POWER OF ATTORNEY
Published on February 20, 2008
Exhibit
24
POWER
OF ATTORNEY
KNOW
ALL MEN BY THESE
PRESENTS: THAT I, Jacob Wallenberg, do hereby appoint Carol Crofoot
Hayes, Gloria K. Bowden, David R. Bucey, Gabriel Dumitrescu and Anita Jane
Kamenz, each acting individually, my true and lawful attorneys for me and in
my
name for the purpose of:
(1) executing
on my behalf any Form ID for the application for access codes to the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission's EDGAR® System or any successor system, any
Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership of Securities on Form 3, any Statement
of Changes in Beneficial Ownership of Securities on Form 4, any Annual Statement
of Changes in Beneficial Ownership of Securities on Form 5 and any
additional forms which may be promulgated pursuant to Section 16 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any amendments thereto, in
connection with my transactions in shares of The Coca-Cola Company common stock
and causing such forms to be filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission, the New York Stock Exchange and/or any other appropriate stock
exchange; and
(2) taking
any other action in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of
any
of such attorneys-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or
legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the forms
executed by any of such attorneys-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant
to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms
and
conditions as any of such attorneys-in-fact may approve in their
discretion.
The
undersigned acknowledges
that:
(1) the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of
the
undersigned, are not assuming any of the undersigned's responsibilities to
comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
(2) this
Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, any of the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact to act in their discretion on information provided to such
attorneys-in-fact without independent verification of such
information.
The
undersigned hereby grants to each of the foregoing attorneys-in-fact full power
and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary or appropriate to be done in the exercise of any of the
rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that any of such attorneys-in-fact, shall lawfully do or cause
to
be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney.
This
Power of Attorney shall remain in effect until revoked in writing by the
undersigned.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set
my hand this 21st day of December, 2007.
/s/
Jacob Wallenberg
Jacob
Wallenberg
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