As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 28, 2014

Registration No. 333-179708

 

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


 

POST EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
to

 

FORM S-8

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 


 

GRAPHIC

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Delaware

 

58-0628465

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

One Coca-Cola Plaza

Atlanta, Georgia 30313

(404) 676-2121

(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)

 


 

The Coca-Cola Refreshments 401(k) Plan for Ontario

The Philadelphia Coca-Cola Bottling Company 401(k) Union Plan

The Coca-Cola Company 401(k) Plan for Portland

(Full title of plans)

 


 

Bernhard Goepelt, Esq.

Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Legal Counsel

The Coca-Cola Company

One Coca-Cola Plaza

Atlanta, Georgia 30313

(404) 676-2121

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 


 

With a copy to:

 

Jared M. Brandman, Esq.

Securities Counsel

The Coca-Cola Company

One Coca-Cola Plaza

Atlanta, Georgia 30313

(404) 676-2121

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.  See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

(Check one):

Large accelerated filer x

 

Accelerated filer o

Non-accelerated filer o
 (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

 

Smaller reporting company o

 

Classified - Unclassified

 

 

 



 

DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES

 

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed by The Coca-Cola Company (the “Company”) on February 27, 2012  (File No. 333-179708) (the “Registration Statement”) is being filed for the purpose of deregistering the remaining shares of the Company’s Common Stock and the associated plan interests that were originally registered for issuance under The Coca-Cola Refreshments 401(k) Plan for Ontario, The Philadelphia Coca-Cola Bottling Company 401(k) Union Plan and The Coca-Cola Company 401(k) Plan for Portland  (collectively, the “Merged Plans”).

 

Effective December 31, 2013, the Merged Plans were merged (the “Mergers”) into the Coca-Cola Refreshments Bargaining Employees’ 401(k) Plan (the “CCR Bargaining Plan”).  Accordingly, the Company hereby deregisters 105,983 shares of the Company’s Common Stock (the “Carried-Over Shares”), which represents the shares that remained unissued and available under the Merged Plans and the Registration Statement immediately prior to the Mergers, along with the associated plan interests, as detailed in the following table.

 

Plan Name

 

Carried Over Shares

 

Coca-Cola Refreshments 401(k) Plan for Ontario

 

81,355

 

The Philadelphia Coca-Cola Bottling Company 401(k) Union Plan

 

4,915

 

The Coca-Cola Company 401(k) Plan for Portland

 

19,713

 

Total

 

105,983

 

 

The Company is concurrently filing a Registration Statement on Form S-8 to register the Carried-Over Shares for issuance pursuant to the CCR Bargaining Plan.

 

PART II                                                INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

Item 8.  Exhibits.

 

Exhibit
No.

 

Description

24.1

 

Powers of Attorney

 

II-1



 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Atlanta, State of Georgia, on the 28th day of February 28, 2014.

 

 

 

THE COCA-COLA COMPANY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Gary P. Fayard

 

 

Name:

Gary P. Fayard

 

 

Title:

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement on Form S-8 has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

 

Signature

 

Title

 

Date

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Muhtar Kent

 

Chairman, Board of Directors, Chief Executive Officer and a Director (Principal executive officer)

 

February 28, 2014

Muhtar Kent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Gary P. Fayard

 

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal financial officer)

 

February 28, 2014

Gary P. Fayard

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Kathy N. Waller

 

Vice President, Finance and Controller (Principal accounting officer)

 

February 28, 2014

Kathy N. Waller

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Director

 

February 28, 2014

Herbert A. Allen

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Director

 

February 28, 2014

Ronald W. Allen

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Director

 

February 28, 2014

Ana Botín

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Director

 

February 28, 2014

Howard G. Buffett

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Director

 

February 28, 2014

Richard M. Daley

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Director

 

February 28, 2014

Barry Diller

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Director

 

February 28, 2014

Helene D. Gayle

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

Signature

 

Title

 

Date

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Director

 

February 28, 2014

Evan G. Greenberg

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Director

 

February 28, 2014

Alexis M. Herman

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Director

 

February 28, 2014

Robert A. Kotick

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Director

 

February 28, 2014

Maria Elena Lagomasino

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Director

 

February 28, 2014

Donald F. McHenry

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Director

 

February 28, 2014

Sam Nunn

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Director

 

February 28, 2014

James D. Robinson III

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Director

 

February 28, 2014

Peter V. Ueberroth

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Director

 

February 28, 2014

Jacob Wallenberg

 

 

 

 

 

*By:

/s/ Gloria K. Bowden

 

 

Gloria K. Bowden

 

 

Attorney-in-Fact

 

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the trustees (or other persons who administer the employee benefit plan) have duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement on Form S-8 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, on this 28th day of February, 2014.

 

 

The Coca-Cola Refreshments 401(k) Plan for Ontario

 

The Philadelphia Coca-Cola Bottling Company 401(k) Union Plan

 

The Coca-Cola Company 401(k) Plan for Portland

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Melody Hanna

 

 

Name:

Melody Hanna

 

 

Title:

Chairperson, The Coca-Cola Company Benefits Committee