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 14, 2019

 

COCA-COLA CONSOLIDATED, INC.

(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, NC

 

 

 

28211

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

 

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (704) 557-4400

 

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:

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of Each Class

Trading Symbol(s)

Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered

Common Stock, $1.00 Par Value

COKE

The NASDAQ Global Select Market

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 14, 2019, Coca‑Cola Consolidated, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2019 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”).

 

(b)

At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders (i) elected all 14 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 2019; and (iii) voted against a stockholder proposal to develop a recapitalization 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 25, 2019.

 

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

 

 

48,781,525

 

 

 

1,743,599

 

 

 

991,511

 

 

Sharon A. Decker

 

 

49,423,407

 

 

 

1,101,717

 

 

 

991,511

 

 

Morgan H. Everett

 

 

49,281,237

 

 

 

1,243,887

 

 

 

991,511

 

 

Henry W. Flint

 

 

49,246,858

 

 

 

1,278,266

 

 

 

991,511

 

 

James R. Helvey, III

 

 

50,455,059

 

 

 

70,065

 

 

 

991,511

 

 

William H. Jones

 

 

50,466,530

 

 

 

58,594

 

 

 

991,511

 

 

Umesh M. Kasbekar

 

 

49,280,788

 

 

 

1,244,336

 

 

 

991,511

 

 

David M. Katz

 

 

48,699,329

 

 

 

1,825,795

 

 

 

991,511

 

 

Jennifer K. Mann

 

 

49,315,253

 

 

 

1,209,871

 

 

 

991,511

 

 

James H. Morgan

 

 

49,409,642

 

 

 

1,115,482

 

 

 

991,511

 

 

John W. Murrey, III

 

 

50,441,150

 

 

 

83,974

 

 

 

991,511

 

 

Sue Anne H. Wells

 

 

49,312,329

 

 

 

1,212,795

 

 

 

991,511

 

 

Dennis A. Wicker

 

 

49,407,074

 

 

 

1,118,050

 

 

 

991,511

 

 

Richard T. Williams

 

 

50,454,823

 

 

 

70,301

 

 

 

991,511

 

 

 

2.

Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2019:

 

 

Votes For

 

 

Votes Against

 

 

Abstentions

 

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

 

 

51,405,210

 

 

 

98,145

 

 

 

13,280

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

3.

Stockholder proposal to develop a recapitalization plan:

 

 

Votes For

 

 

Votes Against

 

 

Abstentions

 

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

 

 

3,089,935

 

 

 

47,414,007

 

 

 

21,182

 

 

 

991,511

 

 

 

 

 


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 CONSOLIDATED, INC.

 

 

 

 

Date: May 15, 2019

 

 

 

By:

 

/s/ E. Beauregarde Fisher III

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

E. Beauregarde Fisher III

Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary