The Coca-Cola Company Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

OPERATING SEGMENTS

OPERATING SEGMENTS

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

Operations, Reportable Information, by Operating Segment

As of December 31, 2018, our organizational structure consisted of the following operating segments: Europe, Middle East and Africa; Latin America; North America; Asia Pacific; and Bottling Investments. Our operating structure also included Corporate, which consists of two components: (1) a center focused on strategic initiatives, policy and governance, and (2) an enabling services organization focused on both simplifying and standardizing key transactional processes and providing support to business units through global centers of excellence.

Segment Products and Services

The business of our Company is nonalcoholic beverages. Our geographic operating segments (Europe, Middle East and Africa; Latin America; North America; and Asia Pacific) derive a majority of their revenues from the manufacture and sale of beverage concentrates and syrups and, in some cases, the sale of finished beverages. Our Bottling Investments operating segment is composed of our Company-owned or consolidated bottling operations, with the exception of those that are classified as discontinued operations, regardless of the geographic location of the bottler. Our Bottling Investments operating segment also includes equity income from the majority of our equity method investments. Company-owned or consolidated bottling operations derive the majority of their revenues from the sale of finished beverages. Generally, finished product operations produce higher net operating revenues but lower gross profit margins compared to concentrate operations. Refer to Note 3.

The following table sets forth the percentage of total net operating revenues related to concentrate operations and finished product operations:



Year Ended December 31,	2018		2017		2016
Concentrate operations	64	%	51	%	40	%
Finished product operations	36		49		60
Total	100	%	100	%	100	%

Method of Determining Segment Income or Loss

Management evaluates the performance of our operating segments separately to individually monitor the different factors affecting financial performance. Our Company manages income taxes from continuing operations and certain treasury-related items, such as interest income and expense, on a global basis within Corporate. We evaluate segment performance based on income or loss from continuing operations before income taxes.

Geographic Data

The following table provides information related to our net operating revenues (in millions):



Year Ended December 31,	2018		2017		2016
United States	$	11,344	$	14,727	$	19,899
International	20,512		20,683		21,964
Net operating revenues	$	31,856	$	35,410	$	41,863

The following table provides information related to our property, plant and equipment — net (in millions):



Year Ended December 31,	2018		2017		2016
United States	$	4,154	$	4,163	$	6,784
International	4,078		4,040		3,851
Property, plant and equipment — net	$	8,232	$	8,203	$	10,635

Information about our Company's continuing operations by operating segment and Corporate as of and for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, is as follows (in millions):



	Europe, Middle East & Africa		Latin America			North America			Asia Pacific			Bottling Investments				Corporate			Eliminations			Consolidated
2018
Net operating revenues:
Third party	$	7,138	$	3,975		$	11,505		$	4,809		$	3,760			$	105		$	—		$	31,292
Intersegment	564		39			263			388			11				—			(701		)	564		⁴
Total net operating revenues	7,702		4,014			11,768			5,197			3,771				105			(701		)	31,856
Operating income (loss)	3,714		2,321			2,453			2,278			(649		)		(1,417		)	—			8,700
Interest income	—		—			70			—			—				612			—			682
Interest expense	—		—			—			—			—				919			—			919
Depreciation and amortization	85		30			422			58			239				252			—			1,086
Equity income (loss) — net	2		(19		)	(2		)	12			828				187			—			1,008
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes	3,406		2,247			2,494			2,305			(612		)		(1,490		)	—			8,350
Identifiable operating assets¹	7,985		1,715			17,913			1,999		²	4,135			²	22,649			—			56,396		⁵
Investments³	789		784			400			216			14,367				3,718			—			20,274
Capital expenditures	77		90			429			31			316				404			—			1,347
2017
Net operating revenues:
Third party	$	7,332	$	3,956		$	8,796		$	4,767		$	10,379			$	138		$	—		$	35,368
Intersegment	42		73			1,954			409			81				—			(2,517		)	42		⁴
Total net operating revenues	7,374		4,029			10,750			5,176			10,460				138			(2,517		)	35,410
Operating income (loss)	3,625		2,218			2,591			2,147			(962		)		(2,020		)	—			7,599
Interest income	—		—			44			—			—				633			—			677
Interest expense	—		—			—			—			—				841			—			841
Depreciation and amortization	91		37			411			65			454				202			—			1,260
Equity income (loss) — net	48		(3		)	(3		)	11			878				140			—			1,071
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes	3,706		2,211			2,320			2,179			(2,358		)		(1,316		)	—			6,742
Identifiable operating assets¹	5,475		1,896			17,619			2,072		²	4,493			²	27,060			—			58,615		⁵
Investments³	1,238		891			112			177			15,998				3,536			—			21,952
Capital expenditures	81		55			541			50			662				286			—			1,675
2016
Net operating revenues:
Third party	$	7,014	$	3,746		$	6,587		$	4,788		$	19,601			$	127		$	—		$	41,863
Intersegment	264		73			3,738			506			134				5			(4,720		)	—
Total net operating revenues	7,278		3,819			10,325			5,294			19,735				132			(4,720		)	41,863
Operating income (loss)	3,668		1,953			2,614			2,210			1				(1,789		)	—			8,657
Interest income	—		—			27			—			—				615			—			642
Interest expense	—		—			—			—			—				733			—			733
Depreciation and amortization	93		35			426			80			1,013				140			—			1,787
Equity income (loss) — net	62		18			(17		)	9			648				115			—			835
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes	3,749		1,966			2,592			2,238			(1,955		)		(454		)	—			8,136
Capital expenditures	62		45			438			107			1,329				281			—			2,262


¹	Principally cash and cash equivalents, short-term investments, marketable securities, trade accounts receivable, inventories, goodwill, trademarks and other intangible assets, and property, plant and equipment — net.


²	Property, plant and equipment — net in India represented 10 percent and 11 percent of consolidated property, plant and equipment — net in 2018 and 2017, respectively.


³	Principally equity method investments and other investments in bottling companies.


⁴	Intersegment revenues do not eliminate on a consolidated basis in the table above due to intercompany sales to our discontinued operations.


⁵	Identifiable operating assets excludes $6,546 million and $7,329 million of assets held for sale — discontinued operations as of December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively.

During 2018, 2017 and 2016, our operating segments and Corporate were impacted by acquisition and divestiture activities. Refer to Note 2.

In 2018, the results of our operating segments and Corporate were impacted by the following items:

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Operating income (loss) and income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes were reduced by $4 million for Latin America, $175 million for North America, $31 million for Bottling Investments and $237 million for Corporate, and increased by $3 million for Europe, Middle East and Africa and $4 million for Asia Pacific due to the Company's productivity and reinvestment program, including refinements to prior period accruals. In addition, income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes was reduced by $64 million for Corporate and $4 million for Latin America due to pension settlements related to the Company's productivity and reinvestment program. Refer to Note 14 and Note 19.


•	Operating income (loss) and income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes were reduced by $450 million for Bottling Investments due to asset impairment charges. Refer to Note 17.


•	Operating income (loss) and income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes were reduced by $139 million for Bottling Investments due to costs incurred to refranchise certain of our bottling operations.


•	Operating income (loss) and income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes were reduced by $33 million for Corporate due to tax litigation expense. Refer to Note 12.


•	Operating income (loss) and income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes were reduced by $19 million for Corporate related to noncapitalizable transaction costs associated with pending and closed transactions.


•	Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes was reduced by $476 million for Bottling Investments due to the refranchising of certain bottling territories in North America. Refer to Note 2.


•	Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes was reduced by $334 million for Europe, Middle East and Africa, $205 million for Bottling Investments and $52 million for Latin America due to other-than-temporary impairment charges related to certain of our equity method investees. Refer to Note 17.


•	Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes was reduced by $278 million for Corporate related to realized and unrealized gains and losses on equity securities and trading debt securities as well as realized gains and losses on available-for-sale debt securities. Refer to Note 4.


•	Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes was reduced by $124 million for Bottling Investments and increased by $13 million for Corporate due to the Company's proportionate share of significant operating and nonoperating items recorded by certain of our equity method investees.


•	Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes was reduced by $149 million for Bottling Investments due to pension settlements related to the refranchising of North America bottling operations. Refer to Note 14.


•	Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes was reduced by $79 million for Corporate related to economic hedging activity associated with the purchase of Costa, which we acquired on January 3, 2019. Refer to Note 6 and Note 22.


•	Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes was reduced by $34 million for North America primarily related to payments made to convert the bottling agreements for certain North America bottling partners' territories to a single form of CBA with additional requirements. Refer to Note 2.


•	Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes was reduced by $33 million for Bottling Investments primarily due to the reversal of the cumulative translation adjustments resulting from the substantial liquidation of the Company's former Russian juice operations.


•	Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes was reduced by $32 million for Corporate related to acquiring a controlling interest in the Philippine bottling operations. Refer to Note 2.


•	Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes was increased by $296 million for Corporate related to the sale of our equity ownership in Lindley. Refer to Note 2.


•	Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes was increased by $47 million for Corporate related to the refranchising of our Latin American bottling operations. Refer to Note 2.


•	Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes was increased by $27 million for Corporate related to a net gain on the extinguishment of long-term debt. Refer to Note 11.

In 2017, the results of our operating segments and Corporate were impacted by the following items:

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Operating income (loss) and income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes were reduced by $26 million for Europe, Middle East and Africa, $7 million for Latin America, $241 million for North America, $10 million for Asia Pacific, $57 million for Bottling Investments and $193 million for Corporate due to the Company's productivity and reinvestment program. Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes was also reduced by $116 million for Corporate due to pension settlements related to the Company's productivity and reinvestment program. Refer to Note 14 and Note 19.


•	Operating income (loss) and income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes were reduced by $737 million for Bottling Investments and $34 million for Corporate due to asset impairment charges. Refer to Note 17.


•	Operating income (loss) was reduced by $280 million and income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes was reduced by $419 million for Bottling Investments due to costs incurred to refranchise certain of our bottling operations. Refer to Note 2.


•	Operating income (loss) and income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes were reduced by $225 million for Corporate as a result of a cash contribution we made to The Coca-Cola Foundation.


•	Operating income (loss) and income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes were reduced by $67 million for Corporate due to tax litigation expense. Refer to Note 12.


•	Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes was reduced by $4 million for Europe, Middle East and Africa, $2 million for North America, $70 million for Bottling Investments and $16 million for Corporate due to the Company's proportionate share of significant operating and nonoperating items recorded by certain of our equity method investees.


•	Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes was reduced by $2,140 million for Bottling Investments due to the refranchising of certain bottling territories in North America. Refer to Note 2.


•	Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes was increased by $445 million for Corporate due to a gain recognized resulting from the merger of CCW and CCEJ. Refer to Note 18.


•	Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes was reduced by $313 million for North America primarily related to payments made to convert the bottling agreements for certain North America bottling partners' territories to a single form of CBA with additional requirements. Refer to Note 2.


•	Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes was increased by $150 million for Corporate related to the remeasurement of our previously held equity interests in CCBA and its South African subsidiary to fair value. Refer to Note 2.


•	Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes was increased by $88 million for Corporate due to a gain recognized upon refranchising our China bottling operations and selling a related cost method investment. Refer to Note 2.


•	Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes was reduced by $50 million for Corporate due to an other-than-temporary impairment charge related to one of our international equity method investees. Refer to Note 17.


•	Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes was reduced by $38 million for Corporate due to the early extinguishment of long-term debt. Refer to Note 11.


•	Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes was reduced by $26 million for Corporate due to a charge related to our former German bottling operations.


•	Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes was increased by $25 million for Corporate due to Coca‑Cola FEMSA, an equity method investee, issuing additional shares of its stock during the period at a per share amount greater than the carrying value of the Company's per share investment. Refer to Note 17.

In 2016, the results of our operating segments and Corporate were impacted by the following items:

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Operating income (loss) and income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes were reduced by $32 million for Europe, Middle East and Africa, $134 million for North America, $1 million for Asia Pacific, $322 million for Bottling Investments and $105 million for Corporate and increased by $2 million for Latin America due to the Company's productivity and reinvestment program, including refinements to prior period accruals. Refer to Note 19.


•	Operating income (loss) was reduced by $276 million and income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes was reduced by $297 million for Bottling Investments due to costs incurred to refranchise certain of our bottling operations. Refer to Note 2.


•	Operating income (loss) and income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes were reduced by $200 million for Corporate as a result of cash contributions to The Coca-Cola Foundation.


•	Operating income (loss) and income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes were reduced by $153 million for Bottling Investments due to impairment charges recorded on certain of the Company's intangible assets.


•	Operating income (loss) and income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes were reduced by $76 million for Latin America due to the write-down we recorded related to our receivables from our bottling partner in Venezuela due to changes in exchange rates. Refer to Note 1.


•	Operating income (loss) and income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes were reduced by $9 million for Bottling Investments and $32 million for Corporate related to noncapitalizable transaction costs associated with pending and closed transactions.


•	Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes was reduced by $118 million for Bottling Investments due to pension settlement charges primarily as a result of our refranchising activities. Refer to Note 14.


•	Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes was reduced by $52 million for Bottling Investments and $9 million for Corporate due to the Company's proportionate share of significant operating and nonoperating items recorded by certain of our equity method investees.


•	Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes was reduced by $2,456 million for Bottling Investments primarily due to the refranchising of certain bottling territories in North America. Refer to Note 2.


•	Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes was increased by $1,323 million for Corporate as a result of the deconsolidation of our German bottling operations. Refer to Note 2.


•	Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes was reduced by $72 million for Corporate as a result of remeasuring our net monetary assets denominated in Egyptian pounds. Refer to Note 18.


•	Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes was reduced by $31 million for North America related to payments made to convert the bottling agreements for certain North America bottling partners' territories to a single form of CBA with additional requirements. Refer to Note 2.