GREEN MOUNTAIN COFFEE ROASTERS INC
LETTER AMENDMENT BETWEEN GMCR, INC. AND KATHY BROOKS
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Exhibit 10.4 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">LETTER AMENDMENT </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">December&nbsp;29, 2008 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Kathryn S. Brooks </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Dear Ms.&nbsp;Brooks, </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">This letter agreement (the &#147;Amendment&#148;) supplements and amends the offer letter (the &#147;Letter&#148;), dated as of March&nbsp;13, 2000, that you received from Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. (the
&#147;Company&#148;), to clarify its terms in conformity to the requirements of, or if applicable the requirements for exemption from, Section&nbsp;409A of the Internal Revenue code of 1986, as amended. Except as modified by this Amendment, the
Letter shall remain in full force and effect. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">By signing this Amendment, you agree and acknowledge that: </FONT></P> <P
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<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">1.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The intent of the parities is to clarify the meaning of certain provisions of the Letter so that payments and benefits provided for in the Letter will comply with or be exempt from
Section&nbsp;409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations and guidance promulgated thereunder (collectively &#147;Section 409A&#148;). The Letter shall be interpreted in a manner that is consistent with that intent. In
no event, however, shall the Company be liable for any tax, interest or penalty that my be imposed on you by Section&nbsp;4069A. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">2.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">All reimbursements payable to you, or in-kind benefits, if any, provided to you by the Company shall be governed by the Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. 409A Reimbursement
Policy. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">3.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Where the Letter provides for payments to you upon the termination of your employment, those provisions shall be subject to the following terms of construction and the following
Section&nbsp;409A-related conditions: </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">3.1.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Any entitlement to severance (12 months of salary continuation) shall require an involuntary &#147;separation from service&#148; by the Company, subject to the exception for cause
contained in the Letter. For this purpose, separation from service means a &#147;separation from service&#148; (as that term is defined at Section&nbsp;1.409A-1(h) of the Treasury Regulations under Section&nbsp;409A) from the Company and from all
other trades or businesses that are treated as one employer with the Company under Section&nbsp;409A&#146;a separation from service rules. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">3.2.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If at the time of your separation from service you are a specified employee (as that term is defined in subsection (a)(2)(B)(i) of Section&nbsp;409A), any and all
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">409A, as determined by the Company in its sole discretion, and that would (but for this sentence) be payable within six months following such separation from
service, shall instead by paid on the date that follows the date of such separation from service by six (6)&nbsp;months. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Sincerely,</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">A duly authorized signatory</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Kathryn S. Brooks</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Kathryn S. Brooks</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Date: December&nbsp;29, 2008</FONT></TD></TR>
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