Common Questions About Stock Ownership
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OUR STOCK
Our ticker symbol is KO. (Please note, however, that some market reports list our stock under CocaCl, or simply CocaCola.)
In the United States, our stock is listed and traded on the New York Stock Exchange, the principal market for our common stock. Our common
stock is also traded on the Boston, Cincinnati, Chicago, Pacific and Philadelphia exchanges. Outside the United States our common stock is listed and traded on the German and Swiss exchanges. For information about the trading of KO on these exchanges, please consult your broker. |
DIRECT VS. INDIRECT OWNERSHIP
Direct Stock Ownership:
Your stock is registered directly on the books of the company as a shareowner of record. (You may hold your shares
in certificate form or in book-entry form through the Direct Registration
System. See DIRECT REGISTRATION for more details.) You receive all quarterly dividend
checks and shareowner communications directly. Your name appears on the
company's shareowner of record list.
Indirect Stock Ownership:
Your stock is held through a bank or brokerage firm in the broker's name for your benefit. Indirect ownership
is generally referred to as "beneficial" or "street-name" ownership. A
stock certificate is not registered in your name, and the company does not
have a record of you as a shareowner. Dividends are paid to your broker
for distribution in accordance with your agreement with that broker.
Financial reports and proxy materials are mailed by the company to brokers
for distribution to beneficial shareowners. If your stock is held in a
street-name account, you are not eligible for participation in the
Dividend and Cash Investment Plan because the Plan's administrator does
not have access to your records. |
DIRECT REGISTRATION
Under the Direct Registration System, physical certificates are not
issued to shareowners. Instead, each shareowner is provided with a
statement at least once a year reflecting the number of shares registered
in his or her name on the company's books. This form of ownership,
known as "book entry," provides benefits to you and the company.
These benefits include the reduction of:
- Problems associated with shares held in certificate form, such as the need for safe storage
- Costs associated with the replacement of lost stock certificates
- The requirement for physical movement of stock certificates at the time of sale and the accompanying potential for loss
- Costs associated with the issuance and delivery of physical stock certificates
Shares purchased or reinvested through the company's Dividend and Cash
Investment Plan are automatically held in this form. If you purchase company
shares through a broker and would like those shares to be held in book
entry, you will need to instruct your broker to register your shares in
book entry through the Direct Registration System. Similarly, if you already
own company shares that are held by a bank, broker or trustee in street
name, you may have some or all of those shares transferred to book-entry
form. Simply instruct your bank, broker or trustee to register your shares
in book entry through the Direct Registration System.
You may revert to certificate form at any time by contacting our
Registrar and Transfer Agent, Computershare Trust Company, N.A. For further details on the Direct
Registration System, please contact Computershare. |
SHAREOWNER SERVICES
Our company has retained Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as our Registrar and Transfer Agent. At our request,
Computershare, maintains a telephone response center
as a convenience to our shareowners. Automated information is available
24 hours a day. Representatives are available from 9:00 a.m. to 5 p.m.
EST, Monday through Friday, to assist you with the following:
- Account consolidation
- Account information
- Address changes
- Direct or electronic deposit or registration
- Dividend information
- Information on the Dividend and Cash Investment Plan
- Registration changes
- Replacement of lost, stolen or destroyed certificates
- Stock transfer
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CONTACT
The Coca-Cola Company
c/o Computershare
P. O. Box 43070
Providence, RI 02940-3070
U.S. Toll-free (888) COKE-SHR (265-3747) or (781) 575-2725
For hearing impaired: (800) 490-1493
E-mail: Coca-Cola@computershare.com
Internet: www.computershare.com
When contacting the telephone response center, please provide your
name as it appears on your account, your Social Security or tax identification
number and the address of record of your stock. |
SHAREOWNER INTERNET ACCOUNT ACCESS
Shareowners of record may access their accounts via the Internet to obtain
share balance, conduct secure transactions, request printable forms and
view current market value of their investment as well as historical stock
prices. To log on to this secure site and request your initial password,
go to www.computershare.com
and click on "Account Access." |
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