HEINEKEN majority owned subsidiaries Nigerian Breweries plc and Consolidated Breweries plc issue notice of Extraordinary General Meeting regarding Scheme of Merger

Amsterdam, 31 October 2014 - Heineken N.V.'s (EURONEXT: HEIA; OTCQX: HEINY) ('HEINEKEN') majority owned Nigerian subsidiaries Consolidated Breweries plc and Nigerian Breweries plc have today sent notices of Extraordinary General Meetings to be held on 4 December 2014 (the "EGM") to their shareholders.

At the EGM's shareholders will vote on the proposal to combine the operations of Consolidated Breweries and Nigerian Breweries into a single legal entity effected through a Scheme of Merger. This will result in Nigerian Breweries being the combined named entity.

Requisite pre-merger approvals have already been received from the Nigerian Securities Exchange Commission. The directors of both companies are recommending the proposed merger to shareholders and are seeking their support and approval at the respective EGM's.

Until all statutory processes are completed, both companies (who are majority owned subsidiaries of Heineken NV) will continue to operate independently as usual.

Nigerian Breweries and Consolidated Breweries have today issued releases with respect to this announcement.

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