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125 Years of Sharing Happiness Coca-Cola

Michael Pugh

ATLANTA, April 27, 2011 -- Muhtar Kent (center), Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, The Coca-Cola Company, led the Company's 2011 Annual Meeting of Shareowners and shared a special Coca-Cola toast with more than 1,000 attendees to mark the Brand's 125th Anniversary. The meeting featured a performance by the Coca-Cola 125th Anniversary Young People's Chorus, a group comprised of 125 youth from metro Atlanta and New York high schools. Download

Since our first soda fountain sales in 1886, we have been a driver of marketplace innovation and an investor in local economies. Today we lead the beverage industry with more than 500 beverage brands -- including four of the world's top-five sparkling brands. But while our business opportunities are enormous, our commitment to our consumers and the communities in which we operate is even greater.

Muhtar Kent, our Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, leads us into the new century with a firm commitment to the values and spirit of the world's greatest brand. In our journey to become a sustainable, profitable growth company, our management structure has evolved to sharpen external focus on the marketplace with greater speed, productivity and effectiveness.

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Board of Directors

Muhtar Kent	Alexis M. Herman
Herbert A. Allen	Robert A. Kotick
Ronald W. Allen	Maria Elena Lagomasino
Howard G. Buffett	Donald F. McHenry
Richard M. Daley	Sam Nunn
Barry Diller	James D. Robinson III
Helene D. Gayle	Peter V. Ueberroth
Evan G. Greenberg	Jacob Wallenberg

Senior Operations Leadership

Ahmet Bozer, President, Coca-Cola International

Glenn G. Jordan S., President, Pacific Group

Nathan Kalumbu, President, Eurasia & Africa Group

James Quincey, President, Europe Group

Steve Cahillane, President, Coca-Cola Americas

Katie Bayne, President, North America Brands

Brian Smith, President, Latin America Group

Glen Walter, President and Chief Operating Officer, Coca-Cola Refreshments

Irial Finan, President, Bottling Investments Group

Senior Functional Leadership

Alexander B. Cummings, Chief Administrative Officer

J.Alexander M. Douglas Jr., Global Chief Customer Officer

Ceree Eberly, Chief People Officer

Gary P. Fayard, Chief Financial Officer

Bernhard Goepelt, General Counsel

Javier C. Goizueta, President, McDonald’s Division

Ingrid Saunders Jones, Senior Vice President, Global Community Connections

Dominique Reiniche, Chairman, Europe Group

José Octavio Reyes, Vice Chairman, Coca-Cola Export Corporation

Joseph V. Tripodi, Chief Marketing and Commercial Officer

Clyde C. Tuggle, Chief Public Affairs and Communications Officer

Guy Wollaert, Chief Technical Officer