Item 8.01
Other Events.
On May 25, 2017, The Coca-Cola Company (the Company) completed a public offering of $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 2.200% Notes due 2022 and $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 2.900% Notes due 2027 (collectively, the Notes).
The offering of the Notes was made pursuant to the Companys shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-214273) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) on October 27, 2016, as amended by Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 filed with the SEC on May 22, 2017.
In connection with the offering of the Notes, the Company entered into an Underwriting Agreement, dated May 22, 2017 (the Underwriting Agreement), between the Company and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Santander Investment Securities Inc., as representatives of the several underwriters named therein (together, the Underwriters). Pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, the Company agreed to sell the Notes to the Underwriters, and the Underwriters agreed to purchase the Notes for resale to the public. The Underwriting Agreement includes customary representations, warranties and covenants by the Company. It also provides for customary indemnification by each of the Company and the Underwriters against certain liabilities and customary contribution provisions in respect of those liabilities.
The Notes were issued under an Amended and Restated Indenture, dated as of April 26, 1988 (as supplemented, the Indenture), between the Company and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as successor to Bankers Trust Company, as trustee, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February 24, 1992, and the Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 1, 2007, between the Company and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as successor to Bankers Trust Company, as trustee.
The Underwriting Agreement, the Indenture and the respective forms of global note for the offering are filed as exhibits to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated herein by reference.