SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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                                  FORM 10-K/A
         (X)  ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 FOR THE FISCAL YEAR
         ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2001
         OR
         ( )  TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 FOR THE TRANSITION PERIOD
         FROM              TO
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                         COMMISSION FILE NUMBER 1-7823
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                         ANHEUSER-BUSCH COMPANIES, INC.
               (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN CHARTER)

            DELAWARE                                             43-1162835
  (State or Other Jurisdiction                                 (IRS Employer
of Incorporation or Organization)                           Identification No.)
                                ONE BUSCH PLACE
                           ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI 63118
                    (Address of Principal Executive Offices)

          REGISTRANT'S PHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE: 314-577-2000
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          SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OF THE ACT:
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                                                        NAME OF EACH EXCHANGE
TITLE OF EACH CLASS                                     ON WHICH REGISTERED

COMMON STOCK--$1 PAR VALUE                              NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
PREFERRED STOCK PURCHASE RIGHTS                         NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
6 1/2% SINKING FUND DEBENTURES, DUE JANUARY 1, 2028     NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE

        SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(g) OF THE ACT: NONE

         Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all
reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter
period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has
been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
Yes   X     No
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         Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant
to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be
contained, to the best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or
information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form
10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. [ ]

         State the aggregate market value of the voting stock held by
nonaffiliates of the registrant.
                    $44,246,817,824 as of February 26, 2002

         Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the
registrant's classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.

      $1 PAR VALUE COMMON STOCK 879,119,827 SHARES AS OF MARCH 11, 2002

                     DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

Portions of Annual Report to Shareholders for the Year ended
  December 31, 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART I, PART II, AND PART IV

Portions of Definitive Proxy Statement for Annual Meeting of
  Shareholders on April 24, 2002. . . . . . . PART III






Item 14 on pages 9 through 11 of the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2001 is amended by the addition of the
following exhibits:

Exhibit 23.1  Consent of Independent Accountants

Exhibit 24.1  Powers of Attorney

Exhibit 24.2  Resolution authorizing signature by certain officers of the
              Company

Exhibit 99.1  Form 11-K, Annual Report of the Anheuser-Busch Global Employee
              Stock Purchase Plan for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2002.


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                                 SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this
amendment to this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized.

                                     ANHEUSER-BUSCH COMPANIES, INC.
                                              (Registrant)

                                     By: /s/JOBETH G. BROWN
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                                                  JoBeth G. Brown
                                            (Vice President and Secretary)
Date:  July 24, 2002

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1934, this
report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the
registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated:

                              Title                           Date

    PATRICK T. STOKES    *    Chief Executive Officer         July 24, 2002
-------------------------     and President and
    Patrick T. Stokes         Director (Principal
                              Executive Officer)

    W. RANDOLPH BAKER    *    Vice President and              July 24, 2002
-------------------------     Chief Financial Officer
    W. Randolph Baker         (Principal Financial Officer)

      JOHN F. KELLY      *    Vice President and              July 24, 2002
-------------------------     Controller (Principal
      John F. Kelly           Accounting Officer)

   AUGUST A. BUSCH III   *    Chairman of the Board           July 24, 2002
-------------------------     and Director
   August A. Busch III

    BERNARD A. EDISON    *    Director                        July 24, 2002
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    Bernard A. Edison

   CARLOS FERNANDEZ G.   *    Director                        July 24, 2002
-------------------------
   Carlos Fernandez G.

      JOHN E. JACOB      *    Director                        July 24, 2002
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      John E. Jacob

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      JAMES R. JONES     *    Director                        July 24, 2002
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      James R. Jones

    CHARLES F. KNIGHT    *    Director                        July 24, 2002
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    Charles F. Knight

  VERNON R. LOUCKS, JR.  *    Director                        July 24, 2002
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  Vernon R. Loucks, Jr.

    VILMA S. MARTINEZ    *    Director                        July 24, 2002
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    Vilma S. Martinez

    JAMES B. ORTHWEIN    *    Director                        July 24, 2002
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    James B. Orthwein

  WILLIAM PORTER PAYNE   *    Director                        July 24, 2002
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  William Porter Payne

      JOYCE M. ROCHE     *    Director                        July 24, 2002
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      Joyce M. Roche

                              Director                        July   , 2002
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    Henry Hugh Shelton

     ANDREW C. TAYLOR    *    Director                        July 24, 2002
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     Andrew C. Taylor

  DOUGLAS A. WARNER III  *    Director                        July 24, 2002
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  Douglas A. Warner III

 EDWARD E. WHITACRE, JR. *    Director                        July 24, 2002
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 Edward E. Whitacre, Jr.



  *By /s/JOBETH G. BROWN          Attorney-in-Fact
     -------------------------
          JoBeth G. Brown



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                                EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit 23.1  Consent of Independent Accountants

Exhibit 24.1  Powers of Attorney

Exhibit 24.2  Resolution authorizing signature by certain officers of the
              Company

Exhibit 99.1  Form 11-K, Annual Report of the Anheuser-Busch Global Employee
              Stock Purchase Plan for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2002.