secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     CONSTELLATION BRANDS, INC. (STZ)
CIK:        0000016918
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-06-30T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-22-186309
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 1.01, 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Constellation Brands to eliminate Class B stock; each share to get 1 Class A share + $64.64 cash
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- Each of 23.2M Class B shares to convert into 1 Class A share plus $64.64 cash; up to $500M cash may be substituted with additional Class A shares.
- Approval needed from majority of combined voting power, majority of Class B shares, and at least 50.3% of unaffiliated Class A shares; Sands family (~60% voting power) agreed to vote in favor.
- Robert and Richard Sands to retire as Executive Chairman and Vice Chairman upon closing, becoming Non-Executive Chairman and a Board member.
- Post-closing: Sands family retains board nomination rights (2 directors if >10% ownership, 1 if >5% for 5 yrs, then 1 if >5%) and 3-yr transfer restrictions.
- Closing expected in H2 2022; outside date June 30, 2023.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/16918/000119312522186309/0001193125-22-186309-index.htm
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  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-186309

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