Form 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): January 30, 2015

 

 

COCA-COLA BOTTLING CO. CONSOLIDATED

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   0-9286   56-0950585

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

4100 Coca-Cola Plaza, Charlotte, North Carolina 28211

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(704) 557-4400

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

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Item 8.01. Other Events.

Cleveland and Cookeville, Tennessee Territory Expansion Transaction. On January 30, 2015, Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated (the “Company”) announced the closing on the same date of the Cleveland and Cookeville, Tennessee territory expansion transaction (the “Cleveland/Cookeville Transaction”) contemplated by the previously disclosed Asset Purchase Agreement entered into by the Company with Coca-Cola Refreshments USA, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of The Coca-Cola Company, on December 5, 2014. A copy of the Company’s news release announcing the closing of the Cleveland/Cookeville Transaction is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

The closing of the Cleveland/Cookeville Transaction represents the latest phase of the proposed franchise territory expansion described in the non-binding letter of intent entered into by the Company and The Coca-Cola Company that is described in the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 16, 2013.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

  (d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit
No.

  

Description

  

Incorporated By

Reference To

99.1    News Release, dated January 30, 2015.    Filed herewith.


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.

 

    COCA-COLA BOTTLING CO. CONSOLIDATED
   

(REGISTRANT)

Date: January 30, 2015     By:  

/s/ James E. Harris

      James E. Harris
      Senior Vice President, Shared Services and Chief Financial Officer


UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C.

EXHIBITS

CURRENT REPORT

ON

FORM 8-K

 

Date of Event Reported:    Commission File No:
January 30, 2015    0-9286

COCA-COLA BOTTLING CO. CONSOLIDATED

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
No.

  

Description

  

Incorporated By

Reference To

99.1    News Release, dated January 30, 2015.    Filed herewith.