Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of
Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(e) On August 5, 2009, the Board of Directors of Molson Coors Brewing Company (the "Company") amended the Molson Coors Brewing Company Excess Benefit Plan (the "Excess Plan"), a retirement plan covering its US employees including the Company's CEO, Peter Swinburn. The amendment converted the Excess Plan from a defined benefit plan to a defined contribution plan, consistent with the recent conversion of the Company's tax-qualified retirement program from defined benefit to defined contribution. The Excess Plan now provides for a Company contribution on behalf of each participant in an amount equal to 9% of the participant's annual compensation, as defined in the Company's 401(k) plan, in excess of the IRS compensation limit applicable to the Company's 401(k) plan (currently $245,000). Accrued benefits under the Excess Plan's prior defined benefit formula were converted into opening account balances.

On August 5, 2009, the Board of Directors of the Company also adopted a new defined contribution Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan ("SERP") covering certain UK employees including Mark Hunter, a named executive officer. The new SERP provides for a Company contribution on behalf of each participant in an amount equal to the contribution that otherwise would have been made to the currently existing UK tax-qualified defined contribution retirement plan absent certain UK tax considerations.

Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in
Fiscal Year.

On August 5, 2009, the Board of Directors of the Company approved a change in the Company's fiscal year end in order to align the financial calendars of the Company and its operating subsidiaries. Commencing in 2009, the Company is changing its fiscal year end from the last Sunday to the last Saturday in each calendar year.