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Bylaw Amendment
Filed Dec 12, 2022 · 3y ago · Accession 0001552781-22-000649
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View original ↗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):
December 12,
2022 ( December 7, 2022 )
COCA COLA CO
(Exact name of Registrant as specified
in its charter)
Delaware
001-02217
58-0628465
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
One Coca-Cola Plaza
30313
Atlanta , Georgia
(Zip Code)
(Address of principal executive offices)
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
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to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
o
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under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
o
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o
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Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title
of each class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange
on which registered
Common Stock, $0.25 Par Value
KO
New York Stock Exchange
0.500% Notes Due 2024
KO24
New York Stock Exchange
1.875% Notes Due 2026
KO26
New York Stock Exchange
0.750% Notes Due 2026
KO26C
New York Stock Exchange
1.125% Notes Due 2027
KO27
New York Stock Exchange
0.125% Notes Due 2029
KO29A
New York Stock Exchange
0.125% Notes Due 2029
KO29B
New York Stock Exchange
0.400% Notes Due 2030
KO30B
New York Stock Exchange
1.250% Notes Due 2031
KO31
New York Stock Exchange
0.375% Notes Due 2033
KO33
New York Stock Exchange
0.500% Notes Due 2033
KO33A
New York Stock Exchange
1.625% Notes Due 2035
KO35
New York Stock Exchange
1.100% Notes Due 2036
KO36
New York Stock Exchange
0.950% Notes Due 2036
KO36A
New York Stock Exchange
0.800% Notes Due 2040
KO40B
New York Stock Exchange
1.000% Notes Due 2041
KO41
New York Stock Exchange
Indicate
by check mark whether the Registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405
of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company o
If an emerging
growth company, indicate by check mark if the Registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with
any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. o
Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
On December 7, 2022, in connection with the new Securities and Exchange
Commission rules regarding universal proxy cards and certain recent changes to the Delaware General Corporation Law, the Board of Directors
of The Coca-Cola Company (the “Company”) adopted and approved amended and restated by-laws (the “Amended and Restated
By-Laws”), effective December 7, 2022, to clarify and enhance the procedural mechanics and disclosure requirements of the Company’s advance notice procedures
for shareowner-requested special meetings, shareowner proposals and shareowner-nominated director candidates. Among other updates, the
Amended and Restated By-Laws:
· Add a requirement that any shareowner submitting a director nomination notice make a representation
as to whether such shareholder intends to comply with Rule 14a-19(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the “Exchange Act”), and a requirement that a shareowner submitting a director nomination notice deliver reasonable evidence
that it has complied with the requirements of Rule 14a-19 of the Exchange Act;
· Clarify that notices required by the Amended and Restated By-Laws with respect to requests for special
meetings of shareowners, shareowner business at shareowner meetings or director nominations by shareowners be updated and supplemented,
if necessary, to be true and correct both as of the record date of the shareowner meeting and ten business days prior to the date of the
shareowner meeting;
· Require certain disclosures be provided to the Company by shareowners requesting a special meeting,
shareowners nominating director candidates and shareowners proposing business under the Amended and Restated By-Laws;
· Require that a shareowner directly or indirectly soliciting proxies from other shareowners use a proxy
card color other than white; and
· Clarify that, in the Board’s discretion, shareowner meetings may be held solely by means of remote
communication, in accordance with recent amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law.
This description of the amendments to the Amended and Restated
By-Laws is qualified in its entirety by reference to the text of the Amended and Restated By-Laws, which is attached hereto as
Exhibit 3.2 and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01(d).
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description
Exhibit 3.2
By-Laws of the Company, as amended and restated through December 7, 2022.
Exhibit 104
Cover Page Interactive Data File (the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the iXBRL document).
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, thereunto duly authorized.
THE COCA-COLA COMPANY
(REGISTRANT)
Date: December 12,
2022
By:
/s/ Monica Howard Douglas
Monica Howard Douglas
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
Filing details
- Company
- COCA COLA CO
- Ticker
- KO
- CIK
- 21344
- Form type
- 8-K
- Filing date
- Dec 12, 2022
- Report date
- Dec 7, 2022
- Document
- e22509_ko-8k.htm
- Size
- 555 KB