New York, May 25, 2016 -- Moody's Investors Service ("Moody's") today downgraded the senior unsecured long term ratings of Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV and its guaranteed subsidiaries to A3 from A2, and its short term rating to Prime-2 from Prime-1. This concludes Moody's ratings review that began on October 13, 2015 when ABI reached an agreement in principle to acquire SABMiller Plc (A3/Prime-2, on review direction uncertain) for approximately $106 billion in cash and shares. Moody's also assigned A3 ratings to the $46 billion in US bonds and $1.47 billion Formosa bonds that were issued by ABI and its guaranteed subsidiaries early in 2016 to pre-fund the SABMiller deal. These bonds had originally been assigned (P)A3 ratings. The conclusion of the review follows the May 24th announcement of EU clearance for the proposed combination with SABMiller. The rating outlook is stable.

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