Coca-Cola Company filed SEC Form 8-K: Regulation FD Disclosure, Financial Statements and Exhibits
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Beverages (Production/Distribution)
Consumer Staples
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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FORM 8-K
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Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.
As previously disclosed, effective January 1, 2025, The Coca-Cola Company (“company”) sunset its Global Ventures operating segment to streamline and simplify the company’s operating structure. The Global Ventures operating segment was established primarily to oversee the company’s ownership of Costa Limited (“Costa”), innocent and doğadan, as well as the fees earned pursuant to distribution coordination agreements between the company and Monster Beverage Corporation (“Monster”). Effective January 1, 2025, the results of the Costa (excluding the ready-to-drink business), innocent and doğadan businesses are reported within the company’s Europe, Middle East and Africa operating segment. Costa’s ready-to-drink business and the fees related to Monster are reported within the applicable geographic operating segments.
Attached as Exhibit 99.1 is a schedule of unaudited reclassified operating segment and corporate data reflecting the change in the company's operating segments described above. The changes in the operating segment structure discussed above do not reclassify nor restate the company’s previously reported consolidated financial results for any period. The information in this Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1 hereto, shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
Item 9.01(d). Financial Statements and Exhibits.
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No. | Description | ||||
| 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: March 27, 2025 | By: | /s/ ERIN L. MAY | ||||||
| Erin L. May Senior Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer | ||||||||