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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 15
CERTIFICATION AND NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION UNDER
SECTION 12 (g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 OR SUSPENSION
OF DUTY TO FILE REPORTS UNDER SECTIONS 13 AND 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.
Commission File Number: 1-7823
Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.
 
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
One Busch Place, St. Louis, Missouri 63118
Telephone: (314) 577-3298
 
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
     
1.
  Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share
 
2.
  Unissued securities registered under Automatic Shelf Registration Statement on Form S-3
(File No. 333-147408)
 
(Title of each class of securities covered by this Form)
None
 
(Titles of all other classes of securities for which a duty to file reports under section 13(a) or 15(d) remains)
     Please place an X in the box(es) to designate the appropriate rule provision (s) relied upon to terminate or suspend the duty to file reports:
         
 
  Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(i) o   Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(i)  þ
 
  Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(ii) o   Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(ii) o
 
      Rule 15d-6                o
     Approximate number of holders of record as of the certification or notice date:
             
1.
  Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share     1  
 
2.
  Unissued securities registered under Automatic Shelf Registration Statement on Form S-3
(File No. 333-147408)
    0  
 
 
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. has caused this certification/notice to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.
                 
Date: February 20, 2009   By:   ANHEUSER-BUSCH COMPANIES, INC.    
 
               
 
      By:   /s/ Thomas Larson
 
   
 
          Thomas Larson    
 
          Assistant Secretary