GREEN MOUNTAIN COFFEE INC
8-K, 2000-12-15
MISCELLANEOUS FOOD PREPARATIONS & KINDRED PRODUCTS
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                                  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 4, 2000

                                     1-12340
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                            (Commission File Number)


                           GREEN MOUNTAIN COFFEE, INC.
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


            Delaware                                       03-0339228
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(State or other jurisdiction of                (IRS employer identification no.)
incorporation or organization)


   33 Coffee Lane, Waterbury, Vermont                        05676
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(Address of principal executive offices)                   (Zip code)

                  Registrant's telephone number: (802) 244-5621


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Item 5.           Other Events


                  On  December  4,  2000  Green  Mountain   Coffee,   Inc.  (the
"Company")  announced  that its Board of Directors  approved a 100% Common Stock
dividend,  or in  effect a  two-for-one  stock  split.  The  record  date of the
dividend is December  28, 2000 and the  payment  date is January 11,  2001.  The
Company's  common  stock will  begin  trading  on a  dividend-adjusted  basis on
January 12, 2001.  Further  details of this  announcement  are  contained in the
press release of the Company dated December 4, 2000, which is attached hereto as
Exhibit 99.1.

Item 7.           Financial Statements and Exhibits

         (a)      Financial statements of business acquired.

                  Not applicable.

         (b)      Pro forma financial information.

                  Not applicable.

         (c)      Exhibits.

                  99.1     Press  release issued by the  Company and dated as of
                           December 4, 2000.


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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.


                                     GREEN MOUNTAIN COFFEE INC.


                                       By: /s/ Robert P. Stiller
                                          --------------------------------------
                                          Robert P. Stiller
                                          President and Chief Executive Officer


Date:  December 15, 2000




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