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This excerpt taken from the PBG DEF 14A filed Mar 31, 2006. Quorum and Voting
Requirements. The presence in person
or by proxy of shareholders holding as of March 30, 2006
(the “Record Date”) the outstanding shares of the
Company’s Capital Stock (defined below), which are entitled
to cast a majority of all votes that could be cast at the Annual
Meeting, will constitute a quorum for the transaction of all
business at the Annual Meeting. A shareholder voting for the
election of Directors may withhold authority to vote for all or
certain nominees. A shareholder may also abstain from voting on
the other matters presented for shareholder vote. Votes withheld
from the election of any nominee for Director and abstentions
from any other proposal will be treated as shares that are
present and entitled to vote for purposes of determining the
presence of a quorum, but will not be counted in the number of
votes cast on a matter. If a shareholder holds shares through a
broker, bank or other nominee (“broker”), generally
the broker may vote the shares it holds in accordance with
instructions received. If a shareholder does not give
instructions to a broker, the broker can vote the shares it
holds with respect to “discretionary” or routine
proposals under the rules of the New York Stock Exchange
(“NYSE”). A broker cannot vote shares with respect to
non-discretionary proposals for which a shareholder has not
given instruction. Both proposals to be voted on at the Annual
Meeting are considered “discretionary” proposals and
therefore may be voted upon by your broker even if you do not
instruct your broker.
Only shareholders of record as of the Record Date are entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. Any shareholder returning a proxy may revoke it at anytime before the proxy is exercised by filing with the Secretary of the Company either a notice of revocation or a duly executed proxy bearing a later date. The powers of the proxy holders will be suspended if you attend the meeting in person and so request, although attendance at the meeting will not by itself revoke a previously granted proxy. Any proxy not revoked will be voted as specified by the shareholder. If no choice is indicated, a proxy will be voted in accordance with the Board of Directors’ recommendations. Under Delaware law, no appraisal rights will be available to dissenters in connection with matters to be acted upon at the Annual Meeting. PBG “Capital Stock” includes both Common Stock and Class B Common Stock. As of the Record Date, there were 235,373,293 shares of PBG Common Stock outstanding and 100,000 shares of Class B Common Stock outstanding. Each share of Common Stock entitles the holder to one vote on each matter presented at the Annual Meeting. The holders of Class B Common Stock are entitled to 250 votes per share. All outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock are held by PepsiCo, Inc. (“PepsiCo”).
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