---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001552781-22-000509"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KO"
cik: "0000021344"
company_name: "COCA COLA CO"
filed_at: "2022-07-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T10:20:41.786826+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Coca-Cola COO Brian Smith to retire Sept 30; CFO John Murphy becomes President and CFO Oct 1

## Summary
- Brian Smith, President/COO, retiring effective Sept 30, 2022; remains senior exec until Feb 28, 2023.
- John Murphy (EVP/CFO) becomes President and CFO Oct 1, 2022; base salary $1,025,000; target incentive 150%.
- Carolyn Everson elected to Board; receives prorated $90k cash retainer and $200k in deferred share units for 2022.
- Board size increased to 12 members; Everson appointed to Talent and Compensation Committee.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001552781-22-000509
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KO
- cik: 0000021344
- company_name: COCA COLA CO
- filed_at: 2022-07-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/21344/000155278122000509/0001552781-22-000509-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/21344/000155278122000509/e22375_ko-8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001552781-22-000509
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001552781-22-000509.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001552781-22-000509.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Carolyn Everson was elected as Director at COCA COLA CO.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On July 19, 2022, the Board increased the size of the Board to 12 members and elected Carolyn Everson as a Director of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/21344/000155278122000509/0001552781-22-000509-index.htm
- Executive change
  Brian J. Smith departed as President and Chief Operating Officer at COCA COLA CO.
  - Action: retiring
  - Role: President and Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On July 21, 2022, The Coca-Cola Company (the “Company”) announced that Brian J. Smith, President and Chief Operating Officer, will be retiring from the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/21344/000155278122000509/0001552781-22-000509-index.htm
- Executive change
  John Murphy changed role as President and Chief Financial Officer at COCA COLA CO.
  - Action: became
  - Role: President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On July 21, 2022, the Company also announced that John Murphy, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will become President and Chief Financial Officer, effective October 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/21344/000155278122000509/0001552781-22-000509-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.