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UNITED STATES  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION  WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


FORM 20-F/A

Amendment No. 1

| | REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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| | ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934          
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|For the fiscal year ended | December 31, 2008

| | TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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|For the transition period from | ____________to ____________ | 
|Commission file number         | 0-20486                     | 

COMPAÑIA CERVECERIAS UNIDAS S.A.   UNITED BREWERIES COMPANY, INC.     Republic of Chile   Vitacura 2670, Twenty-Third Floor, Santiago, Chile     (Name, Telephone, Email and/or Facsimile number and Address of Company Contact Person)


Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to section 12(b) of the Act.

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|                                | Name of each exchange   
|Title of each class             | on which registered     
|American Depositary Shares      | New York Stock Exchange 
|Representing Common Stock       |                         
|Common Stock, without par value | New York Stock Exchange*

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* Not for trading, but only in connection with the registration of American Depositary Shares which are evidenced by American Depositary Receipts

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act.


Not applicable


Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act.


Not applicable


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.

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|Common stock, with no par value: | 318,502,872

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. 
 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.  
 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 (or for 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 and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every  Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405  of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12  months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit  and post such files).
 Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of accelerated filer and large accelerated filer in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check
      one): 
 Indicate by check mark which basis of accounting the registrant has used to prepare the financial statements included in this filing:
    U.S. GAAP   	International Financial Reporting Standards as issued		
    Other   by the International Accounting Standards Board
    If “Other” has been checked in response to the previous question, indicate by check mark which 
      financial statement item the registrant has elected to follow.  
 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).  Yes                                  No


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EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Amendment No. 1 to the annual report on Form 20-F of Compañía Cervecerías Unidas S.A. that was originally filed on June 25, 2009 (the 2008 Form 20-F), is being filed solely for the purpose of correcting a clerical
error on the cover page of the 2008 Form 20-F pursuant to which the Accelerated Filer box was checked instead of the Large Accelerated Filer box. There are no other changes contained in this Amendment No. 1 as compared to the
2008 Form 20-F.

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Signatures

> The registrant hereby certifies that it meets all of  the requirements for filing on Form 20-F/A and that it has duly caused and  authorized the undersigned to sign this amendment to the annual report on its  behalf.

Compañía Cervecerías Unidas S.A.    
 (United Breweries Company, Inc.)

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| | /s/ Patricio Jottar    
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| | Chief Executive Officer

Date: July 1, 2009

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