COMMON STOCK
Ticker symbol: KO
The Coca-Cola Company is one of 30 companies in the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
Share owners of record at year end: 388,641
Shares outstanding at year end: 2.47 billion
STOCK EXCHANGES
Inside the United States:
Common stock listed and traded: New York Stock Exchange, the principal market for our common stock.
Common stock traded: Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Pacific and Philadelphia stock exchanges.
Outside the United States:
Common stock listed and traded: The German exchange in Frankfurt and the Swiss exchange in Zurich.
DIVIDENDS
At its February 1999 meeting, our Board increased our quarterly dividend to 16 cents per share, equivalent to an annual dividend of 64 cents per share. The Company has increased dividends each of the last 37 years.
The Coca-Cola Company normally pays dividends four times a year, usually on April 1, July 1, October 1 and December 15. The Company has paid 311 consecutive quarterly dividends, beginning in 1920.
SHARE-OWNER ACCOUNT ASSISTANCE
For address changes, dividend checks, direct deposit of dividends, account consolidation, registration changes, lost stock certificates, stock holdings and the Dividend and Cash Investment Plan, please contact:
Registrar and Transfer Agent
First Chicago Trust Co., a division of EquiServe
P.O. Box 2500
Jersey City, NJ 07303-2500
Toll-free: (888) COKESHR (265-3747)
For hearing impaired: (201) 222-4955
E-mail: [email protected]
Internet: www.equiserve.com
DIVIDEND AND CASH INVESTMENT PLAN
The Dividend and Cash Investment Plan permits share owners of record to reinvest dividends from Company stock in shares of The Coca-Cola Company. The Plan provides a convenient, economical and systematic method of acquiring additional shares of our common stock. All share owners of record are eligible to participate. Share owners also may purchase Company stock through voluntary cash investments of up to $125,000 per year.
At year end, 73 percent of the Company's share owners of record were participants in the Plan. In 1998, share owners invested $41 million in dividends and $98 million in cash in the Plan.
If your shares are held in street name by your broker and you are interested in participating in the Dividend and Cash Investment Plan, you may have your broker transfer the shares to First Chicago Trust Co. electronically through the Direct Registration System.
For more details on the Dividend and Cash Investment Plan please contact the Plan Administrator, First Chicago Trust Co., or visit the investor section of our Company's Web site, www.thecoca-colacompany.com, for more information.
SHARE-OWNER INTERNET ACCOUNT ACCESS
Share owners of record may access their accounts via the Internet to obtain share balance, current market price of shares, historical stock prices and the total value of their investment. In addition, they may sell or request issuance of Dividend and Cash Investment Plan shares.
For information on how to access this secure site, please call First Chicago Trust Co. toll-free at (877) 843-9327. For share owners of record outside North America, please call (201) 536-8071.
ANNUAL MEETING OF SHARE OWNERS
April 21,1999, 9 a.m. local time
The Playhouse Theatre
Du Pont Building
10th and Market Streets
Wilmington, Delaware
CORPORATE OFFICES
The Coca-Cola Company
One Coca-Cola Plaza
Atlanta, Georgia 30313
INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR INQUIRIES
(404) 676-5766
INFORMATION RESOURCES
Publications
The Company's Annual Report, Proxy Statement, Form 10-K and Form 10-Q reports are available free of charge upon request from our Industry & Consumer Affairs Department at the Company's corporate address, listed above.
Internet Site
You can find our stock price, news and earnings releases and more financial information about our Company on our recently expanded Web site, www.thecoca-colacompany.com.
Hotline
The Company's hotline, (800) INVSTKO (468-7856), offers taped highlights from the most recent quarter and may be used to request the most recent quarterly results news release.
Audio Annual Report
An audiocassette version of this report is available without charge as a service to the visually impaired. To receive a copy, please contact our Industry & Consumer Affairs Department at (800) 571-2653.
Duplicate Mailings
If you are receiving duplicate or unwanted copies of our publications, please contact First Chicago Trust Co. at (888) COKESHR (265-3747).