UNITED STATES

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

 

 

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 13D

 

 

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 3)

 

KEURIG GREEN MOUNTAIN, INC.

(Name of Issuer)

 

Common Stock, par value $0.10 per share

(Title of Class of Securities)

 

49271M100

(CUSIP Number)

 

Bernhard Goepelt

Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Legal Counsel

The Coca-Cola Company

One Coca-Cola Plaza

Atlanta, Georgia 30313

(404) 676-2121

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications on behalf of filing persons)

 

Copy to:

 

Martha E. McGarry, Esq.

Thomas W. Greenberg, Esq.

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Four Times Square

New York, New York 10036

(212) 735-3000

 

December 6, 2015

(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)

If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of §§240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box. o

 



 

CUSIP No.  49271M100

 

 

1.

Name of Reporting Persons
The Coca-Cola Company

 

 

2.

Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group

 

 

(a)

 o

 

 

(b)

 o

 

 

3.

SEC Use Only

 

 

4.

Source of Funds
OO

 

 

5.

Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings Is Required Pursuant to Item 2(d) or 2(e)     o

 

 

6.

Citizenship or Place of Organization
Delaware

 

Number of
Shares
Beneficially
Owned by
Each
Reporting
Person With:

7.

Sole Voting Power
0

 

8.

Shared Voting Power
25,868,016

 

9.

Sole Dispositive Power
0

 

10.

Shared Dispositive Power
25,868,016

 

 

11.

Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
25,868,016

 

 

12.

Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares   o

 

 

13.

Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)
17.4%

 

 

14.

Type of Reporting Person
CO

 

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CUSIP No.  49271M100

 

 

1.

Name of Reporting Persons
Atlantic Industries

 

 

2.

Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group

 

 

(a)

 o

 

 

(b)

 o

 

 

3.

SEC Use Only

 

 

4.

Source of Funds
OO

 

 

5.

Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings Is Required Pursuant to Item 2(d) or 2(e)     o

 

 

6.

Citizenship or Place of Organization
Cayman Islands

 

Number of
Shares
Beneficially
Owned by
Each
Reporting
Person With:

7.

Sole Voting Power
0

 

8.

Shared Voting Power
25,868,016

 

9.

Sole Dispositive Power
0

 

10.

Shared Dispositive Power
25,868,016

 

 

11.

Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
25,868,016

 

 

12.

Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares   o

 

 

13.

Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)
17.4%

 

 

14.

Type of Reporting Person
CO

 

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PREAMBLE

 

This Amendment No. 3 (this “Amendment No. 3”) amends and supplements the Schedule 13D filed by Atlantic Industries, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the Cayman Islands (“Atlantic”) and indirect wholly owned subsidiary of The Coca-Cola Company (“TCCC”, and together with Atlantic the “Reporting Persons”), with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 10, 2014, as amended on May 12, 2014 and as amended further on February 13, 2015 (the “Statement”), relating to shares of common stock, $0.10 par value per share (“Common Stock”), of Keurig Green Mountain, Inc. (the “Issuer”). This Amendment No. 3 is being filed jointly by the Reporting Persons.

 

Unless otherwise indicated, all capitalized items herein but not defined herein shall have the same meanings as set forth in the Statement.

 

Items 2, 4 and 5 of the Statement are hereby amended and supplemented as follows:

 

Item 2.         Identity and Background

 

Certain information with respect to the directors and executive officers of the Reporting Persons is set forth in Schedule A attached hereto, including each director and executive officer’s business address, present principal occupation or employment, and citizenship and other information.

 

Item 4.         Purpose of the Transaction

 

On December 6, 2015, the Issuer, Acorn Holdings B.V., a private limited liability company incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands (“Parent”), Maple Holdings Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“Purchaser Sub”), and JAB Holdings B.V., a private limited liability company incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands, entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), which provides for the merger of Purchaser Sub with and into the Company (the “Merger”).  Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, at the effective time of the Merger, all outstanding shares of Common Stock (subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Merger Agreement) will be entitled to receive $92 per share in cash.  As a result, the Stockholder currently expects that it will receive cash for its shares of Common Stock in the Merger and that it will cease to hold an equity interest in the Company after the effective time of the Merger.  TCCC has informed Parent and the Issuer that it is fully supportive of the Merger.

 

Item 5.         Interest in Securities of the Issuer

 

(a)-(b)     As of the date hereof, the Reporting Persons beneficially own an aggregate of 25,868,016 shares of Common Stock, all of which are held by Atlantic.  As ultimate parent company of Atlantic, TCCC may be deemed to share with Atlantic voting power and dispositive power with respect to the shares of Common Stock held by Atlantic.  The aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that are beneficially owned by the Reporting Persons represents approximately 17.4% of the shares of Common Stock currently issued and outstanding (based on the 148,926,020 shares of Common Stock that were issued and outstanding as of November 13, 2015, as reported by the Issuer in its Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 19, 2015).  To the best of the Reporting Persons’ knowledge, none of the persons named in Schedule A beneficially owns any Common Stock.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

 

 

THE COCA-COLA COMPANY

 

 

 

 

Dated: December 7, 2015

By:

/s/ Kathy N. Waller

 

 

Name:

Kathy N. Waller

 

 

Title:

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

ATLANTIC INDUSTRIES

 

 

 

 

Dated: December 7, 2015

By:

/s/ Kathy N. Waller

 

 

Name:

Kathy N. Waller

 

 

Title:

President and Chief Financial Officer

 

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SCHEDULE A

 

DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY AND ATLANTIC INDUSTRIES

 

Set forth below is the name, business address and present occupation or employment of each director and executive officer of The Coca-Cola Company (“TCCC”) and Atlantic Industries (“Atlantic”). Except as indicated below, each such person is a citizen of the United States.  None of the directors or executive officers named below beneficially owns any Common Stock of Keurig Green Mountain, Inc. Directors of TCCC or Atlantic who are also executive officers of TCCC or Atlantic are indicated by an asterisk.  Except as indicated below, the business address of each executive officer of TCCC or Atlantic is One Coca-Cola Plaza, Atlanta, Georgia 30313.

 

DIRECTORS OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY

 

NAME

 

PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION
OR EMPLOYMENT

 

ADDRESS

Muhtar Kent*

 

Chairman of the Board of Directors, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Coca-Cola Company

 

 

Herbert A. Allen

 

President, Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Allen & Company Incorporated, a privately held investment firm

 

Allen & Company Incorporated

711 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY 10022

Ronald W. Allen

 

Chairman of the Board of Directors, President and Chief Executive Officer of Aaron’s, Inc.

 

Aaron’s, Inc.

309 East Paces Ferry Road

Suite 1100

Atlanta, GA 30305

Marc Bolland

 

Chief Executive Officer and Director, Marks & Spencer Group plc; an international multi-channel retailer

Mr. Bolland is a citizen of The Netherlands.

 

Marks & Spencer Group plc

Waterside House

35 North Wharf Road

London

Ana Botín

 

Chief Executive Officer of Santander UK plc, a leading financial services provider in the United Kingdom and subsidiary of Banco Santander S.A.
Ms. Botín is a citizen of Spain.

 

Santander UK plc

2 Triton Square

Regent’s Place

London NW1 3AN

United Kingdom

Howard G. Buffett

 

President of Buffett Farms and President of the Howard G. Buffett Foundation, a private foundation supporting humanitarian initiatives focused on food and water security, conservation and conflict management

 

Howard G. Buffett Foundation

145 North Merchant Street

Decatur, IL 62523

Richard M. Daley

 

Executive Chairman of Tur Partners LLC, an investment and advisory firm focused on sustainable solutions within the urban environment

 

Tur Partners LLC

900 N. Michigan Avenue

Suite 1720

Chicago, IL 60611

Barry Diller

 

Chairman of the Board of Directors and Senior Executive of IAC/InterActiveCorp, a leading media and internet company

 

IAC/InterActiveCorp

555 West 18th Street

New York, New York 10011

 

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Helene D. Gayle

 

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ACE Limited, the parent company of the ACE Group of Companies, a global insurance and reinsurance company

 

CARE USA

151 Ellis Street, NE

Atlanta, GA 30303

Evan G. Greenberg

 

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ACE Limited, the parent company of the ACE Group of Companies, a global insurance and reinsurance company

 

ACE Group

1133 Avenue of the Americas

45th Floor

New York, NY 10036

Alexis M. Herman

 

Chair and Chief Executive Officer of New Ventures, LLC, a corporate consulting company

 

New Ventures, Inc.

633 Pennsylvania Avenue NW

3rd Floor

Washington, D.C. 20004

Robert A. Kotick

 

President, Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Activision Blizzard, Inc. an interactive entertainment software company

 

Activision Blizzard, Inc.

3100 Ocean Park Boulevard

Santa Monica, CA 90405

Maria Elena Lagomasino

 

Chief Executive Officer and Managing Partner of WE Family Offices, a multi-family office serving global ultra high net worth families

 

WE Family Offices

701 Brickell Avenue

Suite 200

Miami, FL 33131

Sam Nunn

 

Co-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Nuclear Threat Initiative, a nonprofit organization working to reduce the global threats from nuclear, biological and chemical warfare

 

The Sam Nunn School of International Affairs

Georgia Institute of Technology

781 Marietta Street, NW

Atlanta, Georgia 30318

David B. Weinberg

 

Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Judd Enterprises, Inc., a private investment management office with diverse interests in a variety of asset classes.

 

Judd Enterprises, Inc.

401 N. Michigan Ave

#3050

Chicago, IL 60611

 

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY

 

NAME

 

PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION
OR EMPLOYMENT

 

ADDRESS

Muhtar Kent

 

Chairman of the Board of Directors, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Coca-Cola Company

 

 

James Quincey

 

President and Chief Operating Officer of The Coca-Cola Company

Mr. Quincey is a citizen of the United Kingdom

 

 

Ahmet C. Bozer

 

Executive Vice President of The Coca-Cola Company

 

 

 

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Alexander B. Cummings, Jr.

 

Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer of The Coca-Cola Company

 

 

Marcos de Quinto

 

Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of the Coca- Cola Company
Mr. de-Quinto is a citizen of Spain.

 

 

J. Alexander M. Douglas, Jr.

 

Senior Vice President and Global Chief Customer Officer of The Coca-Cola Company and President of Coca-Cola North America

 

 

Ceree Eberly

 

Senior Vice President and Chief People Officer of The Coca-Cola Company

 

 

Irial Finan

 

Executive Vice President of The Coca-Cola Company and President, Bottling Investments and Supply Chain
Mr. Finan is a citizen of Ireland.

 

 

Bernhard Goepelt

 

Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Legal Counsel of The Coca-Cola Company
Mr. Goepelt is a citizen of Germany.

 

 

Julie Hamilton

 

Vice President and Chief Customer and Commercial Leadership Officer of The Coca-Cola Company.

 

 

Brent Hastie

 

Vice President of The Coca-Cola Company

 

 

Ed Hays, PhD

 

Senior Vice President of The Coca-Cola Company

 

 

Nathan Kalumbu

 

President of the Eurasia and Africa Group of The Coca-Cola Company
Mr. Kalumbu is a citizen of Zimbabwe.

 

 

Brian Smith

 

President of the Latin America Group of The Coca-Cola Company

 

 

Atul Singh

 

Group President, Asia, Part of the Asia Pacific Group of The Coca-Cola Company

 

 

Clyde C. Tuggle

 

Senior Vice President and Chief Public Affairs and Communications Officer of The Coca-Cola Company

 

 

Kathy N. Waller

 

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of The Coca-Cola Company

 

 

 

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DIRECTORS OF ATLANTIC INDUSTRIES

 

NAME

 

PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION
OR EMPLOYMENT

 

ADDRESS

Robert J. Jordan, Jr.

 

Vice President and General Tax Counsel of The Coca-Cola Company and Vice President and General Tax Counsel of Atlantic Industries

 

 

Christopher P. Nolan

 

Treasurer of The Coca-Cola Company and Vice President and Treasurer of Atlantic Industries

 

 

Larry M. Mark

 

Vice President and Controller of The Coca-Cola Company and Vice President and Controller of Atlantic Industries

 

 

 

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF ATLANTIC INDUSTRIES

 

NAME

 

PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION
OR EMPLOYMENT

 

ADDRESS

Kathy N. Waller

 

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of The Coca-Cola Company and President and Chief Financial Officer of Atlantic Industries

 

 

Bernhard Goepelt

 

Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Legal Counsel of The Coca-Cola Company and Vice President and General Counsel of Atlantic Industries
Mr. Goepelt is a citizen of Germany.

 

 

Robert J. Jordan, Jr.

 

Vice President and General Tax Counsel of The Coca-Cola Company and Vice President and General Tax Counsel of Atlantic Industries

 

 

Christopher P. Nolan

 

Vice President and Treasurer of The Coca-Cola Company and Vice President and Treasurer of Atlantic Industries

 

 

Larry M. Mark

 

Vice President and Controller of The Coca-Cola Company and Vice President and Controller of Atlantic Industries

 

 

Stephen A. Kremer

 

Vice President of The Coca-Cola Company and Vice President of Atlantic Industries

 

 

 

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