---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001418135-21-000019"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KDP"
cik: "0001418135"
company_name: "Keurig Dr Pepper Inc."
filed_at: "2021-08-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T06:59:17.826284+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Keurig Dr Pepper appoints Tony Milikin as Chief Supply Chain Officer; Fernando Cortes departs

## Summary
- Tony Milikin appointed Chief Supply Chain Officer effective September 7, 2021.
- Fernando Cortes, current Chief Supply Chain Officer, departs effective October 1, 2021.
- Cortes receives severance per company plan plus $3,500,000 Leadership Integration Bonus for post-merger contributions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001418135-21-000019
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KDP
- cik: 0001418135
- company_name: Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-08-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1418135/000141813521000019/0001418135-21-000019-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1418135/000141813521000019/kdp-20210824.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001418135-21-000019
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001418135-21-000019.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001418135-21-000019.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Fernando Cortes departed as Chief Supply Chain Officer at Keurig Dr Pepper Inc..
  - Action: departed
  - Role: Chief Supply Chain Officer
  source text: Fernando Cortes, the Company’s current Chief Supply Chain Officer and a named executive officer in the Company’s 2021 Proxy Statement, will depart the Company effective October 1, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1418135/000141813521000019/0001418135-21-000019-index.htm
- Executive change
  Tony Milikin was appointed as Chief Supply Chain Officer at Keurig Dr Pepper Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Supply Chain Officer
  source text: On August 30, 2021, Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. (the “Company”) announced the appointment of Tony Milikin to the position of Chief Supply Chain Officer, to be effective September 7, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1418135/000141813521000019/0001418135-21-000019-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.