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The Board of Directors of The Coca-Cola Company Elects Robert A. Kotick as Director

ATLANTA, Feb. 16, 2012 -- The Board of Directors of The Coca-Cola Company today elected Robert "Bobby" Kotick as a Director of the Company, effective immediately.
Kotick, 48, is President, Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Activision Blizzard, Inc., a global interactive entertainment software leader and the world's largest independent video game publisher. An entrepreneur in the interactive industry, Kotick purchased a stake in Activision in 1990, became CEO in 1991 and grew the company to its industry-leading position.

From 2003 to 2008, Kotick also served as a Director of Yahoo!, Inc., one of the most visited internet destinations worldwide. Kotick began his career in 1983 creating software for the Apple II.

"Bobby brings an entrepreneurial mindset and a high level of financial literacy and digital knowledge to our Company," said Muhtar Kent, Chairman and CEO of The Coca-Cola Company. "His global brand expertise and insight will be invaluable as we continue to grow our business and invest in enhancing our digital engagement with consumers and customers around the world."

As part of his election, Kotick was appointed to the Company's Management Development Committee.

Kotick is a member of the board of trustees for The Center for Early Education and The Harvard Westlake School, both located in Los Angeles. He also serves as Chairman of the Committee of Trustees at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and is the founder of the Call of Duty Endowment, which is dedicated to securing jobs for unemployed veterans.

About The Coca-Cola Company
The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) is the world's largest beverage company, refreshing consumers with more than 500 sparkling and still brands. Led by Coca-Cola, the world's most valuable brand, our Company's portfolio features 15 billion dollar brands including Diet Coke, Fanta, Sprite, Coca-Cola Zero, vitaminwater, Powerade, Minute Maid, Simply, Georgia and Del Valle. Globally, we are the No. 1 provider of sparkling beverages, ready-to-drink coffees, and juices and juice drinks. Through the world's largest beverage distribution system, consumers in more than 200 countries enjoy our beverages at a rate of 1.7 billion servings a day. With an enduring commitment to building sustainable communities, our Company is focused on initiatives that reduce our environmental footprint, support active, healthy living, create a safe, inclusive work environment for our associates, and enhance the economic development of the communities where we operate. Together with our bottling partners, we rank among the world's top 10 private employers with more than 700,000 system employees. For more information, please www.thecoca-colacompany.com or follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/CocaColaCo.

 

[Archer]

repost.

and he isn't a bad guy.

 

[Admiral Bone to Pick]

Time to take the fun out of drinking soda.

 

[Tomat]

How the fuck do you run Activision AND Coke?

Pepsi was always superior anyway. Fucking Coke DLC here we come.

 

[tc farks]

Coke > Pepsi

 

[Dishwalla]

What's so bad about him?

And more like time to switch to water. Soda's so fucking gross.

 

[Dead Prince]

drink Coke. get Carl on Duty Points to unlock 10X EXP all day everyday.

 

[PhoenixDark]

Vanilla Coke officially delayed "until it's done"

 

[Guevara]

Time to switch to searching before posting.

 

[theb0xmIke]

Coke to get some new textures and that it's?

 

[Lijik]

That is probably the best picture of Bobby I've ever seen.
Dude looks like a scheming devil usually

 

[FreeMufasa]

Koteck gettin' paaaaaaaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiid

 

[NH Apache]

Is anyone else reminded of Ancient Aliens dude with that pic?

 

[JGS]

How the fuck do you run Activision AND Coke?

Pepsi was always superior anyway. Fucking Coke DLC here we come.

He's on the board of directors. he just has to show up and vote on occasion and get paid handsomely for it.

Many board members of large companies are CEO's or executives of another company. You want the best of the best in those chairs P).

 

[Goldrusher]

repost.

Hmm. That's what you get after being banned for 3 whole months. Still not used to the return of the Search feature.

I used Google and "kotick coca site:neogaf.com" didn't have any results.

But you're right...
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=463425

 

[Jburton]

A strange looking being, very strange ........ almost uncanny valley, like a cgi version of a human.

Maybe the thing got off antartica after all.

 

[BlazingDarkness]

wat

 

[DrForester]

Bring back Vault you horrid company!

 

[Cipherr]

The safety net he plans to jump to after milking ACT's franchises to death is in place.

 

[RetroGreg]

Coke Elite Subscription incoming

 

[Slayven]

Bring back Surge you horrid company!

Fixed

 

[Venfayth]

Activision-Blizzard-Coca-Cola

 

[PinkCrayon]

Coke is way better, but maaaaaan Kotick must just swim in money.

 

[Broder Salsa]

Pepsi has always been superior anyway.

 

[-PXG-]

I almost spit my drink out.....

 

[SRG01]

I swear, we're going to get Coca-Cola DLC now...

 

[Zee-Row]

Will I have to pay DLC fees for vanilla Coke?

 

[SouthernDragon]

Hmmm. I wonder what his approach will be. You can't "exploit" Coke and run it into the ground...

 

[ReturnOfTheRAT]

Not worried. He wont change the great Coke formula.

 

[Dead Prince]

Not worried. He wont change the great Coke formula.

Don't worry. Every year a new can will come out and price will go up. same coke flavor. new c0ke can.

 

[RBH]

Pepsi has always been superior anyway.

You're a good man.

 

[GK86]

Wont ever drink coke again.

 

[Vano]

Pay 60 dollars a year for a pack of Coca Cola cans with characters from Blizzard and Call of Duty every month!

 

[Kccitystar]

I'm burning my coca cola shirt, effective immediately.

 

[OpinionatedCyborg]

hahahahahahha

I was not expecting that...

bobby will not be satisfied until he is ruling the earth.

 

[Dead Prince]

If Kotick and COD mean anything. You guys will be addicted to coke in a matter of seconds.

 

[Wiseblade]

Been drinking Pepsi for a while now, and I'm feeling pretty smug about it. When did Kotick Leave Acti-Blizz?

 

[FantasticMrFoxdie]

Not worried. He wont change the great Coke formula.

Yet, we will have a new Coke every year. HYPE.

 

[LoneWolf296]

Activision-Blizzard-Coca-Cola

A-B-C... whats next, Doritos?

How long til all of Activisions games have a mandated product placement in the programming?

 

[UrokeJoe]

I'm really getting this feeling of nothing is right in the world feeling...

 

[baekshi]

Same coke every year with expensive DLC?

 

[Plywood]

How the fuck...

 

[Deadstar]

**Breaking News** New CoD game in 2012 renamed Coke of Duty.

EA responds with Above and Beyond the Coke jab.

 

[Messypandas]

Cola Duty

 

[Wiseblade]

Hang on a second, he's doing both jobs at the same time? How is that even possible?!

 

[donkey show]

Get a Coke Season Pass!

 

[TangMeng]

Rumor has it Treyarch is developing new Coke as we speak.

 

[Alligatorjandro]

Pepsi dont taste no good.

 

[Huevos de Oro]

I, for one, welcome my new Kotick overlord.

 

[Dead Man]

Hang on a second, he's doing both jobs at the same time? How is that even possible?!

Being a director is basically making money for doing fuck all. You show up to meetings, rubber stamp a few things, then go play golf.