Exhibit 99

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Loren Wassell (314) 577-0733


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


  ANHEUSER-BUSCH RESPONDS TO UNSOLICITED MINI-TENDER OFFER

     ST. LOUIS (April 3, 2006) - Anheuser-Busch Companies (NYSE: BUD)
said today it had been notified of an unsolicited "mini-tender" offer by
TRC Capital Corporation (TRC) of Toronto, Canada, to purchase up to
2,250,000 shares, or less than one-half of 1 percent, of the outstanding
common stock of Anheuser-Busch at a price of $41.10 per share.
     Anheuser-Busch strongly recommends rejection of this offer and
wishes to inform its stockholders that Anheuser-Busch is not affiliated
in any way with TRC, the offer or the offer documentation.
     Anheuser-Busch notes that this offer price is 3.77 percent below
the $42.71 per share closing price of Anheuser-Busch on March 28, 2006,
the day before the mini-tender offer commenced.  It is also very
important to note that TRC's offer is subject to numerous conditions,
including there being no decline in the market price of Anheuser-Busch
common stock and the availability of financing for the purchase on terms
satisfactory to TRC.  As a result of these conditions, TRC would not be
required to purchase shares tendered in the mini-tender offer, if the
market price of the Anheuser-Busch shares were below $42.71 per share at
the expiration date of the offer.
     Anheuser-Busch understands that TRC has made many such "mini-
tender" offers for other companies' shares.  Mini-tender offers are
third-party offers to purchase less than 5 percent of a company's
outstanding shares, thereby avoiding many filing, disclosure and
procedural requirements of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
(SEC).

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     On its Web site, the SEC notes that mini-tender offers "have been
increasingly used to catch investors off guard" and that investors "may
end up selling their securities at below-market prices."  The SEC also
notes that "mini-tender offers typically do not provide the same
disclosure and procedural protections that larger, traditional tender
offers provide."
     Stockholders are urged to obtain current market quotations for
their shares, to consult with their own brokers or financial advisors
and generally to exercise caution with respect to mini-tender offers.
Additional information regarding the SEC's regulatory concerns about
mini-tender offers is available on the SEC's Web site at:
www.sec.gov/investor/pubs/minitend.htm.
     Based in St. Louis, Anheuser-Busch is the leading American brewer,
holding nearly 50 percent share of U.S. beer sales.  The company brews
the world's largest-selling beers, Budweiser and Bud Light.
Anheuser-Busch also owns a 50 percent share in Grupo Modelo, Mexico's
leading brewer, and a 27 percent share in Tsingtao, the No. 1 brewer in
China.  Anheuser-Busch ranked No. 1 among beverage companies in FORTUNE
Magazine's Most Admired U.S. and Global Companies lists in 2006.
Anheuser-Busch is one of the largest theme park operators in the United
States, is a major manufacturer of aluminum cans and is America's top
recycler of aluminum cans.  For more information, visit
www.Anheuser-Busch.com.
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