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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): June 7, 2010 (June 4, 2010)
FLOWERS FOODS, INC.
 
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
         
Georgia   1-16247   58-2582379
         
(State or other
jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  (Commission
File Number)
  (IRS Employer
Identification No.)
     
1919 Flowers Circle, Thomasville, GA   31757
     
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (229) 226-9110
     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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote by Security Holders.
          The company’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders was held on June 4, 2010 in Thomasville, Georgia for the following purposes and with the following voting results:
     (1) To elect one nominee as director of the company to serve for a term of two years and four nominees as directors of the company to serve for a term of three years:
                         
Class II Director:   For   Withheld   Broker-Non Votes
David V. Singer
    77,501,649       894,050       7,386,073  
                         
Class III Directors:   For   Withheld   Broker-Non Votes
Franklin L. Burke
    62,068,463       16,327,236       7,386,073  
George E. Deese
    61,892,352       16,503,347       7,386,073  
Manuel A. Fernandez
    61,638,955       16,756,744       7,386,073  
Melvin T. Stith
    62,045,464       16,350,235       7,386,073  
     (2) To ratify the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP to serve as the independent registered public accounting firm for Flowers Foods for the fiscal year ending January 1, 2011:
         
For
    85,449,626  
Against
    253,318  
Abstain
    78,827  
Broker Non-Votes
    0  
     Director-nominees received a plurality of votes cast in the election of directors and were elected to serve their respective terms. Proposal 2 received a majority of votes cast and passed.

 


 

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.
         
  FLOWERS FOODS, INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ R. Steve Kinsey    
    Name:   R. Steve Kinsey   
    Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer   
 
Date: June 7, 2010