Keurig® KOLD(TM) System Named Edison Awards Finalist

The Keurig® KOLD™ Drinkmaker, by Keurig Green Mountain, Inc., (Keurig) (NASDAQ: GMCR), has been named a 2016 Award Finalist by the internationally renowned Edison Awards™. The distinguished awards, inspired by Thomas Edison’s persistence and inventiveness, recognize innovation, creativity and ingenuity in the global economy.

This Smart News Release features multimedia. View the full release here: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160211005227/en/

Keurig® KOLD™ Drinkmaker from Keurig Green Mountain, Inc. (Photo: Business Wire)

“It’s exciting to see companies like Keurig, continuing Thomas Edison’s legacy of challenging conventional thinking,” said Frank Bonafilia, Edison Awards’ executive director. “Edison Awards recognizes the game-changing products and services, and the teams that brought them to consumers.” Award winners will be announced April 21, 2016 at the Edison Awards Annual Gala, held in the historic Ballroom of the Capitale in New York City.

“We are honored to be named a finalist in such a prestigious award program acknowledging the best of innovation,” said Tara Murphy, Senior Vice President of Keurig® KOLD™ Systems. “KOLD delivers game changing, on-demand variety of sparkling or non-carbonated beverages, including cocktail mixers, all fresh-made with Keurig simplicity.”

Keurig® KOLD™ is the first beverage system that allows consumers to freshly make a wide range of cold sparkling and still beverages at home at the push of a button. The Keurig® KOLD™ system encourages choice and discovery, including exclusive beverage brands from a broad range of beverage categories like zero-calorie flavored seltzers, iced teas, flavored waters, craft sodas, sports hydration drinks, and even cocktail mixers. It also makes beloved favorite beverage brands from The Coca-Cola Company and Dr Pepper Snapple Group. The disruptive countertop-size innovation in KOLD is like nothing consumers have ever experienced – from the rapid chilling that turns room temperature water to a perfectly chilled, 39 degree drink at the push of a button; to the dispensing technology that produces consistently great tasting beverages; to the pod technology which enables fully carbonated beverages without the need for a CO₂ canister.

Edison Award nominees are judged by more than 3,000 senior business executives and academics from across the nation whose votes acknowledge the Finalists’ success in meeting the award’s stringent criteria of quality. The voting panel includes members of:

Chief Marketing Officer Council (CMO)
Design Management Institute (DMI)
American Productivity & Quality Center (APQC)
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Georgia State Marketing Roundtable (GSU)
Product Development and Management Association (PDMA)
Assoc. of Technology Mgmt & Applied Engineering (ATMAE)
BPI Network
Past Edison Award winners
Marketing professionals
Scientists
Designers
Engineers
Academics

The Edison Awards is a program conducted by Edison Universe, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization dedicated to fostering future innovators. For more information about the Edison Awards, Edison Universe and a list of past winners, visit www.edisonawards.com.

About Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.
Keurig Green Mountain, Inc. (Keurig) (NASDAQ: GMCR) is a personal beverage system company revolutionizing the way consumers enjoy their favorite beverages through the power of innovation, technology, and strategic brand partnerships. With an expanding family of more than 80 beloved brands and 575 beverages, our Keurig® hot and Keurig® KOLD™ beverage systems deliver quality, convenience, and exceptional beverage choice at the simple push of a button. As a company founded on social responsibility, we are committed to using the power of business to brew a better world through our work to build resilient supply chains, sustainable products, thriving communities, and a water-secure world. By reimagining how beverages can be created, personalized, and enjoyed, we inspire consumer passion, turning everyday routines into extraordinary experiences.

For more information visit: www.KeurigGreenMountain.com. For more information about the new Keurig KOLD™ system: http://www.keurig.com/kold.

Keurig routinely posts information that may be of importance to investors in the Investor Relations section of its website, www.KeurigGreenMountain.com, including news releases and its complete financial statements, as filed with the SEC. The Company encourages investors to consult this section of its website regularly for important information and news. Additionally, by subscribing to the Company's automatic email news release delivery, individuals can receive news directly from Keurig as it is released.

Forward-Looking Statements
Certain information in this press release constitutes "forward-looking statements." Forward-looking statements can be identified by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. They often include words such as "believes," "expects," "anticipates," "estimates," "intends," "plans," "seeks" or words of similar meaning, or future or conditional verbs, such as "will," "should," "could," "may," "aims," "intends," or "projects." However, the absence of these words or similar expressions does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. These statements may relate to the success of introducing and producing new product offerings. A forward-looking statement is neither a prediction nor a guarantee of future events or circumstances, and those future events or circumstances may not occur. Management believes that these forward-looking statements are reasonable as and when made. However, caution should be taken not to place undue reliance on any such forward-looking statements because such statements speak only as of the date when made. We expressly disclaim any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. In addition, forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from our historical experience and our present expectations or projections. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those described in Part I, "Item 1A. Risk Factors" and Part II "Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" in our fiscal 2015 Annual Report filed on Form 10-K, elsewhere in that report and those described from time to time in our future reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

KGM-G, KGM-US

View source version on businesswire.com: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160211005227/en/