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USA: Anheuser-Busch Cos., Inc. has recently announced dividend increase. Patrick Stokes, president and chief executive officer of Anheuser-Busch Cos., Inc., announced on July 28, 2004 that the Board of Directors has increased the regular quarterly dividend on the company's common stock to 24 ½ cents, from 22 cents per share, an increase of 11.4 percent. This marks the 28 th consecutive year of Anheuser-Busch dividend increases. The new dividend rate is payable September 9, 2004, to shareholders of record on August 9, 2004.

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.



31 July, 2004