---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000016918-23-000023"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "STZ"
cik: "0000016918"
company_name: "CONSTELLATION BRANDS, INC."
filed_at: "2023-03-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T12:57:03.561892+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Constellation Brands director Jeremy Fowden to retire; Board to shrink to 11

## Summary
- Jeremy S. G. Fowden to retire at end of current term, will not stand for re-election at 2023 annual meeting.
- Fowden serves as Chair of Human Resources Committee and on Corporate Governance and Responsibility Committee.
- Retirement not due to any disagreement with the company on operations, policies, or practices.
- Board intends to reduce its size to 11 directors effective at the 2023 annual meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000016918-23-000023
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: STZ
- cik: 0000016918
- company_name: CONSTELLATION BRANDS, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-03-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/16918/000001691823000023/0000016918-23-000023-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/16918/000001691823000023/stz-20230326.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000016918-23-000023
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000016918-23-000023.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000016918-23-000023.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jeremy S. G. Fowden departed as Director at CONSTELLATION BRANDS, INC..
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Director
  source text: On March 26, 2023, Jeremy S. G. Fowden notified Constellation Brands, Inc. (the “Company”), that he will retire from the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) at the end of his current term and consequently will not stand for re-election to the Board at the Company’s 2023 annual meeting of stockholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/16918/000001691823000023/0000016918-23-000023-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.