8-K

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

  Washington, D.C. 20549

  FORM 8-K

  Current Report
  Pursuant to Section 13 or 15\(d\) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

  Date of Report \(Date of earliest event reported\): May 4, 2020

    MOLSON COORS BEVERAGE COMPANY
  \(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter\)

  Commission File Number: 001-14829

P.O. Box 4030, NH353, Golden, Colorado 80401

    1555 Notre Dame Street East, Montréal, Quebec, Canada H2L 2R5
    \(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code\)
    
    \(303\) 927-2337 / \(514\) 521-1786

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not applicable

    \(Former name or former address, if changed since last report\)

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

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company       ☐

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.    ☐

As previously disclosed, on January 6, 2020, Molson Coors Beverage Company USA LLC (formerly known as MillerCoors LLC) and Molson Coors USA LLC (formerly known as MillerCoors USA LLC) (collectively, “Molson Coors”), each subsidiaries of Molson Coors Beverage Company (the “Company”), entered into an option agreement (the “Agreement”) with Pabst Brewing Company, LLC (“Pabst”), pursuant to which Molson Coors granted Pabst an option to purchase Molson Coors’s Irwindale, California brewery, including plant equipment and machinery and the underlying land (collectively, the “Irwindale Brewery”).

Pursuant to the Agreement, on May 4, 2020, Pabst exercised its option to purchase the Irwindale Brewery, and such purchase is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2020, subject to the satisfaction of certain customary closing conditions.

Signature

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.