Form 8-K KEURIG GREEN MOUNTAIN, For: Mar 03

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 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): March 3, 2016

KEURIG GREEN MOUNTAIN, 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

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(Registrant’s former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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:

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Introduction

On March 3, 2016, Keurig Green Mountain, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), completed its previously announced merger (the “Merger”) with Maple Holdings Acquisition Corp. (“Acquisition Sub”), a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Acorn Holdings B.V., a private limited liability company incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands (“Parent”), pursuant to the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December 6, 2015 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among Parent, Acquisition Sub, the Company and, solely for the purposes of Article IX of the Merger Agreement, JAB Holdings B.V., a private limited liability company incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands.  The Company was the surviving corporation in the Merger and, as a result, is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent.

The description of the Merger Agreement and related transactions (including, without limitation, the Merger) in this Form 8-K does not purport to be complete and is subject, and qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Merger Agreement which is attached as Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on December 8, 2015 and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 2.01 Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.

On March 3, 2016, Parent completed the acquisition of the Company. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, at the effective time of the Merger (the “Effective Time”), each share (a “Share”) of common stock of the Company, par value $0.10 per Share (“Company Common Stock”), issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than (i) Shares owned by Parent, any subsidiary of Parent, Acquisition Sub or the Company, in each case immediately prior to the Effective Time, and (ii) Shares held by stockholders who did not vote in favor of the Merger and who properly and validly perfected their statutory rights of appraisal in respect of such Shares in accordance with Section 262 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (clauses (i) and (ii), the “Excluded Shares”)) was cancelled and extinguished and automatically converted into the right to receive $92.00 in cash (“Merger Consideration”) without interest thereon, subject to applicable tax withholding.

In addition, at the Effective Time of the Merger:

·                  each option to purchase Shares under any of Keurig’s stock plans (each, a “Stock Option”) that was outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time was accelerated in full, cancelled and terminated, and each holder of each such Stock Option ceased to have any rights except the right to be paid at or promptly after the Effective Time, subject to applicable tax withholding, an amount in cash (without interest) equal to the product of (i) the total number of Shares subject to such Stock Option multiplied by (ii) the excess, if any, of the Merger Consideration over the exercise price of such Stock Option, and any Stock Options with an exercise price that equals or was in excess of the Merger Consideration were cancelled and terminated for no consideration;

·                  each award of restricted stock units (each, an “RSU”) subject to specified vesting criteria under any of Keurig’s stock plans (other than performance-based vesting criteria) that was outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time became fully vested and was cancelled and terminated, and each holder of each such RSU Award will be paid at or promptly after the Effective Time, subject to applicable tax withholding, an amount in cash (without interest) equal to the number of Shares subject to such cancelled RSU Award multiplied by the Merger Consideration; and

·                  each award of RSUs subject to specified performance-based vesting criteria under any of Keurig’s stock plans (each, a “PSU Award”) that was outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time became fully vested immediately prior to the Effective Time and was cancelled and terminated, and each holder of each such PSU Award will be paid at or promptly after the Effective Time, subject to applicable tax withholding, an amount in cash (without interest) equal to the number of Shares subject to such cancelled PSU Award multiplied by the Merger Consideration, with the total number of Shares subject to a PSU Award determined as follows: (i) for PSU Awards with a performance period ending prior to the date hereof, based on actual performance through the end of such performance period and (ii) for PSU Awards with a performance period not ending prior to the date hereof by their terms, at 100% of target levels.

For the Company’s non-employee directors who were participants in the Amended and Restated 2002 Deferred Compensation Plan, a nonqualified deferred compensation plan, the amounts notionally invested in Company Common Stock (which we refer to as “Phantom Stock Units”) immediately prior to the Effective Time were cancelled and terminated, and each holder of each such Phantom Stock Unit will be paid at or promptly after the Effective Time an amount in cash (without interest) equal to the number of cancelled Phantom Stock Units multiplied by the Merger Consideration.

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Item 3.01 Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing.

In connection with the closing of the Merger, the Company notified the NASDAQ Global Select Market (“NASDAQ”) on March 3, 2016 that the certificate of merger has been filed with the State of Delaware and that, at the Effective Time, each Share (other than the Excluded Shares) was cancelled and extinguished and automatically converted into the right to receive Merger Consideration without interest thereon, subject to applicable tax withholding. In addition, the Company requested that NASDAQ delist the Company Common Stock before the commencement of trading on March 3, 2016, and, as a result, trading of Company Common Stock on NASDAQ was suspended as of approximately 9:00 a.m. on March 3, 2016. The Company also requested NASDAQ to file a notification of removal from listing and registration on Form 25 with the SEC to effect the delisting of the Company Common Stock from NASDAQ and the deregistration of the Company Common Stock under Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). The Company intends to file with the SEC a Form 15 requesting the termination of registration of the Company Common Stock under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and the suspension of reporting obligations under Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

Item 3.03 Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.

The information set forth in the Introduction and under Item 2.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference in this Item 3.03.

At the Effective Time, each holder of Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time ceased to have any rights as a stockholder of the Company (other than the right of the holders of Shares (other than Excluded Shares) to receive the Merger Consideration pursuant to the Merger Agreement).

Item 5.01 Changes in Control of Registrant.

The information set forth in the Introduction and under Item 2.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated into this Item 5.01 by reference.

As a result of the Merger, a change in control of the Company occurred, and the Company is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent.

The total amount of funds used to complete the Merger and related transactions and pay related fees and expenses was approximately $13.9 billion, which was funded through a combination of equity contributions from Parent’s existing shareholders, cash of the Company and proceeds from a debt financing.

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Departure of Directors

In connection with the consummation of the Merger and as contemplated by the Merger Agreement (and not because of any disagreement with the Company), all of the directors of the Company resigned as directors of the Company at the Effective Time. In accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement, at the Effective Time, the directors of Acquisition Sub became the directors of the Company.

Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Changes in Fiscal Year.

At the Effective Time of the Merger, the certificate of incorporation of the Company and the by-laws of the Company were each amended and restated in their entirety as set forth in Exhibits 3.1 and 3.2 hereto, respectively, which are incorporated by reference into this Item 5.03.

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

A copy of the press release issued by the Company on March 3, 2016 announcing the completion of the Merger is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

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Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

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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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EXHIBIT INDEX

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Exhibit 3.1

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

KEURIG GREEN MOUNTAIN, INC.

FIRST: The name of the corporation (which is hereinafter referred to as the “Corporation”) is Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.

SECOND: The address of the registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is: Corporation Service Company, 2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400, Wilmington, DE 19808, County of New Castle.  The name of its registered agent for service of process in the State of Delaware at such address is Corporation Service Company.

THIRD: The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as from time to time amended.

FOURTH: The total number of shares of capital stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 1,000, all of which shares shall be common stock having a par value of $0.01 per share.

FIFTH:

(a)                                 To the fullest extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware as the same exists or may hereafter be amended, no director of the Corporation shall be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director.

(b)                                 Each director, officer and employee, past or present, of the Corporation, and each person who serves or may have served at the request of the Corporation as a director, trustee, officer or employee of another corporation, association, trust or other entity and their respective heirs, administrators and executors, shall be indemnified by the Corporation in accordance with, and to the fullest extent permitted by, the provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware as it may from time to time be amended.  Each agent of the Corporation and each person who serves or may have served at the request of the Corporation as an agent of another corporation, or as an employee or agent of any partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise may, in the discretion of the Board of Directors, be indemnified by the Corporation to the same extent as provided herein with respect to directors, officers and employees of the Corporation.  The provisions of this paragraph (b) shall apply to any member of any committee appointed by the Board of Directors as fully as though such person shall have been an officer or director of the Corporation.

(c)                                  The provisions of this Article Fifth shall be in addition to and not in limitation of any other rights, indemnities or limitations of liability to which any director or

officer may be entitled, as a matter of law or under any by-law, agreement, vote of stockholders or otherwise.

(d)                                 Neither amendment nor repeal of this Article Fifth nor the adoption of any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation inconsistent with this Article Fifth shall eliminate or reduce the effect of this Article Fifth in respect of any matter occurring, or any cause of action, suit or claim that, but for this Article Fifth, would accrue or arise, prior to such amendment, repeal or adoption of an inconsistent provision.

SIXTH: In addition to the powers and authority herein before or by statute expressly conferred upon them, the Board of Directors of the Corporation is hereby empowered to exercise all such powers and do all such acts and things as may be exercised or done by the Corporation, subject to the provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, this Certificate of Incorporation and the by-laws of the Corporation.

Exhibit 3.2

AMENDED AND RESTATED BY-LAWS
OF
KEURIG GREEN MOUNTAIN, INC.
(a Delaware corporation)

ARTICLE I

Stockholders

SECTION 1.                            Annual Meetings.  The annual meeting of stockholders for the election of directors and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting shall be held each year at such date and time, within or outside the State of Delaware, as the Board of Directors shall determine.

SECTION 2.                            Special Meetings.  Special meetings of stockholders for the transaction of such business as may properly come before the meeting may be called by order of the Board of Directors or by stockholders holding together at least a majority of all the shares of the Corporation entitled to vote at the meeting, and shall be held at such date and time, within or without the State of Delaware, as may be specified by such order.  Whenever the directors shall fail to fix such place, the meeting shall be held at the principal executive office of the Corporation.

SECTION 3.                            Notice of Meetings.  Written notice of all meetings of the stockholders, stating the place (if any), date and hour of the meeting, the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting, and the place within the city or other municipality or community at which the list of stockholders may be examined, shall be mailed or delivered to each stockholder not less than 10 nor more than 60 days prior to the meeting.  Notice of any special meeting shall state in general terms the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is to be held.

SECTION 4.                            Stockholder Lists.  The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least 10 days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder.  Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of the meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held.  The list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present.

The stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the stock ledger, the list required by this section or the books of the Corporation, or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.

SECTION 5.                            Quorum.  Except as otherwise provided by law or the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation, a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of stockholders shall consist of the holders of record of a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of the capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at the meeting, present in person or by proxy.  At all meetings of the stockholders at which a quorum is present, all matters, except as otherwise provided by law or the Certificate of Incorporation, shall be decided by the vote of the holders of a majority of the shares entitled to vote thereat present in person or by proxy.  If there be no such quorum, the holders of a majority of such shares so present or represented may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without further notice, until a quorum shall have been obtained.  When a quorum is once present it is not broken by the subsequent withdrawal of any stockholder.

SECTION 6.                            Organization.  Meetings of stockholders shall be presided over by the Chairman, if any, or if none or in the Chairman’s absence, the Vice-Chairman, if any, or if none or in the Vice-Chairman’s absence the President, if any, or if none or in the President’s absence, a Vice-President, or, if none of the foregoing is present, by a chairman to be chosen by the stockholders entitled to vote who are present in person or by proxy at the meeting.  The Secretary of the Corporation or, in the Secretary’s absence, the presiding officer of the meeting shall appoint any person present to act as secretary of the meeting.

SECTION 7.                            Voting; Proxies; Required Vote.

(a)                                 At each meeting of stockholders, every stockholder shall be entitled to vote in person or by proxy appointed by instrument in writing, subscribed by such stockholder or by such stockholder’s duly authorized attorney-in-fact (but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period), and, unless the Certificate of Incorporation provides otherwise, shall have one vote for each share of stock entitled to vote registered in the name of such stockholder on the books of the Corporation on the applicable record date fixed pursuant to these By-laws.  At all elections of directors the voting may but need not be by ballot and a plurality of the votes of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the election of directors shall elect.  Except as otherwise required by law or the Certificate of Incorporation, any other action shall be authorized by the vote of the majority of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the subject matter.

(b)                                 Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of stockholders may, except as otherwise required by law or the Certificate of Incorporation, be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of record of the issued and outstanding capital stock of the Corporation having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted, and the writing or writings are filed with the permanent records of the Corporation.

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Prompt notice of the taking of corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing.

(c)                                  Where a separate vote by a class or classes, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum entitled to vote on that matter, the affirmative vote of the majority of shares of such class or classes present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting shall be the act of such class, unless otherwise provided in the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation.

SECTION 8.                            Inspectors.  The Board of Directors, in advance of any meeting, may, but need not, appoint one or more inspectors of election to act at the meeting or any adjournment thereof.  If an inspector or inspectors are not so appointed, the person presiding at the meeting may, but need not, appoint one or more inspectors.  In case any person who may be appointed as an inspector fails to appear or act, the vacancy may be filled by appointment made by the directors in advance of the meeting or at the meeting by the person presiding thereat.  Each inspector, if any, before entering upon the discharge of his or her duties, shall take and sign an oath faithfully to execute the duties of inspector at such meeting with strict impartiality and according to the best of his ability.  The inspectors, if any, shall determine the number of shares of stock outstanding and the voting power of each, the shares of stock represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, and the validity and effect of proxies, and shall receive votes, ballots or consents, hear and determine all challenges and questions arising in connection with the right to vote, count and tabulate all votes, ballots or consents, determine the result, and do such acts as are proper to conduct the election or vote with fairness to all stockholders.  On request of the person presiding at the meeting, the inspector or inspectors, if any, shall make a report in writing of any challenge, question or matter determined by such inspector or inspectors and execute a certificate of any fact found by such inspector or inspectors.

ARTICLE II

Board of Directors

SECTION 1.                            General Powers.  The business, property and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by, or under the direction of, the Board of Directors.

SECTION 2.                            Qualification; Number; Term; Remuneration.

(a)                                 Each director shall be at least 18 years of age.  A director need not be a stockholder, a citizen of the United States, or a resident of the State of Delaware.  The number of directors constituting the entire Board shall be three, or such greater or lesser number as may be fixed from time to time by action of the stockholders, one of whom may be selected by the Board of Directors to be its Chairman.  The use of the phrase “entire Board” herein refers to the total number of directors which the Corporation would have if there were no vacancies.

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(b)                                 Directors who are elected at an annual meeting of stockholders, and directors who are elected in the interim to fill vacancies and newly created directorships, shall hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are elected and qualified or until their earlier resignation or removal.

(c)                                  Directors may be paid their expenses, if any, of attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors and may be paid a fixed sum for attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors or a stated salary as director.  No such payment shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor.  Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like compensation for attending committee meetings.

SECTION 3.                            Quorum and Manner of Voting.  Except as otherwise provided by law, a majority of the entire Board shall constitute a quorum.  A majority of the directors present, whether or not a quorum is present, may adjourn a meeting from time to time to another time and place without notice.  The vote of the majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors.

SECTION 4.                            Places of Meetings.  Meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at any place within or without the State of Delaware, as may from time to time be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors, or as may be specified in the notice of meeting.

SECTION 5.                            Annual Meeting.  Following the annual meeting of stockholders, the newly elected Board of Directors shall meet for the purpose of the election of officers and the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting.  Such meeting may be held without notice immediately after the annual meeting of stockholders at the same place at which such stockholders’ meeting is held.

SECTION 6.                            Regular Meetings.  Regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at such times and places as the Board of Directors shall determine from time to time.  Notice need not be given of regular meetings of the Board of Directors held at times and places fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors.

SECTION 7.                            Special Meetings.  Special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held whenever called by the Chairman of the Board, President or by a majority of the directors then in office.

SECTION 8.                            Notice of Meetings.  A notice of the place, date and time and the purpose or purposes of each meeting of the Board of Directors shall be given to each director by mailing the same at least two days before the meeting, or by telephoning or emailing the same or by delivering the same personally not later than the day before the day of the meeting.

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SECTION 9.                            Organization.  At all meetings of the Board of Directors, the Chairman, if any, or if none or in the Chairman’s absence or inability to act the Vice-Chairman, if any, or if none or in the Vice-Chairman’s absence or inability to act the President, or in the President’s absence or inability to act any Vice-President who is a member of the Board of Directors, or in such Vice-President’s absence or inability to act a chairman chosen by the directors, shall preside.  The Secretary of the Corporation shall act as secretary at all meetings of the Board of Directors when present, and, in the Secretary’s absence, the presiding officer may appoint any person to act as secretary.

SECTION 10.                     Resignation; Removal.  Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation and such resignation shall take effect upon receipt thereof by the President or Secretary, unless otherwise specified in the resignation.  Any or all of the directors may be removed, with or without cause, by the holders of a majority of the shares of stock outstanding and entitled to vote for the election of directors.

SECTION 11.                     Vacancies.  Unless otherwise provided in these By-laws, vacancies on the Board of Directors, whether caused by resignation, death, disqualification, removal, an increase in the authorized number of directors or otherwise, may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director, or at a special meeting of the stockholders, by the holders of shares entitled to vote for the election of directors.

SECTION 12.                     Action by Written Consent.  Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors may be taken without a meeting if all the directors consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors.

ARTICLE III

Committees

SECTION 1.                            Appointment.  From time to time the Board of Directors by a resolution adopted by a majority of the entire Board may appoint any committee or committees for any purpose or purposes, to the extent lawful, which shall have powers as shall be determined and specified by the Board of Directors in the resolution of appointment.

SECTION 2.                            Procedures, Quorum and Manner of Acting.  Each committee shall fix its own rules of procedure, and shall meet where and as provided by such rules or by resolution of the Board of Directors.  Except as otherwise provided by law, the presence of a majority of the then appointed members of a committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business by that committee, and in every case where a quorum is present the affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the committee present shall be the act of the committee.  Each committee shall keep minutes

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of its proceedings, and actions taken by a committee shall be reported to the Board of Directors.

SECTION 3.                            Action by Written Consent.  Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of any committee of the Board of Directors may be taken without a meeting if all the members of the committee consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the committee.

SECTION 4.                            Term; Termination.  In the event any person shall cease to be a director of the Corporation, such person shall simultaneously therewith cease to be a member of any committee appointed by the Board of Directors.

ARTICLE IV

Officers

SECTION 1.                            Election and Qualifications.  The Board of Directors shall elect the officers of the Corporation, which shall include a President and a Secretary, and may include, by election or appointment, one or more Vice-Presidents (any one or more of whom may be given an additional designation of rank or function), a Treasurer, and such Assistant Secretaries, such Assistant Treasurers and such other officers as the Board may from time to time deem proper.  Each officer shall have such powers and duties as may be prescribed by these By-laws and as may be assigned by the Board of Directors or the President.  Any two or more offices may be held by the same person except offices of President and Secretary together.  The Chairman of the Board, if one is appointed, shall, if present, preside at all meetings of the stockholders and directors.

SECTION 2.                            Term of Office and Remuneration.  All officers shall hold office until their successors are elected and qualified, but any officer may be removed from office, either with or without cause, at any time by the Board of Directors.  Any vacancy in any office arising from any cause may be filled for the unexpired portion of the term by the Board of Directors.  The remuneration of all officers of the Corporation may be fixed by the Board of Directors or in such manner as the Board of Directors shall provide.

SECTION 3.                            Resignation; Removal.  Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation and such resignation shall take effect upon receipt thereof by the President or Secretary, unless otherwise specified in the resignation.  Any officer shall be subject to removal, with or without cause, at any time by vote of a majority of the entire Board.

SECTION 4.                            President.  The President shall have direction and control of the business and officers of the Corporation, shall have the general powers and duties of management usually vested in the president of a corporation, and shall have such other powers and duties as may from time to time be assigned by the Board of Directors. The President may appoint and remove assistant officers and other agents and employees; and

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may execute and deliver in the name of the Corporation powers of attorney, contracts, bonds and other obligations and instruments.

SECTION 5.                            Vice-President.  A Vice-President may execute and deliver in the name of the Corporation contracts and other obligations and instruments pertaining to the regular course of the duties of said office, and shall have such other authority as from time to time may be assigned by the Board of Directors or the President.

SECTION 6.                            Treasurer.  The Treasurer shall in general have all duties incident to the position of Treasurer and such other duties as may be assigned by the Board of Directors or the President.

SECTION 7.                            Secretary.  The Secretary shall in general have all the duties incident to the office of Secretary and such other duties as may be assigned by the Board of Directors or the President.

SECTION 8.                            Assistant Officers.  Any assistant officer shall have such powers and duties of the officer such assistant officer assists as such officer or the Board of Directors shall from time to time prescribe.

ARTICLE V

Books and Records

SECTION 1.                            Location.  The books and records of the Corporation may be kept at such place or places within or outside the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors or the respective officers in charge thereof may from time to time determine.  The record books containing the names and addresses of all stockholders, the number and class of shares of stock held by each and the dates when they respectively became the owners of record thereof shall be kept by the Secretary as prescribed in these By-laws and by such officer or agent as shall be designated by the Board of Directors.

SECTION 2.                            Addresses of Stockholders.  Notices of meetings and all other corporate notices may be delivered personally or mailed to each stockholder at the stockholder’s address as it appears on the records of the Corporation.

SECTION 3.                            Fixing Date for Determination of Stockholders of Record.

(a)                                 In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors and which record date shall not be more than 60 nor less than 10 days before the date of such meeting.  If no record date is fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the

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day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held.  A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.

(b)                                 In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors and if no record date has been fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, when no prior action by the Board of Directors is required, shall be the first date on which a signed written consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the Corporation by delivery to its registered office in the State of Delaware, its principal place of business, or an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded.  Delivery made to the Corporation’s registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested.  If no record date has been fixed by the Board of Directors and prior action by the Board of Directors is required by this article, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution taking such prior action.

(c)                                  In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights or the stockholders entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock, or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted and if no record date is fixed, the record date for determining stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto.

ARTICLE VI

Certificates Representing Stock

SECTION 1.                            Certificates; Signatures.  The shares of the Corporation shall be represented by certificates, provided that the Board of Directors of the Corporation may provide by resolution or resolutions that some or all of any or all classes or series of its stock shall be uncertificated shares.  Any such resolution shall not apply to shares represented by a certificate until such certificate is surrendered to the Corporation.  Notwithstanding the adoption of such a resolution by the Board of Directors, every holder of stock represented by certificates and upon request every holder of uncertificated shares shall be entitled to have a certificate, signed by or in the name of the Corporation by the

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Chairman or Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors, or the President or Vice-President, and by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation, representing the number of shares registered in certificate form.  Any and all signatures on any such certificate may be facsimiles.  In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if he were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue.  The name of the holder of record of the shares represented thereby, with the number of such shares and the date of issue, shall be entered on the books of the Corporation.

SECTION 2.                            Transfers of Stock.  Upon compliance with provisions restricting the transfer or registration of transfer of shares of stock, if any, shares of capital stock shall be transferable on the books of the Corporation only by the holder of record thereof in person, or by a duly authorized attorney, upon surrender and cancellation of certificates for a like number of shares, properly endorsed, and the payment of all taxes due thereon.

SECTION 3.                            Fractional Shares.  The Corporation may, but shall not be required to, issue certificates for fractions of a share where necessary to effect authorized transactions, or the Corporation may pay in cash the fair value of fractions of a share as of the time when those entitled to receive such fractions are determined, or it may issue scrip in registered or bearer form over the manual or facsimile signature of an officer of the Corporation or of its agent, exchangeable as therein provided for full shares, but such scrip shall not entitle the holder to any rights of a stockholder except as therein provided.

The Board of Directors shall have power and authority to make all such rules and regulations as it may deem expedient concerning the issue, transfer and registration of certificates representing shares of the Corporation.

SECTION 4.                            Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates.  The Corporation may issue a new certificate of stock in place of any certificate, theretofore issued by it, alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, and the Board of Directors may require the owner of any lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or his legal representative, to give the Corporation a bond sufficient to indemnify the Corporation against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of any such new certificate.

ARTICLE VII

INDEMNIFICATION

SECTION 1.                                  General.  The Corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the Corporation) against such

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person in such person’s capacity as a current or former director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or in such person’s capacity as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise while serving in such capacity at the request of the Corporation, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding to the maximum extent permitted from time to time under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

SECTION 2.                                  Derivative Actions.  The Corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor against such person in such person’s capacity as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or in such person’s capacity as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise while serving in such capacity at the request of the Corporation against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit to the maximum extent permitted from time to time under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

SECTION 3.                                  Indemnification in Certain Cases.  To the extent that a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in Sections 1 and 2 of this Article VII, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, he shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith.

SECTION 4.                                  Procedure.  Any indemnification under Sections 1 and 2 of this Article VII (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the Corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the director, officer, employee or agent is proper in the circumstances. Such determination shall be made by one of the following at the Corporation’s discretion: (a) by the Board of Directors by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to such action, suit or proceeding or (b) by independent legal counsel in a written opinion or (c) by the stockholders. Nothing in this Article VII shall require the Corporation to indemnify or advance expenses to any person seeking indemnification in connection with any action, suit or proceeding, or part thereof, initiated by or on behalf of such person unless the initiation thereof was approved by the Board of Directors.

SECTION 5.                                  Advances for Expenses.  Expenses incurred in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding shall be paid by the Corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director, officer, employee or agent to repay such amount if it shall be ultimately determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation as authorized in this Article VII. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no advance shall be made by the Corporation if a determination is reasonably and promptly made by a majority vote

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of those directors who are not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, or, if there are no such directors or if such directors so direct, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, that, based upon the facts known to such directors or counsel at the time such determination is made, such person acted in bad faith and in a manner that such person did not believe to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, or, with respect to any criminal proceeding, that such person had reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful.

SECTION 6.           Rights Not Exclusive.  The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or rights granted pursuant to, the other subsections of this Article VII shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any law, by-law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in his official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs and legal representatives of such person.

SECTION 7.           Insurance.  The Corporation shall have power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify him against such liability under the provisions of this Article VII.

SECTION 8.           Definition of Corporation.  For the purposes of this Article VII, references to “the Corporation” include all constituent corporations absorbed in a consolidation or merger as well as the resulting or surviving corporation so that any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such a constituent corporation or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Article VII with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as he would if he had served the resulting or surviving corporation in the same capacity.

SECTION 9.           Survival of Rights.  The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by or granted pursuant to this Article VII shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.

SECTION 10.         Amendments to Article VII.  Any repeal or modification of the foregoing provisions of this Article VII shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director or officer of the Corporation with respect to any acts or omissions of such director or officer occurring prior to such repeal or modification.

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ARTICLE VIII

Dividends

Subject always to the provisions of law and the Certificate of Incorporation, the Board of Directors shall have full power to determine whether any, and, if any, what part of any, funds legally available for the payment of dividends shall be declared as dividends and paid to stockholders; the division of the whole or any part of such funds of the Corporation shall rest wholly within the lawful discretion of the Board of Directors, and it shall not be required at any time, against such discretion, to divide or pay any part of such funds among or to the stockholders as dividends or otherwise; and before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the Board of Directors from time to time, in its absolute discretion, deems proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for such other purpose as the Board of Directors shall think conducive to the interest of the Corporation, and the Board of Directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.

ARTICLE IX

Ratification

Any transaction, questioned in any law suit on the ground of lack of authority, defective or irregular execution, adverse interest of director, officer or stockholder, non-disclosure, miscomputation, or the application of improper principles or practices of accounting, may be ratified before or after judgment, by the Board of Directors or by the stockholders, and if so ratified shall have the same force and effect as if the questioned transaction had been originally duly authorized.  Such ratification shall be binding upon the Corporation and its stockholders and shall constitute a bar to any claim or execution of any judgment in respect of such questioned transaction.

ARTICLE X

Corporate Seal

The Corporation may have a corporate seal.  The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation and the year of its incorporation, and shall be in such form and contain such other words and/or figures as the Board of Directors shall determine.  The corporate seal may be used by printing, engraving, lithographing, stamping or otherwise making, placing or affixing, or causing to be printed, engraved, lithographed, stamped or otherwise made, placed or affixed, upon any paper or document, by any process whatsoever, an impression, facsimile or other reproduction of said corporate seal.

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ARTICLE XI

Fiscal Year

The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed, and shall be subject to change, by the Board of Directors.  Unless otherwise fixed by the Board of Directors, the fiscal year of the Corporation shall be the calendar year.

ARTICLE XII

Waiver of Notice

Whenever notice is required to be given by these By-laws or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by law, a written waiver thereof, signed by the person or persons entitled to said notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to notice.

ARTICLE XIII

Bank Accounts, Drafts, Contracts, Etc.

SECTION 1.         Bank Accounts and Drafts.  In addition to such bank accounts as may be authorized by the Board of Directors, the primary financial officer or any person designated by said primary financial officer, whether or not an employee of the Corporation, may authorize such bank accounts to be opened or maintained in the name and on behalf of the Corporation as he may deem necessary or appropriate, payments from such bank accounts to be made upon and according to the check of the Corporation in accordance with the written instructions of said primary financial officer, such other person so designated by said primarily financial officer or by a Treasurer.

SECTION 2.         Contracts.  The Board of Directors may authorize any person or persons, in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, to enter into or execute and deliver any and all deeds, bonds, mortgages, contracts and other obligations or instruments, and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.

SECTION 3.         Proxies; Powers of Attorney; Other Instruments.  The Chairman, the President or any other person designated by either of them shall have the power and authority to execute and deliver proxies, powers of attorney and other instruments on behalf of the Corporation in connection with the rights and powers incident to the ownership of stock by the Corporation.  The Chairman, the President or any other person authorized by proxy or power of attorney executed and delivered by either of them on behalf of the Corporation may attend and vote at any meeting of stockholders of any company in which the Corporation may hold stock, and may exercise on behalf of the Corporation any and all of the rights and powers incident to the ownership of such stock at any such meeting, or otherwise as specified in the proxy or

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power of attorney so authorizing any such person.  The Board of Directors, from time to time, may confer like powers upon any other person.

SECTION 4.         Financial Reports.  The Board of Directors may appoint the primary financial officer or other fiscal officer and/or the Secretary or any other officer to cause to be prepared and furnished to stockholders entitled thereto any special financial notice and/or financial statement, as the case may be, which may be required by any provision of law.

ARTICLE XIV

Amendments

The Board of Directors shall have the power to adopt, amend or repeal these By-laws.  By-laws adopted by the Board of Directors may be repealed or changed, and new By-laws made, by the stockholders, and the stockholders may prescribe that any By-law made by them shall not be altered, amended or repealed by the Board of Directors.

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Exhibit 99.1

JAB Holding Company-Led Investor Group Completes Acquisition of Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.

WATERBURY, Vt. (March 3, 2016) —Keurig Green Mountain, Inc. (NASDAQ: GMCR)  (“Keurig Green Mountain”) and JAB Holding Company (“JAB”) today announced the successful completion of the acquisition of Keurig Green Mountain by a JAB-led investor group.  The acquisition was announced on December 7, 2015, and the transaction closed and became effective today.

Under the terms of the transaction, Keurig Green Mountain stockholders will receive $92.00 per share in cash for each share they own.  The transaction was approved by Keurig Green Mountain stockholders at a special meeting of stockholders held on February 24, 2016.  As a result of the completion of the acquisition, Keurig Green Mountain’s common stock ceased trading on the NASDAQ Global Select Market before the opening of market today.

About Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.

Keurig Green Mountain is reimagining how beverages can be created, personalized, and enjoyed, fresh-made in homes and workplaces. Keurig Green Mountain is a personal beverage system company revolutionizing the beverage experience through the power of innovative technology and strategic brand partnerships. With an expanding family of more than 80 beloved brands and more than 575 beverage varieties, Keurig Green Mountain’s Keurig® hot and Keurig® KOLD™ beverage systems deliver great taste, convenience, and choice at the push of a button. As a company founded on social responsibility, Keurig Green Mountain is committed to using the power of business to brew a better world through its work to build resilient supply chains, sustainable products, thriving communities, and a water-secure world.

For more information visit: www.KeurigGreenMountain.com.

About JAB Holding Company

JAB Holding Company is a privately held group focused on long-term investments in companies with premium brands, attractive growth and strong margin dynamics in the Consumer Goods category. The group’s portfolio includes a controlling stake in Jacobs Douwe Egberts (JDE), the largest pure-play FMCG coffee company in the world, a controlling stake in Coty Inc., a global leader in beauty, and controlling stakes in luxury goods companies including Jimmy Choo, Bally and Belstaff. JAB also has controlling stakes in Peet’s Coffee & Tea, a premier specialty coffee and tea company, Caribou Coffee Company, a specialty retailer of high-quality premium coffee products, Einstein Noah Restaurant Group, Inc., a leading company in the quick-casual segment of the restaurant industry, Espresso House, the largest branded coffee shop chain in Scandinavia, and Baresso Coffee A/S, the first and largest branded coffee shop chain in Denmark. JAB also owns a minority stake in Reckitt Benckiser PLC, a global leader in health, hygiene and home products. In July 2015, Coty announced it had reached a definitive agreement to purchase some of Procter & Gamble’s beauty brands to create one of the world’s largest cosmetic companies. JAB is overseen by its three Senior Partners, Peter Harf, Bart Becht (Chairman) and Olivier Goudet (CEO). For more information, please visit the company’s website at: http://www.jabholco.com.

Keurig Green Mountain Contacts

Media Contact:

Dan Katcher / Matthew Sherman / Averell Withers

Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher

(212) 355-4449

Investor Contact:

Kristi Bonner

Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.

(646) 762-8095

[email protected]

JAB Holding Company Contacts

Tom Johnson/Pat Tucker

Abernathy MacGregor Group

(212) 371-5999

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