At its February 2008 meeting, our Board of Directors increased our quarterly dividend by 12 percent, raising it to $0.38 per share, equivalent to a full-year dividend of 

$1.52 per share in 2008. This is our 46th consecutive annual increase. Our annual common stock dividend was $1.36 per share, $1.24 per share and $1.12 per share in 2007, 2006 

and 2005, respectively. The 2007 dividend represented a 10 percent increase from 2006, and the 2006 dividend represented a 10 percent increase from 2005. 

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements and Aggregate Contractual Obligations 

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements 

In accordance with the definition under SEC rules, the following qualify as off-balance sheet arrangements: 

any obligation under certain guarantee contracts; 

a retained or contingent interest in assets transferred to an unconsolidated entity or similar arrangement that serves as credit, liquidity or market risk support to that entity for such assets; 

any obligation under certain derivative instruments; and 

any obligation arising out of a material variable interest held by the registrant in an unconsolidated entity that provides financing, liquidity, market risk or credit risk support to the registrant, or engages in leasing, hedging or research and development services with the registrant. 

As of December 31, 2007, we were contingently liable for guarantees of indebtedness owed by third parties in the amount of approximately $267 million. These guarantees primarily are related to third-party customers, bottlers and vendors and have arisen through the normal course of business. These guarantees have various terms, and none of these guarantees was individually significant. The amount represents the maximum potential future payments that we could be required to make under the guarantees; however, we do not consider it probable that we will be required to satisfy these guarantees. Management concluded that the likelihood of any material amounts being paid by our Company under these guarantees is not probable. As of December 31, 2007, we were not directly liable for the debt of any unconsolidated entity, and we did not have any retained or contingent interest in assets as defined above. 

Our Company recognizes all derivatives as either assets or liabilities at fair value in our consolidated balance sheets. Refer to Note 12 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. 

In accordance with SFAS No. 87, “Employers’ Accounting for Pensions,” and SFAS No. 106, “Employers’ Accounting for Postretirement Benefits Other Than Pensions,” as amended by SFAS No. 158, “Employers’ Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans—an amendment of FASB Statements No. 87, 88, 106, and 132(R),” the total accrued benefit liability for pension and other postretirement benefit plans recognized as of December 31, 2007 was $873 million. Refer to Note 16 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. This amount is impacted by, among other items, pension expense, funding levels, plan amendments, changes in plan demographics and assumptions, investment return on plan assets, and the application of SFAS No. 158. Because the accrued liability