UNITED STATES |
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FORM 8-K |
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CURRENT REPORT |
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Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 20, 2007 |
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The Boston Beer Company, Inc. |
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Massachusetts |
001-14092 |
04-3284048 |
One Design Center Place, Suite 850, Boston, MA |
02210 |
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Registrant's telephone number, including area code (617) 368-5000 |
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Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2 below): |
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Item 7.01. |
Regulation FD. |
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Martin F. Roper, President, CEO and a director of the Company, entered into an individual sales plan pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 for trading in shares of the Registrant's Class A common stock. The total number of shares which may be sold pursuant to this plan is 100,000. These shares, all of which will be obtained through the exercise of outstanding options granted to Mr. Roper, are being sold for purposes of liquidity and investment diversification and will be sold based on specified trading prices and volumes. |
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SIGNATURES |
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. |
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The Boston Beer Company, Inc. |
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Date: November 26, 2007 |
/s/ William F. Urich |
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William F. Urich |
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* Print name and title of the signing officer under his signature. |
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