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PROXY
STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(a)
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THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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Pursuant to Section 240.14a-12
Anheuser-Busch
Companies, Inc.
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On the afternoon of July 8, 2008, Gary
Rutledge, Vice President-Legal and Government Affairs, of Anheuser-Busch
Companies, Inc. issued the following statement to the media:
Anheuser-Busch filed a lawsuit
yesterday against InBev in Federal court in St. Louis to help its shareholders
gain more complete and accurate information about InBev’s unsolicited and
non-binding proposal to acquire Anheuser-Busch. The lawsuit alleges
that InBev has been deceptive in its selective disclosure of information
pertaining to the proposal, misleading Anheuser-Busch’s
shareholders.
The lawsuit also asserts that InBev’s
Consent Statement and actions taken prior to its filing violate U.S.
securities laws. Anheuser-Busch is asking the court to prevent
InBev from taking any further steps to solicit Anheuser-Busch’s
shareholders until it provides full and accurate information concerning its
proposal.
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Anheuser-Busch
Companies, Inc. (the "Company") and its directors and certain executive officers
may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of consent revocations from
stockholders in connection with a consent solicitation by InBev S.A. to remove
and replace the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Consent
Solicitation"). The Company plans to file a consent revocation
statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") in connection
with the solicitation of written consents in connection with the Consent
Solicitation (the "Consent Revocation Statement"). Information
regarding the names of the Company's directors and executive officers and their
respective interests in the Company by security holdings or otherwise is set
forth in the Company's proxy statement relating to the 2008 annual meeting of
stockholders, which may be obtained free of charge at the SEC's website at
http://www.sec.gov and the Company's website at
http://www.anheuser-busch.com. Additional information regarding the
interests of such potential participants will be included in the Consent
Revocation Statement and other relevant documents to be filed with the SEC in
connection with the Consent Solicitation.
Promptly
after filing its definitive Consent Revocation Statement with the SEC, the
Company will mail the definitive Consent Revocation Statement and a form of
WHITE consent revocation card to each stockholder entitled to deliver a written
consent in connection with the Consent Solicitation. WE URGE
INVESTORS TO READ THE CONSENT REVOCATION STATEMENT (INCLUDING ANY SUPPLEMENTS
THERETO) AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS THAT THE COMPANY WILL FILE WITH THE
SEC WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT
INFORMATION. Stockholders will be able to obtain, free of charge,
copies of the Consent Revocation Statement and any other documents filed by the
Company with the SEC in connection with the Consent Solicitation at the SEC's
website at http://www.sec.gov, at the Company's website at
http://www.anheuser-busch.com or by contacting Morrow & Co., LLC at (800)
662-5200.