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This excerpt taken from the PBG DEF 14A filed Apr 7, 2009.
How do I find out the voting results?
 
Preliminary voting results will be announced at the Annual Meeting and final voting results will be published in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ending June 13, 2009, which we will file with the SEC. We will also post the results of the voting on our website at www.pbg.com under Investor Relations — Annual Meeting Results within two weeks after the date of the Annual Meeting.


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ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
(Proxy Item No. 1)
 
Our Board of Directors proposes the following ten nominees for election as directors at the Annual Meeting. Proxies cannot be voted for a greater number of persons than the nominees named. All of the nominees are currently serving on our Board. The directors will hold office from the date of election until the next Annual Meeting of Shareholders, or until their successors are elected and qualified.
 
     
(PHOTO OF LINDA G. ALVARADO)   LINDA G. ALVARADO, 57, was elected to our Board in March 1999. She is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Alvarado Construction, Inc., a general contracting firm specializing in commercial, industrial, environmental and heavy engineering projects, a position she assumed in 1976. Ms. Alvarado is also a director of Pitney Bowes Inc., Qwest Communications International Inc., Lennox International Inc. and 3M Company.
     
(PHOTO OF BARRY H. BERACHA)   BARRY H. BERACHA, 67, was elected to our Board in March 1999. Mr. Beracha served as our Non-Executive Chairman from April 2007 to October 2008. Mr. Beracha served as an Executive Vice President of Sara Lee Corporation and Chief Executive Officer of Sara Lee Bakery Group from August 2001 until his retirement in June 2003. Mr. Beracha was the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of The Earthgrains Company from 1993 to August 2001. Earthgrains was formerly part of Anheuser-Busch Companies, where Mr. Beracha served from 1967 to 1996. From 1979 to 1993, he held the position of Chairman of the Board of Anheuser-Busch Recycling Corporation. From 1976 to 1995, Mr. Beracha was also Chairman of the Board of Metal Container Corporation. Mr. Beracha is also a director of Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of St. Louis University.
     
(PHOTO OF JOHN C. COMPTON)   JOHN C. COMPTON, 47, was elected to our Board in March 2008. Mr. Compton is Chief Executive Officer of PepsiCo Americas Foods, an operating unit of PepsiCo, a position he assumed in November 2007. Mr. Compton began his career at PepsiCo in 1983 as a Frito-Lay Production Supervisor and since that time has held various sales, marketing, operations and general management positions. From September 2006 until November 2007, Mr. Compton was Chief Executive Officer of PepsiCo North America and from March 2005 until September 2006, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of Quaker, Tropicana, Gatorade. Mr. Compton served as Vice Chairman and President of the North American Salty Snacks Division of Frito-Lay from March 2003 until March 2005. Prior to that, he served as Chief Marketing Officer of Frito-Lay’s North American Salty Snacks Division from August 2001 until March 2003.


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(PHOTO OF ERIC J. FOSS)   ERIC J. FOSS, 50, was appointed Chairman of our Board in October 2008 and has been our Chief Executive Officer and a member of our Board since July 2006. Mr. Foss served as our President and Chief Executive Officer from July 2006 to October 2008. Previously, Mr. Foss served as our Chief Operating Officer from September 2005 to July 2006 and President of PBG North America from September 2001 to September 2005. Prior to that, Mr. Foss was the Executive Vice President and General Manager of PBG North America from August 2000 to September 2001. From October 1999 until August 2000, he served as our Senior Vice President, U.S. Sales and Field Operations, and prior to that, he was our Senior Vice President, Sales and Field Marketing, since March 1999. Mr. Foss joined the Pepsi-Cola Company in 1982 where he held a variety of field and headquarters-based sales, marketing and general management positions. From 1994 to 1996, Mr. Foss was General Manager of Pepsi-Cola North America’s Great West Business Unit. In 1996, Mr. Foss was named General Manager for the Central Europe Region for Pepsi-Cola International, a position he held until joining PBG in March 1999. Mr. Foss is also a director of UDR, Inc. and serves on the Industry Affairs Council of the Grocery Manufacturers of America.
     
(PHOTO OF IRA D. HALL)   IRA D. HALL, 64, was elected to our Board in March 2003. From 2002 until his retirement in late 2004, Mr. Hall was President and Chief Executive Officer of Utendahl Capital Management, LP. From 1999 to 2001, Mr. Hall was Treasurer of Texaco Inc. and General Manager, Alliance Management for Texaco Inc. from 1998 to 1999. From 1985 to 1998, Mr. Hall held various positions with International Business Machines. Mr. Hall is also a director of Praxair, Inc.
     
(PHOTO OF SUSAN D. KRONICK)   SUSAN D. KRONICK, 57, was elected to our Board in March 1999. Ms. Kronick became Vice Chair of Macy’s, Inc. (formerly known as Federated Department Stores, Inc.) in February 2003. Previously, she had been Group President of Federated Department Stores since April 2001. From 1997 to 2001, Ms. Kronick was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Burdines, a division of Federated Department Stores. From 1993 to 1997, Ms. Kronick served as President of Federated’s Rich’s/Lazarus/Goldsmith’s division. She spent the previous 20 years at Bloomingdale’s, where her last position was Senior Executive Vice President and Director of Stores.
     
(PHOTO OF BLYTHE J. MCGARVIE)   BLYTHE J. MCGARVIE, 52, was elected to our Board in March 2002. Ms. McGarvie is Chief Executive Officer of Leadership for International Finance, a private consulting firm providing leadership seminars for corporate and academic groups. From 1999 to December 2002, Ms. McGarvie was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of BIC Group. From 1994 to 1999, Ms. McGarvie served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Hannaford Bros. Co. Ms. McGarvie is a Certified Public Accountant and has also held senior financial positions at Sara Lee Corporation, Kraft General Foods, Inc. and Pizza Hut, Inc. Ms. McGarvie is also a director of Accenture Ltd, The Travelers Companies, Inc. and Viacom Inc.

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(PHOTO OF JOHN A. QUELCH)   JOHN A. QUELCH, 57, was elected to our Board in January 2005. Mr. Quelch has been Senior Associate Dean and Lincoln Filene Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School since 2001. From 1998 to 2001, Mr. Quelch was Dean of the London Business School. Prior to that he was an Assistant Professor, an Associate Professor and a full Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School from 1979 to 1998. Mr. Quelch is also a director of WPP plc and Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc.
     
(PHOTO OF JAVIER G. TERUEL)   JAVIER G. TERUEL, 58, was elected to our Board in May 2007. Mr. Teruel has served as a partner at Spectron Desarrollo, S.C., a management and consulting firm in Mexico, since May 2007. Previously, he served as Vice Chairman of Colgate-Palmolive Company until his retirement in April 2007. While serving as Vice Chairman, a position he assumed in 2004, Mr. Teruel was responsible for the operations of the Hill’s Pet Nutrition Division, Global R&D, Global Supply Chain, and Global Information Technology. Additionally, he led Colgate’s evolving worldwide strategy, which included overseeing Colgate’s business building and restructuring initiative. From 2002 to 2004, Mr. Teruel served as Executive Vice President, with responsibility for Colgate’s Asia and South Pacific, Central Europe/Russia, and Africa/Middle East Divisions, as well as Hill’s Pet Nutrition. Mr. Teruel joined Colgate-Palmolive in 1971 in Mexico where he held a variety of marketing, sales and management positions. Mr. Teruel is also a director of Starbucks Corporation, J.C. Penney Company, Inc. and Corporación Geo.
     
(PHOTO)   CYNTHIA M. TRUDELL, 55, was elected to our Board in May 2008. Ms. Trudell is Senior Vice President, Chief Personnel Officer of PepsiCo, a position she assumed in February 2007. Ms. Trudell served as a director of PepsiCo from January 2000 until her appointment to her current position. Prior to joining PepsiCo, Ms. Trudell served as Vice President of Brunswick Corporation and President of Sea Ray Group from 2001 until 2006. From 1999 until 2001, Ms. Trudell served as General Motors’ Vice President, and Chairman and President of Saturn Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of GM. From 1995 to 1999, she served as President of IBC Vehicles in Luton, England, a joint venture between General Motors and Isuzu. Ms. Trudell began her career with the Ford Motor Co. as a chemical process engineer. In 1981, she joined GM and held various engineering and manufacturing supervisory positions.
 
If any of these nominees for director becomes unavailable, the persons named in the enclosed proxy intend to vote for any alternate designated by the present Board of Directors. Barring special circumstances, all director nominees are expected to be present at the 2009 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
 
This excerpt taken from the PBG DEF 14A filed Apr 4, 2007.
How do I find out the voting results?
 
Preliminary voting results will be announced at the Annual Meeting and final voting results will be published in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ending June 16, 2007, which we will file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We will also post the results of the voting on our website at www.pbg.com under Investor Relations — Annual Meeting Results within two weeks after the date of the Annual Meeting.


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ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
(Item 1 on Proxy Card)
 
Our Board of Directors proposes the following ten nominees for election as directors at the Annual Meeting. Proxies cannot be voted for a greater number of persons than the nominees named. Other than Messrs. Johnston and Teruel, who have consented to being named in this proxy statement and to serve as directors if elected, all of the nominees are currently serving on our Board. Mr. Teruel was recommended to our Board as a director nominee by one of our executive officers and our professional search firm and Mr. Johnston was recommended to our Board as a director nominee by PepsiCo. The directors will hold office from the date of election until the next Annual Meeting of Shareholders, or until their successors are elected and qualified.
 
     
  LINDA G. ALVARADO, 55, was elected to our Board in March 1999. She is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Alvarado Construction, Inc., a general contracting firm specializing in commercial, industrial, environmental and heavy engineering projects, a position she assumed in 1976. Ms. Alvarado is also a director of Pitney Bowes, Inc., Qwest Communications International, Inc., Lennox International Inc. and 3M Company.
     
  BARRY H. BERACHA, 65, was elected to our Board in March 1999 and assumed the role of Non-Executive Chairman on April 1, 2007, as previously announced. Prior to his retirement in June 2003, Mr. Beracha most recently served as an Executive Vice President of Sara Lee Corporation and Chief Executive Officer of Sara Lee Bakery Group since August 2001. Mr. Beracha was the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of The Earthgrains Company from 1993 to August 2001. Earthgrains was formerly part of Anheuser-Busch Companies, where Mr. Beracha served from 1967 to 1996. From 1979 to 1993, he held the position of Chairman of the Board of Anheuser-Busch Recycling Corporation. From 1976 to 1995, Mr. Beracha was also Chairman of the Board of Metal Container Corporation. Mr. Beracha is also a director of Hertz Global Holdings, Inc and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of St. Louis University.
     
  ERIC J. FOSS, 48, was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer and elected to our Board in July 2006. Previously, Mr. Foss served as our Chief Operating Officer from September 2005 to July 2006 and President of PBG North America from September 2001 to September 2005. Prior to that, Mr. Foss was the Executive Vice President and General Manager of PBG North America from August 2000 to September 2001. From October 1999 until August 2000, he served as our Senior Vice President, U.S. Sales and Field Operations, and prior to that, he was our Senior Vice President, Sales and Field Marketing, since March 1999. Mr. Foss joined the Pepsi-Cola Company in 1982 where he held a variety of field and headquarters-based sales, marketing and general management positions. From 1994 to 1996, Mr. Foss was General Manager of Pepsi-Cola North America’s Great West Business Unit. In 1996, Mr. Foss was named General Manager for the Central Europe Region for Pepsi-Cola International, a position he held until joining PBG in March 1999. Mr. Foss is also a director of United Dominion Realty Trust, Inc. and on the Industry Affairs Council of the Grocery Manufacturers of America.


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  IRA D. HALL, 62, was elected to our Board in March 2003. From 2002 until his retirement in late 2004, Mr. Hall was President and Chief Executive Officer of Utendahl Capital Management, LP. From 1999 to 2001, Mr. Hall was Treasurer of Texaco Inc. and General Manager, Alliance Management for Texaco Inc. from 1998 to 1999. From 1985 to 1998, Mr. Hall held several positions with International Business Machines. Mr. Hall is also a director of Ameriprise Financial, Inc. and Praxair, Inc.
     
  HUGH F. JOHNSTON, 45, is Executive Vice President, Operations of PepsiCo, a position he assumed in October 2006. From April 2005 to October 2006, Mr. Johnston was PepsiCo’s Senior Vice President, Transformation. Prior to that, he served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of PepsiCo Beverages and Foods from November 2002 through March 2005, and as PepsiCo’s Senior Vice President of Mergers and Acquisitions from March 2002 until November 2002. Mr. Johnston joined PepsiCo in 1987 as a Business Planner and held various finance positions until 1999 when left to join Merck & Co., Inc. as Vice President, Retail, a position he held until he rejoined PepsiCo in 2002. Prior to joining PepsiCo in 1987, Mr. Johnston was with General Electric Company in a variety of finance positions.
     
  SUSAN D. KRONICK, 55, was elected to our Board in March 1999. Ms. Kronick became Vice Chairman of Federated Department Stores in February 2003. Previously, she had been Group President of Federated Department Stores since April 2001. From 1997 to 2001, Ms. Kronick was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Burdines, a division of Federated Department Stores. From 1993 to 1997, Ms. Kronick served as President of Federated’s Rich’s/Lazarus/Goldsmith’s division. She spent the previous 20 years at Bloomingdale’s, where her last position was Senior Executive Vice President and Director of Stores.
     
  BLYTHE J. MCGARVIE, 50, was elected to our Board in March 2002. Ms. McGarvie is President of Leadership for International Finance, a private consulting firm providing leadership seminars for corporate and academic groups. From 1999 to December 2002, Ms. McGarvie was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of BIC Group. From 1994 to 1999, Ms. McGarvie served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Hannaford Bros. Co. Ms. McGarvie is a Certified Public Accountant and has also held senior financial positions at Sara Lee Corporation, Kraft General Foods, Inc. and Pizza Hut, Inc. Ms. McGarvie is also a director of Accenture Ltd. and The Travelers Companies, Inc.
     
  MARGARET D. MOORE, 59, was elected to our Board in January 2001. Ms. Moore is Senior Vice President, Human Resources of PepsiCo, a position she assumed at the end of 1999. From November 1998 to December 1999, she was Senior Vice President and Treasurer of PBG. Prior to joining us, Ms. Moore spent 25 years with PepsiCo in a number of senior financial and human resources positions.

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  JOHN A. QUELCH, 55, was elected to our Board in January 2005. Mr. Quelch has been Senior Associate Dean and Lincoln Filene Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School since 2001. From 1998 to 2001, Mr. Quelch was Dean of the London Business School. Prior to that he was an Assistant Professor, an Associate Professor and a full Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School from 1979 to 1998. Mr. Quelch is also a director of Gentiva Health Services, Inc., WPP Group plc, Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. and ViTrue, Inc.
     
  JAVIER G. TERUEL, 56, served as Vice Chairman of Colgate-Palmolive Company until his retirement in April 2007. While serving as Vice Chairman, a position he assumed in 2004, Mr. Teruel was responsible for the operations of the Hill’s Pet Nutrition Division, Global R&D, Global Supply Chain, and Global Information Technology. Additionally he led Colgate’s evolving worldwide strategy, which included overseeing Colgate’s business building and restructuring initiative. From 2002 to 2004, Mr. Teruel served as Executive Vice President, with responsibility for Colgate’s Asia and South Pacific, Central Europe/Russia, and Africa/Middle East Divisions, as well as Hill’s Pet Nutrition. Mr. Teruel joined Colgate-Palmolive in 1971 in Mexico where he held a variety of marketing, sales and management positions. Mr. Teruel is also a director of Starbucks Corporation.
 
If any of these nominees for director becomes unavailable, the persons named in the enclosed proxy intend to vote for any alternate designated by the present Board of Directors. Barring special circumstances, all director nominees are expected to be present at the 2007 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
 
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