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THE COCA-COLA COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 16: PENSION AND OTHER POSTRETIREMENT BENEFIT PLANS (Continued)
Cash Flows
Information about the expected cash flows for our pension and other postretirement benefit plans is as
follows (in millions):
Pension Other
Benefits Benefits
Expected employer contributions:
2009 $ 240 $ 1
Expected benefit payments1:
2009 $ 207 $ 30
2010 213 32
2011 215 35
2012 229 37
2013 239 40
2014-2018 1,404 207
1The expected benefit payments for our other postretirement benefit plans are net of estimated federal
subsidies expected to be received under the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and
Modernization Act of 2003. Federal subsidies are estimated to be approximately $2 million in 2009 to
2013 and estimated to be approximately $18 million for the period 2014-2018.
Defined Contribution Plans
Our Company sponsors qualified defined contribution plans covering substantially all U.S. employees.
Under the primary plan, we match 100 percent of participants’ contributions up to a maximum of 3 percent of
compensation. Company costs related to the U.S. plans were approximately $22 million, $29 million and
$25 million in 2008, 2007 and 2006, respectively. We also sponsor defined contribution plans in certain locations
outside the United States. Company costs associated with those plans were approximately $20 million,
$25 million and $16 million in 2008, 2007 and 2006, respectively.
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