secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     BOSTON BEER CO INC (SAM)
CIK:        0000949870
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-10-20T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-25-243584
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Boston Beer names new COO, promotes supply chain head; details compensation
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- Phil Hodges named COO, reporting to CEO Jim Koch; Phil Savastano promoted to Chief Supply Chain Officer.
- Hodges receives $800k base salary, bonus target 100% of base; option grant ~$9M, RSU grant ~$3M.
- Hodges has 30+ years CPG experience including Carlsberg, SABMiller, Kraft, Mondelez.
- Savastano joined Boston Beer in 2024, previously with Tesla and Molson Coors.
- Changes effective immediately; focus on margin enhancement and operational execution.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/949870/000119312525243584/0001193125-25-243584-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/949870/000119312525243584/sam-20251017.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-243584

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