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

ATYR, NDAQ

NEW YORK, Aug. 15, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 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 to www.greenmountaincoffee.com.

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