Exhibit 10.2

 

CONFIDENTIAL

 

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc.
33 Coffee Lane
Waterbury VT 05676

 

June 19, 2013

 

Board of Directors

 

Dear Mr. Stiller:

 

This letter (this “Agreement”) will confirm the agreement between you and Green
Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. (the “Company”) concerning your engagement to
provide advisory services to the Company as Chairman Emeritus.

 

Advisory Services.  You agree to be available to provide advisory services and
general advice as requested from time to time by the Chief Executive Officer of
the Company.  The Company will notify you of the specific services requested
from time to time but anticipate such services shall be related to the Company’s
corporate social responsibility mission and business innovation strategy.  You
agree to be available to devote as much business time as is necessary or
desirable to fully perform services requested by the Company, within reasonable
limits, understanding that you have other obligations and are not available on a
full-time basis.  This Agreement is not a guarantee of work or of any particular
number of assignments.

 

Relationship of Parties.  It is expressly agreed that, when providing services
to the Company under this Agreement, you will be an independent contractor and
that you will not be an employee or agent of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries.  It is also agreed that you shall have no right to make any
commitments on behalf of the Company without the express written consent of the
Company.  You shall not be entitled to participate in any benefit plans or
programs of the Company or any of its subsidiaries.  Your services hereunder, if
and when provided, however, shall be deemed “Employment” for purposes of the
Company’s 2006 Incentive Plan and any awards granted thereunder.

 

Services for Others.  During any period in which you are providing advisory
services for the Company, you may choose to also provide advisory or other
services for others, provided that any such services or persons are not in
competition with the Company and such services do not give rise to a conflict of
interest or otherwise interfere with your obligations to the Company under this
Agreement.

 

Compensation.  The Company will pay you a fee for services rendered under this
Agreement at the rate of fifty thousand U.S. dollars ($50,000) per year, payable
monthly in arrears, pro rated for any fraction of a year that you provide
services hereunder. 

 

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The Company will further reimburse you for any reasonable out of pocket expenses
you incur in connection with your services under this Agreement.  You agree to
submit monthly invoices accounting for your expenses, if any such expenses were
incurred.  Payment for expenses is subject to invoicing and to such other
substantiation and documentation as the Company may require from time to time.

 

Taxes, Insurance, Benefits and Business Expenses.

 

As an independent contractor, you shall be solely responsible for your payment
of all federal and state income taxes and social security and Medicare taxes and
other legally-required payments on sums received from the Company.  You will
also be solely responsible for your insurance and assume all risk in connection
with the adequacy of any and all such insurance that you elect to obtain.

 

Confidentiality.  You agree to comply with the policies and procedures of the
Company for protecting confidential information and shall not disclose to any
person (other than as required by law) or use for your own benefit or gain, any
confidential information obtained by you incident to your association with the
Company.  This obligation shall continue to apply after the termination of this
Agreement regardless of the reason for such termination.

 

Term and Termination.  This Agreement shall commence on the date hereof (the
“Effective Date”) and, unless otherwise agreed by the parties, terminate on the
first anniversary of the Effective Date.  You may terminate the Agreement at any
time, with or without cause, by giving thirty (30) days prior written notice to
the Company.  Upon termination of this Agreement, the Company shall have no
further obligation to you, other than for payment for services rendered by you
through the date of termination.

 

Miscellaneous.  This Agreement contains the entire agreement between you and the
Company, and replaces all prior agreements, whether written or oral, with
respect to the requested services to be provided by you to the Company and all
related matters.  This Agreement may not be amended and no breach may be waived
unless agreed to in writing by you and the Company.  You acknowledge that you
have not relied on any agreements or representations, express or implied, that
are not set forth expressly in this Agreement.  This Agreement shall be governed
by the laws of the State of Vermont, without giving effect to the principles of
conflicts of laws.

 

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If the terms of this Agreement are acceptable to you, please sign, date and
return it to me no later than June 19, 2013.  At the time you sign and return
it, this letter shall take effect as a legally-binding agreement between you and
the Company on the basis set forth above.  The enclosed copy of this letter,
which you should also sign and date, is for your records.

 

 

Sincerely,

 

 

 

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Brian P. Kelley

 

 

Brian P. Kelley

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accepted and agreed:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Robert Stiller

 

 

 

Robert Stiller

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date June 19, 2013

 

 

 

 

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