FIRST AMENDMENT TO ANHEUSER-BUSCH GLOBAL EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

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                                                                Exhibit 10.8

                             FIRST AMENDMENT TO

             ANHEUSER-BUSCH GLOBAL EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

WHEREAS, Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. (the "Company") is the sponsor of

         a certain employee stock purchase plan, known as the

         Anheuser-Busch Global Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "Plan"),

         designed to permit employees of Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.

         and its subsidiaries who are not resident in the United States

         and are not eligible to participate in the Company's

         tax-qualified 401(k) plans to purchase Company stock; and

WHEREAS, the Company reserved to itself the right to amend the Plan by

         action of its Vice President, Employee Benefits in Section 18 of

         the Plan; and

WHEREAS, the following amendment to the Plan was approved by the Company's

         Vice President, Employee Benefits, on Apr