**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):


December
      11, 2007 (December 5,  2007)









(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
        December 6, 2007, The Coca-Cola
        Company (the “Company”) announced that Muhtar Kent, President and Chief
        Operating Officer of the Company, was elected Chief Executive Officer of
        the
        Company, effective July 1, 2008.  Mr. Kent will continue as
        President of the Company.  In addition, the Company announced that E.
        Neville Isdell, the Company’s current Chairman of the Board of Directors and
        Chief Executive Officer will remain Chairman of the Board of Directors
        until the Company’s Annual Meeting of Shareowners in April 2009.
 
 Mr.
        Kent, age 55, joined the Company in
        1978 and held a variety of marketing and operations roles throughout his
        career
        with the Company. In 1985, he was appointed General Manager of Coca-Cola
        Turkey
        and Central Asia. From 1989 to 1995, Mr. Kent served as President of the
        East Central Europe Division and Senior Vice President of Coca-Cola
        International. Between 1995 and 1998, he served as Managing Director of
        Coca-Cola Amatil Limited-Europe, and from 1999 until 2005, he served as
        President and Chief Executive Officer of Efes Beverage Group and as a board
        member of Coca-Cola Icecek. Mr. Kent rejoined the Company in May 2005
        as President, North Asia, Eurasia and Middle East Group, was appointed
        President, Coca-Cola International in January 2006 and was elected
        Executive Vice President in February 2006. He was elected to his current
        positions in December 2006.
 
 A
        copy of the Company’s press release
        making these announcements 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 December 6, 2007.













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:  December  11,
                  2007
              By:           /s/
                  David M.
                  Taggart
                David
                  M. Taggart
                Vice
                  President and
                  Treasurer










EXHIBIT
      INDEX




Exhibit
                  No.
              DescriptionExhibit
                  99.1
              Press
                  Release of The Coca-Cola Company dated December 6, 2007