AB InBev Financial Results
6. Acquisitions and disposals of subsidiaries
The company undertook a series of acquisitions and disposals and/or settled payments related to prior year acquisitions
during the year ended 31 December 2022 and 31 December 2021, with no significant impact in the consolidated financial
statements.
7. Other operating income/(expenses)
Million US dollar
2022
2021
Brazilian tax credits
201
226
Government grants
311
322
Net gain on disposal of property, plant and equipment, intangible assets and assets held for sale
License income
82
65
27
25
Net rental and other operating income
220
167
841
805
Other operating income/(expenses)
In 2022, Ambev, a subsidiary of AB InBev, recognized 201m US dollar income (2021: 226m US dollar) in Other operating
income related to tax credits. Additionally, in 2022 Ambev recognized 168m US dollar (2021: 118m US dollar) of interest
income on tax credits in Finance income (refer to Note 11 Finance cost and income).
The income from government grants primarily relate to fiscal incentives given by certain Brazilian states and Chinese
provinces, based on the company's operations and developments in those regions.
8. Non-underlying items
IAS 1 Presentation of financial statements requires that material items of income and expense be disclosed separately.
Non-underlying items are items that in management's judgment need to be disclosed by virtue of their size or incidence so
that a user can obtain a proper understanding of the company's financial information. The company considers these items
to be significant and accordingly, management has excluded them from their segment measure of performance in Note 5
Segment Reporting.
The non-underlying items included in the income statement are as follows:
For the year ended 31 December
Million US dollar
COVID-19 costs
Restructuring
Business and asset disposal (including impairment losses)
AB InBev Efes related costs
Acquisition costs business combinations
Zenzele Kabili costs
Impact on profit from operations
Non-underlying net finance income/(cost)
Non-underlying share of results of associates
Non-underlying taxes
Non-underlying non-controlling interest
Net impact on profit
2022
2021
(18)
(105)
(110)
(172)
(71)
(247)
(51)
(1)
(17)
(72)
(251)
(614)
498
(806)
(1143)
399
346
13
20
(484)
(1 054)
COVID-19 costs amount to (18)m US dollar for the year ended 31 December 2022 (2021: (105)m US dollar). These
expenses mainly comprise costs related to personal protection equipment for the company's employees and other costs
incurred as a direct consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The non-underlying restructuring charges for 2022 total (110)m US dollar (2021: (172)m US dollar). These charges
primarily relate to organizational alignments. These changes aim to eliminate overlapping organizations or duplicated
processes, taking into account the matching of employee profiles with new organizational requirements. These one-time
expenses provide the company with a lower cost base and bring a stronger focus to AB InBev's core activities, quicker
decision-making and improvements to efficiency, service and quality.
Business and asset disposals (including impairment losses) amount to (71)m US dollar for 2022 mainly comprising
impairment of intangible assets and other non-core assets sold in the period. Business and asset disposals (including
impairment losses) amounted to (247)m US dollar for 2021, mainly comprising (258)m US dollar of non-cash impairment
charge associated with Bedford Systems, a joint venture with Keurig Dr. Pepper, following the announcement of the
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