Ashurst has advised the Issuer and Guarantors in relation to the update of Anheuser-Busch InBev's local subsidiary FBG Finance Pty Ltd's existing A$3 billion medium term note program (the Program) and the issuance of four tranches of Notes in an aggregate principal amount of A$1.95 billion.

The Program was updated to add Anheuser-Busch InBev and Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc. as issuers and add a new suite of guarantors, including Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV, Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc., Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc., Brandbev S.à r.l., Brandbrew S.A., Cobrew NV, and Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC. This brings the Program into line with Anheuser-Busch InBev's €40 billion medium term note program.

The transaction was the first for the Belgian multinational Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world's largest brewer, in the Australian market.

Lead partner Jamie Ng (Finance) comments: "It was a pleasure to advise Anheuser-Busch and FBG Finance on the update for and A$1.95 billion issuances of their Australian medium term note program." 

Lead associate Caroline Smart (Finance) added: "The scale of this billion-dollar transaction demonstrates the Australian dollar market's growing significance, and highlights the volume that it can allow global corporate issuers to achieve."
 
Jamie and Caroline were assisted by associates Timon Ibrahim and Evangeline Schumacher (Finance).