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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-113221"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SAM"
cik: "0000949870"
company_name: "BOSTON BEER CO INC"
filed_at: "2024-10-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T19:43:03.462291+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Boston Beer expands stock buyback authority by $400M to $1.6B

## Summary
- Board authorized a $400M increase in the share repurchase program on October 2, 2024.
- Aggregate expenditure limit raised from $1.2B to $1.6B.
- No additional terms or expiration date for the program were disclosed.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-113221
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SAM
- cik: 0000949870
- company_name: BOSTON BEER CO INC
- filed_at: 2024-10-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/949870/000095017024113221/0000950170-24-113221-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/949870/000095017024113221/sam-20241002.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-113221.txt

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