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*

Kasen, Keith M.

2. Date of Event
Requiring Statement
Month/Day/Year
02/26/2003

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

(Last)      (First)     (Middle)

One Busch Place
 

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

 

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

Member of Strategy Committee (Executive Officer)  

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

(Street)

St. Louis, MO 63118-1852

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)

11,348

D(1)

 

Common Stock ($1 par value)

4,402

I(1)

By 401(k) Plan.
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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

Phantom Stock Units

 

 

Common Stock

16

 

D(2)

 

Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) NQ

 (3)

12/17/06

Common Stock

8,646

$20.3438

D

 

Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) ISO

 (3)

12/17/06

Common Stock

4,914

$20.3438

D

 

Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) NQ

 (4)

11/25/07

Common Stock

7,340

$21.6875

D

 

Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) ISO

 (4)

11/25/07

Common Stock

4,610

$21.6875

D

 

Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) ISO

 (5)

11/24/08

Common Stock

3,336

$29.9688

D

 

Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) NQ

 (5)

11/24/08

Common Stock

13,964

$29.9688

D

 

Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) ISO

 (6)

11/23/09

Common Stock

2,638

$37.8907

D

 

Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) NQ

 (6)

11/23/09

Common Stock

14,762

$37.8907

D

 

Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) ISO

11/22/01

11/21/10

Common Stock

682

$48.875

D

 

Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) ISO

11/22/02

11/21/10

Common Stock

682

$48.875

D

 

Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) ISO

11/22/03

11/21/10

Common Stock

682

$48.875

D

 

Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) NQ

11/22/01

11/21/10

Common Stock

6,652

$48.875

D

 

Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) NQ

11/22/02

11/21/10

Common Stock

6,651

$48.875

D

 

Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) NQ

11/22/03

11/21/10

Common Stock

6,651

$48.875

D

 

Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) ISO

11/28/02

11/27/11

Common Stock

776

$42.945

D

 

Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) ISO

11/28/03

11/27/11

Common Stock

776

$42.945

D

 

Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) ISO

11/28/04

11/27/11

Common Stock

776

$42.945

D

 

Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) NQ

11/28/02

11/27/11

Common Stock

6,558

$42.945

D

 

Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) NQ

11/28/03

11/27/11

Common Stock

6,557

$42.945

D

 

Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) NQ

11/28/04

11/27/11

Common Stock

6,557

$42.945

D

 

Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) ISO

11/27/03

11/26/12

Common Stock

668

$49.91

D

 

Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) ISO

11/27/04

11/26/12

Common Stock

668

$49.91

D

 

Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) ISO

11/27/05

11/26/12

Common Stock

667

$49.91

D

 

Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) NQ

11/27/03

11/26/12

Common Stock

6,666

$49.91

D

 

Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) NQ

11/27/04

11/26/12

Common Stock

6,666

$49.91

D

 

Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) NQ

11/27/05

11/26/12

Common Stock

6,665

$49.91

D

 

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).
(2) Represents reporting person's interest in phantom shares of Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. resulting from participation in the Anheuser-Busch 401(k) Restoration Plan.
(3) The options became exercisable in three equal annual installments beginning on December 18, 1997.
(4) The options became exerciable in three equal annual installments beginning on November 26, 1998.
(5) The options became exerciable in three equal annual installments beginning on November 25, 1999.
(6) The options became exerciable in three equal annual installments beginning on November 24, 2000.
  By: /s/ Keith M. Kasen
             Keith M. Kasen
**Signature of Reporting Person		 03/05/2003
Date

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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 5th day of March, 2003.



/s/Keith M. Kasen

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Keith M. Kasen

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