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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-25-245415"
form_type: "8-K/A"
ticker: "SAM"
cik: "0000949870"
company_name: "BOSTON BEER CO INC"
filed_at: "2025-10-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T02:55:46.567398+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Boston Beer names Phil Hodges COO with $12M equity; Savastano promoted to CSCO

## Summary
- Phil Hodges promoted from CSCO to COO; base salary $800k, bonus target 100%, equity awards ~$12M (option $9M, RSUs $3M) vesting over 3 years.
- Phil Savastano promoted to CSCO, overseeing brewery ops, procurement, engineering; joined Boston Beer in 2024 from Molson Coors/Tesla.
- CEO Jim Koch will focus on innovation, wholesaler relations, brand strategy, and talent; COO role oversees day-to-day operations.
- Filing amends prior 8-K to correct board approval date (Oct 16, 2025) and remove inaccurate prior role reference for Hodges.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-245415
- form_type: 8-K/A
- ticker: SAM
- cik: 0000949870
- company_name: BOSTON BEER CO INC
- filed_at: 2025-10-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/949870/000119312525245415/0001193125-25-245415-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/949870/000119312525245415/sam-20251016.htm

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