---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001564590-23-004520"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SAM"
cik: "0000949870"
company_name: "BOSTON BEER CO INC"
filed_at: "2023-03-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T14:11:13.944204+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director Michael M. Lynton to step down at Boston Beer's 2023 Annual Meeting

## Summary
- Michael M. Lynton notified the Board on March 27, 2023 he will not stand for re-election.
- Departure effective at the conclusion of the 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
- Decision not due to any disagreement with the Company or Board on operations, policies, or practices.
- Search underway to fill independent Class B Director vacancy; successor details to be provided later.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001564590-23-004520
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SAM
- cik: 0000949870
- company_name: BOSTON BEER CO INC
- filed_at: 2023-03-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/949870/000156459023004520/0001564590-23-004520-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/949870/000156459023004520/sam-8k_20230327.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-23-004520
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-23-004520.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-23-004520.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Michael M. Lynton departed as Director at BOSTON BEER CO INC.
  - Action: not stand for re-election
  - Role: Director
  source text: On March 27, 2023, Michael M. Lynton notified the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of The Boston Beer Company, Inc. (the “Company”) that he will not stand for re-election as a Director of the Company at the end of his current term and will step down from the Board effective as of the conclusion of the Company’s 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/949870/000156459023004520/0001564590-23-004520-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.