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Keurig Green Mountain, Inc. – ‘10-K’ for 9/28/13 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Wednesday, 11/20/13, at 4:17pm ET   ·   For:  9/28/13   ·   Accession #:  1047469-13-10696   ·   File #:  1-12340

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

11/20/13  Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.       10-K        9/28/13  118:14M                                    Toppan Merrill-FA

Annual Report   —   Form 10-K   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

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 2: EX-10.46    Material Contract                                   HTML    146K 
 3: EX-10.47    Material Contract                                   HTML     48K 
 4: EX-21       Subsidiaries List                                   HTML     31K 
 5: EX-23       Consent of Experts or Counsel                       HTML     29K 
 6: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     35K 
 7: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     35K 
 8: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     30K 
 9: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     30K 
113: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     57K  
74: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    151K 
70: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     53K 
24: R4          Consolidated Statements of Operations               HTML     92K 
72: R5          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     84K 
53: R6          Consolidated Statements of Changes in Redeemable    HTML    111K 
                Noncontrolling Interests and Stockholders' Equity                
96: R7          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    182K 
54: R8          Nature of Business and Organization                 HTML     34K 
57: R9          Significant Accounting Policies                     HTML     85K 
25: R10         Acquisitions and Divestitures                       HTML     65K 
55: R11         Segment Reporting                                   HTML     97K 
95: R12         Inventories                                         HTML     41K 
87: R13         Fixed Assets                                        HTML     45K 
71: R14         Goodwill and Intangible Assets                      HTML     64K 
109: R15         Noncontrolling Interests                            HTML     47K  
92: R16         Product Warranties                                  HTML     38K 
21: R17         Long-Term Debt                                      HTML     59K 
29: R18         Derivative Financial Instruments                    HTML    105K 
108: R19         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML     58K  
112: R20         Income Taxes                                        HTML    100K  
115: R21         Stockholders' Equity                                HTML     56K  
111: R22         Employee Compensation Plans                         HTML     98K  
79: R23         Employee Retirement Plans                           HTML     33K 
26: R24         Deferred Compensation Plan                          HTML     35K 
52: R25         Accrued Expenses                                    HTML     38K 
36: R26         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     79K 
35: R27         Related Party Transactions                          HTML     33K 
59: R28         Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     43K 
78: R29         Unaudited Quarterly Financial Data                  HTML     62K 
90: R30         Subsequent Event                                    HTML     31K 
43: R31         Schedule II-Valuation and Qualifying Accounts       HTML     56K 
60: R32         Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)          HTML    172K 
101: R33         Acquisitions and Divestitures (Tables)              HTML     64K  
40: R34         Segment Reporting (Tables)                          HTML     98K 
85: R35         Inventories (Tables)                                HTML     44K 
86: R36         Fixed Assets (Tables)                               HTML     44K 
62: R37         Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Tables)             HTML     67K 
34: R38         Noncontrolling Interests (Tables)                   HTML     47K 
84: R39         Product Warranties (Tables)                         HTML     37K 
41: R40         Long-Term Debt (Tables)                             HTML     63K 
58: R41         Derivative Financial Instruments (Tables)           HTML    108K 
91: R42         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML     50K 
47: R43         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML    107K 
80: R44         Stockholders' Equity (Tables)                       HTML     47K 
69: R45         Employee Compensation Plans (Tables)                HTML    101K 
39: R46         Accrued Expenses (Tables)                           HTML     38K 
99: R47         Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)              HTML     45K 
31: R48         Earnings Per Share (Tables)                         HTML     42K 
42: R49         Unaudited Quarterly Financial Data (Tables)         HTML     63K 
68: R50         Nature of Business and Organization (Details)       HTML     34K 
75: R51         Significant Accounting Policies (Details)           HTML     49K 
98: R52         Significant Accounting Policies (Details 2)         HTML     48K 
22: R53         Acquisitions and Divestitures (Details)             HTML     60K 
82: R54         Acquisitions and Divestitures (Details 2)           HTML    130K 
65: R55         Segment Reporting (Details)                         HTML     65K 
28: R56         Segment Reporting (Details 2)                       HTML     64K 
33: R57         Inventories (Details)                               HTML     48K 
73: R58         Inventories (Details 2)                             HTML     42K 
106: R59         Fixed Assets (Details)                              HTML     76K  
117: R60         Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Details)            HTML     38K  
116: R61         Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Details 2)          HTML     44K  
88: R62         Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Details 3)          HTML     56K 
46: R63         Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Details 4)          HTML     42K 
44: R64         Noncontrolling Interests (Details)                  HTML     55K 
83: R65         Product Warranties (Details)                        HTML     43K 
105: R66         Long-Term Debt (Details)                            HTML     40K  
27: R67         Long-Term Debt (Details 2)                          HTML     63K 
110: R68         Long-Term Debt (Details 3)                          HTML     38K  
48: R69         Long-Term Debt (Details 4)                          HTML     46K 
63: R70         Derivative Financial Instruments (Details)          HTML     42K 
61: R71         Derivative Financial Instruments (Details 2)        HTML     45K 
45: R72         Derivative Financial Instruments (Details 3)        HTML     56K 
56: R73         Derivative Financial Instruments (Details 4)        HTML     44K 
94: R74         Derivative Financial Instruments (Details 5)        HTML     41K 
77: R75         Fair Value Measurements (Details)                   HTML     42K 
17: R76         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML     78K 
81: R77         Income Taxes (Details 2)                            HTML     77K 
18: R78         Income Taxes (Details 3)                            HTML     65K 
76: R79         Income Taxes (Details 4)                            HTML     55K 
32: R80         Income Taxes (Details 5)                            HTML     51K 
103: R81         Stockholders' Equity (Details)                      HTML     73K  
100: R82         Stockholders' Equity (Details 2)                    HTML     40K  
107: R83         Employee Compensation Plans (Details)               HTML     76K  
114: R84         Employee Compensation Plans (Details 2)             HTML     82K  
118: R85         Employee Compensation Plans (Details 3)             HTML     50K  
16: R86         Employee Compensation Plans (Details 4)             HTML     31K 
30: R87         Employee Compensation Plans (Details 5)             HTML     82K 
104: R88         Employee Compensation Plans (Details 6)             HTML     43K  
89: R89         Employee Retirement Plans (Details)                 HTML     51K 
97: R90         Deferred Compensation Plan (Details)                HTML     37K 
93: R91         Accrued Expenses (Details)                          HTML     51K 
19: R92         Commitments and Contingencies (Details)             HTML    127K 
49: R93         Commitments and Contingencies (Details 2)           HTML     29K 
50: R94         Commitments and Contingencies (Details 3)           HTML     44K 
64: R95         Related Party Transactions (Details)                HTML     33K 
51: R96         Earnings Per Share (Details)                        HTML     64K 
102: R97         Unaudited Quarterly Financial Data (Details)        HTML     53K  
38: R98         Subsequent Event (Details)                          HTML     34K 
20: R99         Schedule II-Valuation and Qualifying Accounts       HTML     47K 
                (Details)                                                        
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