Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. Form 8-K
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
20549
Form
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
Pursuant
to Section
13 or 15(d) of the
Securities
Exchange
Act of 1934
Date
of Report
(Date of earliest event reported) February 1, 2007
ANHEUSER-BUSCH
COMPANIES, INC.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(Exact
name of
registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
|
1-7823
|
43-1162835
|
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(State
or
other jurisdiction
|
(Commission
|
(IRS
Employer
|
of
incorporation)
|
File
Number)
|
Identification
No.)
|
|
|
|
One
Busch
Place,
|
St.
Louis,
Missouri
|
63118
|
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
(Address
of
principal executive offices)
|
(Zip
Code)
|
Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code:
314-577-2000
------------------
NONE
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(Former
name or
former address, if changed since last report)
Check
the
appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
satisfy the obligation of the registrant under any of the following
provisions:
[
] Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17
CFR 230.425)
[
] Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17
CFR 240.14a-12)
[
] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the
Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
[
] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the
Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item
5.02 |
Departure
of
Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment
of
Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
Officers
|
Effective
February
1, 2007, the Compensation Committee (the “Committee”) of the Board of Directors
of Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. (the “Company”) approved 2006 bonus payments
to the Company’s named executive officers and certain other officers of the
Company and Anheuser-Busch, Incorporated. These bonus payments are made under
the 2006 Officer Bonus Program (the “2006 Program”) adopted by the Committee in
February 2006 pursuant to and consistent with the objective of the Company’s
Officer Bonus Plan (the “Plan”) upon certification by the Committee that the
Performance Goal as established under the 2006 Program has been met. The
Performance Goal is based upon a financial measure, specifically the achievement
by the Company of a specified level of pre-tax earnings for 2006. The Committee
has certified that the 2006 Performance Goal has been achieved, and has approved
the following bonus payments to the Company’s named executive
officers:
Name
and
Principal Position
|
2006
Bonus
Payment
|
|
|
|
|
Patrick
T.
Stokes
|
|
|
|
Former
President and Chief Executive Officer ¹
|
|
$
|
3,000,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
August
A.
Busch III
|
|
|
|
|
Former
Chairman of the Board ²
|
|
$
|
950,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
August
A.
Busch IV
|
|
|
|
|
President
and
Chief Executive Officer ³
|
|
$ |
1,200,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
W.
Randolph
Baker
|
|
|
|
|
Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer
|
|
$
|
600,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Douglas
J.
Muhleman
|
|
|
|
|
Group
Vice
President - Brewing, Operations
|
|
|
|
|
and
Technology
|
|
|
|
|
Anheuser-Busch,
Incorporated
|
|
$ |
525,000
|
|
¹
Mr. Stokes served
as President and Chief Executive Officer until his retirement on November
30,
2006.
²
Mr.
Busch III
resigned as an executive officer of the Company on November 30,
2006.
³
Mr. Busch IV
became President and Chief Executive Officer on December 1,
2006.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed
on
its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
|
ANHEUSER-BUSCH
COMPANIES, INC.
|
|
(Registrant)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
BY:
/s/ JoBeth G.
Brown
|
|
JoBeth G. Brown
|
|
Vice President and Secretary
|
February
14,
2007
(Date)