{"url_path":"/sec/kdp/8-k/2026-06-23/item-8-01","section_key":"item-8-01","section_title":"Item 8.01 Other Events.**","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-06-23","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1418135/0000950142-26-001848-index.html","accession_number":"0000950142-26-001848","cik":"0001418135","ticker":"KDP","issuer_name":"Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1418135/0000950142-26-001848-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001418135","primary_entity_name":"Keurig Dr Pepper Inc."},"word_count":574,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"**Item 8.01. Other Events.**\n\n** **\n\nAlso on June 23, 2026, the Company announced that Rafa\nOliveira, the head of its Coffee Operating Unit, has informed the Company of his intention to depart at the end of July\n2026 for an external Chief Executive Officer opportunity. Tim Cofer, the Chief Executive Officer of KDP, will continue to oversee\nthe coffee business, while the Company’s Board of Directors conducts a search for the future CEO of Global Coffee Co.,\nthe standalone entity expected to result from the previously-announced separation of the Company’s coffee and beverage businesses.\n\n \n\n**Forward-Looking Statements**\n\n** **\n\nThis Current Report on Form\n8-K contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of applicable securities laws and regulations. These forward-looking\nstatements include those preceded by, followed by or that include the words such as “outlook,” “guidance,” “anticipate,”\n“enable,” “expect,” “believe,” “could,” “confident,” “estimate,”\n“feel,” “continue,” “ongoing,” “forecast,” “intend,” “may,” “on\ntrack,” “plan,” “positioned,” “potential,” “project,” “should,” “target,”\n“will,” “would” and similar words, phrases, or expressions and variations or negatives of these words. Forward-looking\nstatements by their nature address matters that are, to different degrees, uncertain. These statements are based on the current expectations\nof our management, are not predictions of actual performance, and actual results may differ materially. Forward-looking statements are\nsubject to a number of risks and uncertainties, including the factors disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent filings\nwith the Securities and Exchange Commission. Our actual financial performance could differ materially from the projections in the forward-looking\nstatements due to a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, (i) the inherent uncertainty of estimates, forecasts and projections,\n(ii) global economic uncertainty or economic downturns, (iii) tariffs or the imposition of new tariffs, trade wars, barriers or restrictions,\nsanctions, geopolitical disturbances and conflicts, or threats of such actions and related uncertainty, (iv) the risk that our financial\nperformance may be better or worse than anticipated, (v) risks related to the completion of the separation of our beverage and coffee\nportfolios in the anticipated timeframe or at all, (vi) our ability to identify and retain key executives to lead our beverage and coffee\nportfolios following the separation, (vii) our incurrence of significant debt and entry into other financings to fund the acquisition\nof JDE Peet’s, which may result in dilution to our stockholders or introduce complexity to our capital structure, (viii) additional\nrisks associated with the acquisition of JDE Peet’s and those geographies, countries and associated governments where JDE Peet’s\ncurrently operates, (ix) our ability to successfully integrate JDE Peet’s into our business, or that such integration may be more\ndifficult, time-consuming or costly than expected, (x) constraints on management’s attention to operating and growing our business\nduring the integration of JDE Peet’s and the separation, (xi) the potential downgrade of our credit ratings as a result of debt\nincurred and/or assumed in connection with the JDE Peet’s acquisition, (xii) the possibility of negative impacts on business relationships\nin connection with the acquisition of JDE Peet’s and the separation, (xiii) the risk that the acquisition of JDE Peet’s and\nthe separation may incur significant additional costs, (xiv) the risk of potential litigation, (xv) risks related to negative effects\nof the acquisition of JDE Peet’s and the separation on our share price and (xvi) the ability to achieve the anticipated strategic\nand financial benefits from the separation. We are under no obligation to update, modify or withdraw any forward-looking statements, except\nas required by applicable law."}