SEC Info - American Beverage Co Ambev - ‘20-F’ for 12/31/04

American Beverage Co Ambev – ‘20-F’ for 12/31/04 – EX-12.2

On: Friday, 7/1/05, at 8:12am ET · For: 12/31/04 · Accession #: 950157-5-542 · File #: 1-15194

As Of Filer Filing For·On·As Docs:Size Issuer Agent 7/01/05 American Beverage Co Ambev 20-F 12/31/04 16:7.5M Cravath Swaine & … 01/FA

Document/Exhibit Description Pages Size 1: 20-F Annual Report of a Foreign Private Issuer -- HTML 3.67M form20-f 2: EX-1.1 By-Laws HTML 77K 3: EX-4.15 Termination of the Letter Agreement, Dated June HTML 30K 22, 2004 4: EX-4.16 Letter From Inbev to Ambev and Labatt HTML 37K 5: EX-4.17 Confirmation of Intellectual Property and Hedging HTML 32K Arrangements 6: EX-4.18 Executed Letter Agreement Dated July 22, 2004 HTML 17K 7: EX-4.19 Labatt Services Agreement, Dated August 27, 2004 HTML 68K 8: EX-4.20 Interbrew Services Agreement, Dated August 27, HTML 86K 2004 9: EX-4.21 Transfer Agreement, Dated August 2004 HTML 45K 10: EX-4.22 License Agreement, Dated March 21, 2005 HTML 201K 11: EX-8.1 List of Material Subsidiaries of Companhia De HTML 20K Bebidas Das Americas - Ambev 12: EX-11.2 Amendment to Code of Business Conduct HTML 86K 13: EX-12.1 Principal Executive Officers' Certification (302) HTML 23K 14: EX-12.2 Principal Financial Officer Certification (302) HTML 18K 15: EX-13.1 Principal Executive Officers' Certification (906) HTML 19K 16: EX-13.2 Principal Financial Officer Certification (906) HTML 14K

PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER CERTIFICATION

I, João Mauricio Giffoni de Castro Neves, Chief Financial Officer of Companhia de Bebidas das Américas - AmBev, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 20-F of Companhia de Bebidas das Américas - AmBev (the “Registrant”);

2. Based on my knowledge, this annual report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this annual report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this annual report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this annual report;

4. The Registrant’s other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the Registrant and have:

Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the Registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this annual report is being prepared;

Evaluated the effectiveness of the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

Disclosed in this report any change in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by the annual report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The Registrant’s other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the Registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of Registrant’s Board of Directors (or persons performing the equivalent function):

All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial data; and

Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

This ‘20-F’ Filing

Date

Other Filings

Filed on:

7/1/05

NT 20-F, NTN 20F

6/30/05

6-K, 6-K/A

For Period End:

12/31/04

20-F/A, 6-K, NT 20-F, NTN 20F

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	COMPANHIA DE BEBIDAS DAS AMÉRICAS - AMBEV

	By:	/s/ Carlos Alves de Brito
		Name: Carlos Alves de Brito
		Time: Chief Executive Officer for North America

	By:	/s/Luiz Fernando Ziegler de Saint Edmond
		Name: Luiz Fernando Ziegler de Saint Edmond
		Title: Chief Executive Officer for Latin America

American Beverage Co Ambev – ‘20-F’ for 12/31/04 – EX-12.2

On: Friday, 7/1/05, at 8:12am ET · For: 12/31/04 · Accession #: 950157-5-542 · File #: 1-15194

Previous ‘20-F’: ‘20-F/A’ on 7/9/04 for 12/31/03 · Next: ‘20-F/A’ on 8/3/05 for 12/31/04 · Latest: ‘20-F’ on 4/30/13 for 12/31/12

Annual Report of a Foreign Private Issuer — Form 20-F
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EX-12.2 — Principal Financial Officer Certification (302)

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American Beverage Co Ambev – ‘20-F’ for 12/31/04 – EX-12.2

On: Friday, 7/1/05, at 8:12am ET · For: 12/31/04 · Accession #: 950157-5-542 · File #: 1-15194

Previous ‘20-F’: ‘20-F/A’ on 7/9/04 for 12/31/03 · Next: ‘20-F/A’ on 8/3/05 for 12/31/04 · Latest: ‘20-F’ on 4/30/13 for 12/31/12

Annual Report of a Foreign Private Issuer — Form 20-FFiling Table of Contents

EX-12.2 — Principal Financial Officer Certification (302)

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Dates Referenced Herein and Documents Incorporated by Reference

Annual Report of a Foreign Private Issuer — Form 20-F
Filing Table of Contents