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**MARIA      ELENA (MEL) LAGOMASINO CHOOSES NOT TO STAND**

 

**FOR      REELECTION TO COCA-COLA BOARD OF DIRECTORS**

 

**ATLANTA****,****Nov. 30, 2005****--** The Coca-Cola      Company said today that Director Maria Elena (Mel) Lagomasino, who was recently      named Chief Executive Officer of an affiliate of SunTrust Banks, Inc., has      informed the Company that she will be unable to stand for reelection to The      Coca-Cola Company’s Board of Directors. Her decision follows her new employer’s      request that she not serve as a Director of the Company having taken an      executive position with Asset Management Advisors, a SunTrust affiliate.       Ms. Lagomasino’s term will expire at the Company’s Annual Meeting of Shareowners      on April 19, 2006.

 

Ms.      Lagomasino commented, “It is with the greatest regret that I have taken this      action, which I believe appropriate, as a result of my new leadership position      at Asset Management Advisors.  I firmly believe that The Coca-Cola Company      is on the right course to build future success, and I wish Neville Isdell and      his executive team well as they continue to drive forward the Company’s      strategy.”

           

            Neville Isdell, chairman and chief executive officer, said, “We are      extremely grateful to Mel for her service to our Company. We have certainly      benefited from her wise counsel and perspectives, and we will miss her positive      impact on our Company. We wish Mel much success in the next stage of her career;      she will always have many supporters here at Coca-Cola.”

 

Ms.      Lagomasino has served as a Director of The Coca-Cola Company since February      2003. 

 

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                 The Coca-Cola Company is the world's largest beverage company.  Along      with      Coca‑Cola, recognized as the world's most valuable brand, the Company markets      four of the world's top five soft drink brands, including Diet Coke, Fanta      and      Sprite, and a wide range of other beverages, including diet and light soft      drinks, waters, juices and juice drinks, teas, coffees and sports drinks.       Through the world's largest beverage distribution system, consumers in more      than      200 countries enjoy the Company's beverages at a rate exceeding 1 billion      servings each day.  For more information about The Coca‑Cola Company,      please visit our website at www.coca‑cola.com.

 

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