Access the The Coca-Cola Company 10-K for year ending 2016, and address the following questions:

1. In general, when does Coca-Cola decide to use the equity method for their investments in equity securities?

2. How are earnings and the carrying value of equity investments reported by Coca Cola?

3. How does Coca-Cola account for its minority investment in CHI Limited?

4. What are the two reasons why Coca-Cola is able to account for Monster Beverage Corporation Monster

Transaction using the equity method?

5. What benefits did Coca-Cola gain from this investment?

6. What is contingent consideration?

7. What contingent consideration occurred as a result of the Coca-Cola business relationship with Monster?

8. What companies does Coca-Cola primarily have an ownership interests that is an equity method investment?

9. Equity method investments represents what percentage of Coca-Colas total assets?