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Issuer:     BOSTON BEER CO INC (SAM)
CIK:        0000949870
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-08-01T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000950170-25-101426
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Boston Beer CEO Michael Spillane steps down; founder Jim Koch reassumes CEO role
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- Michael Spillane resigns as President and CEO effective August 15, 2025 for personal reasons; no disagreement with company.
- Founder and Chairman Jim Koch reassumes President and CEO role on August 16, 2025; remains Chairman.
- Spillane stays on non-independent board through 2026 annual meeting; receives $905k annual salary through Nov 15, 2025.
- Spillane transitions to advisory role from Nov 16, 2025 to Mar 31, 2026 at $10k per quarter; prior equity grants continue vesting.
- Outgoing CEO's 2025 bonus depends on company results; compensation committee to determine in Feb 2026.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/949870/000095017025101426/0000950170-25-101426-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/949870/000095017025101426/sam-20250801.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-25-101426

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