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Issuer:     BOSTON BEER CO INC (SAM)
CIK:        0000949870
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-10-29T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-25-256350
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.25
Item codes: 5.02
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Boston Beer appoints Laura Boynton as Chief People Officer, replacing Carolyn O'Boyle
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- Carolyn O'Boyle stepping down as Chief People Officer after 5+ years; departure not related to any disagreement.
- O'Boyle will remain until November 7, 2025, for orderly transition.
- Laura Boynton appointed as new Chief People Officer effective October 29, 2025.
- Boynton has been with Boston Beer since 2001, most recently Sr. Director of HR Business Partners since Aug 2024.
- Boynton will report to CEO C. James Koch and COO Philip A. Hodges.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/949870/000119312525256350/0001193125-25-256350-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/949870/000119312525256350/sam-20251023.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-256350

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