Harris Teeter 2009 Annual Report Download - page 75

RUDDICK CORPORATION
PROXY STATEMENT
ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
to be held on
February 18, 2010
This statement, first mailed or made available to shareholders on or about December 28, 2009, is
furnished in connection with the solicitation by the Board of Directors of Ruddick Corporation (herein called
the “Company”) of proxies to be used at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Company (the “Annual
Meeting”) to be held on Thursday, February 18, 2010, at 10:00 A.M., local time, in the Auditorium, 12th Floor,
Two Wachovia Center, 301 S. Tryon Street, Charlotte, North Carolina, and at any adjournment or adjournments
thereof. The principal executive offices of the Company are located at 301 S. Tryon Street, Suite 1800, Charlotte,
North Carolina 28202.
In accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, instead
of mailing a printed copy of our proxy materials to each shareholder of record, the Company is now furnishing
proxy materials on the Internet. If you received a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials (the “Notice”)
by mail, you will not receive a printed copy of the proxy materials other than as described herein. Instead, the
Notice will instruct you as to how you may access and review all of the important information contained in the
proxy materials. The Notice also instructs you as to how you may submit your proxy over the Internet. If you
received a Notice by mail and would like to receive a printed copy of our proxy materials or vote by telephone,
you should follow the instructions for requesting proxy materials included in the Notice.
It is anticipated that the Notice will be sent to shareholders on or about December 28, 2009. This Proxy
Statement and the form of proxy relating to the Annual Meeting will be made available via the Internet to
shareholders on the date that the Notice is first sent.
The proxy may be revoked in writing by the person giving it at any time before it is exercised either by notice
to the Secretary or by submitting a proxy having a later date, or it may be revoked by such person by appearing
at the Annual Meeting and electing to vote in person. All shares represented by valid proxies received pursuant
to this solicitation, and not revoked before they are exercised, will be voted in the manner specified therein.
Where specifications are not made, proxies will be voted (i) in favor of electing as directors of the Company
the ten persons named in this Proxy Statement as nominees, each to serve until the next Annual Meeting of
Shareholders or until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified, (ii) in favor of ratification of the
appointment of KPMG LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the fiscal
year ending October 3, 2010 and (iii) in the discretion of the proxy holders on any other matters presented at the
Annual Meeting.
The entire cost of soliciting these proxies will be borne by the Company. In addition to the delivery of the
Notice by mail, the Company may request banks, brokers and other record holders, or a proxy solicitor acting on
its behalf, to send proxies and proxy materials to the beneficial owners of the Company’s Common Stock (the
“Common Stock”) and secure their voting instructions and will reimburse them for their reasonable expenses
in so doing. The Company has not engaged a proxy solicitor to solicit proxies from shareholders; however, the
Company retains the right to do so if it deems such solicitation necessary. Furthermore, the Company may also
use one or more of its regular employees, who will not be specially compensated, to solicit proxies from the
shareholders, either in person, by telephone or by special letter.