The Coca- Cola Company’s 2013 annual report either using the “Investor Relations” portion of its web site (do a Web search for Coca- Cola investor relations) or go to www.sec.gov and click “Search for company filings” under “ Filings and Forms ( EDGAR).”

Required:
1. What does the company call its retained earnings? What was the amount at the end of 2013?
2. What was the balance of accumulated other comprehensive income on December 31, 2013?
What caused it to change during 2013 and by what amounts?
3. What was the company’s basic net income per share for 2013? How much preferred dividends were subtracted in the computation of this income per share? What was the average number of common shares outstanding used in the computation of this income per share? What was the company’s diluted net income per share for 2013? How does this amount compare to 2012? What potential common shares were included?
4. What were the dividends per share and in total for 2013?
5. Compute the return on shareholders’ equity for 2013. How does this compare to 2012 (the shareholders’ equity was $ 31,635 million at the end of 2011)?