---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001418135-25-000128"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KDP"
cik: "0001418135"
company_name: "Keurig Dr Pepper Inc."
filed_at: "2025-11-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T17:35:32.779474+00:00"
event_type: "litigation"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Court denies class certification in KDP antitrust litigation; plaintiffs seek appeal

## Summary
- SDNY denied direct purchaser plaintiffs' motion for class certification in multi-district antitrust litigation.
- Plaintiffs had claimed more than $3 billion in classwide monetary damages.
- Plaintiffs filed a petition with the Second Circuit seeking to appeal the denial.
- Keurig Dr Pepper intends to continue vigorously defending the appeal and remaining lawsuits.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001418135-25-000128
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KDP
- cik: 0001418135
- company_name: Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-11-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: litigation
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1418135/000141813525000128/0001418135-25-000128-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1418135/000141813525000128/kdp-20251121.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001418135-25-000128
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001418135-25-000128.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001418135-25-000128.txt

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