UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549


FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
April 19, 2007


THE COCA-COLA COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Delaware
(State or other
jurisdiction
of incorporation)
001-02217
(Commission
File Number)
58-0628465
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)



One Coca-Cola Plaza
Atlanta, Georgia
(Address of principal executive offices)
  
30313
(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:

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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act  (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))



 
 
Item 5.02(c).   Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements with Certain Officers
 
    On April 19, 2007, the Board of Directors of The Coca-Cola Company (the “Company”) elected Harry L. Anderson as vice president and Controller of the Company, effective immediately. Mr. Anderson joined the Company in 2001 as senior vice president, Coca-Cola Ventures. From March 2003 until May 2004, he was vice president and director of Supply Chain and Manufacturing Management. From May 2004 to February 2007, Mr. Anderson served as chief financial officer of the Company’s Coca-Cola North America group. In February 2007, he was appointed interim Controller of the Company.

Item 801.   Other Events
 
           The Company’s Annual Meeting of Shareowners was held on Wednesday, April 18, 2007, in Wilmington, Delaware, at which the following matters were submitted to a vote of the shareowners:
 
(a) Votes regarding the election of the persons named below as Directors for a term expiring in 2008 were as follows:
 
 
FOR
 
AGAINST
 
ABSTENTIONS
 
Herbert A. Allen
 
1,980,507,467
 
34,147,342
 
20,199,760
 
Ronald W. Allen
 
1,976,458,492
 
38,233,439
 
20,162,638
 
Cathleen P. Black
 
1,978,636,179
 
35,750,859
 
20,467,531
 
Barry Diller
 
1,722,722,728
 
291,753,606
 
20,378,235
 
E. Neville Isdell
 
1,983,799,732
 
31,731,412
 
19,323,425
 
Donald R. Keough
 
1,986,266,489
 
27,585,767
 
21,002,313
 
Donald F. McHenry
 
1,978,650,727
 
36,358,124
 
19,845,718
 
Sam Nunn
 
1,983,287,563
 
31,808,284
 
19,758,722
 
James D. Robinson III
 
1,969,552,391
 
45,264,918
 
20,037,260
 
Peter V. Ueberroth
 
1,974,322,247
 
39,949,291
 
20,583,031
 
James B. Williams
 
1,939,634,959
 
74,954,098
 
20,265,512


(b) Votes regarding ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as independent auditors of the Company to serve for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2007, were as follows:

 
FOR
 
AGAINST
 
ABSTENTIONS
 
BROKER NON-VOTES
 
1,998,511,686
 
19,319,896
 
17,022,987
 
—
 

 
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(c) Votes regarding the approval of the Performance Incentive Plan of the Company were as follows:

 
FOR
 
AGAINST
 
ABSTENTIONS
 
BROKER NON-VOTES
 
1,935,059,421
 
74,549,969
 
25,245,179
 
—


(d)  A shareowner proposal regarding management compensation was not submitted to a vote of the shareowners because neither the proponent nor a qualified representative of the proponent attended the meeting to present the proposal.

(e)  Votes on a shareowner proposal regarding an advisory vote on the Compensation Committee Report were as follows:

 
FOR
 
AGAINST
 
ABSTENTIONS
 
BROKER NON-VOTES
 
493,883,785
 
1,129,948,679
 
69,403,667
 
341,618,438

(f)  Votes on a shareowner proposal regarding chemical and biological testing were as follows:

 
FOR
 
AGAINST
 
ABSTENTIONS
 
BROKER NON-VOTES
 
105,811,522
 
1,407,367,801
 
180,056,808
 
341,618,438

(g)  Votes on a shareowner proposal regarding a study and report on extraction of water in India were as follows:

 
FOR
 
AGAINST
 
ABSTENTIONS
 
BROKER NON-VOTES
 
100,883,094
 
1,409,438,911
 
182,914,126
 
341,618,438

(h)  Votes on a shareowner proposal regarding restricted stock were as follows:

 
FOR
 
AGAINST
 
ABSTENTIONS
 
BROKER NON-VOTES
 
531,686,958
 
1,132,863,607
 
28,685,566
 
341,618,438

 


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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)
 
 
 
Date: April 24, 2007
 
 
 
By:     /s/David M. Taggart      
David M. Taggart
Vice President and Treasurer
 
   



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