UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): November 30, 2018
Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
001-33829 | | 98-0517725 |
(Commission | | (IRS Employer |
File Number) | | Identification No.) |
53 South Avenue, Burlington, Massachusetts 01803
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code) 781-418-7000
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
N/A
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Item 8.01 Other Events.
On November 30, 2018, Keurig Dr Pepper Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), completed the previously announced merger (the “Merger”) of Cranberry Merger Sub, LLC, a direct wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, with and into Core Nutrition, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Core”), with Core surviving the Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.
On November 30, 2018, the Company filed a prospectus supplement (the “Resale Prospectus Supplement”) to its automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333- 213477) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, covering an unspecified amount of shares of its common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Common Stock”), and certain other securities of the Company. The Resale Prospectus Supplement covers the resale of up to 16,739,217 shares of Common Stock and may be used by the selling stockholders identified therein to resell shares of Common Stock received by the selling stockholders upon consummation of the Merger. The Company will not receive any proceeds from the sale of Common Stock by the selling stockholders.
The Company is filing this report to provide the legal opinion as to the validity of the securities covered by the Resale Prospectus Supplement, which opinion is attached hereto as Exhibit 5.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Dated: November 30, 2018 | KEURIG DR PEPPER INC. |
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| By: | /s/ James L. Baldwin, Jr. |
| | Name: | James L. Baldwin, Jr. |
| | Title: | Chief Legal Officer, General Counsel and Secretary |
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