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):

December 20, 2011

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 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated (the “Company”) and The Coca-Cola Company, by and through its Coca-Cola North America division, entered into an amendment, dated December 20, 2011, to the Incidence Pricing Agreement, dated March 16, 2009 (the “Pricing Agreement”), between the parties. The amendment extended the minimum term of the Pricing Agreement until December 31, 2013. A copy of the amendment is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated herein by reference. A copy of the Pricing Agreement was previously filed as Exhibit 10.6 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended October 3, 2010.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

 

10.1    Amendment to Pricing Agreement, dated December 20, 2011, between the Company and The Coca-Cola Company, by and through its Coca-Cola North America division.

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: December 22, 2011     BY:   /s/  James E. Harris
      James E. Harris
      Principal Financial Officer of the Registrant
      and
      Senior Vice President, Shared Services
      and
      Chief Financial Officer

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC

EXHIBITS

CURRENT REPORT

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FORM 8-K

 

Date of Event Reported:       Commission File No:
December 20, 2011       0-9286

COCA-COLA BOTTLING CO. CONSOLIDATED

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

   

Exhibit Description

10.1    Amendment to Pricing Agreement, dated December 20, 2011, between the Company and The Coca-Cola Company, by and through its Coca-Cola North America division.