coke-8k_20180515.htm

 

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 15, 2018

 

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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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.

 

 



Item 5.07.Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

(a)

On May 15, 2018, Coca‑Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated (the “Company”) held its 2018 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”).

 

(b)

At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders (i) elected all 13 of the Company’s nominees for director to serve for a term of one year or until their successors are duly elected and qualified; (ii) ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2018; and (iii) approved the Coca‑Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated Long-Term Performance Equity Plan. Each of these proposals is further described in the Company’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 26, 2018.

 

The final voting results for each of the proposals submitted to the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting are as follows:

 

 

1.

Election of directors:

 

 

Nominee

 

Votes For

 

 

Votes Withheld

 

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

 

J. Frank Harrison, III

 

 

48,359,345

 

 

 

1,645,360

 

 

 

1,059,186

 

 

Sharon A. Decker

 

 

48,937,328

 

 

 

1,067,377

 

 

 

1,059,186

 

 

Morgan H. Everett

 

 

49,809,113

 

 

 

195,592

 

 

 

1,059,186

 

 

Henry W. Flint

 

 

48,264,004

 

 

 

1,740,701

 

 

 

1,059,186

 

 

James R. Helvey, III

 

 

49,962,484

 

 

 

42,221

 

 

 

1,059,186

 

 

William H. Jones

 

 

49,968,441

 

 

 

36,264

 

 

 

1,059,186

 

 

Umesh M. Kasbekar

 

 

49,811,821

 

 

 

192,884

 

 

 

1,059,186

 

 

Jennifer K. Mann

 

 

49,849,171

 

 

 

155,534

 

 

 

1,059,186

 

 

James H. Morgan

 

 

48,937,940

 

 

 

1,066,765

 

 

 

1,059,186

 

 

John W. Murrey, III

 

 

49,959,287

 

 

 

45,418

 

 

 

1,059,186

 

 

Sue Anne H. Wells

 

 

49,850,437

 

 

 

154,268

 

 

 

1,059,186

 

 

Dennis A. Wicker

 

 

48,793,545

 

 

 

1,211,160

 

 

 

1,059,186

 

 

Richard T. Williams

 

 

49,970,673

 

 

 

34,032

 

 

 

1,059,186

 

 

 

2.

Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2018:

 

 

Votes For

 

 

Votes Against

 

 

Abstentions

 

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

 

 

50,992,491

 

 

 

56,654

 

 

 

14,746

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

3.

Approval of the Coca‑Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated Long-Term Performance Equity Plan:

 

 

Votes For

 

 

Votes Against

 

 

Abstentions

 

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

 

 

49,930,621

 

 

 

59,161

 

 

 

14,923

 

 

 

1,059,186

 

 

 

 


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

 

 

 

 

Date: May 16, 2018

 

 

 

By:

 

/s/ E. Beauregarde Fisher III

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

E. Beauregarde Fisher III

Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary