The US brewer Anheuser-Busch repurchased 13 million shares of its common stock for $609.5 million in the first quarter, according to its quarterly report filed Wednesday with the Securities and Exchange Commission. As of March 31, Anheuser-Busch had 834.4 million common shares outstanding.

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