UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) April 2, 2019
CONSTELLATION BRANDS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-08495 | 16-0716709 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
207 High Point Drive, Building 100, Victor, NY 14564
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (585) 678-7100
| Not Applicable |
| (Former name or former address, if changed since last report.) |
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| Item 5.02 | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
| (e) | Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers |
At a meeting held on April 2, 2019, the Human Resources Committee (the “Committee”) of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Constellation Brands, Inc. (the “Company”) took the following actions with regard to certain compensatory arrangements for certain of the Company’s senior management personnel, including its Executive Officers.
Fiscal 2019 Incentive Awards
The Committee determined the amount to be paid in annual incentive awards under the Company’s Annual Management Incentive Program in accordance with the Rules for Cash Incentive Awards (the “Rules”) under the Company’s Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan (collectively, the “LTSIP”) (the “2019 Program”). The following table sets forth the cash payments to those Executive Officers identified below with respect to their annual incentive awards under the 2019 Program:
| Name and Position | Award | ||
William A. Newlands, President and Chief Executive Officer | $779,139 | ||
Robert Sands, Executive Chairman of the Board | $1,918,094 | ||
Richard Sands, Executive Vice Chairman of the Board | $1,880,823 | ||
David Klein, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | $676,257 | ||
Certification of Performance Results regarding Fiscal 2017 - Fiscal 2019 Performance Share Unit Awards
The Committee certified the achievement of Fiscal 2017 - Fiscal 2019 Relative Stockholder Return (as that term is defined in the award agreement) performance sufficient for recipients of Fiscal 2017 - Fiscal 2019 Performance Share Unit awards (which were granted on April 25, 2016) to earn 37% of the target award level set forth in their respective Performance Share Unit Agreements. Each recipient’s award will vest if the recipient remains in continuous employment with the Company or any of its subsidiaries until May 1, 2019 (1). On that date, each Executive Officer who was the recipient of a Fiscal 2017 - Fiscal 2019 Performance Share Unit Award would earn the respective number of shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock as constitutes 37% of the individual’s target award level pursuant to his respective Performance Share Unit Agreement. The following table sets forth the amounts of shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock to be earned on May 1, 2019 by those Executive Officers identified below:
| Name | Shares Expected to be Earned | |
| William A. Newlands | 837 | |
| Robert Sands | 2,683 | |
| David Klein | 837 | |
(1) | The Fiscal 2017 - Fiscal 2019 Performance Share Unit awards can vest at an earlier date upon death or PSU Disability (as that term is defined in the award agreement) of the recipient or upon a PSU Change in Control (as that term is defined in the award agreement); provided, that, in each such case, the Fiscal 2017 - Fiscal 2019 Performance Share Unit awards would vest at each recipient’s respective target level. |
SIGNATURES
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.
| Date: | April 5, 2019 | CONSTELLATION BRANDS, INC. | |
| By: | /s/ David Klein | ||
| David Klein | |||
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | |||