AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON
OCTOBER 3, 1995
Post-Effective Amendment No. 11 to Reg'n Statement No. 2-71762
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT No. 11 TO
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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ANHEUSER-BUSCH COMPANIES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 43-11628
(State or other jurisdiction (IRS Employer
of incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
One Busch Place
St. Louis, Missouri 63118
(Address of principal executive offices)
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ANHEUSER-BUSCH
EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE AND SAVINGS PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
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JoBeth G. Brown, Esq. Copies to:
Vice President and Secretary John A. Niemoeller, Esq.
Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. The Stolar Partnership
One Busch Place 911 Washington Avenue, 7th Fl
St. Louis, Missouri 63118 St. Louis, Missouri 63101
(Name and address of agent for service)
(314) 577-3314
(Telephone number of agent for service)
Removing from registration the shares not yet issued or allocated
to participants and related plan interests, and supplying certain
exhibits.
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The Anheuser-Busch Employee Stock Purchase and Savings Plan (the
"Plan") has been merged into another employee benefit plan of the
Registrant and, as a result, has been terminated. In accordance
with the undertaking of the Registrant given pursuant to Item
512(a)(3) of Regulation S-K, the Registrant hereby:
(1) removes from registration the 851,413 shares of the
Registrant's common stock which presently are registered under
registration statement No. 2-71762, but which had not been issued
or allocated to the accounts of Plan participants at the time of
the merger and, because of the termination of the Plan, never
will be so issued or allocated;
(2) removes from registration all interests in the Plan related
to such unissued, unallocated shares; and
(3) supplies certain exhibits described in Part II.
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 8. Exhibits
Exhibit 23
Consent of Independent Accountants [previously filed
electronically as Exhibit 23 to Form 10-K, Annual Report, filed
by the Registrant for the year ended December 31, 1994; said
Exhibit 23 is incorporated in this post-effective amendment by
reference].
Exhibit 24.4
Power of Attorney executed by the Principal Accounting Officer of
the Registrant.
Exhibit 24.5
Power of Attorney executed by the members of the Plan's
Administrative Committee.
SIGNATURES
The Registrant. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable
grounds to believe that it meets all the requirements for filing
on Form S-8 and has duly caused this amendment to registration
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of St. Louis, State of
Missouri, on September 15, 1995.
ANHEUSER-BUSCH COMPANIES, INC.
By: JOBETH G. BROWN
(JoBeth G. Brown, Secretary)
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
amendment to registration statement has been signed below by the
following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:
Signature Title Date
August A. Busch III* Chairman of the Board September 15, 1995
(August A. Busch III) and President and
Director (Principal
Executive Officer)
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Jerry E. Ritter* Executive Vice September 15, 1995
(Jerry E. Ritter) President - Chief
Financial and
Administrative Officer
(Principal Financial
Officer)
Gerald C. Thayer* Vice President and September 15, 1995
(Gerald C. Thayer) Controller (Principal
Accounting Officer)
_________________________ Director
(Pablo Aramburuzabala O.)
_________________________ Director
(Andrew B. Craig III)
Bernard A. Edison* Director September 15, 1995
(Bernard A. Edison)
Peter M. Flanigan* Director September 15, 1995
(Peter M. Flanigan)
John E. Jacob* Director September 15, 1995
(John E. Jacob)
Charles F. Knight* Director September 15, 1995
(Charles F. Knight)
Vernon R. Loucks, Jr.* Director September 15, 1995
(Vernon R. Loucks, Jr.)
Vilma S. Martinez* Director September 15, 1995
(Vilma S. Martinez)
Sybil C. Mobley* Director September 15, 1995
(Sybil C. Mobley)
James B. Orthwein* Director September 15, 1995
(James B. Orthwein)
________________________ Director
(Andrew C. Taylor)
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________________________ Director
(Douglas A. Warner III)
________________________ Director
(William H. Webster)
Edward E. Whitacre, Jr.* Director September 15, 1995
(Edward E. Whitacre, Jr.)
* By: JOBETH G. BROWN
JoBeth G. Brown
Attorney-in-Fact
The Plan. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, the administrative committee of the Plan has duly
caused this amendment to registration statement to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the
City of St. Louis, State of Missouri, on September 15, 1995.
ANHEUSER-BUSCH EMPLOYEE
STOCK PURCHASE AND SAVINGS PLAN
Signature Title Date
Albert R. Wunderlich* Committee Member September 15, 1995
(Albert R. Wunderlich)
William L. Rammes* Committee Member September 15, 1995
(William L. Rammes)
JoBeth G. Brown* Committee Member September 15, 1995
(JoBeth G. Brown)
Jacquelyn G. Johnson* Committee Member September 15, 1995
(Jacquelyn G. Johnson)
* By: JOBETH G. BROWN
JoBeth G. Brown
Attorney-in-Fact
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit 23
Consent of Independent Accountants [previously filed
electronically as Exhibit 23 to Form 10-K, Annual Report, filed
by the Registrant for the year ended December 31, 1994; said
Exhibit 23 is incorporated in this post-effective amendment by
reference].
Exhibit 24.4
Power of Attorney executed by the Principal Accounting Officer of
the Registrant.
Exhibit 24.5
Power of Attorney executed by the members of the Plan's
Administrative Committee.
Exhibits not incorporated by reference are filed electronically.
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Exhibit 24.4
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned Vice President and Controller of
Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), hereby appoints August A. Busch III, Jerry E. Ritter,
and JoBeth G. Brown, and each of them acting singly, the true and
lawful agents and attorneys of the undersigned, with full power
of substitution, to do all things and to execute all instruments
which any of them may deem necessary or advisable to enable the
Company to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and
Exchange Commission in respect thereof, in connection with (a)
Registration Statement No. 2-71762 on Form S-8 of shares of the
common stock of the Company for issuance under Anheuser-Busch
Employee Stock Purchase and Savings Plan; (b) Registration
Statement No. 33-39715 on Form S-8 for 5,000,000 shares of the
common stock of the Company for issuance under the Anheuser-Busch
Deferred Income Stock Purchase and Savings Plan; (c) Registration
Statement No. 33-39714 on Form S-8 for 5,000,000 shares of the
common stock of the Company for issuance under the Anheuser-Busch
Deferred Income Stock Purchase and Savings Plan (For Employees
Covered by a Collective Bargaining Agreement); and (d)
Registration Statement No. 33-46846 on Form S-8 for 400,000
shares of common stock of the Company for issuance under the
Anheuser-Busch Deferred Income Stock Purchase and Savings Plan
(For Hourly Employees of Busch Entertainment Corporation); this
authorization to include the authority to sign the name of the
undersigned in the capacity indicated below to the said
Registration Statements to be filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission in respect of said securities, and to any
amendments to said Registration Statements.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed a copy of
this Power of Attorney as of July 18, 1994.
GERALD C. THAYER
Gerald C. Thayer
Vice President and Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
Exhibit 24.5
ANHEUSER-BUSCH
EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE AND SAVINGS PLAN
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned are the members of the last Administrative
Committee of the Anheuser-Busch Employee Stock Purchase and
Savings Plan (the "Plan") prior to the termination of the Plan
upon its merger into another employee benefit plan of
Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. (the "Company"). Each of the
undersigned hereby appoints August A. Busch III, Jerry E. Ritter
and JoBeth G. Brown, and each of them acting singly, the true and
lawful agents and attorneys of the undersigned, with full power
of substitution, to do all things and to execute all instruments
which any of them may deem necessary or advisable to enable the
Company to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and
Exchange Commission in respect thereof, in connection with the
removal from registration of those shares of the Company's common
stock which were registered on Form S-8 under Registration
Statement No. 2-71762 but which, at the time of the termination
of the Plan, were unissued and unallocated to Plan participants;
this authorization to include the authority to sign the name of
each of the undersigned in the capacities indicated below to an
amendment to said Registration Statement to be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission in respect of said removal,
and to any other amendments to said Registration Statement or any
other Registration Statements previously filed in connection with
said Plan.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed a
copy of this Power of Attorney as of September 15, 1995.
ALBERT R. WUNDERLICH JOBETH G. BROWN
Albert R. Wunderlich JoBeth G. Brown
Committee Member Committee Member
WILLIAM L. RAMMES JACQUELYN G. JOHNSON
William L. Rammes Jacquelyn G. Johnson
Committee Member Committee Member
