8-K 1 htm_20302.htm LIVE FILING Bottling Group, LLC (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 8, 2007

Bottling Group, LLC
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

     
Delaware 333-80361-01 13-4042452
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(State or other jurisdiction
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(Commission
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(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
      
1 Pepsi Way, Somers, New York   10589
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(Address of principal executive offices)
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(Zip Code)
     
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   (914) 767-6000

Not Applicable
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Former name or former address, if changed since last report

 

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Effective June 1, 2007, Thomas M. Lardieri has been appointed to serve as the Principal Accounting Officer of Bottling Group, LLC (the "Company"). On the same date, Andrea L. Forster will step down as the Company's Principal Accounting Officer and will become Vice President of Finance, North America for The Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc. ("PBG"). The Company is PBG's principal operating subsidiary.

Mr. Lardieri, 46, has also been appointed PBG's Vice President and Controller, effective June 1, 2007. Mr. Lardieri, a 19-year Pepsi veteran, has served as Vice President, Risk Management and General Auditor of PepsiCo, Inc. since June 2001. Mr. Lardieri joined PepsiCo's international beverage division in 1988 and has held a variety of accounting positions.






SIGNATURES

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.

         
    Bottling Group, LLC
          
May 14, 2007   By:   /s/ David Yawman
       
        Name: David Yawman
        Title: Managing Director-Delegatee