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15
Attendance at Annual Meeting
The Company believes that the Annual Meeting is an opportunity for shareholders to communicate directly
with our directors. Consequently, each director is encouraged to attend the Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Ten
of the Company’s eleven directors attended the 2009 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
Process for Nominating Potential Director Candidates
The Corporate Governance & Nominating Committee is responsible for identifying and screening potential
director candidates and recommending qualified candidates to the full Board of Directors for nomination. Director
nominees are recommended to the Board of Directors annually by the Corporate Governance & Nominating
Committee for election by the shareholders. As described in the Company’s Corporate Governance Guidelines,
which are available at the Company’s website previously referenced, nominees for director will be selected on
the basis of outstanding achievement in their personal careers, wisdom, integrity, ability to make independent
analytical inquiries, understanding of the business environment and willingness to devote adequate time to
Board of Directors’ duties. The Corporate Governance & Nominating Committee reviews the background and
qualifications of each nominee to determine such nominee’s experience, competence and character and shall
assess such nominee’s potential contribution to the Board of Directors, taking into account the then-existing
composition of the Board of Directors and such other matters as the Corporate Governance & Nominating
Committee deems appropriate. Nominees recommended by shareholders will be analyzed by the Corporate
Governance & Nominating Committee in the same manner as nominees that are otherwise considered by the
committee. Any recommendation submitted by a shareholder to the Corporate Governance & Nominating
Committee must comply in all respects with Article III, Section 12, of the Company’s Bylaws, which generally
requires that such recommendation be in writing and include the shareholder’s name and address; number of
shares of each class of capital stock owned by the shareholder; the potential candidate’s name, resumé and
biographical information; and any material interest, direct or indirect, that the shareholder may have in the
election of the potential candidate to the Board of Directors. Article III, Section 12, of the Bylaws also requires
that any such shareholder recommendation be received by the Company in accordance with the timeframe
described under the caption “Shareholder Proposals”. A copy of the Company’s Bylaws is available upon request
to: Ruddick Corporation, 301 South Tryon Street, Suite 1800, Charlotte, North Carolina 28202, Attention:
Secretary of the Corporation.
All nominees for election to the Board of Directors have been recommended by the Corporate Governance
& Nominating Committee. All such nominees are current directors standing for re-election.