11-K: Annual report of employee stock purchase, savings and similar plans
Published on June 30, 2008
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.
20549
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FORM 11-K
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þ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT
TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
1934
For the fiscal year ended December
31, 2007
OR
o 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
CARIBBEAN REFRESCOS,
INC. THRIFT PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
(Full title of the plan)

(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)
Atlanta, Georgia 30313
(Address of the plan and address of issuer's principal executive offices)
CARIBBEAN
REFRESCOS, INC.
THRIFT
PLAN
Financial Statements and Supplemental
Schedule
As of December 31, 2007 and 2006
and for the Year Ended December 31, 2007
with Report of Independent Registered
Public Accounting Firm
CARIBBEAN REFRESCOS, INC. THRIFT PLAN
Financial Statements and Supplemental Schedule
As of December 31, 2007 and 2006
and for the Year Ended December 31, 2007
Table of Contents
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Page
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Report of
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
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1
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Statements of Net
Assets Available for Benefits
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2
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Statement of Changes
in Net Assets Available for Benefits
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3
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Notes to Financial
Statements
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4
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Supplemental Schedule
Schedule H, line 4i
– Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)
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10
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BANKS, FINLEY,
WHITE & CO.
CERTIFIED PUBLIC
ACCOUNTANTS
To the Thrift Plan Committee of
Caribbean Refrescos, Inc.
Caribbean
Refrescos, Inc.
Cidra, Puerto
Rico
Report of Independent
Registered Public Accounting Firm
We have
audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits of the
Caribbean Refrescos, Inc. Thrift Plan (the “Plan”) as of December 31, 2007
and 2006 and the related statement of changes in net assets available for
benefits for the year then ended December 31, 2007. 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 standards of the Public Company Accounting
Oversight Board (United States). 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 Plan as of
December 31, 2007 and 2006 and the changes in net assets available for
benefits for the year ended December 31, 2007, in conformity with U.S.
generally accepted accounting principles.
Our audits
were performed for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic financial
statements taken as a whole. The supplemental schedule of assets held at
end of year is presented for purposes of additional analysis and is not a
required part of the basic financial statements but is 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. This
supplemental schedule is the responsibility of the Plan’s management. The
supplemental schedule has been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in
the audit of the basic financial statements and, in our opinion, is fairly
stated in all material respects in relation to the basic financial statements
taken as a whole.
/s/ BANKS,
FINLEY, WHITE & CO.
June 26, 2008
College Park, Georgia
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CARIBBEAN REFRESCOS, INC. THRIFT
PLAN
Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits
December 31, 2007 and
2006
2007
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2006
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ASSETS
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Investments
(Notes 3 and 4)
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$ | 30,501,511 | $ | 24,670,169 | ||||
NET
ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS
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$ | 30,501,511 | $ | 24,670,169 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the
financial statements.
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CARIBBEAN REFRESCOS, INC. THRIFT PLAN
Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for
Benefits
Year Ended December 31, 2007
Additions to net assets
attributed to:
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Investment
income:
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Net appreciation in fair value of investment (Note 3)
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$ 5,137,881
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Dividend income from common stock
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518,287
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Interest and dividend income
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281,589
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Total
investment income
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5,937,757
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Contributions:
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Employer
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566,994
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Participants
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1,351,598
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Total contributions
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1,918,592
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Total
additions
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7,856,349
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Deductions from net assets
attributed to:
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Distributions to
Participants
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2,010,845
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Administrative
expenses
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14,162
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Total deductions
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2,025,007
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Net increase in net
assets available for benefits
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5,831,342
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Net assets available
for benefits, beginning of year
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24,670,169
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NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS, END OF YEAR
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$30,501,511
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The
accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial
statements.
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CARIBBEAN REFRESCOS, INC. THRIFT PLAN
Notes to Financial
Statements
December 31, 2007 and
2006
Note 1 – Description of
Plan
The following description of the Caribbean Refrescos, Inc. Thrift Plan
(the “Plan”) provides only general information. Participants should refer
to the Summary Plan Description for a more complete description of the Plan’s
provisions.
General
The Plan is a defined contribution pension plan covering a majority of
the employees of Caribbean Refrescos, Inc. (the “Company”), a wholly owned
subsidiary of The Coca‑Cola Company. Eligible employees may begin
participating in the Plan after reaching age 18 and completing three months of
service. The Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”).
Contributions
The election to contribute to the Plan by employees (“Participants”) is
voluntary. Participant contributions are in the form of payroll deductions
with the Company currently making a matching contribution equal to 100% of the
first 3% of compensation contributed by a Participant subject to certain
limitations imposed by the Puerto Rico Internal Revenue Code of 1994 (the
“Code”).
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. Participants may contribute up to 13% (10% on a
“Before-Tax” basis) of their annual compensation to the Plan, subject to certain
limitation imposed by the Code. For 2007, the maximum “Before-Tax” annual
contribution amount was $8,000. Participants are allowed to roll over
account balances from other qualified retirement plans or Individual Retirement
Accounts into the Plan. Effective May 16, 2006, the Plan was amended to
allow participants who are age 50 or older by the end of the year to make
additional “Catch-Up” contributions within limits imposed by the
Code.
All contributions are paid to a
trustee and are invested as directed by Participants and the Company.
Participants may direct their contributions into The Coca-Cola Company Stock
Fund and 26 mutual and collective trust funds with various investment objectives
and strategies.
Effective March 30, 2007, the Plan was amended to permit participants to
direct the investment of employer contributions to any investment option under
the Plan, including The Coca-Cola Company Common Stock Fund, and to redirect
their investment in The Coca-Cola Company Common Stock Fund attributable to
employer contributions to other investment options under the Plan. Prior
to March 30, 2007, employer contributions were invested entirely in The
Coca-Cola Company Common Stock Fund.
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CARIBBEAN REFRESCOS,
INC. THRIFT PLAN
Notes to Financial Statements
(Continued)
Note 1 – Description of
Plan (Continued)
Valuation of
Participant Accounts
Participant account balances are valued based upon the number of shares
or units of each investment fund credited to Participant accounts. The
shares and units are revalued on a daily basis to reflect earnings and other
transactions. Participant account balances are updated on a daily basis to
reflect transactions affecting account balances.
Participant
Loans
Participants may borrow from their account balances subject to certain
limitations. Participant loans may be taken from a combination of
“Before-Tax”, “After-Tax” and rollover account balances.
The following applies to Participant 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 amount that a
Participant may borrow is the lesser of 50% of their account balance or $1,000.
(c) The loan interest rate is
the prime rate (as published in The Wall Street Journal at
the inception of the loan) plus 1%.
(d) The loan repayment period is one to five years for a general purpose loan
and one to 15 years for a loan used to purchase or build a principal
residence.
Payment of
Benefits
Generally, payments from the Plan are made in a single lump sum upon a
Participant’s retirement, termination or disability. However, if a
Participant dies, the surviving spouse or other designated beneficiary may
choose to receive payment from the Plan in up to 10 annual installments.
Participants may elect to receive in-service withdrawals from their After-Tax
account balances.
Administration
The Company is the named plan administrator as defined in ERISA Section
3(16)(A). However, the Thrift Plan Committee of Caribbean Refrescos, Inc.
(the “Committee”), on behalf of the Company and as designated in the Plan
document, has substantial control of and discretion over the administration of
the Plan.
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CARIBBEAN REFRESCOS,
INC. THRIFT PLAN
Notes to Financial Statements
(Continued)
Note 1 – Description of
Plan (Continued)
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 document approved by 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 Participant account
balances, either in the form of lump-sum distributions, installment
payments, or any other form selected by the Committee.
Note 2 – Summary of
Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of
Accounting
The financial statements of the Plan are presented on the accrual basis
of accounting.
Use of
Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally
accepted accounting principles requires Plan management to make estimates that
affect certain reported amounts and disclosures. Accordingly, actual
results may differ from those estimates.
Valuation of
Investments
All investments are stated at fair value. The investments in common
stock of The Coca-Cola Company and the mutual funds are determined at the quoted
prices in active markets at the last reported sales price on the last business
day of the Plan year. Investments in collective trust funds are stated at
fair value, based on quoted redemption values as determined by the investment
manager. Participant loans are valued based upon remaining unpaid principal plus
any accrued but unpaid interest.
Administrative
Expenses
Certain administrative expenses were paid by the
Plan, as permitted by the Plan document. All other administrative expenses
were paid by the Company.
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CARIBBEAN REFRESCOS,
INC. THRIFT PLAN
Notes to Financial Statements
(Continued)
Note 3 –
Investments
The
fair value of investments at December 31 is as
follows:
2007
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2006
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Participant-directed
investments
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$ | 30,501,511 | $ | 12,281,645 | ||||
Nonparticipant-directed
investments
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- | 12,388,524 | ||||||
$ | 30,501,511 | $ | 24,670,169 |
The fair
value of individual investments that represent 5% or more of the Plan’s net
assets at December 31 is as follows:
2007
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2006
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Common
stock of The Coca-Cola Company
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$ | 22,821,539 | $ | 18,794,437 | ||||
Merrill
Lynch Government Fund
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1,689,356 | - | ||||||
AIM
Money Market Fund
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- | 2,011,631 |
Investments in common stock of The
Coca-Cola Company include both participant-directed and nonparticipant-directed
investments as of December 31, 2006. Effective March 30, 2007, this
investment became participant-directed. Refer to Note 1.
During 2007, the
Plan’s investments (including investments purchased, sold, as well as held
during the year) appreciated in fair value as follows:
Year
Ended
December 31, 2007
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Net
appreciation in fair value of investments (as determined by quoted market
prices):
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Common
stock of The Coca-Cola Company
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$ | 5,026,020 | ||
Mutual
funds
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100,719 | |||
5,126,739 | ||||
Net
appreciation in fair value of investments (as determined by the investment
manager):
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Collective
trust funds
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11,142 | |||
Net
appreciation in fair value of investments
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$ | 5,137,881 |
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CARIBBEAN
REFRESCOS, INC. THRIFT PLAN
Notes to Financial Statements
(Continued)
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,
2007
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December
31,
2006
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Net
assets, at fair value:
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The Coca-Cola Company Stock
Fund
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$ | - | $ | 12,388,524 | ||||
Year
Ended December
31, 2007
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Changes
in net assets:
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Contributions
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$ | 156,431 | ||||||
Dividends
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132,437 | |||||||
Net
depreciation
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(126,679 | ) | ||||||
Distributions to
Participants
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(147,602 | ) | ||||||
Transfers to other investment
funds, net
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(312 | ) | ||||||
Administrative
expenses
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(1,198 | ) | ||||||
Transfer
to participant-directed accounts
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(12,401,601 | ) | ||||||
Net
decrease
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$ | (12,388,524 | ) |
Note 5 – Transactions with Party-in-Interest
The Plan received
dividends on common stock of The Coca-Cola Company in 2007 of $518,287.
During 2007, the Plan sold 17,654 shares of common stock of The
Coca-Cola Company for proceeds of $1,041,400, resulting in a gain of $611,026
based on historical cost. The Plan held 371,868 and 389,522 shares of
common stock of The Coca‑Cola Company as of December 31, 2007 and 2006,
respectively, with a fair value of $22,821,539 and $18,794,437, respectively.
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CARIBBEAN REFRESCOS,
INC. THRIFT PLAN
Notes to Financial Statements
(Continued)
Note 6 – Risk and
Uncertainties
The Plan invests in various investment securities. Investment
securities are exposed to various risks such as interest rate, market, and
credit risks. Due to the level of risk associated with certain investment
securities, it is at least reasonably possible that changes in the values of
investment securities will occur in the near term and that such changes could
materially affect Participants’ account balances and the amounts reported in the
statement of net assets available benefits.
Note 7 – Income Tax
Status
The Plan qualifies under Sections 165(a) and 165(e) of the Puerto Rico
Income Tax Act of 1954 (the “Act”), as amended, (for applicable tax years) and
Sections 1165(a) and 1165(e) of the Puerto Rico Internal Revenue Code of 1994,
as amended, (for applicable tax years) and is, therefore, not subject to tax
under present income tax laws. Once qualified, the Plan is required to
operate in conformity with the applicable tax requirements to maintain its
qualification. The Plan obtained a determination letter on October 19,
1990, in which the Puerto Rico Department of the Treasury ruled that the Plan,
as then designed, was in compliance with the applicable requirements of the Act.
The Plan has been amended subsequent to receiving this determination
letter. The Plan obtained letters on October 22, 1998 and September 27,
2000, in which the Puerto Rico Department of the Treasury ruled that the
amendments do not affect the qualified status of the Plan. The Committee
believes that the Plan is being operated in compliance with the applicable
requirements of the Code and, therefore believes that the Plan is qualified and
the related trust is tax-exempt.
Note 8 – New Accounting
Standard
In September 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued SFAS
157, “Fair Value Measurements.” SFAS 157 defines fair value, establishes a
framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosure requirements about
fair value measurements. SFAS 157 is effective for fiscal years beginning
after November 15, 2007. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of
adopting SFAS 157 and does not expect the adoption to have a material impact on
the Plan’s financial statements.
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CARIBBEAN
REFRESCOS, INC. THRIFT PLAN
EIN: 66-0276572 PN: 001
Schedule
H, line 4i - Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)
December 31, 2007
(b) Identity of issue, |
(c)
Description of investment
including maturity date,
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borrower,
lessor or
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rate
of interest, collateral,
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(e)
Current
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(a)
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similar
party
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par,
or maturity value
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value
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Short-Term
Investment:
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*
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Banco
Popular
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Time
Deposit Open Account
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$ 896,041
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Common
Stock:
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*
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The
Coca-Cola Company
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Common
stock
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22,821,539
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Mutual
Funds:
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AIM
Advisors, Inc.
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Dynamics
Fund
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780,912
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AIM
Advisors, Inc.
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Basic
Balanced Fund
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267,010
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AIM
Advisors, Inc.
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Income
Fund
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201,870
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AIM
Advisors, Inc.
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Intermediate
Government Fund
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471,902
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AIM
Advisors, Inc.
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Large
Cap Growth Fund
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743,278
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AIM
Advisors, Inc.
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Global
Growth Fund
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392,574
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AIM
Advisors, Inc.
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Basic
Value Fund
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297,836
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Dodge
& Cox
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Income
Fund
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102,609
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Dodge
& Cox
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International
Stock Fund
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15,108
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Janus
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Mid
Cap Value Fund
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273,082
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Janus
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Overseas
Fund
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81,631
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Merrill
Lynch
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Government
Fund
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1,689,356
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T
Rowe Price
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Equity
Index 500 Fund
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57
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T
Rowe Price
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Retirement
Income Fund
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120
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T
Rowe Price
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Retirement
2005 Fund
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115
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CARIBBEAN
REFRESCOS, INC. THRIFT PLAN
EIN: 66-0276572 PN: 001
Schedule
H, line 4i - Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)
December 31, 2007
(a)
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(b)
Identity of issue,
borrower,
lessor or
similar
party
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(c)
Description of investment
including maturity date.
rate
of interest, collateral,
par,
or maturity value
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(e)
Current
value
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Mutual
Funds (continued):
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T
Rowe Price
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Retirement
2010 Fund
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242,645
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T
Rowe Price
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Retirement
2015 Fund
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114
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||||||
T
Rowe Price
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Retirement
2020 Fund
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788
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||||||
T
Rowe Price
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Retirement
2025 Fund
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57
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||||||
T
Rowe Price
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Retirement
2030 Fund
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67
|
||||||
T
Rowe Price
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Retirement
2035 Fund
|
70
|
||||||
T
Rowe Price
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Retirement
2040 Fund
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69
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||||||
T
Rowe Price
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Retirement
2045 Fund
|
69
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||||||
T
Rowe Price
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Retirement
2050 Fund
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69
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Total
Mutual Funds
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5,561,408
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Collective
Trust Funds:
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INVESCO
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Structured
Small Cap Value Equity Trust
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258,691
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||||||
INVESCO
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International
Equity Trust
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429,751
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Total
Collective Trust Funds
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688,442
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Participant
Loans:
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*
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Participants
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Loans
with interest rates ranging from
|
||||||
5.0%
to 10.5%. Maturities through 2015.
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534,081
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Total
Assets (Held at End of Year)
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$
30,501,511
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*
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Party-in-interest
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Note:
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Column
(d) cost is not required as all investments are
participant-directed.
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11
SIGNATURES
The Plan. Pursuant to
the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Thrift Plan
Committee of Caribbean Refrescos, Inc. has duly caused this annual report to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
CARIBBEAN
REFRESCOS, INC. THRIFT PLAN
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(Name of Plan)
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By:
/s/ Cándido Collazo
Cándido Collazo Chairman, Thrift Plan Committee of Caribbean Refrescos, Inc. |
Date: June 27,
2008
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
No
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Description
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23
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Consent of
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
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