PRESS RELEASE
Published on July 11, 2003
EXHIBIT 99
THE COCA-COLA COMPANY Media Relations Department
P.O. Box 1734, Atlanta, Georgia 30301
NEWS RELEASE Telephone (404) 676-2121
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ben Deutsch
404-676-2683
THE COCA-COLA COMPANY ISSUES STATEMENT
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ATLANTA, July 11, 2003 - The Coca-Cola Company has been informed that the
United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Georgia has
initiated an investigation arising from the allegations raised in civil
litigation recently filed in Atlanta by Matthew Whitley, a former employee. The
Company will cooperate with the inquiry.
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