The investment bank, ABN AMRO, has reduced its 2003 earnings per share forecast for the Dutch brewing group, Heineken, from €2.33 to €2.29. ABN AMRO said the 1.7% cut had been made because it expected Heineken's pension costs in the Netherlands would rise during 2003.

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