UNITED
STATES


SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION


Washington,
D.C. 20549








FORM
8-K





CURRENT
REPORT





Pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of


the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934





Date of
Report (Date of earliest event reported):  July 22, 2009













(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)








Delaware
              (State
      or other
              jurisdiction
              of
      incorporation)
            001-02217
              (Commission
              File
      Number)
            58-0628465
              (IRS
      Employer
              Identification
      No.)











One
      Coca-Cola Plaza
              Atlanta,
      Georgia
              (Address
      of principal executive offices)
            
            30313
              (Zip
      Code)








Registrant's
telephone number, including area code: (404) 676-2121





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Item
5.02.  Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of
Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
Officers.





On July 22, 2009, the Board of
Directors of The Coca-Cola Company (the “Company”) elected Kathy N. Waller as
controller of the Company, effective August 1, 2009.  Ms. Waller, a
vice president of the Company, will continue to serve as chief of internal
audits of the Company through July 31, 2009.





Ms.
Waller, 51, joined the Company in 1987 as a senior accountant in the Accounting
Research Department.  In 1990, she became principal accountant for the
Northeast Europe/Africa Group and, in 1991, she became marketing controller for
the McDonald’s Group.  From 1996 to 1998, Ms. Waller served as
financial services manager for the Africa Group and The Minute Maid
Company.  She served as director of Financial Reporting from 1998
until July 2004 when she was appointed chief of internal audits.  Ms.
Waller was elected vice president of the Company in December 2005.





A copy of
the Company’s press release regarding this announcement and other related
matters is attached to this report as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by
reference.








Item
9.01                                Financial
Statements and Exhibits.





(d)
            Exhibits





Exhibit
      99.1
            Press
      Release of The Coca-Cola Company
              dated
      July 23, 2009.

















SIGNATURES





Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
duly authorized.








THE
      COCA-COLA COMPANY
              (REGISTRANT)Date:  July
      28, 2009
            By:   /s/
       Geoffrey J. Kelly
              Geoffrey J. Kelly
              Senior Vice
President
              and General Counsel













EXHIBIT
INDEX








Exhibit No.
            DescriptionExhibit
      99.1
            Press
      Release of The Coca-Cola Company
              dated
      July 23, 2009.