secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. (COKE)
CIK:        0000317540
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-05-06T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000317540-24-000030
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 1.01, 8.01, 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Coke Consolidated Q1 op income up 5%; announces $3.1B share repurchase with tender offer $850-$925
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- Q1 net sales $1.592B (+1.3%), operating income $215.4M (+4.5%), net income $165.7M vs $118.1M.
- Gross margin improved 50bps to 40.2%; Sparkling bottle/can sales rose 3.4% to $952M.
- Intends to repurchase up to $3.1B of common stock: $2.0B Dutch auction tender offer at $850-$925/share.
- Separate purchase agreement with Coca-Cola subsidiary to reduce ownership to 21.5% after repurchase.
- Tender offer expected to launch May 20, 2024; J. Frank Harrison III will not tender shares.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/317540/000031754024000030/0000317540-24-000030-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/317540/000031754024000030/coke-20240506.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000317540-24-000030

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