UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.
20549
SCHEDULE 14A
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COCA-COLA BOTTLING CO. CONSOLIDATED
COCA-COLA BOTTLING CO. CONSOLIDATED
4100 COCA-COLA PLAZA
CHARLOTTE, NC 28211
4100 COCA-COLA PLAZA
CHARLOTTE, NC 28211
Meeting Information
| Meeting Type: | Annual | |||
| For holders as of: | 3/13/09 | |||
| Date: | 5/5/2009 | Time: 9:00 a.m. EDT | ||
| Location: | Corporate Center | |||
| 4100 Coca-Cola Plaza | ||||
| Charlotte, NC 28211 |
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Voting Items |
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THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS
YOU VOTE “FOR” ALL NOMINEES LISTED AND PROPOSAL 2. |
| 1. | The election of eleven directors to serve until the next Annual Meeting and until their successors have been elected and qualified. |
| Nominees: 01) J. Frank Harrison, III 02) H.W. McKay Belk 03) Sharon A. Decker 04) William B. Elmore 05) Deborah H. Everhart 06) Henry W. Flint |
07) Ned R. McWherter 08) James H. Morgan 09) John W. Murrey, III 10) Carl Ware 11) Dennis A. Wicker |
| 2. | A proposal to ratify the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2009. |
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| 3. | Such other business as may properly come before the Annual Meeting or any adjournment thereof. |
