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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): April 27, 2011
 
 
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COCA-COLA ENTERPRISES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 
 
 
         
Delaware
 
001-34874
 
27-2197395
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
 
(Commission
File No.)
 
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
 
2500 Windy Ridge Parkway, Atlanta, Georgia 30339
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
 
(678) 260-3000
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
 
 
 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
 
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Item 5.07
.  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
The Company held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders on April 26, 2011.  The certified results of the matters voted upon at the meeting, which are more fully described in our proxy statement, are as follows:
 
(1)  
Election of  twelve (12) directors for terms expiring at the 2012 annual meeting of shareowners
 
DIRECTORS
FOR
WITHHELD
BROKER NON-VOTES
Jan Bennink
271,194,452
2,625,437
17,954,781
John F. Brock
266,127,337
7,692,552
17,954,781
Calvin Darden
271,161,505
2,658,384
17,954,781
L. Phillip Humann
262,854,947
10,964,942
17,954,781
Orrin H. Ingram II
266,313,659
7,506,230
17,954,781
Donna A. James
269,216,461
4,603,428
17,954,781
Thomas H. Johnson
263,092,816
10,727,073
17,954,781
Suzanne B. Labarge
271,192,138
2,627,751
17,954,781
Véronique Morali
265,666,482
8,153,407
17,954,781
Garry Watts
271,197,530
2,622,359
17,954,781
Curtis R. Welling
266,346,886
7,473,003
17,954,781
Phoebe A. Wood
271,145,913
2,673,976
17,954,781

(2)  
Non-binding advisory vote on the Company’s executive compensation program
 
FOR
AGAINST
ABSTAIN
BROKER NON-VOTES
258,022,774
15,494,780
302,335
17,954,781

(3)  
Non-binding advisory vote on the frequency of executive compensation program advisory votes.
 
1 YEAR
2 YEARS
3 YEARS
ABSTAIN
243,581,629
1,517,539
28,199,986
520,735

In light of these results, the Company’s board of directors has adopted a policy to hold an advisory vote on executive compensation every one year.
 
(4)  
Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accountant firm for the fiscal year 2011.
 
FOR
AGAINST
ABSTAIN
287,107,960
4,622,307
44,403
 
(5)  
Shareowner proposal to request shareowner approval of certain severance agreements.
FOR
AGAINST
ABSTAIN
BROKER NON-VOTES
102,251,621
169,305,471
2,262,797
17,954,781


 

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SIGNATURE
 
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.
 

 
COCA-COLA ENTERPRISES, INC.
 
   
(Registrant)
 
Date:  April 27, 2011
 
By:
 /s/ William T. Plybon
 
Name:
 
William T. Plybon
 
Title:
 
Vice President, Corporate Secretary and Deputy General Counsel
     

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