UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K/A
(Amendment No. 1)
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
July 12, 2005
THE COCA-COLA COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | | 001-02217 | | 58-0628465 |
(State or other
jurisdiction
of incorporation) | | (Commission
File Number)
| | (IRS Employer
Identification No.)
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One Coca-Cola Plaza
Atlanta, Georgia | | 30313 |
(Address of principal executive offices) | | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (404) 676-2121
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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Explanatory Note
This Amendment No. 1 on Form 8-K/A (this “Form 8-K/A”) to the Current Report on Form 8-K of The Coca-Cola Company (the “Company”) filed on July 12, 2005 (the “Prior Form 8-K”) is being filed to correct certain errors in the Schedule of Reclassified Operating Segment Data (the “Schedule”) attached as Exhibit 99.1 to the Prior Form 8-K. Two footnotes have also been added to the Items Impacting Comparability section of the Schedule. The corrected and updated Schedule is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K/A. This Form 8-K/A amends, restates and supercedes the Prior Form 8-K in its entirety.
Item 8.01 Other Items
As previously announced, effective May 1, 2005, the Company made certain changes to its operating structure impacting its Europe, Eurasia and Middle East operating segment and its Asia operating segment. The Company has replaced these operating segments with three new operating segments, the European Union segment, the North Asia, Eurasia and Middle East segment, and the East, South Asia and Pacific Rim segment. The European Union segment includes the Company’s operations in all of the current member states of the European Union as well as the European Free Trade Association countries. The North Asia, Eurasia and Middle East segment includes the Company’s China, Japan, and Eurasia and Middle East Divisions, the markets of Russia, Ukraine and Belarus and other European countries not in the European Union segment. The East, South Asia and Pacific Rim segment includes the Company’s India, Philippines, Southeast and West Asia, and South Pacific and Korea Divisions.
Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto sets forth a schedule of unaudited reclassified operating segment data reflecting the revised operating segments.
Item 9.01(c). Exhibits
Exhibit 99.1 Corrected and Updated Schedule of Reclassified Operating Segment Data
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| | THE COCA-COLA COMPANY |
| | (REGISTRANT) |
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Date: July 19, 2005 | By: | /s/ Connie D. McDaniel | |
| | Connie D. McDaniel |
| | Vice President & Controller |
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Exhibit Index
Exhibit No. | | |
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Exhibit 99.1 | | Corrected and Updated Schedule of Reclassified Operating Segment Data |
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