UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K/A
(Amendment No. 1)
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 31, 2017
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
(Registrants telephone number, including area code)
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Amendment No. 1 (this Amendment) amends the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) on April 4, 2017 (the Original Form 8-K) by Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated (the Company) to report the determination of the amount of the Legacy Facilities Credit (as defined below) contemplated by the Manufacturing Facilities Letter Agreement (as defined below).
Item 1.01. | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
On December 26, 2017, the Company and The Coca-Cola Company entered into a letter agreement (the Legacy Facilities Credit Amount Letter Agreement), pursuant to which they agreed that the amount of the Legacy Facilities Credit, to be paid to the Company by The Coca-Cola Company pursuant to the Manufacturing Facilities Letter Agreement, is approximately $43.0 million, which amount will be paid on or before January 3, 2018.
As disclosed in the Original Form 8-K, the Company and The Coca-Cola Company entered into a letter agreement on March 31, 2017 (the Manufacturing Facilities Letter Agreement), which, among other things, established a mechanism to compensate the Company with a payment or credit (the Legacy Facilities Credit) for the net economic impact to the Companys legacy manufacturing facilities (the Legacy Facilities) of the changes made by The Coca-Cola Company to the authorized pricing under the Companys final regional manufacturing agreement (the Final RMA) on sales of Authorized Covered Beverages (as defined in the Final RMA) produced by the Company at the Legacy Facilities and sold to The Coca-Cola Company and certain U.S. Coca-Cola bottlers versus the Companys historical returns for products produced at the Legacy Facilities prior to the conversion of each of the Companys initial regional manufacturing agreements into the Final RMA. As also previously disclosed, pursuant to an amendment dated June 22, 2017, The Coca-Cola Company and the Company amended the formula for the calculation of the Legacy Facilities Credit.
The foregoing description of the Legacy Facilities Credit Amount Letter Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of such agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Amendment and incorporated herein by reference.
Relationship between the Parties. The business of the Company consists primarily of the production, marketing and distribution of nonalcoholic beverage products of The Coca-Cola Company in the territories the Company currently serves. Accordingly, the Company engages routinely in various transactions with The Coca-Cola Company and its affiliates. The Coca-Cola Company also owns approximately 35% of the outstanding common stock of the Company, which represents approximately 5% of the total voting power of the Companys common stock and class B common stock voting together. The Coca-Cola Company also has a designee serving on the Companys Board of Directors. For more information about the relationship between the Company and The Coca-Cola Company, see the description thereof included under Related Person Transactions in the Companys Notice of Annual Meeting and Proxy Statement for the Companys 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders filed with the SEC on March 20, 2017.
Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit No. |
Description |
Incorporated By Reference To | ||
10.1 | Legacy Facilities Credit Amount Letter Agreement, dated December 26, 2017, by and between the Company and The Coca-Cola Company. | 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 | ||||||
Date: December 28, 2017 | By: | /s/ Clifford M. Deal, III | ||||
Clifford M. Deal, III | ||||||
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
Exhibit 10.1
December 26, 2017
Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated
4100 Coca Cola Plaza
Charlotte, North Carolina 28211
Attention: Lawrence K. Workman, Jr.,
Vice President
Re: Legacy Facility Credit
Dear Kent:
Reference is made to that certain letter agreement, dated as of March 31, 2017 (the TSR Letter), by and between The Coca-Cola Company, a Delaware corporation (Company), and Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated, a Delaware corporation (Bottler), as amended June 22, 2017. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein have the respective meanings ascribed to them in the TSR Letter.
This letter sets forth Companys and Bottlers mutual agreement that the full amount of the Legacy Facility Credit owed to Bottler in accordance with the TSR Letter is $43,011,670.88. Company agrees to pay such amount to Bottler within five (5) Business Days following the date hereof in accordance with the wire instructions to be separately provided by Bottler. Bottler acknowledges and agrees that, upon such payment, Company will be fully released and discharged of any obligation in respect of the Legacy Facility Credit.
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THE COCA-COLA COMPANY | ||
By: | J. A. M. Douglas, Jr. | |
Name: | J. A. M. Douglas, Jr. | |
Title: | Authorized Representative |
Acknowledged and Agreed: | ||
COCA-COLA BOTTLING CO. CONSOLIDATED | ||
By: | /s/ James E. Harris | |
Name: | James E. Harris | |
Title: | Executive Vice President |
cc: John V. McIntosh