The Board of Directors of The Coca-Cola Company has moved decisively to reinforce shareholder confidence, electing a new corporate officer while simultaneously approving the company’s 64th consecutive annual dividend increase.

Consequently, the beverage giant will raise its quarterly dividend by roughly 4 percent, pushing the payout from 51 cents to 53 cents per common share.

On an annualised basis, the dividend climbs to $2.12 per share, up from $2.04 paid in 2025. Notably, the first-quarter dividend will reach shareowners on April 1, provided they are on record as of March 13.

Meanwhile, the company continues to demonstrate strong capital returns. It distributed $8.8 billion in dividends to shareowners in 2025 alone; moreover, the cumulative dividend payout since January 1, 2010, has now reached an impressive $101.9 billion.

In a parallel leadership move, the board elected Todd Beiger as vice president. Effective March 31, he will assume the role of vice president and head of investor relations, where he will take over from Robin Halpern.

Beiger currently serves as chief financial officer at Costa Limited, a business within Coca-Cola’s Europe operating unit, a position he has held for nearly four years.

Earlier in his career, however, he built deep institutional knowledge after joining Coca-Cola in 2001 as a corporate mergers and acquisitions manager.

Over the past 25 years, he has steadily advanced through multiple senior finance roles, including playing a central part in the refranchising of the company’s U.S. bottling territories.

Importantly, Beiger also brings direct investor-facing experience to the new assignment, having previously spent more than five years within Coca-Cola’s investor relations function.