Dr Pepper Snapple Group,Inc. (NYSE:DPS) Files An 8-K Other EventsItem 9.01. Other Events
On July2, 2018, Dr Pepper Snapple Group,Inc. (“DPS” or the “Company”) issued a press release announcing its Board of Directors to be appointed effective upon the completion of the transactions contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Merger among the Company, a special purpose merger subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub”) and Maple Parent Holdings Corp. (“Maple”), the indirect parent of Keurig Green Mountain,Inc. Under the terms of the agreement, Merger Sub will merge with and into Maple with Maple surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. As previously announced, concurrently with the closing of the merger, DPS will be renamed “Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.,” which, following the consummation of the merger, will trade under the symbol “KDP” on the New York Stock Exchange. Upon the successful closing of the merger, the following 12 individuals will comprise the KDP Board of Directors:
· Lambertus (Bart) Becht (Chair) · Robert (Bob) Gamgort (Executive Director) · Olivier Goudet · Peter Harf · Genevieve Hovde · Anna-Lena Kamenetzky |
· Paul S. Michaels · Pamela (Pam) Patsley · Gerhard (Gerd) Pleuhs · Robert (Bob) Singer · Dirk Van de Put · Larry D. Young |
A copy of the press release described above is filed as an exhibit to this Current Report on Form8-K and is incorporated by reference herein.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d)Exhibits.
ExhibitNo. |
Description |
99.1 |
Press Release dated July2, 2018. |