PRINCIPAL SHARE OWNERS

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PRINCIPAL SHARE OWNERS

Set forth in the table below is information as of February 19, 1996 (except as otherwise noted) with respect to persons known to the Company to be the beneficial owners of more than five percent of the Company's issued and outstanding stock:

                           NUMBER OF SHARES      PERCENT

       NAME AND ADDRESS           BENEFICIALLY OWNED     OF CLASS
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Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (1)           100,000,000           7.98%
  1440 Kiewit Plaza
  Omaha, Nebraska 68131
SunTrust Banks, Inc. (2)              110,538,066           8.83%
  25 Park Place, N.E.
  Atlanta, Georgia 30303

1. Berkshire Hathaway Inc. ("Berkshire"), a diversified holding company, has informed the Company that certain subsidiaries of Berkshire hold an aggregate of 100,000,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock. The capital stock of Berkshire is beneficially owned 40.2% by Warren E. Buffett and a trust of which he is a trustee but in which he has no beneficial interest and 3.1% by his wife. All of such shares of the Company are included in the share ownership of Mr. Buffett disclosed in the table of beneficial ownership of securities above.
2. SunTrust Banks, Inc. ("SunTrust"), a bank holding company, has informed the Company that, as of December 31, 1995, certain subsidiaries of SunTrust held either individually or in various fiduciary and agency capacities an aggregate of 110,538,066 shares, of which 86,404,818 shares, or 6.9%, of the Company's Common Stock are held in various fiduciary and agency capacities as to which SunTrust and certain of its subsidiaries may be deemed beneficial owners, but as to which SunTrust and such subsidiaries disclaim any beneficial interest. SunTrust Bank, Atlanta owns individually 12,686,976 shares of the Company's Common Stock, SunTrust Banks of Georgia, Inc. owns individually 6,106,272 shares of the Company's Common Stock and Preferred Surety Corporation, a direct subsidiary of SunTrust Banks of Georgia, Inc. and an indirect subsidiary of SunTrust, owns individually 5,340,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock as to which SunTrust may be deemed a beneficial owner. Of the shares held in fiduciary or agency capacities, such subsidiaries of SunTrust have sole voting power with respect to 39,064,372 shares, shared voting power with respect to 23,478,724 shares, sole investment power with respect to 27,161,822 shares and shared investment power with respect to 37,213,169 shares. As to the shares described above, SunTrust has further informed the Company that 81,732,862 of such shares, or 6.5%, of the Company's Common Stock are held in various fiduciary and agency capacities by SunTrust Bank, Atlanta, which is a direct subsidiary of SunTrust Banks of Georgia, Inc. and an indirect subsidiary of SunTrust. Also, of such shares held in fiduciary and agency capacities, 20,904,986 shares of the Company's Common Stock are held by SunTrust Bank, Atlanta, as Trustee under The Coca-Cola Company Thrift Plan, a portion of which are included in the share ownership of the executive officers disclosed in the table of beneficial ownership of securities above.
   

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