MURPHY JOHN 4
4 · COCA COLA CO · Filed Mar 3, 2026
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Coca-Cola (KO) President & CFO John Murphy Sells Shares
What Happened John Murphy, President and Chief Financial Officer of The Coca‑Cola Company, disposed of a total of 130,633 shares in two actions tied to the vesting of performance shares and an open‑market sale. On 2026-02-27, 58,184 shares were withheld to satisfy tax liabilities upon the vesting of performance share units (58,184 shares @ $80.50 = $4,683,812). On 2026-03-02, Murphy sold 72,449 shares in the open market (weighted average price $80.52 = $5,833,934). Both transactions are dispositions (sales), not purchases.
Key Details
- Transaction dates: 2026-02-27 (tax withholding) and 2026-03-02 (open‑market sale).
- Prices and values: 58,184 shares withheld @ $80.50 = $4,683,812; 72,449 shares sold @ weighted avg $80.52 (range $80.46–$80.605) = $5,833,934.
- Combined disposed: 130,633 shares ≈ $10.52 million in aggregate proceeds/value.
- Footnotes: F1 — shares withheld to satisfy taxes on PSUs vested Feb 19, 2026; F2 — sale price is a weighted average across multiple executions (range disclosed); F3–F6 are plan/technical notes (401(k) credit date and hypothetical share explanations).
- Shares owned after the transactions are not specified in the provided filing.
- Filing: Report filed 2026-03-03 covering transactions through 2026-02-27 (includes the 03-02 sale); filing appears timely based on the reported dates.
Context
- The 58,184‑share disposition was a tax‑withholding event tied to the vesting of performance share units (F = tax withholding), a routine administrative action rather than an active sell decision. The separate sale of 72,449 shares was an open‑market sale (S = sale), which is a disposition of stock and may reflect liquidity or tax planning but does not by itself signal management’s view of the company. No options were exercised in these entries; the withholding arose from vested PSUs.
Insider Transaction Report
Form 4
MURPHY JOHN
President and CFO
Transactions
- Tax Payment
Common Stock, $.25 Par Value
[F1]2026-02-27$80.50/sh−58,184$4,683,812→ 352,366 total - Sale
Common Stock, $.25 Par Value
[F2]2026-03-02$80.52/sh−72,449$5,833,934→ 279,917 total
Holdings
- 2,407(indirect: By Spouse)
Common Stock, $.25 Par Value
- 1,102(indirect: By 401(k))
Common Stock, $.25 Par Value
[F3] - 8,944(indirect: By 401(k))
Hypothetical Shares
[F4][F5][F6]→ Common Stock, $.25 Par Value (8,944 underlying)
Footnotes (6)
- [F1]Represents shares withheld to satisfy tax liabilities upon the vesting of performance share units issued on February 19, 2026 under the 2023-2025 performance share unit program.
- [F2]The price is the weighted average sale price of the aggregate number of shares that were sold by the reporting person. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $80.46 to $80.605. The reporting person undertakes to provide to the issuer, any security holder of the issuer or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price.
- [F3]Shares credited to the reporting person's account under The Coca-Cola Company 401(k) Plan, as of February 26, 2026.
- [F4]Each hypothetical share is equal to one share of common stock of The Coca-Cola Company.
- [F5]There is no data applicable with respect to the hypothetical shares.
- [F6]As of February 26, 2026.
Signature
/s/ John Murphy|2026-03-02