Form 8K 040406
 
 
 
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

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

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) April 4, 2006


CONSTELLATION BRANDS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware
  
001-08495
  
16-0716709
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  
(Commission
File Number)
  
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 
370 Woodcliff Drive, Suite 300, Fairport, New York 14450
 (Address of Principal Executive Offices)  (Zip Code)

 
 
                               Registrant's telephone number, including area code
  
 (585) 218-3600 


 
 Not applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
 
 
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ITEM 5.02 DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR PRINCIPAL OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF PRINCIPAL OFFICERS.

(d)    On April 4, 2006, Barry A. Fromberg was elected to serve on the Board of Directors (“Board”) of Constellation Brands, Inc. (“Constellation” or the "Company"), effective immediately, to fill the vacancy created by the November 17, 2005 resignation of George Bresler.
 
Mr. Fromberg has not yet been named to any committee of the Board of Directors and at this time no determination has been made as to which, if any, committee of the Board of Directors he will be named. Mr. Fromberg, who is currently retired, had been Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Dean Foods Company, a food and beverage company, from 1998 until April 1, 2006. He is a Certified Public Accountant. The Board considers Mr. Fromberg to be an independent director under applicable New York Stock Exchange requirements. As a Non-Management Director of the Board, Mr. Fromberg will receive the same standard compensation amounts paid to other non-management directors for service on the Board, which amounts have been disclosed previously in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended August 31, 2005 filed by the Company with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on October 11, 2005. However, as Mr. Fromberg is being elected to fill the remaining four months of Mr. Bresler’s term, the amount of Mr. Fromberg’s annual retainer, annual option grant and restricted stock award has been prorated from the date of his election to the scheduled date of the Company’s next annual meeting of stockholders.
 
There were no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Fromberg and any other person pursuant to which he was selected as a director, and there have been no transactions since the beginning of the Company’s last fiscal year, or currently proposed, regarding Mr. Fromberg that are required to be disclosed by Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

ITEM 7.01 REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE.

On April 4, 2006 Constellation Brands, Inc. issued a press release announcing the election of Barry A. Fromberg as a member of Constellation’s Board of Directors. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

The information included in Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K and the exhibit filed herewith is “furnished” and not “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section and may only be incorporated by reference in another filing under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or the Securities Act of 1933 only if and to the extent such subsequent filing specifically references the information incorporated by reference herein.

ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

(a)
Financial statements of businesses acquired.

 
Not applicable.

(b)
Pro forma financial information.
 
 
Not applicable.

(c)
Shell company transactions.

 
Not applicable.

(d)
The following exhibit is furnished as part of this Current Report on Form 8-K.

No.
Description
99.1
Press Release of Constellation Brands, Inc., dated April 4, 2006.

 



SIGNATURES

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


 
 
CONSTELLATION BRANDS, INC.
Date: April 4, 2006
By:
/s/ Thomas S. Summer  
   
Thomas S. Summer, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer




 

INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit Number
  
Description
     
(1)
  
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
     
   
Not Applicable.
     
(2)
  
PLAN OF ACQUISITION, REORGANIZATION, ARRANGEMENT, LIQUIDATION OR SUCCESSION
     
   
Not Applicable.
     
(3)
  
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION AND BYLAWS
     
   
Not Applicable.
     
(4)
  
INSTRUMENTS DEFINING THE RIGHTS OF SECURITY HOLDERS, INCLUDING INDENTURES
     
   
Not Applicable.
     
(7)
  
CORRESPONDENCE FROM AN INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANT REGARDING NON-RELIANCE ON A PREVIOUSLY ISSUED AUDIT REPORT OR COMPLETED INTERIM REVIEW
     
   
Not Applicable.
     
(14)
  
CODE OF ETHICS
     
   
Not Applicable.
     
(16)
  
LETTER RE CHANGE IN CERTIFYING ACCOUNTANT
     
   
Not Applicable.
     
(17)
  
CORRESPONDENCE ON DEPARTURE OF DIRECTOR
     
   
Not Applicable.
     
(20)
  
OTHER DOCUMENTS OR STATEMENTS TO SECURITY HOLDERS
     
   
Not Applicable.
     
(23)
  
CONSENTS OF EXPERTS AND COUNSEL
     
   
Not Applicable.
     
(24)
  
POWER OF ATTORNEY
     
   
Not Applicable.
     
(99)
  
ADDITIONAL EXHIBITS
     
(99.1)
  
Press Release of Constellation Brands, Inc., dated April 4, 2006.
     
(100)
  
XBRL-RELATED DOCUMENTS
     
   
Not Applicable.