UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
SCHEDULE 13G
Amendment No. 4
Under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934
The Boston Beer Company, Inc.
(Name of Issuer)
Class A Common Stock
(Title of Class of Securities)
100557107
(CUSIP Number)
December 31, 1999
(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)
Check the following box if a fee is being paid with this statement |_|.
(A fee is not required only if the filing person: (1) has a previous statement
on file reporting beneficial ownership of more than five percent of the
class of securities described in Item 1; and (2) has filed no amendment
subsequent thereto reporting beneficial ownership of five percent or less of
such class.) (See Rule 13d-7).
* The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person's
initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and
for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter
disclosures provided in a prior cover page.
The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed
to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act
but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the
Notes).
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1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
Mr. C. James Koch
2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a) |_|
(b) |X|
3 SEC USE ONLY
4 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
U.S.A.
Number 5 SOLE VOTING POWER
of shares
benefic-
ially 4,981,931
owned
by each
reporting
person
with
6 SHARED VOTING POWER
0
7 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
4,981,931
8 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
0
9 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
10 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN
SHARES X
11 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9
32.5%
12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
IN
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Item 1(a) Name of Issuer:
The Boston Beer Company, Inc.
Item 1(b) Address of Issuer's principal executive offices:
75 Arlington Street
Boston, MA 02116
Item 2(a) Name of person filing:
C.James Koch
Item 2(b) Address of principal business office or, if none, residence:
75 Arlington Street
Boston, MA 02116
Item 2(c) Citizenship:
U.S.A.
Item 2(d) Title of class of securities:
Class A Common Stock
Item 2(e) CUSIP Number:
100557107
Item 3 If Statement filed pursuant to Rule 240.13d-1(b) or
240.13d-2(b) or (c), check whether the person filing is a:
(a) |_| Broker or dealer registered under section 15
of the Act (15 U.S.C. 78o).
(b) |_| Bank as defined in section 3(a)(6) of the Act
(15 U.S.C. 78c).
(c) |_| Insurance company as defined in section 3(a)(19)
of the Act (5 U.S.C. 78c).
(d) |_| Investment company registered under section 8
of the Investment Company Act (15 U.S.C. 80a-8).
(e) |_| An investment adviser in accordance with
section 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(E);
(f) |_| An employee Benefit Plan, Pension Fund or
Endowment Fund in accordance with Section
240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(F);
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(g) |_| A parent holding company or control person
in accordance with Section
240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(G);
(h) |_| A savings associations as defined in Section 3(b)
of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act
(12 U.S.C. 1813);
(i) |_| A church plan that is excluded from the
definition of an investment company under
section 3(c)(14) of the Investment Company
Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-3);
(j) |_| Group, in accordance with Section
240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(J);
Item 4 Ownership:
(a) Amounts beneficially owned:
As of December 31, 1999, Mr. Koch owned directly
867,167 shares of the Issuer's Class A Common
Stock and had the right to acquire directly (1)
4,107,355 shares of the Issuer's Class A Common
Stock upon the conversion of an equal number of
shares of the Issuer's Class A Common Stock held by
Mr. Koch and (ii) 7,409 shares of the Issuer's
Class A Common Stock upon the exercise of vested
stock otions.
In addition, Mr. Koch may be deemed to beneficially
own 1,472 shares of the Issuer's Class A Common
Stock owned by his spouse, 332,835 shares of the
Issuer's Class A Common Stock held by a trust in
which his children have a pecuniary interest, and
28,800 of the Issuer's Class A Common
Stock held by Mr. Koch as custodian for the benefit
of Mr. Koch's grandchildren.
(b) Percent of class:
Mr. Koch beneficially owns 30.33% of the Issuer's
Class A Common Stock. In addition, Mr. Koch could
be deemed to be a beneficial owner, for purposes
of this Schedule 13G, of an additional 363,107
shares of Class A Common stock of the issuer as
described in item 4(a) above. Beneficial ownership
of such shares would constitute beneficial ownership
of an additional 2.21% of the Issuer's Class A
Common Stock.
(c) Number of shares as to which such person has:
(i) Sole power to vote or to direct the vote: 4,981,931
(ii) Shared power to vote or to direct the vote: 0
(iii) Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition
of: 4,981,931
(iv) Shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition
of: 0
Item 5 Ownership of 5% or Less of a Class.
If this statement is being filed to report the fact that as of
the date hereof the reporting person has ceased to be the
beneficial owner of more than five percent of the class of
securities, check the following |_|.
Item 6 Ownership of More than 5% on Behalf of Another Person.
Item 7 Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which
Acquired the Security Being Reported on By the Parent Holding
Company.
Not applicable.
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Item 8 Identification and Classification
of Members of the Group: |_| EXHIBIT ATTACHED
Not applicable.
Item 9 Notice of Dissolution of Group: |_| EXHIBIT ATTACHED
Not applicable.
Item 10 Certification: |_| EXHIBIT ATTACHED
Not applicable.
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SIGNATURE
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I
certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and
correct.
Dated: February 14, 1999 /s/C. James Koch
C. James Koch
