[S-8] Molson Coors Beverage Company Employee Benefit Plan Registration

Rhea-AI Filing Summary

On 5 Aug 2025 Molson Coors Beverage Company (TAP) filed a Form S-8 registering an additional 5,000,000 Class B common shares for issuance under its Incentive Compensation Plan. The company, a large accelerated filer, previously registered 23.5 million shares for the same plan in 2005, 2010, 2012 and 2021. Filed under General Instruction E, the statement incorporates prior filings by reference and contains routine exhibits (legal opinion, auditor consent, power of attorney, fee table). No new financial results, debt details or strategic transactions are disclosed; the submission simply refreshes the equity pool used for employee and director incentive awards.

Insights

Equity Analyst

TL;DR: Routine S-8 adds 5 M shares; minimal dilution risk, neutral impact.

This filing merely tops up the equity compensation shelf for TAP’s long-standing incentive plan. At ~2 % of the roughly 215 M Class B shares outstanding, potential dilution is modest and already anticipated by the market. No valuation-relevant metrics or guidance are introduced, so the statement is non-impactful for near-term trading but ensures continued flexibility in awarding stock-based pay.

Corporate Governance Specialist

TL;DR: Supplies shares to sustain pay-for-performance alignment; governance-neutral filing.

The additional share pool lets Molson Coors maintain competitive equity incentives without amending plan terms. Because the Plan and previous share authorizations were already approved, no shareholder vote is required. Standard consents and power of attorney indicate procedural compliance. Overall governance posture remains unchanged; investors should watch future proxy materials for actual grant levels.

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 5, 2025

Registration No. 333-

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 

Washington, D.C. 20549

Form S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

MOLSON COORS BEVERAGE COMPANY 

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware		84-0178360
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
P.O. Box 4030, BC555, Golden, Colorado, United States 111 Boulevard Robert-Bourassa, 9th Floor, Montréal, Québec, Canada		80401 H3C 2M1
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

MOLSON COORS BEVERAGE COMPANY INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN 

(FORMERLY MOLSON COORS BREWING COMPANY INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN) 

(Full title of the plan)

Natalie Maciolek 

Chief Legal & Government Affairs Officer and Secretary 

P.O. Box 4030, BC555 

Golden, Colorado 80401 

(Name and address of agent for service)

(303) 279-6565 

(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

Copy to:

Jason Day 

Perkins Coie LLP 

1900 Sixteenth Street, Suite 1400 

Denver, Colorado 80202 

(303) 291-2300

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 definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company," and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer x				Accelerated filer ¨
Non-accelerated filer ¨				Smaller reporting company ¨ 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 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ¨

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Molson Coors Beverage Company (the “Registrant”) previously filed a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-124140) registering 10,000,000 (post-split) shares of the Registrant’s Class B common stock under the Molson Coors Beverage Company Incentive Compensation Plan (formerly the Molson Coors Brewing Company Incentive Compensation Plan, the “Plan”) on April 18, 2005, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-166521) registering an additional 5,000,000 shares of the Registrant’s Class B common stock under the Plan on May 5, 2010, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-183243) registering an additional 5,000,000 shares of the Registrant’s Class B common stock under the Plan on August 10, 2012, and a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-258263) registering an additional 3,500,000 shares of the Registrant’s Class B common stock under the Plan on July 29, 2021. The Registrant hereby incorporates by reference the contents of such previously filed Registration Statements on Form S-8 to the extent not otherwise amended or superseded by the contents of this Registration Statement on Form S-8.

Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, this Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed to register an additional 5,000,000 shares of the Registrant’s Class B common stock under the Plan.

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

The following documents filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:

(a) the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024 filed with the Commission on February 18, 2025;

(b) the Registrant’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarterly periods ended March 31, 2025 and June 30, 2025, filed with the Commission on May 8, 2025 and August 5, 2025, respectively;

(c) the Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on March 7, 2025, April 14, 2025, May 16, 2025 and June 27, 2025; and

(d) the description of the Registrant’s Class B common stock filed as Exhibit 4.7 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024 filed with the Commission on February 18, 2025, including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.

All documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, other than any information the Registrant furnishes, rather than files, with the Commission, subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all the securities offered have been sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents with the Commission.

Any statement contained in this Registration Statement or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement will be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement modifies or supersedes that statement. Any statement so modified or superseded will not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

Item 8. Exhibits.

The following is a list of all exhibits filed as part of this Registration Statement or, as noted, incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:

Exhibit  Number		Description of Exhibit
5.1*		Opinion of Perkins Coie LLP.
23.1*		Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
23.2*		Consent of Perkins Coie LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1*		Power of Attorney (included on the signature pages hereof).
99.1		Molson Coors Beverage Company Incentive Compensation Plan, as amended and restated (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 16, 2025).
107*		Filing Fee Table.

* Filed herewith.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Milwaukee, State of Wisconsin, on the 5th day of August, 2025.

	MOLSON COORS BEVERAGE COMPANY
	By:	/s/ Tracey I. Joubert
	Name:	Tracey I. Joubert
	Title:	Chief Financial Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Each of the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Tracey I. Joubert and Natalie Maciolek, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead in any and all capacities, to sign this registration statement on Form S-8 filed pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and any and all amendments to this registration statement (including post-effective amendments) under the Securities Act, and otherwise, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done to the end that such registration statement or registration statements shall comply with the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations adopted or issued pursuant thereto, as fully and to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them or their substitutes or resubstitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature		Title		Date
/s/ Gavin D.K. Hattersley		President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive		August 5, 2025
Gavin D.K. Hattersley		Officer)
/s/ Tracey I. Joubert		Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)		August 5, 2025
Tracey I. Joubert
/s/ Roxanne M. Stelter		Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer (Principal		August 5, 2025
Roxanne M. Stelter		Accounting Officer)
/s/ David S. Coors		Chair		August 5, 2025
David S. Coors
/s/ Geoffrey E. Molson		Vice Chair		August 5, 2025
Geoffrey E. Molson
/s/ Christian P. Cocks		Director		August 5, 2025
Christian P. Cocks
/s/ Peter J. Coors		Director		August 5, 2025
Peter J. Coors

/s/ Roger G. Eaton		Director		August 5, 2025
Roger G. Eaton
/s/ Mary Lynn Ferguson-McHugh		Director		August 5, 2025
Mary Lynn Ferguson-McHugh
/s/ Charles M. Herington		Director		August 5, 2025
Charles M. Herington
/s/ Andrew T. Molson		Director		August 5, 2025
Andrew T. Molson
/s/ Nessa O'Sullivan		Director		August 5, 2025
Nessa O'Sullivan
/s/ H. Sanford Riley		Director		August 5, 2025
H. Sanford Riley
/s/ Jill Timm		Director		August 5, 2025
Jill Timm
/s/ Leroy J. Williams, Jr.		Director		August 5, 2025
Leroy J. Williams, Jr.
/s/ James A. Winnefeld, Jr.		Director		August 5, 2025
Jr James A. Winnefeld, Jr.

FAQ

How many new shares did TAP register in the August 2025 Form S-8?

The filing covers 5,000,000 additional Class B common shares for the Incentive Compensation Plan.

What is the purpose of Molson Coors’ Form S-8 filing?

It replenishes the share reserve used for employee and director equity awards under the Incentive Compensation Plan.

Will the new shares cause shareholder dilution for TAP?

Potential dilution is modest (~2 % of outstanding Class B shares) and only occurs as awards are granted and exercised.

Were any financial results or forecasts included in this Form S-8?

No. The document is strictly a registration statement and incorporates previously filed 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K reports for financial information.

Which exhibits accompany the registration statement?

Key exhibits include a legal opinion (5.1), auditor consent (23.1), legal consent (23.2), power of attorney (24.1) and filing-fee table (107).

Does the filing require shareholder approval?

No additional vote is needed because the underlying plan and prior share authorizations were already approved.