USA: Anheuser-Busch declares quarterly common stock dividend

Patrick Stokes, President and Chief Executive Officer of Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc., announced on January 11 that the Board of Directors has declared a regular quarterly dividend of 27 cents on shares of the company’s outstanding common stock, payable March 9, 2006, to shareholders of record February 9, 2006.

Based in St. Louis, Anheuser-Busch Cos., Inc. is the leading U.S. brewer and holds a 50 percent share in Grupo Modelo, Mexico’s leading brewer. The company also is one of the largest theme park operators in the United States, is a major manufacturer of aluminum cans and is the world’s largest recycler of aluminum beverage containers.

13 January, 2006