AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON NOVEMBER 26, 2008

Registration Statement No. 333-150733          

 

 

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware		43-1162835
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

One Busch Place
St. Louis, Missouri 63118
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

Anheuser-Busch Deferred Income Stock Purchase and Savings Plan
(For Certain Hourly Employees of Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. and its Subsidiaries)
(Full Title of the Plan)

JoBeth G. Brown
Vice President and Corporate Secretary
Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.
One Busch Place
St. Louis, Missouri 63118
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

(314) 577-3314
Telephone Number, Including Area Code of Agent for Service

     Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

Large accelerated filer þ		Accelerated filer o		Non-accelerated filer o		Smaller reporting company o
				(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

     On November 18, 2008, Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. (the “Company”) completed the previously announced transaction with InBev N.V./S.A. (“InBev”). All shares of the common stock of the Company are now held by a subsidiary of InBev. As a consequence, the Company has terminated all offerings of its securities under its existing registration statements, including this Registration Statement. This amendment is filed to deregister and remove all shares of common stock and plan interests registered under this Registration Statement that remain unsold and untransferred.

 

 

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 8.           Exhibits.

24.1		Power of Attorney executed by directors and officers of the Registrant.

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 of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of St. Louis, State of Missouri, on November 25, 2008.

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:

		Title		Date
/s/ DAVID PEACOCK *   David Peacock		President and Director  (Principal Executive Officer)		November 25, 2008
/s/ DAVID ALMEIDA *   David Almeida		Vice President, Finance  (Principal Financial Officer)		November 25, 2008
/s/ JOHN F. KELLY *   John F. Kelly		Vice President and Controller  (Principal Accounting Officer)		November 25, 2008
/s/ GARY RUTLEDGE *   Gary Rutledge		Director		November 25, 2008

     The Plan. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the trustees (or other persons who administer the Plan) of the Plan have duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of St. Louis, State of Missouri on November 25, 2008.

		ANHEUSER-BUSCH DEFERRED INCOME STOCK PURCHASE AND SAVINGS PLAN
		(FOR CERTAIN HOURLY EMPLOYEES OF ANHEUSER-BUSCH COMPANIES, INC. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES)
		By:		ANHEUSER-BUSCH COMPANIES, INC.,
				as Plan Administrator
		By:		/s/ James Brickey
				James Brickey Vice President, People

EXHIBIT INDEX

24.1		Power of Attorney executed by directors and officers of the Registrant.