Ambev SA ADR 2026年年度报告和过渡报告

Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act:None Indicate the number of outstanding shares of each of the issuer’s classes of capital or common stock as of the close of the period covered by the annual report. 15,761,638,756 Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. YesNo If this report is an annual or transition report, indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. YesNo Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (orfor such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. YesNo Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of thischapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).YesNo Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or an emerging growth company. See definition of “accelerated filer,”“large accelerated filer,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. Large accelerated filerAccelerated filerNon-accelerated filerEmerging growth company If an emerging growth company that prepares its financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transitionperiod for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards† provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. † The term “new or revised financial accounting standard” refers to any update issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board to its Accounting Standards Codification after April 5,2012. Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting underSection 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report.YesNo If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of anerror to previously issued financial statements. Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive based compensation received by any of the registrant’sexecutive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b). Item 17Item 18 If this is an annual report, indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). ITEM 16F. CHANGE IN REGISTRANT’S CERTIFYING ACCOUNTANT165ITEM 16G. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE166ITEM 16H. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURE167ITEM 16I. DISCLOSURE REGARDING FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS THAT PREVENT INSPECTIONS168ITEM 16J. INSIDER TRADING POLICIES169ITEM 16K. CYBERSECURITY170PART III172ITEM 17. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS172ITEM 18. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS173ITEM 19. EXHIBITS174 Table of Contents INTRODUCTION This annual report on Form 20-F relates to the registered American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”), of Ambev S.A. (“Ambev”), evidenced by American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”), eachrepresenting one common share, no par value, of Ambev. In this annual report, except as otherwise indicated or as the context otherwise requires, the “Company,” “Ambev,” “we,” “us” and “our” refers to Ambev S.A. and its subsidiaries and, unless thecontext otherwise requires, the predecessor companies that have been merged out of existence with and into it. All references to “Old Ambev” refer toCompanhia de Bebidas das Américas – Ambev, ourformer subsidiary that had common and preferred shares listed on the São Paulo Stock, Commodities and Futures Exchange (B3 S.A. – Brasil, Bolsa, Balcão, or “B3”) (previously named asBM&FBovespa S.A. – Bolsa de Valores, Mercadorias e Futuros), and common and preferred ADSs listed on the New York Stock Exchange, (“NYSE”), and that was merged out of existence with andinto us in January 2014. All references to “NAB” are to the non-alcoholic beverages in our portfolio other than non-alcoholic beer. All references to “Brazil” are to the Federative Republic of Brazilunless the context otherwise requires. All references to the “Brazilian federal government” are to the federal government of Brazil. All references to percent ownership interests in Ambev do not considertreasury shares. PRESENTATION OF F