Bridge Facility Agreement

RNS Number:5677Y
Efes Breweries International N.V.
17 February 2006


                       For General Release to the Public

                              February 17th, 2006
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                       EFES BREWERIES INTERNATIONAL N.V.



Efes Breweries International N.V. ("EBI" or "the Company") today announced the
execution of a Bridge Facility Agreement ("Bridge Facility") among EBI, Citibank
N.A. ("Citibank"), HSBC Bank plc ("HSBC") and also Anadolu Efes Biracilik ve
Malt Sanayii A.S., the 70% shareholder of EBI, as guarantor. The Bridge Facility
provides a utilization amount up to USD 500 million.


The Bridge Facility was sourced within the framework of the debt finance
package, announced earlier on 14.02.2006, for which Citibank and HSBC were
collectively mandated. The credit is planned to be repaid within 2006 by means
of various alternative financial instruments.


A copy of this press release can be accessed at www.efesholland.nl.



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Enquiries to:

Hursit Zorlu, Chief Financial Officer     Tel:    [phone]
(Efes Beverage Group)                     E-mail: [e-mail]



Demir Sarman, Chief Financial Officer    Tel:     [phone] (Istanbul) /
(EBI)                                             [phone] (Amsterdam)
                                         E-mail:  [e-mail]



Orhun Kostem,Director, Corporate         Tel:     [phone]
Finance and Investor Relations           E-mail:  [e-mail]
(Efes Beverage Group) 


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For further information regarding Efes Breweries International, please visit our
website at http://www.efesholland.nl/




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