================================================================================ SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 ------------- FORM 11-K ------------- |X| ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001 OR | | TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from _______ to _______ Commission File No. 001-02217 THE COCA-COLA COMPANY THRIFT & INVESTMENT PLAN (Full title of the plan) THE COCA-COLA COMPANY (Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan) One Coca-Cola Plaza Atlanta, Georgia 30313 (Address of the plan and address of issuer's principal executive offices) ================================================================================ THE COCA-COLA COMPANY THRIFT & INVESTMENT PLAN Financial Statements For the Years Ended December 31, 2001 and 2000 Together with Independent Auditors' Report THE COCA-COLA COMPANY THRIFT & INVESTMENT PLAN Financial Statements and Schedules For the Years Ended December 31, 2001 and 2000 Table of Contents Page ---- Independent Auditors' Report 1 Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits 2 Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits 3 Notes to Financial Statements 4 Supplemental Schedules ---------------------- Schedule H, line 4i - Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) 10 Schedule H, line 4j - Schedule of Reportable Transactions 13 To the Corporate Retirement Plan Administrative Committee The Coca-Cola Company Atlanta, Georgia: Independent Auditors' Report ---------------------------- We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits of The Coca-Cola Company Thrift & Investment Plan (the "Plan") as of December 31, 2001 and 2000 and the related statement of changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2001. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion. In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of The Coca-Cola Company Thrift & Investment Plan as of December 31, 2001 and 2000 and the changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2001, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Our audits were performed for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic financial statements taken as a whole. The supplemental schedules of assets held at end of year and reportable transactions are presented for purposes of additional analysis and are not a required part of the basic financial statements but are supplemental information required by the Department of Labor's Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. These supplemental schedules are the responsibility of the Plan's management. The supplemental schedules have been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in the audit of the basic financial statements and, in our opinion, are fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole. /s/ BANKS, FINLEY, WHITE & CO. June 7, 2002. 1 THE COCA-COLA COMPANY THRIFT & INVESTMENT PLAN Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits December 31, 2001 and 2000 2001 2000 ---- ---- ASSETS Investments (Notes 3 and 4) $ 1,458,863,643 $ 1,924,109,881 Accrued interest receivable 95,329 76,740 --------------- --------------- NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS $ 1,458,958,972 $ 1,924,186,621 =============== =============== The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. 2 THE COCA-COLA COMPANY THRIFT & INVESTMENT PLAN Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits For the Year Ended December 31, 2001 ADDITIONS TO NET ASSETS ATTRIBUTED TO: Investment income: Dividend income $ 17,837,491 Interest income 10,343,771 --------------- Total investment income 28,181,262 --------------- Contributions: Employer 17,841,660 Participants 51,044,539 Rollovers from other qualified plans 978,054 --------------- Total contributions 69,864,253 --------------- Total additions 98,045,515 --------------- DEDUCTIONS FROM NET ASSETS ATTRIBUTED TO: Distributions to Participants 194,379,371 Net depreciation in fair value of investments (Note 3) 368,893,793 --------------- Total deductions 563,273,164 --------------- Net decrease in net assets available for benefits (465,227,649) Net assets available for benefits, beginning of year 1,924,186,621 --------------- NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS, END OF YEAR $ 1,458,958,972 =============== The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. 3 THE COCA-COLA COMPANY THRIFT & INVESTMENT PLAN Notes to Financial Statements December 31, 2001 and 2000 NOTE 1 - DESCRIPTION OF PLAN The Coca-Cola Company Thrift & Investment Plan (the "Plan") is a defined contribution pension plan covering a majority of the domestic employees of The Coca-Cola Company and its participating subsidiaries (the "Company"), with the exception of employees represented by bargaining units which have not negotiated coverage and others listed in the Plan document. Effective January 1, 2001, eligible employees can participate in the Plan upon their date of hire or rehire with the Company. Prior to January 1, 2001, eligible employees could participate after completing three months of service. The election to contribute to the Plan by employees (the "Participants") is voluntary. Participant contributions are in the form of payroll deductions with the Company currently contributing an amount equal to 100% of the first 3% of compensation contributed by a Participant, subject to certain limitations imposed by the Internal Revenue Code ("IRC"). Participants may contribute to the Plan with "Before Tax" dollars or "After Tax" dollars. "Before Tax" contributions are not subject to current federal income taxes but are subject to Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) taxes. "Before Tax" and "After Tax" contributions are limited in total to 15% of compensation. For 2001, the maximum "Before Tax" annual contribution amount under the IRC was $10,500. Participants may borrow from their account balance subject to certain limitations. Participant loans may be taken from a combination of "Before Tax", "After Tax" and rollover account balances. All contributions are paid to a trustee and are invested as directed by Participants and the Company. Effective January 1, 2001, Participants may direct their contributions into any of 27 separate investment options. The individual funds and/or fund categories are as follows: COMPANY STOCK FUND - Common stock of The Coca-Cola Company with some moderate cash and/or cash equivalent holdings for liquidity purposes. GOVERNMENT FUND - A money market fund investing in securities issued by, or guaranteed by, the U.S. government, U.S. government agencies, and U.S. government-sponsored agencies. RETIREMENT PRESERVATION TRUST (BLEND) - A collective trust investing in Guaranteed Investment Contracts, obligations of U.S. government and U.S. government agency securities, and money market securities. Prior to April 1, 2001, this investment option was known as the Stable Value Fund. 4 Notes to Financial Statements, Continued NOTE 1 - DESCRIPTION OF PLAN, CONTINUED INTERMEDIATE TERM BOND FUNDS - Four mutual funds investing in a diversified portfolio of bonds issued by U.S. and foreign companies as well as U.S. and foreign governments. BALANCED FUNDS - Three mutual funds investing in a targeted mixture of stocks and bonds. LARGE-CAP STOCK FUNDS - Seven mutual funds investing in a diversified portfolio of stocks and generally maintaining a median market capitalization in excess of $9 billion. MID-CAP STOCK FUND - One mutual fund investing in a diversified portfolio of stocks and maintaining a median market capitalization between $2 billion and $9 billion. SMALL-CAP STOCK FUNDS - Four mutual funds investing in a diversified portfolio of stocks and maintaining a median market capitalization of less than $2 billion. INTERNATIONAL STOCK FUNDS - Five mutual funds investing in a diversified portfolio of stocks of companies located outside the U.S. or a combination of stocks of U.S. companies and foreign companies. In addition, five LifePath Funds were available as investment options through June 30, 2001. These funds maintained a diversified portfolio of common stocks and bonds. Each fund was designed to maintain a level of risk appropriate to its target date. All Company contributions are invested in the Company Stock Fund and are immediately vested to the Participants. Participants are allowed to roll over account balances from other qualified plans or Individual Retirement Accounts into the Plan. Upon retirement, termination or disability, Participants may choose to receive payment from the Plan in a lump sum distribution, installments or in partial payments (a portion paid in a lump sum, and the remainder paid later). ADMINISTRATION The Plan is administered by the Corporate Retirement Plan Administrative Committee (the "Committee") which, as administrator, has complete control of and sole discretion over the administration of the Plan. All administrative expenses of the Plan were paid by the Company during 2001. 5 Notes to Financial Statements, Continued NOTE 1 - DESCRIPTION OF PLAN, CONTINUED PARTICIPANTS' LOANS The following applies to Participants' loans: (a) The maximum amount that a Participant may borrow is the lesser of 50% of their account balance or $50,000. The $50,000 maximum is reduced by the Participant's highest outstanding loan balance on any loans during the preceding 12 months. (b) The minimum loan amount is $1,000. (c) The loan interest rate is the prime rate as published in The Wall Street Journal at the inception of the loan. (d) The loan repayment period is limited to 60 months for a general purpose loan and 180 months for a loan used to purchase or build a principal residence. VALUATION OF PARTICIPANTS' ACCOUNTS Participants' account balances are valued based upon the number of units of each investment fund owned by the Participants. Units are revalued on a daily basis to reflect earnings and other transactions. Participants' accounts are updated on a daily basis to reflect transactions affecting account balances. PLAN TERMINATION The Company expects the Plan to be continued indefinitely but reserves the right to terminate the Plan or to discontinue its contributions to the Plan at any time, by written approval from the Committee. In the event of termination, the Committee may either: (a) continue the trust for as long as it considers advisable, or (b) terminate the trust, pay all expenses from the trust fund, and direct the payment of Participants' account balances, either in the form of lump-sum distributions, installment payments, or any other form selected by the Committee. The description of the Plan presented above is as of December 31, 2001. Additional information about the Plan is available from the Company's Employee Benefits Department. 6 Notes to Financial Statements, Continued NOTE 2 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES BASIS OF ACCOUNTING The financial statements of the Plan are maintained on an accrual basis. USE OF ESTIMATES The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires Plan management to make estimates and assumptions that affect certain reported amounts and disclosures. Accordingly, actual results may differ from those estimates. VALUATION OF INVESTMENTS Short-term investments are stated at cost, which approximates fair value. The investments in common stock of The Coca-Cola Company and the mutual funds are stated at fair value based upon quoted prices in active markets at the last reported sales price on the last business day of the Plan year. Participants' loans are valued based upon remaining unpaid principal balance plus any accrued but unpaid interest. The Guaranteed Investment Contracts within the Retirement Preservation Trust (Blend) are reported at contract value, which is equivalent to fair value. Contract value represents contributions made under the contracts, plus earnings, less withdrawals and administrative expenses. These investment contracts are fully-benefit responsive, which means Participants may ordinarily direct the withdrawal or transfer of all or a portion of their investment at contract value. There are no reserves against contract value for credit risk of the contract issuer or otherwise. The weighted-average yield and crediting interest rates for the contracts were both approximately 6.66% for 2001 and 6.35% for 2000. RECLASSIFICATIONS Certain reclassifications have been made for the prior year to conform to the current year presentation. 7 Notes to Financial Statements, Continued NOTE 3 - INVESTMENTS During 2001, the Plan's investments (including gains and losses on investments bought and sold, as well as held during the year) depreciated in fair value (as determined by quoted market price) by $368,893,793 as follows: Common stock of The Coca-Cola Company $ 345,188,404 Mutual funds 23,705,389 ------------- $ 368,893,793 The fair value of individual investments that represent 5% or more of the Plan's net assets at December 31 is as follows: 2001 2000 ---- ---- Common stock of The Coca-Cola Company $ 1,111,612,879 $ 1,567,657,645 S&P 500 Stock Fund $ 90,123,601 - Investments in common stock of The Coca-Cola Company include both participant and nonparticipant-directed investments. NOTE 4 - NONPARTICIPANT-DIRECTED INVESTMENTS Information about the net assets and the significant components of the changes in net assets relating to the nonparticipant-directed investments is as follows: December 31, December 31, 2001 2000 ------------ ------------ Net assets, at fair value: Common stock of The Coca-Cola Company $ 576,667,455 $ 753,372,896 Year ended December 31, 2001 ----------------- Changes in net assets: Contributions $ 17,841,660 Dividends 9,117,770 Net depreciation (126,979,637) Distributions to Participants (71,355,689) Intra-Plan transfers (5,329,545) --------------- Net decrease in net assets ($ 176,705,441) =============== 8 Notes to Financial Statements, Continued NOTE 5 - TRANSACTIONS WITH PARTIES-IN-INTEREST During 2001, the Plan purchased 2,026,744 shares of common stock of The Coca-Cola Company, in market and intra-Plan transactions, with a fair market value of $98,072,123. During 2001, the Plan sold 4,176,524 shares of common stock of The Coca-Cola Company for proceeds of $208,197,933, resulting in a gain of $112,775,167. During 2001, dividends earned by the Plan on common stock of The Coca-Cola Company were $17,837,491. As of December 31, 2001 and 2000, the Plan held 23,576,095 and 25,725,875 shares of common stock of The Coca-Cola Company with a fair market value of $1,111,612,879 and $1,567,657,645, respectively. The Plan's Retirement Preservation Trust (Blend), Government Fund, Small Cap Index Fund, Agreggate Bond Index Fund, International Index Fund, Basic Value Fund, Small Cap Value Fund and Fundamental Growth Fund are managed by Merrill Lynch Investment Managers. Merrill Lynch Trust Company is the Trustee as defined by the Plan and, therefore, the transactions in these funds qualify as party-in-interest. NOTE 6 - INCOME TAX STATUS The Internal Revenue Service has ruled that the Plan qualifies under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the "IRC") and is, therefore, not subject to tax under present income tax laws. Once qualified, the Plan is required to operate in conformity with the IRC to maintain its qualification. The Plan obtained its latest determination letter on March 17, 1999, in which the Internal Revenue Service stated that the Plan, as then designed, was in compliance with the applicable requirements of the IRC. The Plan has been amended since receiving the determination letter. The Plan administrator and the Plan's tax counsel believe that the Plan is designed and being operated in compliance with the applicable requirements of the IRC. On January 31, 2002, the Plan administrator filed a request with the Internal Revenue Service for a new determination letter. 9 THE COCA-COLA COMPANY THRIFT & INVESTMENT PLAN EIN: 58-0628465 PN: 002 Schedule H, line 4i - Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) December 31, 2001