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Green Mountain Coffee Roasters 8-K 2009
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 24, 2009
GREEN MOUNTAIN COFFEE ROASTERS, INC. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
33 Coffee Lane, Waterbury, Vermont 05676 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) (802) 244-5621 (Registrants telephone number, including area code)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
Item 8.01. Other Events. On December 9, 2009, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. (GMCR) filed a Notification and Report Form with the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission (the FTC), pursuant to the requirements of the Hart-Scott Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, in connection with GMCRs proposed acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the Shares), of Diedrich Coffee, Inc. (Diedrich) through GMCRs wholly owned subsidiary Pebbles Acquisition Sub, Inc. (Purchaser) in a two-step transaction consisting of a tender offer by Purchaser (the Offer) and a merger of Purchaser with and into Diedrich. Effective December 24, 2009, following consultation with the FTC staff, GMCR has voluntarily withdrawn its Notification and Report Form. On or before December 29, 2009, GMCR expects to re-file its Notification and Report Form. This withdrawal and re-filing is being undertaken in order to provide the FTC with additional time to review the information submitted by GMCR and Diedrich. As a result of the withdrawal and re-filing, the waiting period applicable to the purchase of Shares pursuant to the Offer is scheduled to expire at 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on or before January 13, 2010. The FTC may earlier terminate the waiting period. The FTC also may extend the waiting period by requesting that GMCR provide additional information or documentary material relevant to the Offer. If such a request were made, the waiting period would be extended until 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on the 10th day after GMCRs substantial compliance with such request, or until 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on the next business day following that date if the 10th day fell on a weekend or federal holiday. Thereafter, the waiting period could be extended only by court order. If necessary, GMCR will, in accordance with the terms of the Offer and applicable law, extend the Offers expiration time to occur concurrently with the waiting periods expiration time. Additional Information. This Current Report on Form 8-K is neither an offer to purchase, nor a solicitation of an offer to sell, any securities. The tender offer to purchase shares of Diedrich common stock referenced in this Current Report on Form 8-K has been made pursuant to a Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO, containing an offer to purchase, a form of letter of transmittal and other documents relating to the tender offer (the Tender Offer Statement), which GMCR and Purchaser filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) and first mailed to Diedrich stockholders on December 11, 2009. Security holders of Diedrich are advised to read the Tender Offer Statement, because it contains important information about the tender offer. Investors and security holders of Diedrich also are advised that they may obtain free copies of the Tender Offer Statement and other documents filed by GMCR with the SEC on the SECs website at http://www.sec.gov. In addition, free copies of the Tender Offer Statement and related materials may be obtained from GMCR by written request to: Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc., Attention: General Counsel, 33 Coffee Lane, Waterbury, Vermont 05676.
SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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