10-Q

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Emerging growth company

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM

10-Q

☒	QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d) OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended September 28, 2019

☐	TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d) OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from

Commission file number:

1-14092

THE BOSTON BEER COMPANY, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


MASSACHUSETTS		04-3284048
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

One Design Center Place, Suite 850, Boston,

Massachusetts

(Address of principal executive offices)

02210

(Zip Code)

(617)

368-5000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act.


Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Class A Common Stock. $0. 0 1 par value	SAM	New York Stock Exchange
Class B Common Stock, $0. 0 1 par value	Not applicable	Unregistered

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes

☒

☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation

S-T

during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes

☒

☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a

non-accelerated

filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definition of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule

12b-2

of the Exchange Act.

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule

12b-2

of the Act.) Yes

☐

☒

Number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of October 25, 2019:


Class A Common Stock, $.01 par value	9,216,022
Class B Common Stock, $.01 par value	2,817,983
(Title of each class)	(Number of shares	)

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.

CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

THE BOSTON BEER COMPANY, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(in thousands, except share data)

(unaudited)


	September 28,			December 29,
	2019			2018
Assets
Current Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	27,128		$	108,399
Accounts receivable		68,687			34,073
Inventories		92,632			70,249
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		14,965			13,136
Income tax receivable		5,980			5,714

Total current assets		209,392			231,571
Property, plant and equipment, net		521,316			389,789
Operating right-of-use assets		38,943			—
Goodwill		112,529			3,683
Intangible assets		104,335			2,099
Other assets		29,661			12,709

Total assets	$	1,016,176		$	639,851

Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
Current Liabilities:
Accounts payable	$	71,035		$	47,102
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities		92,850			73,412
Current operating lease liabilities		2,599			—

Total current liabilities		166,484			120,514
Deferred income taxes, net		81,653			49,169
Non-current operating lease liabilities		41,215			—
Other liabilities		7,844			9,851

Total liabilities		297,196			179,534
Commitments and Contingencies (See Note J )
Stockholders’ Equity:
Class A Common Stock, $.01 par value; 22,700,000 shares authorized; 9,216,022 and 8,580,593 issued and outstanding as of September 28, 2019 and December 29, 2018, respectively		92			86
Class B Common Stock, $.01 par value; 4,200,000 shares authorized; 2,817,983 and 2,917,983 issued and outstanding as of September 28, 2019 and December 29, 2018, respectively		28			29
Additional paid-in capital		568,047			405,711
Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax		(1,154	)		(1,197	)
Retained earnings		151,967			55,688

Total stockholders’ equity		718,980			460,317

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$	1,016,176		$	639,851

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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THE BOSTON BEER COMPANY, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

(in thousands, except per share data)

(unaudited

)


	Thirteen weeks ended						Thirty-nine weeks ended
	September 28,			September 29,			September 28,			September 29,
	2019			2018			2019			2018
Revenue	$	402,691		$	326,852		$	1,008,893		$	818,257
Less excise taxes		24,225			19,982			60,369			47,830

Net revenue		378,466			306,870			948,524			770,427
Cost of goods sold		190,631			149,643			477,147			375,133

Gross profit		187,835			157,227			471,377			395,294
Operating expenses:
Advertising, promotional and selling expenses		96,570			87,765			262,372			241,796
General and administrative expenses		31,429			22,734			81,552			65,951
Impairment of assets		—			—			243			517

Total operating expenses		127,999			110,499			344,167			308,264

Operating income		59,836			46,728			127,210			87,030
Other income (expense), net:
Interest (expense) income, net		(138	)		343			472			821
Other income (expense), net		(764	)		(51	)		(818	)		(539	)

Total other income (expense), net		(902	)		292			(346	)		282

Income before income tax provision		58,934			47,020			126,864			87,312
Income tax provision		14,205			9,013			30,585			16,460

Net income	$	44,729		$	38,007		$	96,279		$	70,852

Net income per common share — basic	$	3.70		$	3.25		$	8.16		$	6.02

Net income per common share — diluted	$	3.65		$	3.21		$	8.07		$	5.96

Weighted-average number of common shares — Class A basic		9,136			8,557			8,797			8,646

Weighted-average number of common shares — Class B basic		2,862			3,018			2,899			3,018

Weighted-average number of common shares — diluted		12,150			11,702			11,823			11,773

Net income	$	44,729		$	38,007		$	96,279		$	70,852

Other comprehensive income:
Foreign currency translation adjustment		1			(13	)		43			4

Comprehensive income	$	44,730		$	37,994		$	96,322		$	70,856

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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THE BOSTON BEER COMPANY, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

For the Thirteen and Thirty-nine weeks ended September 28, 2019 and September 29, 2018

(in thousands)

(unaudited)


	Class A Common Shares			Class A Common Stock, Par			Class B Common Shares			Class B Common Stock, Par			Additional Paid-in Capital		Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss, net of tax			Retained Earnings			Total Stockholders’ Equity
Balance at December 29, 2018		8,580		$	86			2,918		$	29		$	405,711	$	(1,197	)	$	55,688		$	460,317
Net income																			23,694			23,694
Stock options exercised and restricted shares activities		54			—									3,704								3,704
Stock-based compensation expense														2,066								2,066
Currency translation adjustment																37						37

Balance at March 30, 2019		8,634		$	86			2,918		$	29		$	411,481	$	(1,160	)	$	79,382		$	489,818

Net income																			27,856			27,856
Stock options exercised and restricted shares activities		21			1									1,377								1,378
Stock-based compensation expense														3,744								3,744
Currency translation adjustment																5						5

Balance at June 29, 2019		8,655		$	87			2,918		$	29		$	416,602	$	(1,155	)	$	107,238		$	522,801

Net income																			44,729			44,729
Stock options exercised and restricted shares activities		31			—									3,473								3,473
Stock-based compensation expense														3,233								3,233
Shares issued in connection with Dogfish Head merger		430			4									144,739								144,743
Conversion from Class B to Class A		100			1			(100	)		(1	)										—
Currency translation adjustment																1						1

Balance at September 28, 2019		9,216		$	92			2,818		$	28		$	568,047	$	(1,154	)	$	151,967		$	718,980


	Class A Common Shares			Class A Common Stock, Par			Class B Common Shares			Class B Common Stock, Par			Additional Paid-in Capital		Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss, net of tax			Retained Earnings			Total Stockholders’ Equity
Balance at December 30, 2017		8,603		$	86			3,018		$	30		$	372,590	$	(1,288	)	$	52,105		$	423,523
Net income																			9,310			9,310
Stock options exercised and restricted shares activities		188			2									20,232								20,234
Stock-based compensation expense														1,491								1,491
Repurchase of Class A Common Stock		(91	)		(1	)													(16,638	)		(16,639	)
Currency translation adjustment																(11	)					(11	)
One time effect of adoption of ASU 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, net of tax of $329																			(982	)		(982	)
One time effect of adoption of ASU 2018-02, Reclassification of Certain Tax Effects from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income																(210	)		210			—

Balance at March 31, 2018		8,700		$	87			3,018		$	30		$	394,313	$	(1,509	)	$	44,005		$	436,926

Net income																			23,535			23,535
Stock options exercised and restricted shares activities		32			—									2,224								2,224
Stock-based compensation expense														3,079								3,079
Repurchase of Class A Common Stock		(97	)		(1	)													(23,084	)		(23,085	)
Currency translation adjustment																(7	)					(7	)

Balance at June 30, 2018		8,635		$	86			3,018		$	30		$	399,616	$	(1,516	)	$	44,456		$	442,672

Net income																			38,007			38,007
Stock options exercised and restricted shares activities		2			—									15								15
Stock-based compensation expense														2,425								2,425
Repurchase of Class A Common Stock		(162	)		(1	)													(48,585	)		(48,586	)
Currency translation adjustment																13						13

Balance at September 29, 2018		8,475		$	85			3,018		$	30		$	402,056	$	(1,503	)	$	33,878		$	434,546

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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THE BOSTON BEER COMPANY, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(in thousands)

(unaudited)


	Thirty-nine weeks ended
	September 28, 2019			September 29, 2018
Cash flows provided by operating activities:
Net income	$	96,279		$	70,852
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization		41,841			38,860
Impairment of assets		243			517
Loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment		449			45
Change in ROU assets		2,734			—
Bad debt (recovery) expense		53			39
Stock-based compensation expense		9,043			6,995
Deferred income taxes		14,047			12,818
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable		(26,532	)		(20,412	)
Inventories		(16,847	)		(20,836	)
Prepaid expenses, income tax receivable and other assets		(13,903	)		(8,385	)
Accounts payable		22,388			20,560
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities		14,949			6,309
Change in operating lease liability		(2,270	)		—
Other liabilities		207			693

Net cash provided by operating activities		142,681			108,055

Cash flows used in investing activities:
Purchases of property, plant and equipment		(66,760	)		(38,752	)
Proceeds from disposal of property, plant and equipment		144			2
Cash paid for acquisition of intangible assets		—			5
Investment in Dogfish Head, net of cash acquired		(165,517	)		—
Other investing activities		(10	)		131

Net cash used in investing activities		(232,143	)		(38,614	)

Cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities:
Repurchase of Class A Common Stock		—			(88,311	)
Proceeds from exercise of stock options		7,619			21,528
Net cash paid on note payable and capital lease		(246	)		(78	)
Cash borrowed on line of credit		97,000			—
Cash paid on line of credit		(97,000	)		—
Net proceeds from sale of investment shares		818			670

Net cash provided (used in) by financing activities		8,191			(66,191	)

Change in cash and cash equivalents		(81,271	)		3,250
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year		108,399			65,637

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	27,128		$	68,887

Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
Non cash consideration issued in Dogfish Head Transaction (Refer to Note B)	$	144,743		$	—
Income taxes paid	$	16,759		$	11,252

Cash paid for amounts included in measurement of lease liabilities	$	3,443		$	—

Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for operating lease obligations	$	41,678		$	—

Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for capital lease obligations	$	2,837		$	—
Interest paid on revolving credit facility	$	349		$	—

Decrease in accounts receivable for ASU 2014-09 adoption	$	—		$	(1,310	)

Decrease in accounts payable for purchase of property, plant and equipment	$	(2,076	)	$	3,346

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

THE BOSTON BEER COMPANY, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

A.	Organization and Basis of Presentation

The Boston Beer Company, Inc. and certain subsidiaries (the “Company”) are engaged in the business of producing and selling alcohol beverages throughout the United States and in selected international markets, under the trade names, “The Boston Beer Company

”, “

Dogfish Head

Craft Brewery”, “Twisted Tea Brewing Company

”, “Angry Orchard

Cider Company”, “Hard Seltzer Beverage Company”, “Angel City

Brewing Company”, “Concrete Beach Brewery

”, “Coney Island

Brewing Company”, “Marathon Brewing Company

™

”, and “American Fermentation Company”.

The accompanying unaudited consolidated balance sheet as of September 28, 2019, and the consolidated statements of comprehensive income, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for the interim periods ended September 28, 2019 and September 29, 2018 have been prepared by the Company in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Accordingly, certain information and footnotes normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S generally accepted accounting principles have been condensed or omitted. These consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form

10-K

for the year ended December 29, 2018.

In the opinion of the Company’s management, the Company’s unaudited consolidated balance sheet as of September 28, 2019 and the results of its consolidated operations, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for the interim periods ended September 28, 2019 and September 29, 2018, reflect all adjustments (consisting only of normal and recurring adjustments) necessary to present fairly the results of the interim periods presented. The operating results for the interim periods presented are not necessarily indicative of the results expected for the full year.

B.	Dogfish Head Brewery Transaction

On May 8, 2019,

the Company

entered into definitive agreements to acquire Dogfish Head Brewery

(“Dogfish Head”)

and various related operations (the “Transaction

”

), through the acquisition of all of the equity interests held by certain private entities in

Off-Centered

Way LLC, the parent holding company of the Dogfish Head operations. In accordance with these agreements,

the

mpany

made a payment of $158.4 million, which was placed in escrow pending the satisfaction of certain closing conditions. The Transaction closed on July 3, 2019, for total consideration of $336.0 million

consisting of $173.0 million in cash and 429,291 shares of restricted Class A Common Stock that had an aggregate market value as of July 3, 2019 of $163.0 million

, after taking into account a post-closing cash related adjustment. As required under the definitive agreements, 127,146 of the 429,291 shares of restricted Class A Stock have been placed in escrow and will be released no later than July 3, 2029. These shares had a market value on July 3, 2019 of $48.3 million. The timing of the release of these escrowed shares is primarily related to the continued employment with the Company of Samuel A. Calagione III, one of the two Dogfish Head founders

The fair value of the Transaction is estimated at approximately $317.7 million. The Company estimates that transaction-related and other

non-recurring

costs incurred and to be incurred as a result of the Transaction will total approximately $9.1 million. Of this total, $7.9 million had been expensed as of September 28, 2019

and consists of $3.3 million in transaction costs and $4.6 million in other non-recurring costs.

As part of the Transaction, certain members of Dogfish Head management entered into employment agreements with the Company and were granted 906 shares of restricted stock units that vest in one year and have a fair value of approximately $345,000. The Company funded the cash component of the Transaction through cash

on-hand

and its existing line of credit as described in Note

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The following table summarizes the acquisition date fair value of the tangible assets, intangible assets, liabilities assumed, and related goodwill acquired from Dogfish Head, as well as the allocation of purchase price paid:


	Total (In Thousands)
Cash and cash equivalents	$	7,476
Accounts receivable		8,081
Inventories		9,286
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		847
Property, plant and equipment		106,964
Goodwill		108,846
Brand		98,500
Other intangible assets		3,800
Other assets		378

Total assets acquired		344,178

Accounts payable		3,861
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities		4,085
Deferred income taxes		18,437
Other liabilities		59

Total liabilities assumed		26,442

Net assets acquired	$	317,736

Cash consideration	$	172,993
Nominal value of equity issued		162,999
Fair Value reduction due to liquidity		(18,256	)

Estimated total purchase price	$	317,736

The Company accounted for the acquisition in accordance with the accounting standards codification guidance for business combinations, whereby the total purchase price was allocated to the acquired net tangible and intangible assets of Dogfish Head based on their fair values as of the Transaction closing date. The Company believes that the information available as of the Transaction closing date provides a reasonable basis for estimating the fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed; however, the Company is continuing to finalize these amounts, particularly with respect to income taxes and valuation of inventories, fixed assets, and intangible assets. Thus, the preliminary measurements of fair value reflected are subject to change as additional information becomes available and as additional analysis is performed. The Company expects to finalize the valuation and complete the allocation of the purchase price as soon as practicable, but no later than one year from the closing date of the acquisition, as required.

The fair value of the Dogfish Head brand trade name is estimated at approximately $98.5 million and the fair value of customer relationships is estimated at $3.8 million.

The Company

estimated the Dogfish Head brand trade name

will have

an indefinite life and customer relationships will have an estimated useful life of 15 years. The customer relationship intangible asset will be amortized on a straight-line basis over the

15 year estimated useful life. The fair value of the deferred income tax liability assumed is $18.4 million, representing the expected future tax consequences of temporary differences between the fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed and their tax bas

s. The Company used a preliminary consolidated tax rate to determine the net deferred tax liabilities. The Company will record measurement period adjustments as the Company applies the appropriate tax rate for each legal entity within Dogfish Head. The expectation is that the Dogfish Head deferred income taxes will be subject to the Company’s consolidated rate

The excess of the purchase price paid over the estimated fair values of the assets and liabilities assumed has been recorded as goodwill in the amount of $108.8 million.

Goodwill associated with the acquisition is primarily attributable to the future growth opportunities associated with the Transaction

expected synergies

and value of the workforce. The Company believes the majority of the goodwill is deductible for tax purposes.

The fair value of the brand trade name was determined utilizing the relief from royalty method which is a form of the income approach. Under this method, a royalty rate based on observed market royalties is applied to projected revenue supporting the trade name and discounted to present value using an appropriate discount rate. The fair value of the property, plant and equipment was determined utilizing the cost and market valuation approaches.

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The results of operations from Dogfish Head have been included in the Company’s consolidated statement

of operations since the July 3, 2019 Transaction closing date. During the three months ended

September

2019

, Dogfish Head represented $

27.7

million of the Company’s total revenue and $

3.4

million of total net income. Transaction costs incurred by the Company in connection with the

Transaction

were $

2.3

million

and

$3.3 million

for

thirteen and thirty

-nin

weeks

ended September

2019

respectively

and were recorded within general and administrative expenses in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations.

Consistent with prior periods and considering post-merger reporting structures, the Company will continue to report as one operating segment. The combined Company’s brands are predominantly beverages that are manufactured using similar production processes, have comparable alcohol content, generally fall under the same regulatory environment, and are sold to the same types of customers in similar size quantities at similar price points and through the same channels of distribution.

The following unaudited pro forma information has been prepared as if the Transaction and the related debt

financing had occurred as of December

2017

, the first day of the Company’s

2018

fiscal year. The pro forma amounts reflect the combined historical operational results for Boston Beer and Dogfish Head, after giving effect to adjustments related to the impact of purchase accounting, transaction costs and financing. The

unaudited

pro forma financial information is not indicative of the operational results that would have been obtained had the Transaction occurred as of that date, nor is it necessarily indicative of the Company’s future operational results. The following adjustments have been made:

(i)

Depreciation and amortization expenses were updated to reflect the fair value adjustments to Dogfish Head property, plant and equipment and intangible assets beginning December 31, 2017.

(ii)

Transaction costs incurred in the thirteen and thirty-nine weeks ended September 28, 2019 have been

re-assigned

to the first period of the comparative fiscal year.

(iii)

Interest expense has been included at a rate of approximately 3% which is consistent with the borrowing rate on the Company’s current line of credit.

(iv)

The tax effects of the pro forma adjustments at an estimated statutory rate of 25.6%.

(v)

Earnings per share amounts are calculated using the Company’s historical weighted average shares outstanding plus the 429,291 shares issued in the merger.

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The Company’s intangible assets as of September 28, 2019 and December 29, 2018 were as follows:


			As of September 28, 2019							As of December 29, 2018
	Estimated Useful		Gross Carrying		Accumulated			Net Book		Gross Carrying		Accumulated		Net Book
	Life (Years)		Value		Amortization			Value		Value		Amortization		Value
Custmer Relationships		15	$	3,800	$	(64	)	$	3,736	$	—	$	—	$	—
Trade Names		Indefinite		100,599		—			100,599		2,099		—		2,099

Total intangible assets			$	104,399	$	(64	)	$	104,335	$	2,099	$	—	$	2,099

During the thirty-nine weeks ended September 28, 2019 the Company acquired intangible assets as part of the Dogfish Head Transaction disclosed in Note

B, that consists of $98.5 million for to the value of the Dogfish Head brand name and $3.8 million for the value of customer relationships. The customer relationship intangible will be amortized on a straight-line basis over the 15 year useful life. Amortization expense in the thirty-nine weeks ended September 28, 2019 was approximately $64,000. The Company expects to record amortization expense as follows over the remaining current year and the five subsequent years:


Fiscal Year	Amount
Remainder of 2019	$	63
2020		253
2021		253
2022		253
2023		253
2024		253

D.	Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Accounting Pronouncements Recently Adopted

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU No.

2014-09,

Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606)

. ASU

2014-09

supersedes virtually all existing revenue guidance. Under this standard, an entity is required to recognize revenue upon transfer of promised goods or services to customers, in an amount that reflects the expected consideration received in exchange for those goods or services. As such, an entity needs to use more judgment and make more estimates than under the previous guidance. On December 31, 2017, the Company adopted the new accounting standard and all related amendments using the modified retrospective method which allows application only to the most current reporting period presented in the financial statements with a cumulative effect adjustment to retained earnings. In accordance with the new accounting standard, the majority of the Company’s revenue continues to be recognized at the time its products are shipped. Upon adoption, the Company began recognition of certain variable customer promotional discount programs earlier than it had under the previous revenue guidance which resulted in a $1.0 million, net of tax, cumulative effect adjustment to retained earnings in the first quarter of 2018. The Company considers the impact of the adoption to be immaterial to its consolidated financial statements on an ongoing basis.

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No.

2016-02,

Leases (Topic 842). The guidance requires lessees to recognize

right-of-use

(“ROU”) assets and lease liabilities on the balance sheet for the rights and obligations created by all leases with terms of more than 12 months. Under ASU

2016-02,

lessees are permitted to use a modified retrospective approach, which requires an entity to recognize and measure leases existing at, or entered into after, the beginning of the earliest comparative period presented for the year beginning December 30, 2018, with early adoption permitted. In July 2018, the FASB issued ASU No.

2018-11,

Leases (Topic 842), permitting the use of an alternative modified retrospective approach that would result in an entity recognizing a lease liability and ROU asset as of the effective date of the requirements, with all comparative periods presented and disclosed, in accordance with ASC 840, Leases requirements, changing the date of initial application to the beginning of the period of adoption. On December 30, 2018, the Company adopted the new accounting standard using the alternative modified retrospective approach, applying ASC 840 to all comparative periods, including disclosures. Upon adoption, the Company recognized ROU assets of $27.0 million and lease liabilities of $31.5 million. The Company considers the impact of the adoption to be immaterial to its consolidated financial statements on an ongoing basis.

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Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Effective

In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU

2016-13,

Financial Instruments – Credit Losses (Topic 326)

: Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments. The guidance requires companies to measure credit losses utilizing a methodology that reflects expected credit losses and requires a consideration of a broader range of reasonable and supportable information to

inform credit loss estimates. ASU

2016-13

is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, including interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company is currently assessing the impact of adopting this standard but does not expect the adoption of this guidance to have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU No.

2017-04,

Intangibles—Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment

. Prior to ASU No.

2017-04,

the goodwill impairment test is a

two-step

assessment if indicators of impairment exist. The first step requires an entity to compare each reporting unit’s carrying value and its fair value. If the reporting unit’s carrying value exceeds the fair value, then the entity must perform the second step, which is to compare the implied fair value of goodwill to its carrying value, and record an impairment charge for any excess of carrying value of goodwill over its implied fair value. An entity also has the option to perform a qualitative assessment for a reporting unit to determine if the quantitative impairment test is necessary. ASU

2017-04

simplifies the goodwill impairment test by eliminating the second step of the test. As such, an entity will perform its goodwill impairment test by comparing the fair value of a reporting unit with its carrying amount. An entity should recognize a goodwill impairment charge for the amount by which the reporting unit’s carrying amount exceeds its fair value. If fair value exceeds the carrying amount, no impairment should be recorded. ASU

2017-04

will be effective prospectively for the year beginning December 29, 2019. The Company does not expect the adoption of ASU

2017-04

to have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

E.	Revenue Recognition

During the thirty-nine weeks ended September 28, 2019 approximately 95% of the Company’s revenue was from shipments of its products to domestic

istributors and 4% from shipments to international

istributors, primarily located in Canada. Approximately 1% of the Company’s revenue is from retail beer, cider, and merchandise sales at the Company’s retail locations.

The Company recognizes revenue when obligations under the terms of a contract with its customer are satisfied; generally, this occurs with the transfer of control of its products. Revenue is measured as the amount of consideration expected to be received in exchange for transferring products. If the conditions for revenue recognition are not met, the Company defers the revenue until all conditions are met. As of September 28, 2019 and December 29, 2018, the Company has deferred $6.9 million and $4.6 million, respectively in revenue related to product shipped prior to these dates. These amounts are included in accrued expenses and other current liabilities in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

Customer promotional discount programs are entered

into by the Company with

istributors for certain periods of time. The reimbursements for discounts to

istributors are recorded a

s reductions to net revenue and were $14.8 million and $34.5 million for the thirteen and thirty-nine weeks ended September 28, 2019, respectively. Reimbursements for discounts for the thirteen and thirty-nine weeks ended September 29, 2018 were $11.1 million and $26.8 million, respectively. The agreed-upon discount rates are applied to certai

stributors’ sales to retailers, based on volume metrics, in order to determine the total discounted

amount. The computation of the discount allowance requires that management make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the timing and amounts of revenue and liabilities recorded. Actual promotional discounts owed and paid have historically been in line with allowances recorded by the Company, however, the amounts could differ from the estimated allowance.

Customer programs and incentives are a common practice in the alcohol beverage industry. Amounts paid in connection with customer programs and incentives are recorded as reductions to net revenue or as advertising, promotional and selling expenses

based on the nature of the expenditure. Customer incentives and other payments made to

istributors are primarily based upon performance of certain marketing and advertising activities. Depending on applicable state laws and regulations, these activities promoting the Company’s products may include, but are not limited to

point-of-sale

and merchandise placement, samples, product displays, promotional programs at retail locations and meals, travel and entertainment. Amounts paid to customers in connection with these programs that were recorded as reductions to revenue for the thirteen and thirty-nine weeks ended September 28, 2019 were $6.2 million and $13.0 million, respectively. Amounts paid to customers in connection with these programs that were recorded as reductions to revenue for the thirteen and thirty-nine weeks ended September 29, 2018 were $3.5 million and $9.7 million, respectively. Estimates are based on historical and projected experience for each type of program or customer and have historically been in line with actual costs incurred.

The Company benefited from a reduction in federal excise taxes of $2.8 million and $2.0 million for the thirteen weeks ended September 28, 2019 and September 29, 2018, respectively, as a result of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. The Company benefited from a reduction in federal excise taxes of $6.6 million and $4.8 million for the thirty-nine weeks ended September 28, 2019 and September 29, 2018, respectively, as a result of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.

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F.	Inventories

Inventories consist of raw materials, work in process and finished goods. Raw materials, which principally consist of hops, apple juice, other brewing materials and packaging, are stated at the lower of cost, determined on the

first-in,

first-out

basis, or net realizable value. The Company’s goal is to maintain on hand a supply of at least one year for essential hop varieties, in order to limit the risk of an unexpected reduction in supply. Inventories are generally classified as current assets. The Company classifies hops inventory in excess of two years of forecasted usage in other long-term assets. The cost elements of work in process and finished goods inventory consist of raw materials, direct labor and manufacturing overhead. Inventories consist of the following:


	September 28, 2019		December 29, 2018
	(in thousands)
Current inventory:
Raw materials	$	51,322	$	44,655
Work in process		13,270		8,252
Finished goods		28,040		17,342

Total current inventory		92,632		70,249
Long term inventory		15,369		11,619

Total inventory	$	108,001	$	81,868

Leases

The Company has various lease agreements in place for facilities and equipment. Terms of these leases include, in some instances, scheduled rent increases, renewals, purchase options and maintenance costs, and vary by lease. These lease obligations expire at various dates through 2031. As the rate implicit in each lease is not readily determinable, the Company uses its incremental borrowing rate based on information available at commencement to determine the present value of the lease payments. Based on the present value of the lease payments for the remaining lease term of the Company’s existing leases, the Company recognized ROU assets of $27.0 million and lease liabilities of $31.5 million upon adoption of ASU No.

2016-02

on December 30, 2018. ROU assets and lease liabilities commencing after December 30, 2018 are recognized at commencement date based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term. Leases with an initial term of 12 mont

hs or less

(“short-term leases”) are not recorded on the balance sheet and are recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term. As of September 28, 2019, total ROU assets and lease liabilities were as follows:

Maturities of lease liabilities as of September 28, 2019 are as follows:


	Operating			Capital			Weighted-Average Remaining Term in Years
	Leases			Leases			Operating Leases		Capital Leases
	(in thousands)
2019	$	1,466		$	155
2020		2,642			626
2021		5,754			626
2022		5,453			626
2023		5,313			626
After 2023		32,191			288

Total lease payments		52,819			2,947
Less imputed interest (based on 3.5% weighted-average discount rate)		(9,005	)		(228	)

Present value of lease liability	$	43,814		$	2,719			4.7		9.9

Future minimum lease payments expected under

non-cancellable

operating lease agreements in effect at December 29, 2018 were as follows:


	Leases
	(in thousands)
2019	$	4,446
2020		4,530
2021		4,370
2022		3,559
2023		1,672
Thereafter		7,582

Total	$	26,159

H.	Net Income per Share

The Company calculates net income per share using the

two-class

method, which requires the Company to allocate net income to its Class A Common Shares, Class B Common Shares and unvested share-based payment awards that participate in dividends with common stock, in the calculation of net income per share.

The Class A Common Stock has no voting rights, except (1) as required by law, (2) for the election of Class A Directors, and (3) that the approval of the holders of the Class A Common Stock is required for (a) certain future authorizations or issuances of additional securities which have rights senior to Class A Common Stock, (b) certain alterations of rights or terms of the Class A or Class B Common Stock as set forth in the Articles of Organization of the Company, (c) other amendments of the Articles of Organization of the Company, (d) certain mergers or consolidations with, or acquisitions of, other entities, and (e) sales or dispositions of any significant portion of the Company’s assets.

The Class B Common Stock has full voting rights, including the right to (1) elect a majority of the members of the Company’s Board of Directors and (2) approve all (a) amendments to the Company’s Articles of Organization, (b) mergers or consolidations with, or acquisitions of, other entities, (c) sales or dispositions of any significant portion of the Company’s assets, and (d) equity-based and other executive compensation and other significant corporate matters. The Company’s Class B Common Stock is not listed for trading. Each share of the Class B Common Stock is freely convertible into one share of Class A Common Stock, upon request of the respective Class B holder, and participates equally in dividends.

The Company’s unvested share-based payment awards include unvested shares (1) issued under the Company’s investment share program, which permits employees who have been with the Company for at least one year to purchase shares of Class A Common Stock and to purchase those shares at a discount ranging from 20% to 40% below market value based on years of employment starting after two years of employment, and (2) awarded as restricted stock awards at the discretion of the Company’s Board of Directors. The investment shares and restricted stock awards generally vest over

five years

in equal number of shares. The unvested shares participate equally in dividends. See Note

for a discussion of the current year unvested stock awards and issuances.

Included in the computation of net income per diluted common share are dilutive outstanding stock options and restricted stock that are vested or expected to vest. At its discretion, the Board of Directors grants stock options and restricted stock to senior management and certain key employees. The terms of the employee stock options are determined by the Board of Directors at the time of grant. To date, stock options granted to employees vest over various service periods and/or based on the attainment

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of certain performance criteria and generally expire after ten years. In December 2018, the Employee Equity Incentive Plan was amended to permit the grant of restricted stock units. The restricted stock units generally vest over four years in equal number of shares. Each restricted stock unit represents an unfunded and unsecured right to receive one share of Class A Stock upon satisfaction of the vesting criteria. The unvested shares participate equally in dividends and are forfeitable. Prior to March 1, 2019, the Company granted restricted stock awards, generally vesting over

five years

in equal number of shares. The Company also grants stock options to its

non-employee

directors upon election or

re-election

to the Board of Directors. The number of option shares granted to

non-employee

directors is calculated based on a defined formula and these stock options vest immediately upon grant and expire after ten years.

Net Income per Common Share

—

Basic

The following table sets forth the computation of basic net income per share using the

two-class

method:


	Thirteen weeks ended				Thirty-nine weeks ended
	September 28, 2019		September 29, 2018		September 28, 2019		September 29, 2018
	(in thousands, except per share data)				(in thousands, except per share data)
Net income	$	44,729	$	38,007	$	96,279	$	70,852

Allocation of net income for basic:
Class A Common Stock	$	33,776	$	27,786	$	71,761	$	52,051
Class B Common Stock		10,581		9,800		23,652		18,169
Unvested participating shares		372		421		866		632

	$	44,729	$	38,007	$	96,279	$	70,852
Weighted average number of shares for basic:
Class A Common Stock		9,136		8,557		8,797		8,646
Class B Common Stock*		2,862		3,018		2,899		3,018
Unvested participating shares		101		130		106		105

		12,099		11,705		11,802		11,769
Net income per share for basic:
Class A Common Stock	$	3.70	$	3.25	$	8.16	$	6.02

Class B Common Stock	$	3.70	$	3.25	$	8.16	$	6.02

*	Change in Class B Common Stock resulted from the conversion of 100,000 shares to Class A Common Stock on November 1, 2018 and 100,000 shares to Class A Common stock on August 8, 2019 with the ending number of shares reflecting the weighted average for the period.

Net Income per Common Share

—

Diluted

The Company calculates diluted net income per share for common stock using the more dilutive of (1) the treasury stock method, or (2) the

two-class

method, which assumes the participating securities are not exercised.

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The following table sets forth the computation of diluted net income per share, assuming the conversion of all Class B Common Stock into Class A Common Stock and using the

two-class

method for unvested participating shares:


	Thirteen weeks ended
	September 28, 2019						September 29, 2018
	Earnings to Common Shareholders		Common Shares		EPS		Earnings to Common Shareholders		Common Shares		EPS
	(in thousands, except per share data)
As reported — basic	$	33,776		9,136	$	3.70	$	27,786		8,557	$	3.25
Add: effect of dilutive potential common shares
Share-based awards		—		152				—		127
Class B Common Stock		10,581		2,862				9,800		3,018
Net effect of unvested participating shares		4		—				5		—

Net income per common share — diluted	$	44,361		12,150	$	3.65	$	37,591		11,702	$	3.21


	Thirty-nine weeks ended
	September 28, 2019						September 29, 2018
	Earnings to Common Shareholders		Common Shares		EPS		Earnings to Common Shareholders		Common Shares		EPS
	(in thousands, except per share data)
As reported — basic	$	71,761		8,797	$	8.16	$	52,051		8,646	$	6.02
Add: effect of dilutive potential common shares
Share-based awards		—		127				—		109
Class B Common Stock		23,652		2,899				18,169		3,018
Net effect of unvested participating shares		8		—				5		—

Net income per common share — diluted	$	95,421		11,823	$	8.07	$	70,225		11,773	$	5.96

During the thirteen and thirty-nine weeks ended September 28, 2019, weighted-average stock options to purchase approximately 27,000 and 21,000 shares of Class A Common Stock were outstanding but not included in computing dilutive income per common share because their effects were anti-dilutive. During the thirteen and thirty-nine weeks ended September 29, 2018, weighted-average stock options to purchase approximately zero and 653,000 shares of Class A Common Stock were outstanding but not included in computing dilutive income per common share because their effects were anti-dilutive. Additionally, performance-based stock options to purchase approximately 10,000 and 61,000 shares of Class A Common Stock were outstanding as of September 28, 2019 and September 29, 2018, respectively, but not included in computing diluted income per common share because the performance criteria of these stock options w

ere

not met as of the end of the reporting period.

The performance-based stock options to purchase approximately 10,000 shares of Class A Common Stock that were excluded from computing diluted net income per common share as of September 28, 2019, were granted in 2016 to a key employee. The vesting of these shares requires annual depletions, or sales by

istributors to retailers, of certain of the Company’s brands to attain various thresholds during the period from 2017 to 2023.

I.	Comprehensive Income or Loss

Comprehensive income or loss represents net income or loss, plus defined benefit plans liability adjustment, net of tax effect and foreign currency translation adjustment. The defined benefit plans liability and foreign currency translation adjustments for the interim periods ended September 28, 2019 and September 29, 2018 were not material.

J.	Commitments and Contingencies

Contract Obligations

The Company had outstanding total

non-cancelable

contract obligations of $211.2 million at September 28, 2019. These obligations are made up of advertising contracts of $75.3 million,

equipment and machinery of $53.0 million

hops, barley and wheat totaling $49.7 million, other ingredients of $12.0 million, glass bottles of $1.7 million, and other commitments of $19.5 million.

Currently, the Company has entered into contracts for barley and wheat with three major suppliers. The contracts include crop year 2018 and 2019 and cover the Company’s barley, wheat, and malt requirements for 2019 and part of 2020. These purchase commitments outstanding at September 28, 2019 totaled $12.2 million.

The Company has entered into contracts for the supply of a portion of its hops requirements. These purchase contracts extend through crop year 2025 and specify both the quantities and prices, denominated in U.S. Dollars, Euros, New Zealand Dollars, and British Pounds, to which the Company is committed. Hops purchase commitments outstanding at September 28, 2019 totaled $37.4 million, based on the exchange rates on that date. The Company does not use forward currency exchange contracts and intends to purchase future hops using the exchange rate at the time of purchase.

Currently, the Company brews and packages more than 70% of its volume at Company-owned breweries. In the normal course of its business, the Company has historically entered into various production arrangements with other brewing companies. Pursuant to these arrangements, the Company supplies raw materials to those brewing companies, and incurs conversion fees for labor at the time the liquid is produced and packaged.

Litigation

The Company is not a party to any pending or threatened litigation, the outcome of which would be expected to have a material adverse effect upon its financial condition or the results of its operations. In general, while the Company believes it conducts its business appropriately in accordance with laws, regulations and industry guidelines, claims, whether or not meritorious, could be asserted against the Company that might adversely impact the Company’s results.

K.	Income Taxes

As of September 28, 2019 and December 29, 2018, the Company had approximately $0.8 million and $0.8 million, respectively, of unrecognized income tax benefits.

The Company’s practice is to classify interest and penalties related to income tax matters in income tax expense. As of September 28, 2019 and December 29, 2018, the Company had $0.2 million and $0.1 million, respectively, accrued for interest and penalties recorded in other liabilities.

The Internal Revenue Service completed an examination of the 2015 consolidated corporate income tax return and issued a no change report in 2018. The Company’s state income tax returns remain subject to examination for three or four years depending on the state’s statute of limitations. The Company is being audited by one state as of September 28, 2019. In addition, the Company is generally obligated to report changes in taxable income arising from federal income tax audits.

The following table provides a summary of the income tax provision for the thirteen and thirty-nine weeks ended September 28, 2019 and September 29, 2018:


	Thirteen weeks ended
	September 28,			September 29,
	2019			2018
	(in thousands)
Summary of income tax provision
Tax provision based on net income	$	16,047		$	13,671
Accounting Method Changes		—			(4,529	)
Benefit of ASU 2016-09		(1,842	)		(129	)

Total income tax provision	$	14,205		$	9,013


	Thirty-nine weeks ended
	September 28,			September 29,
	2019			2018
	(in thousands)
Summary of income tax provision
Tax provision based on net income	$	34,455		$	24,969
Accounting Method Changes		—			(4,529	)
Benefit of ASU 2016-09		(3,870	)		(3,980	)

Total income tax provision	$	30,585		$	16,460

The Company’s effective tax rate for the thirteen weeks ended September 28, 2019, excluding the impact of ASU

2016-09,

increased to 27.2% from 19.4% for the thirteen weeks ended September 29, 2018, primarily due to the

one-time

favorable impact of tax accounting method changes in 2018 and no similar

one-time

favorable impacts in 2019. The Company’s effective tax rate for the thirty-nine weeks ended September 28, 2019, excluding the impact of ASU

2016-09,

increased to 27.2% from 23.4% for the thirty-nine weeks ended September 29, 2018, primarily due to the

one-time

favorable impact of tax accounting method changes in 2018 and no similar

one-time

favorable impacts in 2019.

L.	Revolving Line of Credit

In March 2018, the Company amended its credit facility in place that provides for a $150.0 million revolving line of credit to extend the scheduled expiration date to March 31, 2023. On May 6, 2019, the Company

borrowed

$75.0 million of the available balance to fund the Dogfish Head

Transaction

. The interest rate for the borrowings

s 2.95% (applicable LIBOR rate of 2.5% plus 0.45%). As of September 28, 2019, the

Company was not in violation of any of its financial covenants to the lender under the credit facility and had repaid the Transaction borrowing in full, so that there were no borrowings outstanding and the line of credit was fully available to the Company for borrowing.

M.	Fair Value Measures

The Company defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or be paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The Company applies the following fair value hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs used to measure fair value into three levels and bases the categorization within the hierarchy upon the lowest level of input that is available and significant to the fair value measurement. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements).

•

Level 1 — Level 1 inputs are quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the reporting entity has the ability to access at the measurement date.

•

Level 2 — Level 2 inputs are inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. If the asset or liability has a specified (contractual) term, a Level 2 input must be observable for substantially the full term of the asset or liability.

•

Level 3 — Level 3 inputs are unobservable inputs for the asset or liability in which there is little, if any, market activity for the asset or liability at the measurement date.

The Company’s money market funds are measured at fair value on a recurring basis (at least annually) and are classified within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy because they are valued using quoted market prices. The money market funds are invested substantially in United States Treasury and government securities. The Company does not adjust the quoted market price for such financial instruments. Cash, receivables and payables are carried at their cost, which approximates fair value, because of their short-term nature.

At September 28, 2019 and December 29, 2018, the Company had money market funds with a “Triple A” rated money market fund. The Company considers the “Triple A” rated money market fund to be a large, highly-rated investment-grade institution. As of September 28, 2019 and December 29, 2018, the Company’s cash and cash equivalents balance was $27.1 million and $108.4 million, respectively, including money market funds amounting to $21.4 million and $107.5 million, respectively

N.	Common Stock and Stock-Based Compensation

Option Activity

Information related to stock options under the Restated Employee Equity Incentive Plan and the Stock Option Plan for

Non-Employee

Directors is summarized as follows:


	Shares			Weighted-Average Exercise Price		Weighted-Average Remaining Contractual Term in Years		Aggregate Intrinsic Value (in thousands)
Outstanding at December 29, 2018		366,829		$	155.75
Granted		31,286			313.56
Forfeited		—			—
Expired		—			—
Exercised		(72,937	)		104.47

Outstanding at September 28, 2019		325,178		$	182.44		5.83	$	55,196

Exercisable at September 28, 2019		102,613		$	139.16		3.96	$	21,859

Vested and expected to vest at September 28, 2019		300,886		$	180.81		5.76	$	51,563

Of the total options outstanding at September 28, 2019, 65,306 shares were performance-based options for which the performance criteria had yet to be achieved.

On March 1, 2019, the Company granted options to purchase an aggregate of 14,680 shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock to senior management with a weighted average fair value of $136.00 per share, of which all shares relate to performance-based stock options.

On March 14, 2019, the Company granted options to purchase an aggregate of 844 shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock to the Company’s newly appointed

non-employee

Director. These options have a weighted average fair value of $136.10 per share, of which all shares vested immediately.

On April 29, 2019, the Company granted options to purchase an aggregate of 11,827 shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock to the Company’s newly appointed Chief Marketing Officer with a weighted average fair value of $126.83 per share with service based vesting through 2024.

On May 16, 2019, the Company granted options to purchase an aggregate of 3,935 shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock to the Company’s nonemployee Directors. These options have a weighted average fair value of $145.95 per share. All of the options vested immediately on the date of the grant.

Non-Vested

Shares Activity

The following table summarizes vesting activities of shares issued under the investment share program and restricted stock awards:


	Number of Shares			Weighted Average Fair Value
Non-vested at December 29, 2018		126,720		$	192.74
Granted		30,410		$	269.91
Vested		(33,201	)	$	188.63
Forfeited		(1,550	)	$	142.00

Non-vested at September 28, 2019		122,379		$	213.67

On January 1, 2019, the Company granted a key employee 207 shares of restricted stock units with a weighted average fair value of $240.84 and vests ratable over the service period of four years.

On March 1, 2019, the Company granted 16,471 shares of restricted stock units to certain officers, senior managers and key employees, of which all shares vest ratably over service periods of four years. On March 1, 2019, employees elected to purchase 7,901 shares under the Company’s investment share program. The weighted average fair value of the restricted stock units and investment shares, which are sold to employees at discount under its investment share program, was $312.56 and $147.98 per share, respectively.

On April 29, 2019, the Company granted its newly appointed Chief Marketing Officer 4,925 shares of restricted stock units with a weighted-average fair value of $304.56 per share with service based vesting through 2023.

On July 3, 2019, the Company granted four key employees 906 shares of restricted stock units with a weighted average fair value of $379.63 and service based vesting in

one year

Stock-Based Compensation

Stock-based compensation expense related to share-based awards recognized in the thirteen and thirty-nine weeks ended September 28, 2019 was $3.2 million and $9.0 million, respectively, and was calculated based on awards expected to vest. Stock-based compensation expense related to share-based awards recognized in the thirteen weeks and thirty-nine weeks ended September 29, 2018 was $2.4 million and $7.0 million, respectively, and was calculated based on awards expected to vest.

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million and the benefit obligation was $5.4 million. On April 21, 2019, the Company reached an agreement with the Local Union 1199 to terminate the Local Union No. 1199 Pension Plan effective January 1, 2020 through either lump sum payments or the purchase of third party annuities. In the fourth quarter of 2020 the Company expects to complete the termination of the plan and record an expense of approximately $1.7 million as a result of the termination.

P.	Related Party Transactions

In connection with the Dogfish Head Transaction, the Company has entered a lease with the Dogfish Head founders and other owners of buildings used in certain of the Company’s restaurant operations. The lease is for ten years with renewal options. The total payments due under the initial ten year term is $3.6 million. Total related party expense recognized for the 13-weeks ended September 28, 2019 was approximately $91,000.

Q.	Subsequent Events

The Company evaluated subsequent events occurring after the balance sheet date, September 28, 2019, and concluded that there were no events of which management was aware that occurred after the balance sheet date that would require any adjustment to or disclosure in the accompanying consolidated financial statements.

Item 2.

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following is a discussion of the significant factors affecting the consolidated operating results, financial condition and liquidity and cash flows of the Company for the thirteen and thirty-nine week period ended September 28, 2019, as compared to the thirteen and thirty-nine week period ended September 29, 2018. This discussion should be read in conjunction with the Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, and the Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company and Notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form

10-K

for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2018.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Thirteen Weeks Ended September 28, 2019 compared to Thirteen Weeks Ended September 29, 2018


	Thirteen Weeks Ended (in thousands, except per barrel)
	September 28, 2019									September 29, 2018							Amount change			% change			Per barrel change
Barrels sold					1,594								1,338					255			19.1	%
				Per barrel			% of net revenue					Per barrel		% of net revenue
Net revenue	$	378,466		$	237.46			100.0	%	$	306,870	$	229.27		100.0	%	$	71,596			23.3	%	$	8.19
Cost of goods		190,631			119.61			50.4	%		149,643		111.80		48.8	%		40,988			27.4	%		7.81

Gross profit		187,835			117.85			49.6	%		157,227		117.47		51.2	%		30,608			19.5	%		0.38
Advertising, promotional and selling expenses		96,570			60.59			25.5	%		87,765		65.57		28.6	%		8,805			10.0	%		(4.98	)
General and administrative expenses		31,429			19.72			8.3	%		22,734		16.99		7.4	%		8,695			38.2	%		2.73

Total operating expenses		127,999			80.31			33.8	%		110,499		82.56		36.0	%		17,500			15.8	%		(2.25	)
Operating income		59,836			37.54			15.8	%		46,728		34.91		15.2	%		13,108			28.1	%		2.63
Other (expense) income		(902	)		(0.57	)		-0.2	%		292		0.22		0.1	%		(1,194	)		-408.9	%		(0.79	)

Income before income tax expense		58,934			36.98			15.6	%		47,020		35.13		15.3	%		11,914			25.3	%		1.85
Income tax expense		14,205			8.91			3.8	%		9,013		6.73		2.9	%		5,192			57.6	%		2.18

Net income	$	44,729		$	28.06			11.8	%	$	38,007	$	28.40		12.4	%	$	6,722			17.7	%	$	(0.34	)

Net revenue.

Net revenue increased by $71.6 million, or 23.3%, to $378.5 million for the thirteen weeks ended September 28, 2019, as compared to $306.9 million for the thirteen weeks ended September 29, 2018, primarily as a result of an increase in shipments.

Volume.

Total shipment volume increased by 19.1% to 1,594,000 barrels for the thirteen weeks ended September 28, 2019, as compared to 1,338,000 barrels for the thirteen weeks ended September 29, 2018, primarily due to

increases in shipments of Truly Hard Seltzer and Twisted Tea brand products and the addition of Dogfish Head brand products, partially offset by decreases in Samuel Adams and Angry Orchard brand products.

Depletions, or sales by distributors to retailers, of the Company’s products for the thirteen weeks ended September 28, 2019 increased by approximately 30% compared to the thirteen weeks ended September 29, 2018, primarily due to increase in depletions of Truly Hard Seltzer and Twisted Tea brand products and the addition of Dogfish Head brand products, partially offset by decreases in Samuel Adams and Angry Orchard brand products.

The Company believes distributor inventory as of September 28, 2019 averaged approximately 3 weeks on hand and was at an appropriate level based on inventory requirements to support forecasted growth. The Company expects wholesaler inventory levels in terms of weeks on hand to remain between 2 and 4 weeks for the remainder of the year.

Net revenue per barrel.

Net revenue per barrel increased by 3.6% to $237.46 per barrel for the thirteen weeks ended September 28, 2019, as compared to $229.27 per barrel for the comparable period in 2018, primarily due to price increases and the impact of Dogfish Head brand higher revenue per barrel.

Cost of goods sold.

Cost of goods sold was $119.61 per barrel for the thirteen weeks ended September 28, 2019, as compared to $111.80 per barrel for the thirteen weeks ended September 29, 2018. The 2019 increase in cost of goods sold of $7.81 per barrel was primarily the result of higher processing costs due to increased production at third party breweries and higher temporary labor requirements at Company-owned breweries to support increased variety pack volumes, partially offset by cost saving initiatives at Company-owned breweries.

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Gross profit.

Gross profit was $117.85 per barrel for the thirteen weeks ended September 28, 2019, as compared to $117.47 per barrel for the thirteen weeks ended September 29, 2018. The increase in gross profit per barrel of $0.38 was primarily the result of an increase in net revenue per barrel, partially offset by an increase in cost of goods sold per barrel. Gross margin was 49.6% for the thirteen weeks ended September 28, 2019, as compared to 51.2% for the thirteen weeks ended September 29, 2018. The decline in gross margin primarily resulted from higher processing costs due to increased production at third party breweries and higher temporary labor requirements at Company-owned breweries to support increased variety pack volumes, partially offset by price increases and cost saving initiatives at Company-owned breweries.

The Company includes freight charges related to the movement of finished goods from its manufacturing locations to distributor locations in its advertising, promotional and selling expense line item. As such, the Company’s gross margins may not be comparable to those of other entities that classify costs related to distribution differently.

Advertising, promotional and selling.

Advertising, promotional and selling expenses increased by $8.8 million, or 10.0%, to $96.6 million for the thirteen weeks ended September 28, 2019, as compared to $87.8 million for the thirteen weeks ended September 29, 2018. The increase was primarily due to increased investments in local marketing, media and production and the addition of Dogfish Head brand related expenses beginning July 3, 2019.

Advertising, promotional and selling expenses were 25.5% of net revenue, or $60.59 per barrel, for the thirteen weeks ended September 28, 2019, as compared to 28.6% of net revenue, or $65.57 per barrel, for the thirteen weeks ended September 29, 2018. This decrease per barrel is primarily due to shipments growing at a higher rate than advertising, promotional and selling expenses. The Company invests in advertising and promotional campaigns that it believes will be effective, but there is no guarantee that such investments will generate sales growth.

The Company conducts certain advertising and promotional activities in its distributors’ markets, and the distributors make contributions to the Company for such efforts. These amounts are included in the Company’s statements of comprehensive income as reductions to advertising, promotional and selling expenses. Historically, contributions from distributors for advertising and promotional activities have amounted to between 2% and 3% of net sales. The Company may adjust its promotional efforts in the distributors’ markets if changes occur in these promotional contribution arrangements, depending on industry and market conditions.

General and administrative.

General and administrative expenses increased by $8.7 million, or 38.2%, to $31.4 million for the thirteen weeks ended September 28, 2019, as compared to $22.7 million for the thirteen weeks ended September 29, 2018. The increase was primarily due to

non-recurring

Dogfish Head Transaction-related fees of $3.6 million and the addition of Dogfish Head general and administrative expenses beginning July 3, 2019.

Income tax expense.

During the thirteen weeks ended September 28, 2019, the Company recorded a net income tax expense of $14.2 million which consists of $16.0 million income tax expenses partially offset by a $1.8 million tax benefit related to stock option exercises in accordance with ASU

2016-09.

The Company’s effective tax rate for the thirteen weeks ended September 28, 2019, excluding the impact of ASU

2016-09,

increased to 27.2% from 19.4% for the thirteen weeks ended September 29, 2018, primarily due to the

one-time

favorable impact of tax accounting method changes in 2018 and no similar

one-time

favorable impacts in 2019.

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Thirty-nine Weeks Ended September 28, 2019 compared to Thirty-nine Weeks Ended September 29, 2018


	Thirty-nine Weeks Ended (in thousands, except per barrel)																Amount change			% change			Per barrel change
	September 28, 2019									September 29, 2018							Amount change			% change			Per barrel change
Barrels sold					4,045								3,328					717			21.5	%
				Per barrel			% of net revenue					Per barrel		% of net revenue
Net revenue	$	948,524		$	234.51			100.0	%	$	770,427	$	231.51		100.0	%	$	178,097			23.1	%	$	3.00
Cost of goods		477,147			117.97			50.3	%		375,133		112.73		48.7	%		102,014			27.2	%		5.24

Gross profit		471,377			116.54			49.7	%		395,294		118.79		51.3	%		76,083			19.2	%		(2.25	)
Advertising, promotional and selling expenses		262,372			64.87			27.7	%		241,796		72.66		31.4	%		20,576			8.5	%		(7.79	)
General and administrative expenses		81,552			20.16			8.6	%		65,951		19.82		8.6	%		15,601			23.7	%		0.34
Impairment of assets		243			0.06			0.0	%		517		0.16		0.1	%		(274	)		-53.0	%		(0.10	)

Total operating expenses		344,167			85.09			36.3	%		308,264		92.63		40.0	%		35,903			11.6	%		(7.54	)
Operating income		127,210			31.45			13.4	%		87,030		26.15		11.3	%		40,180			46.2	%		5.30
Other (expense) income, net		(346	)		(0.09	)		0.0	%		282		0.08		0.0	%		(628	)		-222.7	%		(0.17	)

Income before income tax expense		126,864			31.37			13.4	%		87,312		26.24		11.3	%		39,552			45.3	%		5.13
Income tax expense		30,585			7.56			3.2	%		16,460		4.95		2.1	%		14,125			85.8	%		2.61

Net income	$	96,279		$	23.80			10.2	%	$	70,852	$	21.29		9.2	%	$	25,427			35.9	%	$	2.51

Net revenue.

Net revenue increased by $178.1 million, or 23.0%, to $948.5 million for the thirty-nine weeks ended September 28, 2019, as compared to $770.4 million for the thirty-nine weeks ended September 29, 2018, primarily as a result of an increase in shipments.

Volume.

Total shipment volume increased by 21.5% to 4,045,000 barrels for the thirty-nine weeks ended September 28, 2019, as compared to 3,328,000 barrels for the thirty-nine weeks ended September 29, 2018, primarily due to

Depletions, or sales by distributors to retailers, of the Company’s products for the thirty-nine weeks ended September 28, 2019 increased by approximately 21% compared to the thirty-nine weeks ended September 29, 2018, primarily due to increases in depletions of Truly Hard Seltzer and Twisted Tea brand products and the addition of Dogfish Head brand products, partially offset by decreases in Samuel Adams and Angry Orchard brand products.

Net revenue per barrel.

Net revenue per barrel increased by 1.3% to $234.51 per barrel for the thirty-nine weeks ended September 28, 2019, as compared to $231.51 per barrel for the comparable period in 2018, primarily due to price increases.

Cost of goods sold.

Cost of goods sold was $117.97 per barrel for the thirty-nine weeks ended September 28, 2019, as compared to $112.73 per barrel for the thirty-nine weeks ended September 29, 2018. The 2019 increase in cost of goods sold of $5.24 per barrel was primarily the result of higher processing costs due to increased production at third party breweries and higher temporary labor requirements at Company-owned breweries to support increased variety pack volumes, partially offset by cost saving initiatives at Company-owned breweries.

Gross profit.

Gross profit was $116.54 per barrel for the thirty-nine weeks ended September 28, 2019, as compared to $118.79 per barrel for the thirty-nine weeks ended September 29, 2018. The decrease in gross profit per barrel of $2.25 was primarily the result of an increase in cost of goods sold per barrel partially offset by an increase in net revenue per barrel. Gross margin was 49.7% for the thirty-nine weeks ended September 28, 2019, as compared to 51.3% for the thirty-nine weeks ended September 29, 2018. The decline in gross margin primarily resulted from higher processing costs due to increased production at third party breweries and higher temporary labor requirements at Company-owned breweries to support increased variety pack volumes, partially offset by price increases and cost saving initiatives at Company-owned breweries.

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Advertising, promotional and selling.

Advertising, promotional and selling expenses increased by $20.6 million, or 8.5%, to $262.4 million for the thirty-nine weeks ended September 28, 2019, as compared to $241.8 million for the thirty-nine weeks

ended September 29, 2018. The increase was primarily due to increased investments in local marketing, media and production, higher salaries and benefits costs, increased freight to distributors due to higher volumes and the addition of Dogfish Head brand related expenses beginning July 3, 2019.

Advertising, promotional and selling expenses were 27.7% of net revenue, or $64.87 per barrel, for the thirty-nine weeks ended September 28, 2019, as compared to 31.4% of net revenue, or $72.66 per barrel, for the thirty-nine weeks ended September 29, 2018. This decrease per barrel is primarily due to shipments growing at a higher rate than advertising, promotional and selling expenses. The Company invests in advertising and promotional campaigns that it believes will be effective, but there is no guarantee that such investments will generate sales growth.

General and administrative.

General and administrative expenses increased by $15.6 million, or 23.7%, to $81.6 million for the thirty-nine weeks ended September 28, 2019, as compared to $66.0 million for the thirty-nine weeks ended September 29, 2018. The increase was primarily due to

non-recurring

Dogfish Head Transaction-related fees of $5.6 million, increases in salaries and benefits costs and the addition of Dogfish Head general and administrative expenses beginning July 3, 2019.

Impairment of assets.

Impairment of assets decreased by $0.3 million for the thirty-nine weeks ended September 28, 2019, as compared to the thirty-nine weeks ended September 29, 2018. This decrease was primarily due to lower write-downs of brewery equipment at the Company’s Pennsylvania and Cincinnati breweries in 2019.

Income tax expense.

During the thirty-nine weeks ended September 28, 2019, the Company recorded a net income tax expense of $30.6 million which consists of $34.5 million income tax expenses partially offset by a $3.9 million tax benefit related to stock option exercises in accordance with ASU

2016-09.

The Company’s effective tax rate for the thirty-nine weeks ended September 28, 2019, excluding the impact of ASU

2016-09,

increased to 27.2% from 23.4% for the thirty-nine weeks ended September 29, 2018, primarily due to the

one-time

favorable impact of tax accounting method changes in 2018 and no similar

one-time

favorable impacts in 2019.

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

Cash decreased to $27.1 million as of September 28, 2019 from $108.4 million as of December 29, 2018, reflecting cash used for the Dogfish Head Brewery Transaction and purchases of property, plant and equipment, partially offset by cash provided by operating and financing activities.

Cash provided by operating activities consists of net income, adjusted for certain

non-cash

items, such as depreciation and amortization, stock-based compensation expense, other

non-cash

items included in operating results, and changes in operating assets and liabilities, such as accounts receivable, inventory, accounts payable and accrued expenses.

Cash provided by operating activities for the thirty-nine weeks ended September 28, 2019 was $142.7 million and primarily consisted of net income of $96.3 million and

non-cash

items of $68.4 million, partially offset by a net increase in operating assets and liabilities of $22.0 million. Cash provided by operating activities for the thirty-nine weeks ended September 29, 2018 was $108.1 million and primarily consisted of net income of $70.9 million and

non-cash

items of $59.3 million, partially offset by a net increase in operating assets and liabilities of $22.1 million.

The Company used $232.1 million in investing activities during the thirty-nine weeks ended September 28, 2019, as compared to $38.6 million during the thirty-nine weeks ended September 29, 2018. Investing activities primarily consisted of $165.5 million of investment in Dogfish Head, net of cash acquired, and capital investments made mostly in the Company’s breweries to drive efficiencies and cost reductions, and support product innovation and future growth.

Cash provided by financing activities was $8.2 million during the thirty-nine weeks ended September 28, 2019, as compared to $66.2 million used by financing activities during the thirty-nine weeks ended September 29, 2018. The $74.4 million increase in cash provided by financing activities in 2019 from 2018 is primarily due to a decrease in stock repurchases under the Company’s Stock Repurchase program, partially offset by a decrease in proceeds from the exercise of stock options.

During the thirty-nine weeks ended September 28, 2019 and the period from September 29, 2019 through October 20, 2019, the Company did not repurchase any shares of its Class A Common Stock. As of October 20, 2019, the Company had repurchased a cumulative total of approximately 13.8 million shares of its Class A Common Stock for an aggregate purchase price of $840.7 million and had approximately $90.3 million remaining on the $931.0 million stock repurchase expenditure limit set by the Board of Directors.

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The Company expects that its cash balance as of September 28, 2019 of $27.1 million, along with future operating cash flow and the Company’s line of credit of $150.0 million, will be sufficient to fund future cash requirements. The Company’s $150.0 million credit facility has a term not scheduled to expire until March 31, 2023. As of the date of this filing, the Company had no borrowings and was not in violation of any of its covenants to the lender under the credit facility.

2019 and 2020 Outlook

Year-to-date

depletions through the 42 weeks ended October 19, 2019 are estimated by the Company to have increased approximately 21% from the comparable period in 2018.

The Company is currently estimating 2019 depletions and shipments growth, including Dogfish Head beginning July 3, 2019, of between 19% and 22%, a narrowing up from the previously communicated estimate of between 17% and 22%. Excluding the Dogfish Head impact, full year 2019 shipments and depletions growth is now estimated to be between 15% and 18%, a narrowing up from the previously communicated estimate of between 13% and 18%. The Company is targeting national price increases of between 1% and 3%. Full-year 2019 gross margins are currently expected to be between 50% and 51%. The Company intends to increase advertising, promotional and selling expenses by between $40 million and $50 million, a change from the previously communicated estimate of between $35 million and $45 million primarily due to increased Truly brand investments. This does not include any changes in freight costs for the shipment of products to distributors. The Company intends to increase its investment in its brands in 2019, commensurate with the opportunities for growth that it sees, but there is no guarantee that such increased investments will result in increased volumes.

The Company currently projects

Non-GAAP

earnings per diluted share, which excludes the impact of ASU

2016-09,

for 2019 of between $8.70 and $9.30, a narrowing up from the previously communicated estimate of $8.30 and $9.30, but actual results could vary significantly from this target. The Company estimates a full-year 2019

Non-GAAP

effective tax rate of approximately 27%, which excludes the impact of ASU

2016-09.

Non-GAAP

earnings per diluted share and

Non-GAAP

effective tax rate are not defined terms under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). These

Non-GAAP

measures should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for diluted earnings per share and effective tax rate data prepared in accordance with GAAP, and may not be comparable to calculations of similarly titled measures by other companies. Management believes these

Non-GAAP

measures provide meaningful and useful information to investors and analysts regarding our outlook and facilitate period to period comparisons of our forecasted financial performance.

Non-GAAP

earnings per diluted share and

Non-GAAP

effective tax rate exclude the potential impact of ASU

2016-09,

which could be significant and will depend largely upon unpredictable future events outside the Company’s control, including the timing and value realized upon exercise of stock options versus the fair value of those options when granted. Therefore, because of the uncertainty and variability of the impact of ASU

2016-09,

the Company is unable to provide, without unreasonable effort, a reconciliation of these

Non-GAAP

measures on a forward-looking basis.

The Company is completing its 2020 planning process and will provide further detailed guidance when the Company presents its full-year 2019 results. The Company is currently using the following preliminary assumptions and targets for 2020. The Company is forecasting depletion and shipment percentage increase of high teens to low twenties. The Company is targeting national price increases of between 1% and 3%. Full-year 2020 gross margins are currently expected to be between 49% and 51%. The Company intends to increase advertising, promotional and selling expenses between $65 million and $75 million for the full year 2020, not including any changes in freight costs for the shipment of products to distributors. The Company intends to increase its investment in its brands in 2020 commensurate with the opportunities for growth that it sees, but there is no guarantee that such increased investments will result in increased volumes. The Company estimates a full-year 2020

Non-GAAP

effective tax rate of approximately 27%, excluding the impact of ASU

2016-09.

The Company is continuing to evaluate 2019 capital expenditures. Its current estimates are between $100 million and $110 million, a decrease from the previously communicated estimate of $120 million to $140 million, consisting mostly of investments in the Company’s breweries and taprooms. The Company estimates full-year 2020 capital spending of between $95 million and $115 million. The actual total amount spent on 2019 and 2020 capital expenditures may well be different from these estimates. Based on information currently available, the Company believes that its capacity requirements for 2019 and 2020 can be covered by its Company-owned breweries and existing contracted capacity at third-party brewers.

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THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF KNOWN FACTS, COMMITMENTS, EVENTS AND UNCERTAINTIES

Off-balance

Sheet Arrangements

At September 28, 2019, the Company did not have

off-balance

sheet arrangements as defined in Item 303(a)(4)(ii) of Regulation

S-K.

Contractual Obligations

There were no material changes outside of the ordinary course of the Company’s business to contractual obligations during the three-month period ended September 28, 2019.

Critical Accounting Policies

The Company’s critical accounting policies are discussed in Part II, Item 7 – Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations of the Form

10-K

for the year ended December 29, 2018. The Company believes that the consistent application of these policies enables the Company to provide readers of the interim consolidated financial statements with useful and reliable information about the Company’s results of operations and financial condition. No material changes to the Company’s critical accounting policies, as previously disclosed, have occurred during the first nine months of 2019, except for the addition of the Company’s Business Combinations policy and the Company’s Valuation of Goodwill and Indefinite Lived Intangible Assets policy as discussed below and in Note B and Note C to the interim consolidated financial statements included in Item 1 of this Form

10-Q.

Business Combinations

On July 3, 2019, the Company completed its acquisition of Dogfish Head Brewery and various related operations (the “Transaction”), through the acquisition of all of the equity interests held by certain private entities in

Off-Centered

Way LLC, the parent holding company of the Dogfish Head Brewery operations. Dogfish Head results of operations have been included in the Company’s financial results beginning after the closing date of July 3, 2019. Under the acquisition method of accounting, the Company allocated the fair value of purchase consideration transferred to the tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their estimated fair values on the date of the acquisition. The fair values assigned, defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between willing market participants, are based on estimates and assumptions determined by management. The excess purchase consideration over the aggregate fair value of tangible and intangible assets, net of liabilities assumed, is recorded as goodwill. When determining the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed, the Company makes significant estimates and assumptions, especially with respect to intangible assets. The Company’s estimates of fair value are based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable, but which are inherently uncertain and unpredictable and, as a result, actual results may differ from estimates. The fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed is typically determined by using either estimates of replacement costs or discounted cash flow valuation methods. When determining the fair value of tangible assets acquired, the Company must estimate the cost to replace the asset with a new asset taking into consideration such factors as age, condition and the economic useful life of the asset. When determining the fair value of intangible assets acquired, the Company must estimate the applicable discount rate, the royalty rate, and the timing and amount of future expected cash flows. During the measurement period, not to exceed one year from the date of acquisition, the Company may record adjustments to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed, with a corresponding offset to goodwill if new information is obtained related to facts and circumstances that existed as of the acquisition date. After the measurement period, any subsequent adjustments are reflected in the consolidated statements of operations. Acquisition costs, such as legal and consulting fees, are expensed as incurred.

Valuation of Goodwill and Indefinite Lived Intangible Assets

The Company has recorded intangible assets with indefinite lives and goodwill for which impairment testing is required at least annually or more frequently if events or circumstances indicate that these assets might be impaired. The Company performs its annual impairment tests and

re-evaluates

the useful lives of other intangible assets with indefinite lives at the annual impairment test measurement date in the third quarter of each fiscal year or when circumstances arise that indicate a possible impairment or change in useful life might exist.

The guidance for goodwill impairment testing allows an entity to assess qualitative factors to determine whether the existence of events or circumstances leads to a determination that it is more likely than not that the estimated fair value of a reporting unit, of which the Company has one, is less than its carrying amount or to proceed directly to performing a quantitative impairment test.

Under the quantitative assessment, the estimated fair value of the Company’s reporting unit is compared to its carrying value, including goodwill. The estimate of fair value of the Company’s reporting unit is generally calculated based on an income approach using the discounted cash flow method supplemented by the market approach which considers the Company’s market capitalization and enterprise value. If the estimated fair value of the Company’s reporting unit is less than the carrying value of its reporting unit, a goodwill impairment will be recognized. The amount of impairment charge for goodwill is equal to the excess of the carrying value of the goodwill over the implied fair value of the goodwill.

In estimating the fair value of the Company’s reporting unit, management must make assumptions and projections regarding such items as future cash flows, future revenues, future earnings, cost of capital, and other factors. The assumptions used in the estimate of fair value are based on historical trends and the projections and assumptions that are used in current strategic operating plans. These assumptions reflect management’s estimates of future economic and competitive conditions and are, therefore, subject to change as a result of changing market conditions. If these estimates or their related assumptions change in the future, the Company may be required to recognize an impairment loss for these assets. The recognition of any resulting impairment loss could have a material adverse impact on the Company’s financial statements.

The Company’s other intangible assets consist primarily of customer relationships and a trademark obtained through the Company’s Dogfish Head acquisition. Customer relationships are amortized over their estimated useful lives. The trademark which was determined to have an indefinite useful life is not amortized. The guidance for indefinite lived intangible asset impairment testing allows an entity to assess qualitative factors to determine whether the existence of events or circumstances indicates that it is more likely than not that the indefinite lived intangible asset is impaired or to proceed directly to performing the quantitative impairment test. Under the quantitative assessment, the trademark is evaluated for impairment by comparing the carrying value of the trademark to its estimated fair value. The estimated fair value of the trademark is calculated based on an income approach using the relief from royalty method. The estimate of fair value is then compared to the carrying value the trademark. If the estimated fair value is less than the carrying value of the trademark, then an impairment charge is recognized to reduce the carrying value of the trademark to its estimated fair value

In estimating the fair value of the trademark, management must make assumptions and projections regarding future cash flows based upon future revenues, the market-based royalty rate, and other factors. The assumptions used in the estimate of fair value are consistent with historical trends and the projections and assumptions that are used in current strategic operating plans. These assumptions reflect management’s estimates of future economic and competitive conditions and are, therefore, subject to change as a result of changing market conditions. If these estimates or their related assumptions change in the future, the Company may be required to recognize an impairment loss for these assets. The recognition of any resulting impairment loss could have a material adverse impact on the Company’s financial statements.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

In this Quarterly Report on Form

10-Q

and in other documents incorporated herein, as well as in oral statements made by the Company, statements that are prefaced with the words “may,” “will,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “continue,” “estimate,” “project,” “intend,” “designed” and similar expressions, are intended to identify forward-looking statements regarding events, conditions, and financial trends that may affect the Company’s future plans of operations, business strategy, results of operations and financial position. These statements are based on the Company’s current expectations and estimates as to prospective events and circumstances about which the Company can give no firm assurance. Further, any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which such statement is made, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect subsequent events or circumstances. Forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as a prediction of actual future financial condition or results. These forward-looking statements, like any forward-looking statements, involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected or anticipated. Such risks and uncertainties include the factors set forth below in addition to the other information set forth in this Quarterly Report on Form

10-Q

and in the section titled “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form

10-K

for the year ended December 29, 2018.

Item 3.

QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

Since December 29, 2018, there have been no significant changes in the Company’s exposures to interest rate or foreign currency rate fluctuations. The Company currently does not enter into derivatives or other market risk sensitive instruments for the purpose of hedging or for trading purposes.

Item 4.

CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

As of September 28, 2019, the Company conducted an evaluation under the supervision and with the participation of the Company’s management, including the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer (its principal executive officer and principal financial officer, respectively) regarding the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures as defined in Rule

13a-15(e)

and

15d-15(e)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”). Based upon that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules

13a-15(e)

and

15d-15(e))

were effective to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the requisite time periods and that such disclosure controls and procedures were effective to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to its management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

There was no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the thirteen weeks ended September 28, 2019 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

PART II.

OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.

LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

During the thirteen weeks ended September 28, 2019, there were no material changes to the disclosure made in the Company’s Annual Report on Form

10-K

for the year ended December 29, 2018.

Item 1A.

RISK FACTORS

In addition to the other information set forth in this report, careful consideration should be given to the factors discussed in Part I, “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form

10-K

for the year ended December 29, 2018, which could materially affect the Company’s business, financial condition or future results. The risks described in the Company’s Annual Report on Form

10-K

are not the only risks facing the Company. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to the Company or that it currently deems to be immaterial also may materially adversely affect its business, financial condition and/or operating results. There has been no material change in the risk factors described in the Company’s Annual Report on Form

10-K

for the year ended December 29, 2018, with the exception of the addition of the following risk factor:

The Company’s recent acquisition of Dogfish Head involves a number of risks, the occurrence of which could adversely affect its business, financial condition, and operating results.

Off-Centered

Way LLC, the parent holding company of the Dogfish Head Brewery operations. The Transaction involves certain risks, the occurrence of which could materially and adversely affect the Company’s business, liquidity, financial condition, and operating results, including:

•

diversion of management’s attention to integrate Dogfish Head’s operations;

•

disruption to the Company’s existing operations and plans or inability to effectively manage its expanded operations;

•

failure, difficulties or delays in securing, integrating and assimilating information, financial systems, internal controls, operations, production processes and products, or the distribution channel for Dogfish Head’s businesses and product lines;

•

potential loss of key Dogfish Head founders and employees, suppliers, distributors and drinkers or other adverse effects on existing business relationships with suppliers, distributors and drinkers;

•

adverse impact on overall profitability if the Company’s expanded operations do not achieve the growth prospects, net revenues, earnings, cost or revenue synergies, or other financial results projected in the Company’s valuation models, or delays in the realization thereof;

•

reallocation of amounts of capital from the Company’s other strategic initiatives;

•

inaccurate assessment of undisclosed, contingent or other liabilities of the acquired operations, unanticipated costs associated with the Transaction, and an inability to recover or manage such liabilities and costs; and

•

impacts as a result of purchase accounting adjustments, incorrect estimates made in the accounting for the Transaction or the potential future

write-off

of significant amounts of goodwill, intangible assets and/or other tangible assets if the Dogfish Head business does not perform in the future as expected, or other potential financial accounting or reporting impacts

The Company cannot assure you that it will realize the expected benefits of the Transaction or that the acquired Dogfish Head operations will be profitable. The Company’s failure to adequately manage the risks associated with the Transaction could have a material adverse effect on its business, liquidity, financial condition or results of operations.

Item 2.

UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

As of October 19, 2019, the Company had repurchased a cumulative total of approximately 13.8 million shares of its Class A Common Stock for an aggregate purchase price of $840.7 million and had $90.3 million remaining on the $931.0 million share buyback expenditure limit set by the Board of Directors. During the thirty-nine weeks ended September 28, 2019, the Company did not repurchase any shares of its Class A Common Stock under the previously announced repurchase program.

During the thirty-nine weeks ended September 28, 2019, the Company repurchased 900 shares of its Class A Common Stock, of which all represent repurchases of unvested investment shares issued under the Investment Share Program of the Company’s Employee Equity Incentive Plan, as illustrated in the table below:


Period	Total Number of Shares Purchased		Average Price Paid per Share		Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs		Approximate Dollar Value of Shares that May Yet be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs
December 30, 2018 to February 2, 2019		116	$	127.05		—	$	90,335
February 3, 2019 to March 2, 2019		219		115.78		—		90,335
March 3, 2019 to March 30, 2019		13		187.54		—		90,335
March 31, 2019 to May 4, 2019		107		182.03		—		90,335
May 5, 2019 to June 1, 2019		79		175.67		—		90,335
June 2, 2019 to June 29, 2019		32		187.54		—		90,335
June 30, 2019 to August 3, 2019		73		114.14		—		90,335
August 4, 2019 to August 31, 2019		261		135.26		—		90,335
September 1, 2019 to September 28, 2019		—		—		—		90,335

Total		900	$	139.47		—		90,335

In July 2019, in connection with the closing of the Transaction with Dogfish Head Brewery and related operations, the Company issued an aggregate of 429,291 shares of Class A Stock to certain former holders of equity interests in

Off-Centered

Way LLC, the parent holding company of the Dogfish Head Brewery operations. These shares have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”), as amended, in reliance on the exemption from registration provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.

As of October 25, 2019, the Company had 9.2 million shares of Class A Common Stock outstanding and 2.8 million shares of Class B Common Stock outstanding.

Item 3.

DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

Not Applicable

Item 4.

MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

Not Applicable

Item 5.

OTHER INFORMATION

Not Applicable


	Thirteen weeks ended				Thirty-nine weeks ended
	September 28, 2019		September 29, 2018		September 28, 2019		September 29, 2018
Net revenue	$	379,205	$	335,954	$	1,002,939	$	852,611
Net income	$	46,445	$	42,638	$	103,105	$	77,541
Basic earnings per share	$	3.84	$	3.51	$	8.74	$	6.36
Diluted earnings per share	$	3.79	$	3.48	$	8.64	$	6.30


Exhibit No.		Title

	**10.1	Registration Rights Agreement with the Stockholders named therein, dated July 3, 2019 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Form 10-Q for the period ended June 29, 2019, filed on July 25, 2019).

	**10.2	Indemnification Agreement with the Dogfish Head Founders, dated July 3, 2019 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Form 10-Q for the period ended June 29, 2019, filed on July 25, 2019).

	**10.3	Employment Agreement with Sam A. Calagione III, Dogfish Head Brewer and Founder, dated July 3, 2019 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Form 10-Q for the period ended June 29, 2019, filed on July 25, 2019).

	**10.4	Coworker Agreement with George Pastrana, President – Dogfish Head, dated July 3, 2019 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Company’s Form 10-Q for the period ended June 29, 2019, filed on July 25, 2019).

	**10.5	Offer Letter to Lesya Lysyj, Chief Marketing Officer, dated March 21, 2019 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Company’s Form 10-Q for the period ended June 29, 2019, filed on July 25, 2019).

	*31.1	Certification of the President and Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

	*31.2	Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

	*32.1	Certification of the President and Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

	*32.2	Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

	*101.INS	XBRL Instance Document – the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document

	*101.SCH	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document

	*101.CAL	XBRL Taxonomy Calculation Linkbase Document

	*101.LAB	XBRL Taxonomy Label Linkbase Document

	*101.PRE	XBRL Taxonomy Presentation Linkbase Document

	*101.DEF	XBRL Definition Linkbase Document

	*104	The cover page from this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 28, 2019, formatted in Inline XBRL (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101).


	THE BOSTON BEER COMPANY, INC. (Registrant)

Date: October 29, 2019		/s/ David A. Burwick
		David A. Burwick
		President and Chief Executive Officer
		(principal executive officer)


PART I.	FINANCIAL INFORMATION			PAGE

		Item 1.	Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)	3

			Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 28, 2019 and December 29, 2018	3

			Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the thirteen and thirty-nine weeks ended September 28, 2019 and September 29, 2018	4

			Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity for the thirteen and thirty-nine weeks ended September 28, 2019 and September 29, 2018	5

			Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the thirty-nine weeks ended September 28, 2019 and September 29, 2018	6

			Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements	7- 19

		Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	20- 26

		Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk	26

		Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	27

PART II.	OTHER INFORMATION

		Item 1.	Legal Proceedings	27

		Item 1A.	Risk Factors	27

		Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	28

		Item 3.	Defaults Upon Senior Securities	28

		Item 4.	Mine Safety Disclosures	28

		Item 5.	Other Information	28

		Item 6.	Exhibits	29

SIGNATURES				30


	Classification	Leases
Right-of-use assets		(in thousands)
Operating lease assets	Operating right-of-use assets	$	38,943
Capital lease assets	Property, plant and equipment, net		2,663
Lease Liabilities
Current
Operating lease liabilities	Current operating lease liabilities		2,599
Capital lease liabilities	Accrued expenses and other current l iabilities		541
Non-current
Operating lease liabilities	Non-current operating lease liabilities		41,215
Capital lease liabilities	Other liabilities		2,178