8-K 1 htm_24543.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):   December 17, 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.

On December 17, 2007, Marie T. Gallagher, Vice President and Assistant Controller of PepsiCo, Inc. ("PepsiCo"), was appointed to serve as Managing Director of Bottling Group, LLC ("Bottling LLC"). Ms. Gallagher succeeds Matthew M. McKenna, PepsiCo's former Senior Vice President, Tax, who resigned as Managing Director on the same date.

PepsiCo, Bottling LLC and The Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc., of which Bottling LLC is the principal operating subsidiary, have entered into transactions and agreements with one another incident to their respective businesses and are expected to enter into material transactions and agreements from time to time in the future. For further detail on such transactions and agreements, please refer to "Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence" of Bottling LLC's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 30, 2006.






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
          
December 20, 2007   By:   /s/ David Yawman
       
        Name: David Yawman
        Title: Managing Director-Delegatee