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  Financial Highlights: The Coca-Cola Company 2003 Summary Annual Report  
  The Year Ended December 31,   2003     2002   Percent Change  
(in millions except per share data, ratios and growth rates)
                     
  Net operating revenues $ 21,044   $ 19,564   8 %  
  Operating income $ 5,221   $ 5,458   (4 )%  
  Net income before cumulative effect
of accounting change
$ 4,347   $ 3,976   9 %  
  Net income $ 4,347   $ 3,050   43 %  
  Net income per share before cumulative effect
of accounting change (basic and diluted)
$ 1.77   $ 1.60   11 %  
  Net income per share (basic and diluted) $ 1.77 1 $ 1.23 2 44 %  
  Net cash provided by operating activities $ 5,456   $ 4,742   15 %  
  Dividends paid $ (2,166 ) $ (1,987 ) 9 %  
  Share repurchase activity $ (1,482 ) $ (707 ) 110 %  
  Return on capital   24.5 %   24.5 %      
  Return on common equity   33.6 %   34.3 %      
  Unit case volume (in billions)                  
 
International operations
  13.7     13.1   5 %  
 
North America operations
  5.7     5.6   2 %  
 
Worldwide
  19.4     18.7   4 %  
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2003 basic and diluted net income per share included a net decrease of $0.18 as a result of the following items: a $0.15 per share decrease related to the Company’s streamlining initiatives primarily in North America and Germany; a $0.05 per share noncash decrease related to the consummation of a merger by one of our Company’s equity method investees, Coca-Cola FEMSA, S.A. de C.V. with another of the Company’s equity method investees, Panamerican Beverages, Inc.; and a $0.01 per share increase related to a settlement with certain defendants in a vitamin antitrust litigation matter. Per share amounts do not add due to rounding.
 
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2002 basic and diluted net income per share included a net decrease of $0.43 as a result of the following items: a $0.37 per share decrease related to the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle resulting from the adoption of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 142, “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets”; a $0.06 per share decrease primarily related to the write-down of our investments in Latin America; a $0.01 per share decrease related to the Company’s share of charges taken by certain investees in Latin America; and a $0.01 per share increase related to our Company’s share of a gain recognized by an investee in Latin America, Cervejarias Kaiser S.A.
 
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