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): May 1, 2015

 

 

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 8.01. Other Events.

Paducah, Pikeville and Lexington, Kentucky Territory Expansion Transactions. On May 1, 2015, Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated (the “Company”) announced the closings on the same date of (i) the Paducah and Pikeville, Kentucky territory expansion transaction (the “Paducah/Pikeville Transaction”) contemplated by the previously disclosed Asset Purchase Agreement entered into by the Company with Coca-Cola Refreshments USA, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of The Coca-Cola Company (“CCR”), on February 13, 2015, and (ii) the exchange of certain of the Company’s assets relating to the marketing, promotion, distribution and sale of Coca-Cola and other beverage products in the region currently served by the Company’s facilities and equipment located in Jackson, Tennessee (including the right to produce such beverages) for certain of CCR’s assets relating to the marketing, promotion, distribution and sale of Coca-Cola and other beverage products in the region currently served by CCR’s facilities and equipment located in Lexington, Kentucky (including the right to produce such beverages) (the “Lexington Transaction”) contemplated by the previously disclosed Asset Exchange Agreement entered into by the Company and certain Company affiliates with CCR on October 17, 2014. A copy of the Company’s news release announcing the closings of the Paducah/Pikeville Transaction and the Lexington Transaction is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

The closings of the Paducah/Pikeville Transaction and the Lexington Transaction represent the final phase of the franchise territory expansion described in the non-binding letter of intent entered into by the Company and The Coca-Cola Company that is described in the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 16, 2013.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

  (d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit
No.

  

Description

  

Incorporated By

Reference To

99.1    News Release, dated May 1, 2015.    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

(REGISTRANT)

Date: May 1, 2015 By:

/s/ James E. Harris

James E. Harris
Senior Vice President, Shared Services and
Chief Financial Officer


UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C.

EXHIBITS

CURRENT REPORT

ON

FORM 8-K

 

Date of Event Reported:

  Commission File No:

May 1, 2015

  0-9286

COCA-COLA BOTTLING CO. CONSOLIDATED

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
No.

  

Description

  

Incorporated By
Reference To

99.1    News Release, dated May 1, 2015.    Filed herewith.