---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000317540-24-000036"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "COKE"
cik: "0000317540"
company_name: "Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-05-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T17:30:43.572326+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Shareholders reelect all 12 directors, ratify PwC, and reject anti-harassment report proposal

## Summary
- All 12 board nominees elected with 24.1M to 26.3M votes in favor; broker non-votes of 694,405 per nominee.
- Ratified PwC as fiscal 2024 auditor: 26.9M for, 86.7k against, 12.4k abstentions.
- Shareholder proposal on annual harassment/discrimination report defeated with 207k for vs 26.1M against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000317540-24-000036
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: COKE
- cik: 0000317540
- company_name: Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-05-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/317540/000031754024000036/0000317540-24-000036-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/317540/000031754024000036/coke-20240514.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000317540-24-000036
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000317540-24-000036.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000317540-24-000036.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 89ebf9e328dececac191df344264276f0462dbdd
  claim: Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2024 at the 2024-05-14 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: 2. Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP to serve as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2024: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 26,927,226 86,686 12,362 —
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/317540/000031754024000036/0000317540-24-000036-index.htm
- claim_id: ab7ad68011eb8d1fbadf38a58755995bf73e63ff
  claim: Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. shareholders approved Election of 12 nominees to serve until the 2025 Annual Meeting at the 2024-05-14 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: 1. Election of directors: Nominee Votes For Votes Withheld Broker Non-Votes J. Frank Harrison, III 24,072,709 2,259,160 694,405
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/317540/000031754024000036/0000317540-24-000036-index.htm
- claim_id: cfe936753c64dfdfe08ef981e7c865cfde230480
  claim: Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. shareholders rejected Stockholder proposal requesting an annual public report on the Company's efforts to prevent harassment and discrimination in the workplace at the 2024-05-14 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: 3. Stockholder proposal requesting an annual public report on the Company's efforts to prevent harassment and discrimination in the workplace: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 207,134 26,093,189 31,546 694,405
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/317540/000031754024000036/0000317540-24-000036-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.