Quilmes Industrial (Quinsa), Societe Anonyme Announces Deregistration Under the U.S. Securities Laws
June 25 2008 - 6:13PM
PR Newswire (US)
LUXEMBOURG, June 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Quilmes Industrial
(Quinsa), Societe Anonyme ("Quinsa") announced that as of today it
has filed a Form 15F with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission to terminate the registration of its Class B shares
under the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Today's filing will
immediately suspend Quinsa's U.S. reporting obligations and is
expected to terminate Quinsa's U.S. reporting obligations in ninety
days. Quinsa's Class B shares continue to be listed on the
Luxembourg Stock Exchange. The Form 15F filing is available at
http://www.sec.gov/ and http://www.quinsa.com/ and may be obtained
free of charge at the registered office of Quinsa in Luxembourg at
the address referred to above. ABOUT QUINSA Quinsa is a
Luxembourg-based holding company that controls approximately 93% of
Quilmes International (Bermuda) ("QIB"). The remaining stake is
held by AmBev. Quinsa, through QIB, controls beverage and malting
businesses in five Latin American countries. Its beer brands are
strong market leaders in Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay,
and have a presence in Chile. Further, pursuant to the Company's
strategic alliance with AmBev, it has entered into license and
distribution agreements to produce and sell in Argentina, Bolivia,
Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay the AmBev brands. Similarly, under the
agreements, AmBev may produce and distribute Quinsa's brands in
Brazil. The Company also has bottling and franchise agreements with
PepsiCo, and thus accounts for 100% of PepsiCo beverage sales in
both Argentina and Uruguay. Quinsa's Class A and Class B shares are
listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange (Reuters codes: QUIN.LU and
QUINp.LU). Quinsa's web address: http://www.quinsa.com/ ABOUT AMBEV
AmBev is the largest brewer in Brazil and in South America through
its beer brands Skol, Brahma and Antarctica. AmBev also produces
and distributes soft drink brands such as Guarana Antarctica, and
has franchise agreements for Pepsi soft drinks, Gatorade and Lipton
Ice Tea. AmBev has been present in Argentina since 1993 through
Brahma. CONTACT: Guillermo Zuzenberg Quilmes Industrial S.A.
(Quinsa) +5411-4349-1846 DATASOURCE: Quilmes Industrial (Quinsa),
Societe Anonyme CONTACT: Guillermo Zuzenberg, Quilmes Industrial
S.A. (Quinsa), +011-5411-4349-1846
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