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ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV SA/NV - AB InBev reports on the progress of its share buy-back program announced on 30 October 2025

Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV
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What this filing means

AB InBev bought back 836,577 of its own shares in the week of 2 to 6 November 2026 at an average of 74.1201 EUR, a total of 62,007,175.56 EUR. It is the latest weekly progress report under the buy-back programme announced on 30 October 2025, which has now repurchased 36,195,040 shares for 2,307,751,250.70 EUR, or 1.79% of shares outstanding. The mechanics are disclosed; the economics are not new.

AB InBev is buying its own shares in the market and reporting each week what it paid: 836,577 shares for about 62 million EUR in the week to 6 November, taking the programme to 1.79% of shares outstanding. The filing reports the shares repurchased and the cost paid, but does not quantify the programme's earnings, per-share or valuation effects.

Bear case

  • Missing evidence: the filing gives no programme size, target or completion date, so the pace of repurchase cannot be measured against any stated plan.

AI-generated summary by SENS-AI, based on the original JSE SENS filing.

SENS-AI conclusion

A weekly execution report on a programme the market has known about since 30 October 2025. It confirms the buy-back is running at a steady pace — roughly 165,000 to 170,000 shares a day — but it carries no new information about earnings, the balance sheet or the pace relative to any stated target. Useful as a record of authority utilisation, not as a conviction signal. So what: nothing changes in the investment case until the next results print shows whether the capital being spent here is matched by operating cash generation.

The next results announcement is where the market will see whether the buy-back is being funded from operating cash flow or from the balance sheet.

Evidence from the filing

  • Weekly repurchase volume and cost.

    “reports the purchase of 836,577 Anheuser-Busch InBev shares in the period from 02 November 2026 up to and including 06 November 2026. The shares were repurchased at an average price of 74.1201 EUR per share for a total consideration of 62,007,175.56 EUR.”

  • Cumulative programme total and share count.

    “Since the start of the share buy-back program on 3 November 2025, Anheuser-Busch InBev has bought back 36,195,040 shares for a total amount of 2,307,751,250.70 EUR (2,669,517,400.46 USD) under the share buy-back program. This corresponds to 1.79% of the total shares outstanding.”

  • Programme origin and structure.

    “Under this program, AB InBev has granted a discretionary mandate to an independent financial intermediary to repurchase AB InBev shares.”
Category
Share Repurchase
Event posture
No Edge
Published
Nov 10, 2026

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