AmBev Announces Proposed Guaranteed Note Offering by Its Subsidiary AmBev International

SAO PAULO, Brazil, July 9  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Companhia de Bebidas das Americas - AmBev ("AmBev") announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, AmBev International Finance Co. Ltd. ("AmBev International") intends to offer a benchmark amount of notes denominated in Brazilian Reais with a maturity date of 2017.   The notes will be unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of AmBev International and will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by AmBev.  The guarantee will rank equally in right of payment with all of AmBev's other unsecured and unsubordinated debt obligations.

The notes will be denominated in Brazilian Reais, but both principal and interest will be paid in U.S. dollars at the prevailing exchange rate at the applicable payment date.  Interest will be paid semi-annually in arrears.  The net proceeds of the offering will be used for the repayment of short-term debts and for general corporate purposes by AmBev and its subsidiaries.

The notes and guarantee have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), any state securities laws or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction and will be sold only to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act, and outside the United States to non-U.S. persons in reliance on Regulation S.  The notes and guarantee may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration under, or an applicable exemption from, the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the notes, nor shall there be any sale of these notes in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

For additional information, please contact the Investor Relations Department:

         Fernando Tennenbaum                       Isabella Amui
        [phone]                          [phone]
                             

                             http://www.ambev-ir.com/



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DATASOURCE: Companhia de Bebidas das Americas



CONTACT:  investors, Fernando Tennenbaum, [phone], or

, or Isabella Amui, [phone], both of Companhia de

Bebidas das Americas



Web site:  http://www.ambev.com.br/ 

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