Item 3. Legal Proceedings
Item 3. Legal Proceedings.
The Company is involved in various claims and legal proceedings which have arisen in the ordinary course of its business. Although it is difficult to predict the ultimate outcome of these claims and legal proceedings, management believes the ultimate disposition of these matters will not have a material adverse effect on the financial condition, results of operations or cash flows of the Company. No material amount of loss in excess of recorded amounts is believed to be reasonably possible as a result of these claims and legal proceedings.
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures.
Not applicable.
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Information About Our Executive Officers
The following is a description of the names and ages of the executive officers of the Company, indicating all positions and offices with the Company held by each such person and each such person’s principal occupation or employment during at least the past five years. Each executive officer of the Company is elected by the Board of Directors and holds office from the date of election until thereafter removed by the Board.
Name Position and Office Age
J. Frank Harrison, III Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer 71
David M. Katz President and Chief Operating Officer 57
Matthew J. Blickley Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer 44
Joshua L. Dorminy Executive Vice President, Assistant to the Chairman and CEO 48
Donell W. Etheridge Chief Supply Chain Officer 57
Morgan H. Everett Vice Chair of the Board of Directors 44
E. Beauregarde Fisher III Chief Legal and Administrative Officer and Corporate Secretary 57
Ellison C. Glenn Chief Sales and Service Officer 35
Christine A. Motherwell Chief Customer Officer 47
N. Brent Tollison Chief People and Public Affairs Officer 52
Clark A. Walker Chief Commercial Officer 56
Mr. J. Frank Harrison, III was elected Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company in 1996 and Chief Executive Officer of the Company in 1994. Mr. Harrison served as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company from 1987 to 1996. He was first employed by the Company in 1977 and also served as a Division Sales Manager and as a Vice President.
Mr. David M. Katz was elected President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company in December 2018. Prior to that, he served in various positions within the Company, including Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from January 2018 to December 2018, Executive Vice President, Product Supply and Culture & Stewardship from April 2017 to January 2018, Executive Vice President, Human Resources from April 2016 to April 2017 and Senior Vice President from January 2013 to March 2016. He held the position of Senior Vice President, Midwest Region for CCR, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Coca-Cola Company, from November 2010 to December 2012. Previously, Mr. Katz was Vice President, Sales Operations for the East Business Unit of Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. (“CCE”), a distributor, marketer and manufacturer of nonalcoholic beverages primarily for The Coca-Cola Company, from January 2010 to November 2010. From 2008 to 2010, he served as Chief Procurement Officer and as President and Chief Executive Officer of CCBSS, a company formed to provide certain procurement and other services with the intention of enhancing the efficiency and competitiveness of the Coca-Cola bottling system. He began his Coca-Cola career in 1993 with CCE as a Logistics Consultant.
Mr. Matthew J. Blickley was elected Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer of the Company in January 2025, effective April 2025. Mr. Blickley was also an Executive Vice President of the Company from April 2025 to December 2025. Mr. Blickley served as Senior Vice President, Financial Planning and Chief Accounting Officer of the Company from August 2020 to March 2025, as Vice President, Financial Planning and Analysis of the Company from April 2018 to August 2020, as Senior Director, Financial Planning and Analysis of the Company from April 2016 to March 2018 and as Corporate Controller of the Company from November 2014 to March 2016. Before joining the Company, Mr. Blickley was with Family Dollar Stores, Inc., an operator of general merchandise retail discount stores, from January 2011 to November 2014, where he served in various senior financial roles, including Divisional Vice President, Financial Planning & Analysis and Director, Financial Reporting. Mr. Blickley began his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in 2004, where he advanced from Audit Associate to Audit Manager during his more than six years with that firm.
Mr. Joshua L. Dorminy was elected Executive Vice President, Assistant to the Chairman and CEO of the Company in March 2024. In this role, Mr. Dorminy is responsible for advising the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company regarding various aspects of the Company’s business, supporting the Company’s strategic objectives, and participating in the management of the Chairman’s office. Mr. Dorminy is also deeply involved in the strategic direction and planning of the Company’s culture and stewardship and charitable giving programs. Mr. Dorminy served as Senior Vice President, Assistant to the Chairman and CEO of the Company from October 2019 to March 2024 and as Vice President, Assistant to the Chairman and CEO of the Company from September 2016 to September 2019. Before joining the Company, he was the broker and managing member of 5D Ventures, LLC, a commercial real estate firm based in Woodstock, Georgia, from January 2009 to August 2016. Mr. Dorminy also served as Executive Director of Timothy + Barnabas, an organization dedicated to training and encouraging pastors and their spouses worldwide, from January 2011 to August 2016.
Mr. Donell W. Etheridge was elected Chief Supply Chain Officer of the Company in August 2025, effective January 2026. Prior to that, he served in various other positions within the Company, including Executive Vice President, Product Supply Operations from
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March 2021 to December 2025, Senior Vice President, Product Supply Operations from September 2016 to February 2021, Vice President, Product Supply Operations from December 2013 to September 2016, Senior Director, Manufacturing from August 2011 to November 2013, Director, Operations from April 2009 to July 2011 and Plant Manager from January 2003 to March 2009. He also served the Company in several other positions prior to 2003 and was first employed by the Company in 1990.
Ms. Morgan H. Everett was elected Vice Chair of the Board of Directors of the Company in May 2020. Prior to that, she was Senior Vice President of the Company from April 2019 to May 2020, Vice President of the Company from January 2016 to March 2019, and Community Relations Director of the Company from January 2009 to December 2015. Ms. Everett has served as Chairman of Red Classic Services, LLC, an operating subsidiary of the Company, since December 2018, and she served as Chairman of Data Ventures, Inc., a former operating subsidiary of the Company, from December 2018 to December 2025. She has been an employee of the Company since October 2004.
Mr. E. Beauregarde Fisher III was elected Chief Legal and Administrative Officer and Corporate Secretary of the Company in August 2025, effective January 2026. Prior to that, he served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel of the Company from February 2017 to December 2025 and as Secretary of the Company beginning in May 2017. Before joining the Company, he was a partner with the law firm of Moore & Van Allen PLLC, where he served on the firm’s management committee and chaired its business law practice group. He was associated with the firm from 1998 to 2017 and concentrated his practice on mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and general corporate matters. From 2011 to 2017, he served as the Company’s outside corporate counsel.
Mr. Ellison C. Glenn was elected Chief Sales and Service Officer of the Company in August 2025, effective January 2026. Prior to that, Mr. Glenn served in various other positions within the Company, including Senior Vice President, Product Supply Planning from October 2024 to December 2025, Senior Vice President, Product Supply Strategy & Operations from January 2024 to September 2024, Vice President, Market Unit General Manager for the Central Market Unit from July 2022 to December 2023, Vice President, Market Unit Sales & Service from January 2021 to June 2022, Director, Financial Planning and Analysis from January 2020 to December 2020 and Director, Revenue Growth Management from January 2019 to December 2019. He also served the Company in several other positions prior to 2019 and was first employed by the Company in 2014.
Ms. Christine A. Motherwell was elected Chief Customer Officer of the Company in August 2025, effective January 2026. Prior to that, she served in various other positions within the Company, including Senior Vice President, Human Resources from January 2022 to December 2025, Vice President, Human Resources Business Partner from October 2019 to December 2021, Vice President, Home Market Sales from April 2016 to September 2019, Vice President, Walmart/Club from April 2015 to March 2016 and Senior Director, Customer Development – Walmart from February 2013 to March 2015. Before joining the Company, Ms. Motherwell was National Account Executive, Publix of The Coca-Cola Company, the world’s largest nonalcoholic beverage company, from December 2011 to February 2013. Previously, Ms. Motherwell was with CCR, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Coca-Cola Company, where she served as Director, Sales from January 2011 to December 2011 and as Sales Center Manager from October 2009 to December 2010.
Mr. N. Brent Tollison was elected Chief People and Public Affairs Officer of the Company in August 2025, effective January 2026. Prior to that, he served as Senior Vice President, Public Affairs, Communications, Community, and Sustainability of the Company from May 2023 to December 2025, a role he had held in an interim capacity since November 2022. From June 2021 to August 2023, he served as Senior Vice President, Assistant to the President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company. Mr. Tollison was Vice President of Commercial Sales at W.W. Grainger, Inc., a broad line, business-to-business distributor of maintenance, repair and operating products and services with operations primarily in North America, Japan and the United Kingdom, from May 2014 to June 2021. Previously, he served in various roles of increasing responsibility within the Coca-Cola system for approximately 18 years, including Vice President of Sales and Operations – Northeast of The Coca-Cola Company, the world’s largest nonalcoholic beverage company, from June 2013 to April 2014, Vice President of Region Sales – New York Market Unit of CCR, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Coca-Cola Company, from October 2011 to June 2013, Market Unit Vice President – Virginia of CCR from January 2011 to October 2011, Vice President of Convenience Retail – East Business Unit of CCE, a distributor, marketer and manufacturer of nonalcoholic beverages primarily for The Coca-Cola Company, from November 2008 to January 2011 and Vice President of Convenience Retail – Southeast Business Unit of CCE from September 2007 to November 2008.
Mr. Clark A. Walker was elected Chief Commercial Officer of the Company in August 2025, effective January 2026. Prior to that, Mr. Walker served as Senior Vice President, Revenue Growth Management Planning of the Company from October 2018 to December 2025 and as Vice President, Revenue Growth Management Planning of the Company from October 2016 to September 2018. Before joining the Company in October 2016, Mr. Walker was with The Coca-Cola Company, the world’s largest nonalcoholic beverage company, from May 2010 to August 2016, where he held various positions, including Vice President, Revenue Growth Management. Mr. Walker has served within the Coca-Cola system since 1990, holding numerous positions in the areas of operations, sales and finance. He also served as Managing Director of Data Ventures, Inc., a former operating subsidiary of the Company, from February 2020 to December 2025.
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