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Helvey III.","Say-on-pay approved: 26,020,023 for, 95,535 against, 22,441 abstain.","Advisory frequency set to every 3 years (23,210,441 votes for 3 years); next frequency vote by 2029.","PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP ratified as auditor for FY2023: 26,679,809 for, 77,677 against.","Charter amendment limiting senior officer liability approved: 23,666,849 for, 2,455,515 against."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000317540-23-000035","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000317540-23-000035.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000317540-23-000035.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000317540-23-000035.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/317540/000031754023000035/0000317540-23-000035-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/317540/000031754023000035/coke-20230509.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-06-15T02:57:32.421297+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[{"claim_id":"6a5a54dbf999d03a74a7ab6aa4c1ae2c5e21c0f2","claim":"Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP to serve as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2023 at the 2023-05-09 meeting.","evidence_excerpt":"4. Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP to serve as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2023: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 26,679,809 77,677 8,332 —","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.07","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/317540/000031754023000035/0000317540-23-000035-index.htm","confidence":0.9,"family_label":"Shareholder Votes","details":[{"label":"Proposal","value":"auditor ratification"},{"label":"Outcome","value":"passed"},{"label":"Meeting","value":"2023-05-09"}],"fact_type":"shareholder_vote"},{"claim_id":"bcbc1ac2eceb08348fd575a8c01762042d68c926","claim":"Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. shareholders approved Election of 11 directors at the 2023-05-09 meeting.","evidence_excerpt":"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 23,973,622 2,164,377 627,819 Elaine Bowers Coventry 25,831,584 306,415 627,819 Sharon A. Decker 25,827,723 310,276 627,819 Morgan H. Everett 25,825,259 312,740 627,819 James R. Helvey, III 26,096,178 41,821 627,819 William H. Jones 26,062,766 75,233 627,819 Umesh M. Kasbekar 25,872,447 265,552 627,819 David M. Katz 23,984,539 2,153,460 627,819 James H. Morgan 24,340,824 1,797,175 627,819 Dennis A. Wicker 24,141,232 1,996,767 627,819 Richard T. Williams 26,094,946 43,053 627,819","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.07","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/317540/000031754023000035/0000317540-23-000035-index.htm","confidence":0.9,"family_label":"Shareholder Votes","details":[{"label":"Proposal","value":"director election"},{"label":"Outcome","value":"passed"},{"label":"Meeting","value":"2023-05-09"}],"fact_type":"shareholder_vote"},{"claim_id":"c387f7a85c82877832befd3f61815f3483c67437","claim":"Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. shareholders approved Advisory vote to approve the Company's named executive officer compensation in fiscal 2022 at the 2023-05-09 meeting.","evidence_excerpt":"2. Advisory vote to approve the Company's named executive officer compensation in fiscal 2022: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 26,020,023 95,535 22,441 627,819","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.07","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/317540/000031754023000035/0000317540-23-000035-index.htm","confidence":0.9,"family_label":"Shareholder Votes","details":[{"label":"Proposal","value":"say on pay"},{"label":"Outcome","value":"passed"},{"label":"Meeting","value":"2023-05-09"}],"fact_type":"shareholder_vote"},{"claim_id":"de770653f35ca3656baca141215c749c9b797aae","claim":"Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. shareholders approved Advisory vote on the frequency of future advisory votes to approve the Company's named executive officer compensation (every three years) at the 2023-05-09 meeting.","evidence_excerpt":"3. Advisory vote on the frequency of future advisory votes to approve the Company's named executive officer compensation: 1 Year 2 Years 3 Years Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 2,900,447 9,488 23,210,441 17,623 627,819","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.07","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/317540/000031754023000035/0000317540-23-000035-index.htm","confidence":0.9,"family_label":"Shareholder Votes","details":[{"label":"Proposal","value":"say on pay frequency"},{"label":"Outcome","value":"passed"},{"label":"Meeting","value":"2023-05-09"}],"fact_type":"shareholder_vote"},{"claim_id":"eb9dc9a1ed1ff45239f2b3c4724b6aa370cc6af9","claim":"Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. shareholders approved Approval of the amendment to the Company's Restated Certificate of Incorporation to limit the personal liability of certain senior officers of the Company as permitted by recent amendments to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware at the 2023-05-09 meeting.","evidence_excerpt":"5. Approval of the amendment to the Company's Restated Certificate of Incorporation to limit the personal liability of certain senior officers of the Company as permitted by recent amendments to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 23,666,849 2,455,515 15,635 627,819","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.07","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/317540/000031754023000035/0000317540-23-000035-index.htm","confidence":0.9,"family_label":"Shareholder Votes","details":[{"label":"Proposal","value":"charter amendment"},{"label":"Outcome","value":"passed"},{"label":"Meeting","value":"2023-05-09"}],"fact_type":"shareholder_vote"}],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}