Anheuser-Busch InBev has further improved its finances by issuing US$3.25bn in bonds.

The issue includes $500m in floating rate notes and $1bn in fixed rate notes due 2013, as well as $750m and $1bn in fixed notes due 2015 and 2020 respectively, A-B InBev said yesterday (24 March).

“Today’s $3.25bn bond offering along with the recently announced $17.2bn bank financing further improves our capital structure,” said Felipe Dutra, chief financial officer of the Stella Artois and Budweiser brewer.

“The bonds allow us to refinance bank debt using less expensive funding and will provide us with additional undrawn capacity under our new $8bn revolving credit facility, thus improving the company’s liquidity.”

The notes are being offered and sold to certain qualified institutional investors in the US.

Earlier this month, the group declared InBev’s $52bn acquisition of A-B as “essentially complete”, following a refinancing deal with banks.

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