core sector communique

HEINEKEN notes ThaiBev's latest announcement

Amsterdam, 13 September 2012 – HEINEKEN has noted ThaiBev’s latest announcement. The company will review the content carefully and has no further comment to make at this time. HEINEKEN will make a further announcement if and when appropriate. Directors’ Responsibility Statement The directors of HEINEKEN (including any director who may have delegated detailed supervision of this announcement) have taken all reasonable care to ensure that the facts stated and all opinions expressed in this announcement are fair and accurate and that there are no other material facts not contained in this announcement, the omission of which would make any statement in this announcement misleading. Where any information has been extracted or reproduced from published or otherwise publicly available sources, or obtained from F&N, the sole responsibility of the directors of HEINEKEN has been to ensure through reasonable enquiries that such information is accurately extracted from such sources or, as the case may be, reflected or reproduced in this announcement. The directors of HEINEKEN jointly and severally accept responsibility accordingly.