Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. To Join The NASDAQ-100 Index Beginning August 22, 2013

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. (Nasdaq:GMCR) will become a component of the NASDAQ-100 Index® (Nasdaq:NDX), the NASDAQ-100 Equal Weighted Index (Nasdaq:NDXE) and the NASDAQ-100 Ex-Tech Sector Index (Nasdaq:NDXX) prior to market open on Thursday, August 22, 2013. Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. will replace Life Technologies Corporation (Nasdaq:LIFE).

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. is headquartered in Waterbury, Vermont, and has a market capitalization of approximately $11.7 billion. For more information about the company, go towww.greenmountaincoffee.com.