CONSTELLATION BRANDS, INC. (NYSE:STZ) Files An 8-K Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
Item 7.01

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On January8, 2019, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Constellation Brands, Inc. (“Constellation” or the “Company”) took action to expand the Board from twelve (12) to thirteen (13) members, effective as of March1, 2019. Also on January8, 2019, the Board filled the additional Board seat by electing WilliamA. Newlands to serve as a member of the Board effective immediately upon such expansion and until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until his successor is elected and qualified.

Mr.Newlands, age 60, currently serves as the Company’s President and Chief Operating Officer and will assume the role of Chief Executive Officer effective March1, 2019. Mr.Newlands was appointed President in February 2018 and has served as Chief Operating Officer since January 2017. He served as Executive Vice President of the Company from January 2015 until February 2018. From January 2016 to January 2017 he performed the role of President, Wine & Spirits Division and from January 2015 through January 2016 he performed the role of Chief Growth Officer. Mr.Newlands joined the Company in January 2015. Prior to that he served from October 2011 until August 2014 as Senior Vice President and President, North America of Beam Inc., as Senior Vice President and President, North America of Beam Global Spirits & Wine, Inc. from December 2010 to October 2011 and as Senior Vice President and President, USA of Beam Global Spirits & Wine, Inc. from February 2008 to December 2010. Beam Inc., a producer and seller of branded distilled spirits products, merged with a subsidiary of Suntory Holding Limited, a Japanese company, in 2014. Prior to October 2011, Beam Global Spirits & Wine, Inc. was the spirits operating segment of Fortune Brands, Inc., which was a leading consumer products company that made and sold branded consumer products worldwide in the distilled spirits, home and security, and golf markets. Mr.Newlands is a member of the Boards of Directors of Canopy Growth Corporation and Hormel Foods Corporation.

There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr.Newlands and any other person to which he was selected as a director, and there have been no transactions since the beginning of the Company’s last fiscal year, nor are there any currently proposed transactions, regarding Mr.Newlands that are required to be disclosed by Item404(a) of RegulationS-K.

At a meeting held on January7, 2019, the Human Resources Committee (the “Committee”) of the Board took the following actions with regard to certain compensatory arrangements for certain of the Company’s Executive Officers.

Approval of New Annual Base Salaries

The Committee set new annual base salaries for certain of the Company’s Executive Officers, which salaries will take effect on March1, 2019. The following table sets for the new annual base salary levels of those individuals identified below:

On January11, 2019, Constellation issued a news release, a copy of which release is furnished herewith as Exhibit99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference, announcing the election of WilliamA. Newlands as a member of the Company’s Board of Directors effective on March1, 2019.

References to Constellation’s website and/or other social media sites or platforms in the release do not incorporate by reference the information on such websites, social media sites or platforms into this Current Report on Form8-K, and Constellation disclaims any such incorporation by reference. The information in the news release attached as Exhibit99.1 is incorporated by reference into this Item 7.01 in satisfaction of the public disclosure requirements of RegulationFD. This information is “furnished” and not “filed” for purposes of Section18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and is not otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section. Such information may be incorporated by reference in another filing under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or the Securities Act of 1933 only if and to the extent such subsequent filing specifically references the information incorporated by reference herein.

The following exhibit is furnished as part of this Current Report on Form 8-K:

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About CONSTELLATION BRANDS, INC. (NYSE:STZ)

Constellation Brands, Inc. is an international beverage alcohol company. The Company is a producer and marketer of beer, wine and spirits with operations in the United States, Canada, Mexico, New Zealand and Italy. Its segments include Beer, Wine and Spirits, and Corporate Operations and Other. It is a multi-category supplier (beer, wine and spirits) of beverage alcohol in the United States. It sells a number of brands in the import and craft beer categories, including Corona Extra, Corona Light, Modelo Especial, Ballast Point and others. It is a producer and marketer of wine, and sells a number of wine brands across various categories, including table wine, sparkling wine and dessert wine, and across all price points, such as popular, premium and luxury categories. Some of its wine and spirits brands sold in the United States, which comprise its U.S. Focus Brands (Focus Brands) include Meiomi, Robert Mondavi, Wild Horse and others.