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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
December&nbsp;11, 2009</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>98-0517725</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or other jurisdiction of
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(I.R.S. Employer</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">incorporation or organization)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>5301 Legacy Drive</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Plano, Texas</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>75024</B></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>DR PEPPER SNAPPLE GROUP, INC.<BR>
OMNIBUS STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN OF 2009</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>DR PEPPER SNAPPLE GROUP, INC.<BR>
2008 LEGACY BONUS SHARE RETENTION PLAN<BR>
(Full title of the plans)</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>James L. Baldwin, Jr.<BR>
Executive Vice President and General Counsel<BR>
5301 Legacy Drive<BR>
Plano, Texas 75024</B><BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)<BR><BR>
<B>(972)&nbsp;673-7000</B><BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated
filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
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<TD>Large accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD>
<TD align="center">Accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD align="center">Non-accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT><BR>(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</TD>
<TD align="right">Smaller reporting company&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, par
value $0.01 per share
To be issued under the
Dr Pepper Snapple
Group, Inc. Omnibus
Stock Incentive Plan
of 2009</DIV></TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000" NOWRAP>20,000,000(1) shares</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD nowrap align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$26.85</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">(3</TD>
    <TD nowrap style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">)</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD nowrap align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$537,000,000</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">(3</TD>
    <TD nowrap style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">)</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>

<TD nowrap align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$29,964.60</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">(3</TD>
    <TD nowrap style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">)</TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">To be issued under
the Dr Pepper Snapple
Group, Inc. 2008
Legacy Bonus Share
Retention Plan</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" nowrap align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">2,649(2) shares</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>

<TD nowrap align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$26.85</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">(3</TD>
    <TD nowrap style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">)</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>

<TD nowrap align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$71,126</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">(3</TD>
    <TD nowrap style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">)</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD nowrap align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$3.97</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">(3</TD>
    <TD nowrap style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>This registration statement on Form S-8 (this &#147;Registration Statement&#148;) covers an aggregate
of 20,000,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;) of Dr
Pepper Snapple Group, Inc. (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) available for issuance under the Dr Pepper
Snapple Group, Inc. Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan of 2009 (the &#147;2009 SIP&#148;). In addition,
pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities
Act&#148;), this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of Common Stock that
become issuable under the 2009 SIP being registered pursuant to this Registration Statement by
reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or any other similar transaction
effected without the receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of
the Registrant&#146;s outstanding shares of Common Stock.</TD>
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    <TD>This Registration Statement covers an additional 2,649 shares of Common Stock of the
Registrant available for issuance under the Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc. 2008 Legacy Bonus
Share Retention Plan (the &#147;2008 BSRP&#148;). In addition, pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416 of the Securities
Act, this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of Common Stock that
become issuable under the 2008 BSRP being registered pursuant to this Registration Statement
by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or any other similar
transaction effected without the receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the
number of the Registrant&#146;s outstanding shares of Common Stock.</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities Act, the proposed maximum offering
price per share is based on the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant&#146;s Common
Stock on the New York Stock Exchange consolidated reporting system on
December 7, 2009, and
is estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee.</TD>
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<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001">Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information.*</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Explanatory Note</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>(1) </B>This Registration Statement relates to the offering by the Registrant pursuant to its 2009 SIP
of up to 20,000,000 shares of its Common Stock to (1)&nbsp;eligible employees of Registrant or any of
its subsidiaries, (2)&nbsp;consultants or independent contractors of Registrant and (3)&nbsp;non-employee
members of Registrant&#146;s Board of Directors.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>(2) </B>In connection with the Registrant&#146;s spin-off from Cadbury Schweppes plc, each equity award that
was outstanding at the time of the spin-off and held by an employee of the Registrant under the
Cadbury Schweppes plc Bonus Share Retention Plan was converted into an equity award under the 2008
BSRP. The Registrant filed a Registration Statement on Form S-8 on September&nbsp;16, 2008 to reserve
for issuance its Common Shares for delivery in accordance with the terms and conditions of awards
outstanding under the 2008 BSRP. Registrant is filing this Registration Statement to reserve for
issuance an additional number of its Common Shares as shares awarded under the 2008 BSRP. In
accordance with Section&nbsp;E of the General Instructions to Form S-8, except as supplemented by the
information set forth below, the Registration Statement on Form S-8 previously filed with the
Commission relating to the 2008 BSRP (Registration Statement No.&nbsp;333-153505) is incorporated by
reference herein.
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    <TD>Information required by Part&nbsp;I to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted
from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule&nbsp;428 under the Securities Act and the
&#147;Note&#148; in Part&nbsp;I of the Form S-8 instructions.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents, which have been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the &#147;Commission&#148;), are incorporated as of their respective dates in this Registration Statement by
reference and shall be deemed to be a part hereof:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31,
2008;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March
31, 2009, June&nbsp;30, 2009 and September&nbsp;30, 2009;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The
Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on
February&nbsp;11, 2009, February&nbsp;18, 2009, March&nbsp;2,
2009,  April&nbsp;13, 2009, April&nbsp;30, 2009,  May&nbsp;21, 2009,
 July&nbsp;16, 2009,
October&nbsp;27, 2009, November&nbsp;20, 2009, December 8, 2009 and
December&nbsp;11, 2009, and on Form&nbsp;8-K/A filed with the
Commission on February&nbsp;25, 2009 in each
case other than information furnished under Items 2.01 or 7.01 of Form 8-K;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) The Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the
Commission on September&nbsp;16, 2008, relating to the 2008 BSRP (Registration Statement
No.&nbsp;333-153505); and
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) The description of the Common Stock, under the heading &#147;Description of
Capital Stock,&#148; contained in the Registrant&#146;s Preliminary Information Statement
filed as Exhibit&nbsp;99.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Amendment No.&nbsp;5 to the General Form for
Registration of Securities on Form&nbsp;10, filed with the Commission on April&nbsp;22, 2008.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), prior
to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been
sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated
by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing such
documents. Any statement contained herein or in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this
Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently
filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or
supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed to
constitute a part of this Registration Statement, except as so modified or superseded. Nothing in
this Registration Statement shall be deemed to incorporate information furnished by us but not
filed with the Commission pursuant to Items 2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the &#147;DGCL&#148;) authorizes corporations to
limit or eliminate the personal liability of directors to corporations and their stockholders for
monetary damages for breaches of directors&#146; fiduciary duties as directors. Article&nbsp;Eighth of our
certificate of incorporation includes provisions that indemnify, to the fullest extent allowable
under the DGCL, the personal liability of directors or
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">officers for monetary damages for actions taken as a director or officer of our company, or
for serving at our request as a director or officer or another position at another corporation or
enterprise, as the case may be. Our certificate of incorporation also provides that we must
indemnify and advance reasonable expenses to our directors and officers, subject to our receipt of
an undertaking from the indemnified party as may be required under the DGCL. We also carry
directors&#146; and officers&#146; insurance to protect our company, our directors, officers and certain
employees for some liabilities.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The limitation of liability and indemnification provisions in our certificate of incorporation
may discourage stockholders from bringing a lawsuit against directors for breach of their fiduciary
duty. These provisions may also have the effect of reducing the likelihood of derivative
litigation against directors and officers, even though such an action, if successful, might
otherwise benefit us and our stockholders. However, this provision will not limit or eliminate our
rights, or those of any stockholder, to seek non-monetary relief such as injunction or rescission
in the event of a breach of a director&#146;s duty of care. The provisions will not alter the liability
of directors under the federal securities laws. In addition, your investment may be adversely
affected to the extent that, in a class action or direct suit, we pay the costs of settlement and
damage awards against directors and officers pursuant to these indemnification provisions.
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</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Exhibits listed on the accompanying Exhibit&nbsp;Index are filed as part hereof, or
incorporated by reference into, this Registration Statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(i)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>to include any prospectus required by Section
10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(ii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>to reflect in the prospectus any facts or
events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement
(or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered
(if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that
which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the
estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of
prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the
aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20%
change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
&#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective registration
statement; and</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(iii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>to include any material information with
respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the
Registration Statement or any material change to such information in
the Registration Statement;</TD>
</TR>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">provided, however that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities
Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of
the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that
time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
provisions described in Item&nbsp;6 above, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the
opinion of the Commission, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by
a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any
action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its
counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question of whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as
expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Plano, State of Texas, on December 11, 2009.
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    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">DR PEPPER SNAPPLE GROUP, INC.<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ James L. Baldwin, Jr.
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">James L. Baldwin, Jr.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Executive Vice President and<BR>
General Counsel&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes
and appoints James L. Baldwin, Jr. as such person&#146;s true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution for such person and in such person&#146;s name, place
and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign and file (1)&nbsp;any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, with all exhibits thereto, and other
documents in connection therewith and (2)&nbsp;a registration statement, and any and all amendments
thereto, relating to the offering covered hereby filed pursuant to Rule&nbsp;462 under the Securities
Act, with the Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to
do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact, agent or their substitutes may lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue hereof.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the
11th day of December, 2009.
</DIV>

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<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">SIGNATURE</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">TITLE</TD>
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 <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Larry D. Young
<DIV style="font-size: 10pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">Larry D. Young</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">President, Chief Executive Officer and Director<br>
(Principal Executive Officer)&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ John O. Stewart
<DIV style="font-size: 10pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">John O. Stewart</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer<br>

(Principal Financial Officer)&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Angela Stephens
<DIV style="font-size: 10pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">Angela Stephens</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Senior Vice President, Controller<br>

(Principal Accounting Officer)&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Wayne R. Sanders
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman of the Board&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Wayne R. Sanders</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ John L. Adams
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">John L. Adams</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Terence D. Martin
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Terence D. Martin</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Pamela H. Patsley
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Pamela H. Patsley</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Ronald G. Rogers
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Ronald G. Rogers</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">

<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Jack L. Stahl
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Jack L. Stahl</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ M. Anne Szostak
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">M. Anne Szostak</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the
Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K (filed on May&nbsp;12, 2008) and incorporated
herein by reference).</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated By-laws of the Registrant (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to the
Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K (filed on July&nbsp;16, 2009) and incorporated
herein by reference).</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc. Omnibus Incentive Plan of 2009 (incorporated by
reference to the Registrant&#146;s Definitive Schedule&nbsp;14A (Proxy Statement) filed on
March&nbsp;31, 2009).</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc., 2008 Legacy Bonus Share Retention Plan (filed as
Exhibit&nbsp;4.5 to the Registrant&#146;s Form&nbsp;S-8- Registration Statement (filed on
September&nbsp;16, 2008) and incorporated herein by reference).</TD>
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Table of Contents
As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
December 11, 2009
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
98-0517725
(State or other jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)
Identification No.)
5301 Legacy Drive
Plano, Texas
75024
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
DR PEPPER SNAPPLE GROUP, INC.
OMNIBUS STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN OF 2009
DR PEPPER SNAPPLE GROUP, INC.
2008 LEGACY BONUS SHARE RETENTION PLAN
(Full title of the plans)
James L. Baldwin, Jr.
Executive Vice President and General Counsel
5301 Legacy Drive
Plano, Texas 75024
(Name and address of agent for service)
(972) 673-7000
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated
filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
o
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
þ
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Amount to be
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Amount of
Title of Securities to be Registered
Registered
Offering Price Per Share
Aggregate Offering Price
Registration Fee
Common Stock, par
value $0.01 per share
To be issued under the
Dr Pepper Snapple
Group, Inc. Omnibus
Stock Incentive Plan
of 2009
20,000,000(1) shares
$26.85
(3
)
$537,000,000
(3
)
$29,964.60
(3
)
To be issued under
the Dr Pepper Snapple
Group, Inc. 2008
Legacy Bonus Share
Retention Plan
2,649(2) shares
$26.85
(3
)
$71,126
(3
)
$3.97
(3
)
(1)
This registration statement on Form S-8 (this "Registration Statement") covers an aggregate
of 20,000,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Common Stock") of Dr
Pepper Snapple Group, Inc. (the "Registrant") available for issuance under the Dr Pepper
Snapple Group, Inc. Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan of 2009 (the "2009 SIP"). In addition,
pursuant to Rule 416 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
Act"), this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of Common Stock that
become issuable under the 2009 SIP being registered pursuant to this Registration Statement by
reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or any other similar transaction
effected without the receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of
the Registrant's outstanding shares of Common Stock.
(2)
This Registration Statement covers an additional 2,649 shares of Common Stock of the
Registrant available for issuance under the Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc. 2008 Legacy Bonus
Share Retention Plan (the "2008 BSRP"). In addition, pursuant to Rule 416 of the Securities
Act, this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of Common Stock that
become issuable under the 2008 BSRP being registered pursuant to this Registration Statement
by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or any other similar
transaction effected without the receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the
number of the Registrant's outstanding shares of Common Stock.
(3)
Pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities Act, the proposed maximum offering
price per share is based on the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant's Common
Stock on the New York Stock Exchange consolidated reporting system on
December 7, 2009, and
is estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee.
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Part I
Item 1. Plan Information.*
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*
Part II
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Item 9. Undertakings.
SIGNATURES
Exhibit Index
EX-5.1
EX-23.1
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Explanatory Note
(1)
This Registration Statement relates to the offering by the Registrant pursuant to its 2009 SIP
of up to 20,000,000 shares of its Common Stock to (1) eligible employees of Registrant or any of
its subsidiaries, (2) consultants or independent contractors of Registrant and (3) non-employee
members of Registrant's Board of Directors.
(2)
In connection with the Registrant's spin-off from Cadbury Schweppes plc, each equity award that
was outstanding at the time of the spin-off and held by an employee of the Registrant under the
Cadbury Schweppes plc Bonus Share Retention Plan was converted into an equity award under the 2008
BSRP. The Registrant filed a Registration Statement on Form S-8 on September 16, 2008 to reserve
for issuance its Common Shares for delivery in accordance with the terms and conditions of awards
outstanding under the 2008 BSRP. Registrant is filing this Registration Statement to reserve for
issuance an additional number of its Common Shares as shares awarded under the 2008 BSRP. In
accordance with Section E of the General Instructions to Form S-8, except as supplemented by the
information set forth below, the Registration Statement on Form S-8 previously filed with the
Commission relating to the 2008 BSRP (Registration Statement No. 333-153505) is incorporated by
reference herein.
Part I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1. Plan Information.
*
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.
*
*
Information required by Part I to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted
from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act and the
"Note" in Part I of the Form S-8 instructions.
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Part II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents, which have been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the "Commission"), are incorporated as of their respective dates in this Registration Statement by
reference and shall be deemed to be a part hereof:
(a) The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2008;
(b) The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March
31, 2009, June 30, 2009 and September 30, 2009;
(c) The
Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on
February 11, 2009, February 18, 2009, March 2,
2009,  April 13, 2009, April 30, 2009,  May 21, 2009,
 July 16, 2009,
October 27, 2009, November 20, 2009, December 8, 2009 and
December 11, 2009, and on Form 8-K/A filed with the
Commission on February 25, 2009 in each
case other than information furnished under Items 2.01 or 7.01 of Form 8-K;
(d) The Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the
Commission on September 16, 2008, relating to the 2008 BSRP (Registration Statement
No. 333-153505); and
(e) The description of the Common Stock, under the heading "Description of
Capital Stock," contained in the Registrant's Preliminary Information Statement
filed as Exhibit 99.1 to the Registrant's Amendment No. 5 to the General Form for
Registration of Securities on Form 10, filed with the Commission on April 22, 2008.
In addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), prior
to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been
sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated
by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing such
documents. Any statement contained herein or in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this
Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently
filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or
supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed to
constitute a part of this Registration Statement, except as so modified or superseded. Nothing in
this Registration Statement shall be deemed to incorporate information furnished by us but not
filed with the Commission pursuant to Items 2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "DGCL") authorizes corporations to
limit or eliminate the personal liability of directors to corporations and their stockholders for
monetary damages for breaches of directors' fiduciary duties as directors. Article Eighth of our
certificate of incorporation includes provisions that indemnify, to the fullest extent allowable
under the DGCL, the personal liability of directors or
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officers for monetary damages for actions taken as a director or officer of our company, or
for serving at our request as a director or officer or another position at another corporation or
enterprise, as the case may be. Our certificate of incorporation also provides that we must
indemnify and advance reasonable expenses to our directors and officers, subject to our receipt of
an undertaking from the indemnified party as may be required under the DGCL. We also carry
directors' and officers' insurance to protect our company, our directors, officers and certain
employees for some liabilities.
The limitation of liability and indemnification provisions in our certificate of incorporation
may discourage stockholders from bringing a lawsuit against directors for breach of their fiduciary
duty. These provisions may also have the effect of reducing the likelihood of derivative
litigation against directors and officers, even though such an action, if successful, might
otherwise benefit us and our stockholders. However, this provision will not limit or eliminate our
rights, or those of any stockholder, to seek non-monetary relief such as injunction or rescission
in the event of a breach of a director's duty of care. The provisions will not alter the liability
of directors under the federal securities laws. In addition, your investment may be adversely
affected to the extent that, in a class action or direct suit, we pay the costs of settlement and
damage awards against directors and officers pursuant to these indemnification provisions.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
The Exhibits listed on the accompanying Exhibit Index are filed as part hereof, or
incorporated by reference into, this Registration Statement.
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i)
to include any prospectus required by Section
10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii)
to reflect in the prospectus any facts or
events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement
(or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered
(if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that
which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the
estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of
prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the
aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20%
change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
"Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration
statement; and
(iii)
to include any material information with
respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the
Registration Statement or any material change to such information in
the Registration Statement;
provided, however that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
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(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities
Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of
the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering.
(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that
time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
provisions described in Item 6 above, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the
opinion of the Commission, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by
a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any
action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its
counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question of whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as
expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Plano, State of Texas, on December 11, 2009.
DR PEPPER SNAPPLE GROUP, INC.
By:
/s/ James L. Baldwin, Jr.
Name:
James L. Baldwin, Jr.
Title:
Executive Vice President and
General Counsel
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes
and appoints James L. Baldwin, Jr. as such person's true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution for such person and in such person's name, place
and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign and file (1) any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, with all exhibits thereto, and other
documents in connection therewith and (2) a registration statement, and any and all amendments
thereto, relating to the offering covered hereby filed pursuant to Rule 462 under the Securities
Act, with the Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to
do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact, agent or their substitutes may lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the
11th day of December, 2009.
SIGNATURE
TITLE
/s/ Larry D. Young
Larry D. Young
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ John O. Stewart
John O. Stewart
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ Angela Stephens
Angela Stephens
Senior Vice President, Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ Wayne R. Sanders
Chairman of the Board
Wayne R. Sanders
/s/ John L. Adams
Director
John L. Adams
/s/ Terence D. Martin
Director
Terence D. Martin
/s/ Pamela H. Patsley
Director
Pamela H. Patsley
/s/ Ronald G. Rogers
Director
Ronald G. Rogers
/s/ Jack L. Stahl
Director
Jack L. Stahl
/s/ M. Anne Szostak
Director
M. Anne Szostak
/s/ Michael F. Weinstein
Director
Michael F. Weinstein
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Exhibit Index
Exhibit No.
Description of Document
4.1
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the
Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K (filed on May 12, 2008) and incorporated
herein by reference).
4.2
Amended and Restated By-laws of the Registrant (filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the
Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K (filed on July 16, 2009) and incorporated
herein by reference).
4.3
Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc. Omnibus Incentive Plan of 2009 (incorporated by
reference to the Registrant's Definitive Schedule 14A (Proxy Statement) filed on
March 31, 2009).
4.4
Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc., 2008 Legacy Bonus Share Retention Plan (filed as
Exhibit 4.5 to the Registrant's Form S-8- Registration Statement (filed on
September 16, 2008) and incorporated herein by reference).
5.1*
Opinion and consent of Baker Botts, L.L.P.
23.1*
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent registered public accounting firm.
23.2*
Consent of Baker Botts, L.L.P. (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24*
Power of Attorney (included on the signature pages to this Registration Statement).
*
Filed herewith.