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*** Exercise Your Right to Vote *** IMPORTANT NOTICE Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials Meeting Information Meeting Type: Annual DR PEPPER SNAPPLE GROUP, INC. For holders as of: 3/20/2009 Date: 5/19/2009 Time: 10:00 a.m. CDT Location: Dallas/Plano Marriott at Legacy Town Center 7120 Dallas Parkway Plano, TX 75024 Directions to the meeting can be located on our website at www.drpeppersnapplegroup.com under the Investor Center caption. Click on the Annual Meeting of Stockholders in the Events and Presentations section. You are receiving this communication because you hold shares in the company named above. DR PEPPER SNAPPLE GROUP, INC. This is not a ballot. You cannot use this notice to vote these shares. 5301 LEGACY DRIVE PLANO, TX 75024 This communication presents only an overview of the more complete proxy materials that are available to you on the Internet. You may view the proxy materials online at www.proxyvote.com. You may request a paper copy or e-mail of the proxy materials by following the instructions on the reverse side. We encourage you to access and review all of the important information contained in the proxy materials before voting. See the reverse side of this notice to obtain M11938 proxy materials and voting instructions.

 


 

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Voting Items The purpose of the meeting is to vote on the following matters: THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” ALL OF THE NOMINEES 2. To approve and adopt the Management FOR CLASS I DIRECTOR IN PROPOSAL 1 Incentive Plan related to performance-AND “FOR” PROPOSALS 2, 3 AND 4. based incentive compensation for certain of our executive officers. 1. To elect three (3) Class I directors to hold office for a three year term and until 3. To ratify the appointment of Deloitte & their successors are duly elected and Touche as the Corporation’s independent qualified. registered public accounting firm for fiscal Nominees: year 2009. 1a. Pamela H. Patsley 4. To approve and adopt the Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan of 2009. 1b. M. Anne Szostak 5. To transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting. 1c. Michael F. Weinstein