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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, 2008
ANHEUSER-BUSCH
COMPANIES, INC.
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(Exact
Name of
Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Delaware
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1-7823
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43-1162835
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(State
or
Other jurisdiction
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(Commission
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(IRS
Employer
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of
Incorporation)
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File
Number)
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Identification
No.)
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One
Busch
Place,
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St.
Louis,
Missouri
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63118
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(Address
of
Principal Executive
Offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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Registrant’s
telephone number, including area
code: 314-577-2000
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NONE
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(Former
Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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Item
5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of
Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of
Certain Officers
Effective
February 1, 2008, the Compensation
Committee (the “Committee”) of the Board of Directors of Anheuser-Busch
Companies, Inc. (the “Company”) approved 2007 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
2007 Officer Bonus Program (the “2007 Program”) adopted by the Committee in
February 2007 pursuant to and consistent with the objective of the Company’s
Officer Bonus Plan (the “Plan”) and upon certification by the Committee that the
Performance Goal as established under the 2007 Program has been
met. The Performance Goal is based upon the achievement by the
Company of a specified level of pre-tax earnings for 2007. The
Committee has certified that the 2007 Performance Goal has been achieved, and
has approved the following bonus payments to the Company’s named executive
officers:
Name
and Principal Position |
2007
Bonus
Payment
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|
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August
A.
Busch IV
President
and Chief Executive Officer
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2,500,000
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W.
Randolph
Baker
Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer
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650,000
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Mark
T.
Bobak
Group
Vice President and Chief Legal Officer¹
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600,000
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Douglas
J.
Muhleman
Group
Vice President – Brewing, Operations
and
Technology
Anheuser-Busch,
Incorporated
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545,000
|
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Michael
J.
Owens
Vice
President – Business Operations
Anheuser-Busch,
Incorporated
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475,000
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¹Mr.
Bobak
resigned as an executive officer of the Company on December 31,
2007.
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.
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ANHEUSER-BUSCH
COMPANIES, INC. |
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(Registrant) |
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BY:
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/s/
JoBeth G.
Brown
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JoBeth
G.
Brown
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Vice
President and Secretary
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February
1,
2008
(Date)