Exhibit 4.3
THE COCA-COLA
COMPANY
AND
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY
AMERICAS,
as successor to BANKERS TRUST
COMPANY
TRUSTEE
SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURE
Dated as of November 1,
2007
DEBT SECURITIES
Supplemental to Amended and
Restated Indenture
Dated as of April 26, 1988, as amended by the First
Supplemental Indenture, dated as of
February 24, 1992
SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this
“Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of November 1,
2007, between THE COCA-COLA COMPANY, a Delaware corporation, having
its principal office at One Coca-Cola Plaza, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia
30313 (hereinafter called the “Company”), and DEUTSCHE
BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as successor to BANKERS TRUST COMPANY,
a New York banking corporation, as Trustee under the Original
Indenture mentioned below (hereinafter called the
“Trustee”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee
have heretofore entered into an Amended and Restated Indenture
dated as of April 26, 1988, as amended by the First
Supplemental Indenture dated as of February 24, 1992
(hereinafter called the “Original Indenture”), to
provide, among other things, for the issuance from time to time of
Securities, unlimited as to principal amount, all as provided in
the Original Indenture;
WHEREAS, Section 10.01 of the
Original Indenture provides that, without the consent of the
Holders of any of the Securities currently outstanding, the
Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may
enter into one or more indentures supplemental to the Original
Indenture for the purpose of, among other things, changing or
eliminating any of the provisions of the Original Indenture,
provide that any such change or elimination shall become effective
only when there is no Security of any Series created prior to
the execution of such supplemental indenture then outstanding which
is entitled to the benefit of such provision;
WHEREAS, the Company desires to
modify a provision of the Original Indenture in accordance with
Section 10.01;
WHEREAS, the entry into this
Supplemental Indenture by the parties hereto is in all respects
authorized by the provisions of the Original Indenture;
and
WHEREAS, all acts and proceedings
required by law, by the Original Indenture and by the Certificate
of Incorporation and By-laws of the Company necessary to constitute
this Supplemental Indenture a valid and binding agreement of the
Company for the uses and purposes herein set forth, in accordance
with its terms, have been done and taken, and the execution and
delivery of this Supplemental Indenture have been in all respects
duly authorized.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and in consideration of the
premises and the purchase of Securities by the Holders thereof, it
is mutually covenanted and agreed, as follows:
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01
Definitions
. For all purposes of this
Supplemental Indenture, except as otherwise herein expressly
provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
(1)
terms used herein in capitalized
form and defined in the Original Indenture shall have the meanings
specified in the Original Indenture;
(2)
the words “herein,”
“hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of
similar import used in this Supplemental Indenture refer to this
Supplemental Indenture as a whole and not to any particular
Article, Section or other subdivision; and
(3)
the term defined in the first
paragraph of the Recitals herein shall have the meaning specified
therein.
ARTICLE II
MODIFICATION
Section 2.01
Amendment to Section 6.04
of the Original Indenture . Clause (1) of Section 6.04 is
hereby amended to read in full as follows:
(1)
file with the Trustee, within 15
days after it files the same with the Commission, copies of the
annual reports and of the information, documents and other reports
(or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the
Commission may from time to time by rules and regulations
prescribe) which the Company may be required to file with the
Commission pursuant to Section 13 or
Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934;
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