RDK Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc.

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Shareholder Meeting to Be Held on February 16, 2012.

 

RUDDICK CORPORATION

Meeting Information
Meeting Type:        Annual Meeting
For holders as of:   December 9, 2011
Date:   February 16, 2012   Time:   10:00 AM local time
Location:	Auditorium, 12th Floor
	Two Wells Fargo Center
	301 S. Tryon Street
	Charlotte, NC
Meeting Directions: For directions, please call 704-372-5404

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2011 RUDDICK ANNUAL REPORT AND PROXY STATEMENT (includes Notice)
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	Voting Items
	The Board of Directors of Ruddick Corporation recommends that you vote in Proposal 1 FOR ALL NOMINEES to the Board of Directors, and FOR each of Proposals 2, 3 and 4.
	1.		Election of the following ten nominees as Directors listed below to serve until the next Annual Meeting of Shareholders or until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified.
			Nominees:
			01)  John R. Belk 02)  John P. Derham Cato 03)  Thomas W. Dickson 04)  James E. S. Hynes 05)  Anna Spangler Nelson	06)  Bailey W. Patrick 07)  Robert H. Spilman, Jr. 08)  Harold C. Stowe 09)  Isaiah Tidwell 10)  William C. Warden, Jr.
	2.		Approval of an Amendment to the Restated Articles of Incorporation Changing the Name of the Corporation to “Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc.”
	3.		An advisory (non-binding) vote approving the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.
	4.		To ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012.
	5.		The proxies are authorized to act upon any other business which may properly be brought before said meeting or any adjournment thereof.

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