hasseröder® and Jupiler®.

AB InBev is a publicly traded company (Euronext: ABI) based in Leuven, Belgium, with an American Depositary Receipt secondary listing on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: BUD).

The company strives to be the Best Beer Company in a Better World.

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Overview

Grupo Modelo, founded in 1925, is the leader in Mexico in beer production, distribution and marketing.

It has a total annual installed capacity of 70 million hectoliters. Currently, it brews and distributes 13 brands, including Corona Extra, the number one Mexican beer sold in the world, Modelo Especial, Victoria, Pacífico and Negra Modelo.

The international expansion of Grupo Modelo’s products began in the early seventies in the U.S., becoming the fastest growing import beer in history. In 1985 Grupo Modelo began its expansion into other markets, first in Canada and Japan, and later in Australia and New Zealand. In 1989 it began to export to Europe before reaching Russia, Africa and Latin America.

Today, Grupo Modelo exports six brands and is present in more than 180 countries. Corona Extra is the number one imported premium beer in 38 markets, with Grupo Modelo’s other export brands also gaining presence around the world.

Grupo Modelo 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 and the Danish beer Carlsberg. 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. It also quotes as an ADR under the ticker GPMCY in the OTC markets and in Latibex in Spain as XGMD.

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