Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (GMCR)

4. AGREEMENT OF PARTICIPANTS

As a precondition to participation in the Plan, the Board may require that a key employee who is designated a Participant enter into a written agreement (a “Plan Agreement”) in accordance with procedures prescribed by and in a form acceptable to the Board. Each Plan Agreement shall contain (a) the Participant’s binding commitment to the effect that once any Person other than the Company, a direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company, or an employee benefit plan of the Company or any such subsidiary begins a tender or exchange offer or a solicitation of proxies from the Company’s security holders or takes other actions to effect a Change in Control, the Participant will not voluntarily terminate his or her employment with the Company until such Person has abandoned or terminated such efforts to effect a Change in Control or until a Change in Control has occurred; and (b) such other terms, if any, as the Board may specify, which may (if the Board so provides) deviate from the terms generally set forth in the Plan.

4. AGREEMENT OF PARTICIPANTS

As a precondition to participation in the Plan, the Board may require that a key employee who is designated a Participant enter into a written agreement (a “Plan Agreement”) in accordance with procedures prescribed by and in a form acceptable to the Board. Each Plan Agreement shall contain (a) the Participant’s binding commitment to the effect that once any Person other than the Company, a direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company, or an employee benefit plan of the Company or any such subsidiary begins a tender or exchange offer or a solicitation of proxies from the Company’s security holders or takes other actions to effect a Change in Control, the Participant will not voluntarily terminate his or her employment with the Company until such Person has abandoned or terminated such efforts to effect a Change in Control or until a Change in Control has occurred; and (b) such other terms, if any, as the Board may specify, which may (if the Board so provides) deviate from the terms generally set forth in the Plan.