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AMBEV S.A.
CNPJ [National Register of Legal Entities] n° 07.526.557/0001-00
NIRE [Corporate Registration Identification Number] 35.300.368.941
A Publicly-Held Company
NOTICE TO THE MARKET
Ambev S.A. (“Ambev”), in compliance with the rules governing the mandatory rotation of independent auditors set forth in Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (Comissão de Valores Mobiliários - CVM) Instruction 308/99, hereby informs its shareholders and the market in general that its Board of Directors approved the change of its current independent auditors, PricewaterhouseCoopers Auditores Independentes (“PricewaterhouseCoopers”), by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Auditores Independentes (“Deloitte”) for the fiscal years from 2015 to 2018. Deloitte will initiate its activities with the review of the financial statements for the first quarter of 2015.
PricewaterhouseCoopers declared its consent with such replacement, which has the purpose of complying with the mandatory rotation of independent auditors set forth in section 31 of CVM Instruction 308/99. There were no divergences between Ambev and PricewaterhouseCoopers.
São Paulo, January 9, 2015
/s/ Nelson José Jamel
Ambev S.A.
Nelson José Jamel
Investor Relations Officer
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/s/ Eduardo Rogatto Luque |
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PricewaterhouseCoopers Auditores Independentes |
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Eduardo Rogatto Luque |
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CPF 142.773.658-84 |
AMBEV S.A. | ||
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/s/ Nelson José Jamel | |
Nelson Jose Jamel
Chief Financial and Investor Relations Officer |