Form 3

FORM 3

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

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INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*

Forese, James J.

2. Date of Event
Requiring Statement
Month/Day/Year
04/23/2003

4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. (BUD)

(Last)      (First)     (Middle)

1931 Cocoplum Way
 

3. I.R.S. Identification
Number of Reporting
Person, if an entity
(voluntary)

 

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s)
to Issuer (Check all applicable)
X Director                          10% Owner
    Officer                            Other
(give title below)              (specify below)

                                                  

6. If Amendment,
Date of Original
(Month/Day/Year)
 

(Street)

Naples, FL 34105

7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing
(Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
    Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

(City)     (State)     (Zip)

Table I — Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

1. Title of Security
(Instr. 4)

2. Amount of
Securities
Beneficially
Owned
(Instr. 4)

3. Ownership Form:
Direct (D)
or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)

4. Nature of Indirect
Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)

Common Stock ($1 par value)

5,000

D(1)

 

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FORM 3 (continued)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)

2. Date Exercisable
and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/ Year)

3. Title and Amount of Securities
Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)

4. Conversion or
Exercise Price of
Derivative Security

5. Ownership Form
of Derivative
Security:
Direct (D)
or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)

6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)

Date
Exercisable

Expiration
Date

Title          

Amount or
Number of
Shares

Explanation of Responses:

(1) In connection with the Rights Agreement adopted by the Company, Preferred Stock Purchase Rights were distributed to shareholders and are deemed to be attached to the shares of Common Stock of the Company listed on this Form. One-quarter of a Preferred Stock Purchase Right is attached to each share of common stock. If and when the Rights become exercisable, the holder of each Right initially would be entitled to purchase one one-hundredth of a share of Series Junior B Participating Preferred Stock at a purchase price of $195 (both the number of fractional shares and the purchase price are subject to adjustment).

  By: /s/ James J. Forese
             James J. Forese
**Signature of Reporting Person
04/23/2003
Date

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See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).

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EX-24



POWER OF ATTORNEY





 Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of JoBeth G. Brown and Laura H. Reeves and their successors in office and their designees, signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:



 (1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;



 (2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and



 (3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by in terms of compliance with the securities laws, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.



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 The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.



 The Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.



 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 23rd day of April, 2003.





/s/  James J. Forese

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James J. Forese

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