-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, Rg4n2Dm2+9GEtbie1r3FxYZFkBA9xgjYgxlmW5s5qjmQy1bgS6jgnYYNq7dfyfqo Cke6ZD8nv6rrFJikb+8Elg== 0001193125-10-190864.txt : 20100817 0001193125-10-190864.hdr.sgml : 20100817 20100817100234 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-10-190864 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13D/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20100817 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20100817 GROUP MEMBERS: BUSCH INVESTMENT CORPORATION SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CRAFT BREWERS ALLIANCE, INC. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000892222 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: MALT BEVERAGES [2082] IRS NUMBER: 911141254 STATE OF INCORPORATION: WA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-49527 FILM NUMBER: 101021968 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 929 NORTH RUSSELL CITY: PORTLAND STATE: OR ZIP: 97227 BUSINESS PHONE: 503-331-7270 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 929 NORTH RUSSELL CITY: PORTLAND STATE: OR ZIP: 97227 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: REDHOOK ALE BREWERY, INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20080626 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: REDHOOK ALE BREWERY INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19950703 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ANHEUSER-BUSCH COMPANIES, INC. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000310569 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: MALT BEVERAGES [2082] IRS NUMBER: 431162835 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D/A BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE BUSCH PL CITY: ST LOUIS STATE: MO ZIP: 63118-1852 BUSINESS PHONE: 3145772000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE BUSCH PL CITY: ST LOUIS STATE: MO ZIP: 63118-1852 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ANHEUSER BUSCH COMPANIES INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 SC 13D/A 1 dsc13da.htm SCHEDULE 13D AMENDMENT NO. 7 Schedule 13D Amendment No. 7

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

SCHEDULE 13D

 

Under The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

(Amendment No. 7)*

 

 

 

Craft Brewers Alliance, Inc

(Name of Issuer)

 

 

Common Stock, par value $0.005

(Title of Class of Securities)

 

 

757473 10 3

(CUSIP Number)

 

 

Thomas Larson

Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.

One Busch Place

St. Louis, MO 63118-1852

Telephone: (314) 577-2000

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)

 

 

August 12, 2010

(Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)

If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of §§240.13d-l(e), 240. 13d-l(f) or 240. 13d-I(g), check the following box.  ¨

Note:  Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See §240.13d-7 for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.

 

*   The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person’s initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).


CUSIP No. 757473 10 3

 

  1.  

Names of Reporting Persons.

 

            Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.

   
  2.  

Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions)

(a)  x

(b)  ¨

   
  3.  

SEC Use Only

 

   
  4.  

Source of Funds (See Instructions)

 

            WC

   
  5.  

Check Box if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings Is Required Pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)  ¨

 

   
  6.  

Citizenship or Place of Organization

 

            Delaware

   

NUMBER OF  

SHARES  

BENEFICIALLY  

OWNED BY  

EACH  

REPORTING  

PERSON  

WITH  

 

  7.    Sole Voting Power

 

                6,069,047 *

 

  8.    Shared Voting Power

 

                - 0 -

 

  9.    Sole Dispositive Power

 

                6,069,047 *

 

10.    Shared Dispositive Power

 

                - 0 –

* Shares are subject to contractual restrictions on transfer. See Item 4

11.  

Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person

 

            6,069,047

   
12.  

Check Box if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions)  ¨

 

   
13.  

Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)

 

            35.5%

   
14.  

Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)

 

            CO

   

 

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CUSIP No. 757473 10 3

 

  1.  

Names of Reporting Persons.

 

            Busch Investment Corporation

   
  2.  

Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions)

(a)  x

(b)  ¨

   
  3.  

SEC Use Only

 

   
  4.  

Source of Funds (See Instructions)

 

            WC

   
  5.  

Check Box if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings Is Required Pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)  ¨

 

   
  6.  

Citizenship or Place of Organization

 

            Delaware

   

NUMBER OF  

SHARES  

BENEFICIALLY  

OWNED BY  

EACH  

REPORTING  

PERSON  

WITH  

 

  7.    Sole Voting Power

 

                6,069,047 *

 

  8.    Shared Voting Power

 

                - 0 -

 

  9.    Sole Dispositive Power

 

                6,069,047 *

 

10.    Shared Dispositive Power

 

                - 0 –

* Shares are subject to contractual restrictions on transfer. See Item 4

11.  

Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person

 

            6,069,047

   
12.  

Check Box if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions)  ¨

 

   
13.  

Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)

 

            35.5 %

   
14.  

Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)

 

            CO

   

 

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CUSIP No. 757473 10 3

 

Pursuant to Rule 13d-2(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this Amendment No. 7 amends the Schedule 13D dated August 22, 1995, amended by Amendment No. 1 dated May 19, 2004, Amendment No. 2 dated June 30, 2004, Amendment No. 3 dated September 13, 2005, Amendment No. 4 dated January 3, 2007, Amendment No. 5 dated November 13, 2007 and Amendment No. 6 dated June 20, 2008. Unless indicated otherwise, all items left blank remain unchanged and any items that are reported are deemed to amend and supplement, rather than supersede, the existing items in the Schedule 13D (as previously amended). All defined terms shall have the same meaning as previously ascribed to them in the Schedule 13D (as previously amended), unless otherwise noted.

Item 1. Security and Issuer.

This filing relates to the common stock of Craft Brewers Alliance, Inc. (“CBA”), the principal executive offices of which are located at 929 North Russell Street, Portland, Oregon 97227-1733.

Item 2. Identity and Background.

(a) On November 18, 2008, Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. (“ABC”) was acquired by InBev N.V./S.A. On that date, ABC and Busch Investment Corporation (“BIC”) became indirect wholly owned subsidiaries of InBev N.V./S.A. and InBev N.V./S.A. renamed itself Anheuser-Busch InBev N.V./S.A. (“AB InBev”). AB InBev is a Belgium corporation, the principal executive offices are which are located at Brouwerijplein 1, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.

(b) A list of the current executive officers and directors of Busch Investment Corporation is attached as Schedule 1. A list of the current executive officers and directors of ABC is attached as Schedule 2. A list of the current executive officers and directors of AB InBev is attached as Schedule 3.

(c) Neither the reporting persons nor AB InBev has during the last five years (i) been convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors) or (ii) was a party to a civil proceeding of judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction and as a result of such proceeding was or is subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, federal or state securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws. To the knowledge of the reporting persons, none of the executive officers or directors of BIC, ABC or AB InBev has during the last five years (i) been convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors) or (ii) was a party to a civil proceeding of judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction and as a result of such proceeding was or is subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, federal or state securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws. In connection with the foregoing, the reporting persons note the following.

In May 2008, Mr. Dutra, the Chief Financial Officer of AB InBev, received a “warning” from the Administrative Appeal Council for the National Financial System of Brazil. A warning, which is the lightest sanction available under applicable Brazilian law, represents the conclusion by the Administrative Appeal Council that, in its view, a breach has occurred. No fine, or any other consequence, attaches to a warning, other than being deemed a repetitive offender in the event of another breach in the future (and, as such, being then potentially exposed to heavier sanctions than would normally be associated with such other breach). The warning relates to the reporting in the 2000 financial year financial statements of Polar (Industrias de Bebidas Antarctica Polar S.A., a Brazilian company that became a subsidiary of Companhia de Bebidas das Américas, a corporate affiliate of AB InBev (“AmBev”) in 1999) of (i) the net balance (immaterial to AmBev and to Polar) of certain inter-company loans of Polar, and (ii) restatements

 

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and other adjustments required by the new statutory auditors of Polar after it became a subsidiary of AmBev to conform with AmBev’s accounting practices that increased the amount of certain reserves of Polar. Mr. Dutra, who had been appointed as an officer of Polar a few months before the relevant financial statement reporting, has expressed his intention to challenge the warning in a court of law.

PREVI, a Brazilian pension fund which is one of AmBev’s largest minority shareholders, filed an administrative complaint against AmBev with the CVM in April 2004 alleging abuse of position by AmBev’s controlling shareholders and breach of fiduciary duty by AmBev’s directors in connection with the approval of the InBev-AmBev Transactions, appropriation of commercial opportunity and inadequate disclosure. The complaint requested, among other things, that the CVM render an opinion contesting the legality of the transactions and intervene to prevent the closing of the Incorporação. The CVM ruled in December 2004 that (i) there was no basis to conclude that there had been an abuse of position by the controlling shareholders or conflict of interests in relation to them, and (ii) that there was no indication of an appropriation of a commercial opportunity by the directors of AmBev, without prejudice to any further investigation that the staff of the CVM might conduct, as appropriate. Moreover, the CVM expressed its opinion that one director involved in the InBev-AmBev Transactions could not have intervened in the AmBev board resolutions related thereto, recommending further investigations by the staff. The CVM recommended also that the staff investigate the performance of the duty of care of other directors during the decision process and the adequacy of the disclosure proceeding of the transactions by AmBev’s officers. The CVM requested certain information related to the InBev-AmBev Transactions. On 6 May 2009 AmBev was informed that the CVM had initiated formal complaints against certain AmBev directors and officers regarding the aforementioned investigations, including Marcel Herrmann Telles, Jorge Paulo Lemann, Carlos Alberto da Veiga Sicupira (also directors of AB InBev) and Felipe Dutra. AmBev’s directors and officers presented their defenses on 17 August 2009. On 8 March 2010, the CVM published its official decision accepting settlement proposals pursuant to which the regulatory inquiry was closed without a decision on the merits, subject to the payment of: (i) 285,000 reais by each of Messrs. Lemann and Telles; (ii) 3,030,000 reais by Mr. Sicupira; (iii) 400,000 reais by Mr. Dutra; and (iv) 1,000,000 reais in aggregate by other members of the Board of Directors of AmBev. The settlement did not entail the recognition of any wrongdoing on the part of any person involved, whether express or implied, nor did it amount to an admission as to any of the alleged facts described in the regulatory inquiry.

The CVM also initiated an administrative proceeding in October 2008 in which it alleges that certain shareholders, members of the board of directors and officers of AmBev (including Marcel Herrmann Telles, Jorge Paulo Lemann, Carlos Alberto da Veiga Sicupira and Felipe Dutra) violated Brazilian Corporations Law and CVM rules, relating to (i) the potential use of privileged information in relation to the trading of AmBev shares between May 2003 and March 2004; (ii) the way certain information regarding AmBev was disclosed to the Brazilian market in March 2004; and (iii) alleged violation of AmBev’s Stock Ownership Program. On 29 April 2009, the CVM published its official decision accepting a settlement proposal with Mr. Felipe Dutra pursuant to which the regulatory inquiry was closed without a decision on the merits, subject to the payment of 250,000 reais. In addition, on 8 March 2010, the CVM published its official decision accepting settlement proposals with Messrs. Lemann, Telles and Sicupira pursuant to which the regulatory inquiry was closed without a decision on the merits, subject to the payment of 5,000,000 reais by each of them. The settlements did not entail any admission of wrongdoing by the individuals involved, whether express or implied, or of any of the alleged facts described in the regulatory inquiry

Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.

On July 1, 2008, Widmer Brothers Brewing Company (“Widmer”) merged into Craft Brewers Alliance, Inc. (“CBA”), formerly named Redhook Ale Brewery, Incorporated. Busch Investment Corporation (“BIC”) was a shareholder of each of Widmer and CBA. As a result of the merger, the shareholders of Widmer, including Busch Investment Corporation, received shares of CBA. Upon the consummation of the merger, the total amount of shares of CBA owned by BIC was 6,069,047.

 

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Item 4. Purpose of Transaction.

Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer.

BIC owns beneficially 6,069,047 shares of common stock, and has the sole power to vote or to dispose of the common stock (subject to certain contractual rights of restriction on their transfer). These shares represent 35.5% of the outstanding common stock.

Item 6. Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with Respect to Securities of the Issuer.

ABI and CBA are parties to a Master Distributor Agreement dated July 1, 2004. The Master Distributor Agreement was amended as of July 1, 2008 pursuant to a Consent and Amendment between ABI, Widmer and Redhook. On August 12, 2010 ABI and CBA entered into the Second Amendment to Master Distributor Agreement, a copy of which is filed as an exhibit and the terms of which are incorporated herein.

Item 7. Material to be Filed as Exhibits.

Exhibit 99.1 Second Amendment to Master Distributor Agreement dated as of August 6, 2010 between Craft Brewers Alliance, Inc. and Anheuser-Busch, Incorporated.

 

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Signature

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

Date: August 17, 2010

 

  ANHEUSER-BUSCH COMPANIES, INC.
  By:  

/s/ Thomas Larson

  Name:   Thomas Larson
  Title:   Assistant Secretary
  BUSCH INVESTMENT CORPORATION
  By:  

/s/ Thomas Larson

  Name:   Thomas Larson
  Title:   Secretary

 

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Schedule I

(Amendment No. 7)

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS OF

BUSCH INVESTMENT CORPORATION

 

NAME AND BUSINESS ADDRESS

  

CITIZENSHIP

  

POSITION WITH THE COMPANY

Executive Officers      

Raymond J. Adams*

   United States    President and Treasurer

Michael R. Taylor*

   United States    Vice President, Real Estate

H. Murray Sawyer, Jr.**

   United States    Vice President
Directors      

Raymond J. Adams*

   United States    Director and Chairman

Christie M. Allison*

   United States    Director

H. Murray Sawyer Jr.**

   United States    Director

 

* The business address of each such person is One Busch Place, St. Louis, Missouri 63118-1852
** Mr. Sawyer’s principal occupation is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Registered Agents, Ltd. and his business address is 1220 N. Market Street, Suite 804, Wilmington, DE 19801

 

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Schedule II

(Amendment No. 7)

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS OF

ANHEUSER-BUSCH COMPANIES, INC.

 

NAME AND BUSINESS ADDRESS

  

CITIZENSHIP

  

POSITION WITH THE COMPANY

Executive Officers      

Thomas J. Adamitis*

   United States    Vice President, Procurement

David Almeida*

   United States    Vice President, Finance

James J. Brickey*

   United States    Vice President, People

Pablo H. Gonzalez*

   Argentina    Vice President, Logistics

Peter J. Kraemer*

   United States    Vice President, Supply

David A. Peacock*

   United States    President and Chief Executive Officer

Odilon Queiroz*

   Brazil    Vice President, Information and Business Services

Gary L. Rutledge*

   United States    Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

James P. Villeneuve*

   Canada    Vice President, Corporate Affairs
Directors      

Luiz Fernando Edmond*

   Brazil    Director

David A. Peacock*

   United States    Director

Gary L. Rutledge*

   United States    Director

 

* The business address of each such person is One Busch Place, St. Louis, Missouri 63118-1852

 

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Schedule III

(Amendment No. 7)

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS OF

ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV, N.V./S.A.

 

NAME AND BUSINESS ADDRESS

  

CITIZENSHIP

  

POSITION WITH THE COMPANY

Executive Officers

     

Carlos Brito*

   Brazil    Chief Executive Officer

Chris Burggraeve*

   Belgium    Chief Marketing Officer

Sabine Chalmers*

   Germany    Chief Legal and Corporate Affairs Officer

Felipe Dutra*

   Brazil    Chief Financial Officer

Luiz Fernando Edmond*

   Brazil    Zone President, North America

Claudio Braz Ferro*

   Brazil    Chief Supply Officer

Claudio Garcia*

   Brazil    Chief People and Technology Officer

Tony Milikin*

   United States    Chief Procurement Officer

João Castro Neves*

   Brazil    Zone President, Latin America North

Bernardo Pinto Paiva*

   Brazil    Zone President, Latin America South

Miguel Patricio*

   Portugal    Zone President, Asia Pacific

Francisco Sá*

   Brazil    Zone President, Central & Eastern Europe

Jo Van Biesbroeck*

   Belgium   

Zone President, Western Europe and Chief Strategy Officer

Directors

     

August A. Busch IV*

   United States    Director

Jean-Luc Dehaene*

   Belgium    Director

Stéfan Descheemaeker*

   Belgium    Director

Peter Harf*

   Germany    Director

Jorge Paulo Lemann*

   Brazil    Director

Arnoud de Pret Roose de Calesberg*

   Belgium    Director

Carlos Alberto da Veiga Sicupira*

   Brazil    Director

Grégoire de Spoelberch*

   Belgium    Director

Kees J. Storm*

   Netherlands    Director

Marcel Herrmann Telles*

   Brazil    Director

Roberto Moses Thompson Motta*

   Brazil    Director

Alexandre Van Damme*

   Belgium    Director

Mark Winkelman*

   Netherlands    Director

 

* The business address of each such person is Brouwerijplein 1, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.

 

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Exhibit Index

Item 7. Material to be filed as Exhibits

Exhibit 99.1 Second Amendment to Master Distributor Agreement dated as of August 6, 2010 between Craft Brewers Alliance, Inc. and Anheuser-Busch, Incorporated

 

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EX-99.1 2 dex991.htm SECOND AMENDMENT TO MASTER DISTRIBUTOR AGREEMENT Second Amendment to Master Distributor Agreement

Exhibit 99.1

Second Amendment to Master Distributor Agreement

This Second Amendment to Master Distributor Agreement (this “Amendment”), dated August 6, 2010 (“Effective Date”), between Craft Brewers Alliance, Inc., as successor by merger to Redhook Ale Brewery, Incorporated (“CBAI”), and Anheuser-Busch, Incorporated (“ABI”), amends the Master Distributor Agreement, dated July 1, 2004, between ABI and Redhook Ale Brewery, Incorporated, as amended by the Consent and Amendment, dated July 1, 2008, between Redhook Ale Brewery, Incorporated, Widmer Brothers Brewing Company, Craft Brands Alliance LLC, and ABI (as so amended, the “Master Distributor Agreement”).

Agreement

CBAI and ABI agree as follows:

1. Amendments to Master Distributor Agreement. From and after the Effective Date, the Master Distributor Agreement continues in full force and effect but is amended as follows. Except as provided below, all other provisions of the Master Distributor Agreement will remain in full force and effect.

1.1 Article I of the Master Distributor Agreement is amended to add the following definitions

“Eastern Territory means: Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Vermont, West Virginia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Nebraska, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.

1.2 Section 4.04 is deleted in its entirety and replaced as follows:

4.04 (a) ABI shall reduce the payment required by Section 4.03 by the Margin for such Products; the Invoicing Costs; and Taxes. Additionally, ABI shall be entitled to setoff against such payment any amounts owed to ABI for defective Products (including without limitation, any costs of disposing such defective Product), or which are due ABI from CBAI pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or otherwise.

(b) Notwithstanding Section 4.04(a), (i) within thirty days after the end of each calendar quarter beginning with the calendar quarter ended December 31, 2010 and ending with the calendar quarter ended September 30, 2013, ABI shall reimburse to CBAI the entire Margin retained by ABI for Product sold in the Eastern Territory during such calendar quarter; (ii) within thirty days after the end of each calendar quarter beginning with the calendar quarter ended December 31, 2013 and ending with the calendar quarter ended September 30, 2014, ABI shall reimburse to CBAI 66.7% of the Margin retained by ABI for Product sold in the

 

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Eastern Territory during such calendar quarter; and (iii) within thirty days after the end of each calendar quarter beginning with the calendar quarter ended December 31, 2014 and ending with the calendar quarter ended September 30, 2015, ABI shall reimburse to CBAI 33.3% of the Margin retained by ABI for Product sold in the Eastern Territory during such calendar. Thereafter, ABI shall have no reimbursement obligations with respect to Margin.

(c) The provisions of Section 4.04(b) shall apply only so long as CBAI continues to operate its Portsmouth, New Hampshire brewery and maintains production capacity and output therein substantially at or above the levels existing on the Effective Date. Should CBAI cease to do so, on the date of such cessation the provisions of Section 4.04(b) shall be of no further force and effect.

1.3 Section 4.06 is deleted in its entirety and replaced as follows:

4.06 (a) Within 45 days after the end of each calendar quarter, CBAI shall pay to ABI the product of (x) the Incremental Margin and (y) the amount, if any, by which the aggregate volume (in case-equivalents of Products) sold by CBAI to ABI or any wholesaler in such calendar quarter in the Territory exceeds the amount of Product sold by CBAI in the Territory in the respective calendar quarter in 2003.

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of Section 4.06(a) the aggregate volume will be calculated to exclude: (i) for sales of Product in the fourth calendar quarter of 2010 through the third calendar quarter of 2013, 100% of the aggregate volume of Products sold in the Eastern Territory; (ii) for sales of Product effected in the fourth calendar quarter of 2013 through the third calendar quarter of 2014, 66.7% of the aggregate volume of Products sold in the Eastern Territory; and (iii) for sales effected in the fourth calendar quarter of 2014 through the third calendar quarter of 2015, 33.3% of the aggregate volume of Products sold in the Eastern Territory. Thereafter, this provision shall be given no effect in calculating Incremental Margin.

(c) The provisions of Section 4.06(b) shall apply only so long as CBAI continues to operate its Portsmouth, New Hampshire brewery and maintains production capacity and output therein substantially at or above the levels existing on the Effective Date. Should CBAI cease to do so, on the date of such cessation the provisions of Section 4.06(b) shall be of no further force and effect.

(d) For purposes of determining the Incremental Margin, the parties agree that Schedule 4.06 sets forth the quantity of Product sold by Redhook and Widmer in each calendar quarter of 2003 and CBAI represents that such quantities do not include sales by any Brewpub or at any beer festival. If during any calendar year, the product of the

 

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(i) Incremental Margin and (ii) the amount by which the aggregate volume (in case-equivalents of Product) sold in the Territory (as adjusted by the exclusions provided for in Section 4.06(b)) exceeded the aggregate volume of Product sold by Redhook and Widmer in the Territory during 2003 does not equal the amounts paid by CBAI for such calendar year pursuant to this section, then, within 45 days after the end of such calendar year ABI shall pay to CBAI any amount by which the payments previously made by CBAI for such calendar year exceed such product or CBAI shall pay to ABI any amount by which the payments previously made by CBAI for such calendar year are less than such product.

1.4 The following is added as Section 4.08:

4.08 For each of the periods from October 1, 2010 through December 31, 2010; from January 1, 2011 through December 31, 2011; from January 1, 2012 through December 31, 2012; from January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2013; from January 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014; and from January 1, 2015 through September 30, 2015, CBAI’s out of pocket expenses incurred in the sales and marketing of its products for the Eastern Territory shall be no less than the sum of (i) the amount incurred therefor in the same calendar period in 2009 for the Eastern Territory, as increased by the cumulative change in the Consumer Price Index from December 31, 2009; plus (ii) the reimbursements to be paid by ABI for Margin relating to such period resulting from the provisions of Section 4.04(b) and the decrease in the aggregate amounts of Incremental Margin resulting from the provisions of Section 4.06(b).

2. Effect of Agreement. This Amendment is binding on and inures to the benefit of CBAI, ABI, and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

3. Choice of Law. This Amendment shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of Washington, without regard to the principles thereof regarding conflicts of laws.

4. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original and all of which together shall be deemed to be one and the same instrument.

The duly authorized representatives of the undersigned have executed and delivered this Second Amendment to Master Distributor Agreement as of the Effective Date.

[one signature page follows]

 

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Craft Brewers Alliance, Inc.
By:  

/s/ Terry Michaelson

  Terry Michaelson
  Chief Executive Officer

Anheuser-Busch, Incorporated

By:  

/s/ Anthony J. Short

Printed Name:   Anthony J. Short
Printed Title:   Vice President, Business and Wholesale Development

 

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