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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
SCHEDULE 14A
 
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COCA-COLA BOTTLING CO. CONSOLIDATED
4100 COCA-COLA PLAZA
CHARLOTTE, NC 28211
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Meeting Information
         
Meeting Type:   Annual
 
        
For holders as of:   3/13/09
 
        
Date: 5/5/2009     Time: 9:00 a.m. EDT
 
        
Location:     Corporate Center
    4100 Coca-Cola Plaza
    Charlotte, NC 28211
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Voting Items
            
 
 
            
 
 
           
 
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS YOU VOTE “FOR” ALL NOMINEES LISTED AND PROPOSAL 2.
            
  1.  
The election of eleven directors to serve until the next Annual Meeting and until their successors have been elected and qualified.
  
  Nominees:
01) J. Frank Harrison, III
02) H.W. McKay Belk
03) Sharon A. Decker
04) William B. Elmore
05) Deborah H. Everhart
06) Henry W. Flint		  
07) Ned R. McWherter
08) James H. Morgan
09) John W. Murrey, III
10) Carl Ware
11) Dennis A. Wicker
  2.  
A proposal to ratify the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2009.
 
  3.  
Such other business as may properly come before the Annual Meeting or any adjournment thereof.
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