Aug 27 (Reuters) - Moody's Ratings:

* ACQUISITION BY KDP SUPPORTS JDE PEET'S BUSINESS PROFILE,

BUT

CREDIT IMPACT WOULD DEPEND ON FINAL CAPITAL STRUCTURE OF

COMBINED GROUP

* FINANCIAL LEVERAGE OF COMBINED ENTITY WILL MATERIALLY

INCREASE,

WHICH LIMITS POSITIVE PRESSURE ON JDE PEET'S RATING

* PLANNED SEPARATION OF BEVERAGE, COFFEE BUSINESSES WILL

REQUIRE

INVESTMENT TO PREPARE FOR SPLIT, INTEGRATE, SEPARATE OPERATIONS

* MAY REASSESS JDE PEET'S RATING ONCE MORE DETAILS BECOME

AVAILABLE

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