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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>As filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January&nbsp;24, 2006</B></DIV>



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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CARIBOU COFFEE COMPANY, INC.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</B></DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Minnesota<BR>
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or<BR>
Organization)</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>3900 Lakebreeze Avenue, North<BR>
Brooklyn Center, Minnesota 55249<BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)</B></DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Caribou Coffee Company, Inc.<BR>
1994 Stock Awards Plan</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Caribou Coffee Company, Inc.<BR>
2001 Stock Incentive Plan</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Caribou Coffee Company, Inc.<BR>
2005 Equity Incentive Plan</B></DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Dan E. Lee<BR>
General Counsel<BR>
Caribou Coffee Company, Inc.<BR>
3900 Lakebreeze Avenue, North<BR>
Brooklyn Center, Minnesota 55249<BR>
(Name and Address of Agent For Service)<BR>
(763)&nbsp;592-2200<BR>
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Copies to:<BR>
John J. Kelley III<BR>
John D. Wilson<BR>
King &#038; Spalding LLP<BR>
191 Peachtree Street<BR>
Atlanta, Georgia 30303<BR>
(404)&nbsp;572-4600</B></DIV>

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                    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Common Stock, par value $0.01
per share(1)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">2,887,056&nbsp;shares</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee in accordance with
Rule&nbsp;457(h), based upon the average of the high and low reported sales price of the
Registrant&#146;s Common Stock on the Nasdaq National Market on January&nbsp;18, 2006.</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416(a), this Registration Statement also covers such indeterminate
number of additional securities as may become issuable under the Plan as the result of any
future stock splits, stock dividends or similar adjustment of the Registrant&#146;s common
stock.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART I</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#003">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities</A></TD></TR>
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<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005"> Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006"> Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed</A></TD></TR>
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<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#009">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#010">EXHIBIT INDEX</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART I</B>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The documents containing the information specified in Part&nbsp;I will be sent or given to
participants in the 1994 Stock Awards Plan, 2001 Stock Incentive Plan and 2005 Equity Incentive
Plan (collectively, the &#147;Plans&#148;) of Caribou Coffee Company, Inc., a Minnesota corporation (the
&#147;Company&#148; or the &#147;Registrant&#148;), as specified by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;). In accordance with the instructions of Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8, such
documents will not be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) either
as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to
Rule&nbsp;424 of the Securities Act. These documents and the documents incorporated by reference
pursuant to Item&nbsp;3 of Part&nbsp;II of this Registration Statement, taken together, constitute a
prospectus as required by Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
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THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents that the Company has filed with the Commission are incorporated herein
by reference:
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    <TD>The Company&#146;s Prospectus, filed on September&nbsp;29, 2005 pursuant to Rule 424(b)
under the Securities Act of 1933, relating to the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on
Form S-1, as amended (File No.&nbsp;333-126691);</TD>
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    <TD>The Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed November&nbsp;15, 2005, relating
to the quarter ended October&nbsp;2, 2005;</TD>
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    <TD>The Company&#146;s Current Reports on Form&nbsp;8-K filed on
January&nbsp;11, 2006, November
2, 2005 and October&nbsp;11, 2005; and</TD>
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    <TD>The description of the Company&#146;s common stock contained in the Company&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on September&nbsp;21, 2005.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, all documents filed with the Commission by the Company pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, prior to the filing
of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference
in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the time of filing of such documents.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any statement contained in the documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes
of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other
subsequently filed document which also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in
this Registration Statement modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified
or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of
this Registration Statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company&#146;s articles of incorporation provide that each of its directors shall not be
personally liable to the Company or its shareholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary
duty as a director, except for (i)&nbsp;liability based on a breach of the duty of loyalty to the
Company or the shareholders; (ii)&nbsp;liability for acts or omissions not in good faith or that involve
intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law; (iii)&nbsp;liability based on the payment of an
improper dividend or an improper repurchase of the Company&#146;s stock under Minnesota Business
Corporation Act Section&nbsp;302A.559, or a sale of unregistered securities or securities fraud under
Minnesota Statutes Section&nbsp;80A.23; (iv)&nbsp;liability for any transaction from which the director
derived an improper personal benefit; or (v)&nbsp;liability for any act or omission occurring prior to
the effective date of the articles of incorporation.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company&#146;s articles of incorporation also provide that if the Minnesota Business
Corporation Act is amended to authorize any further elimination or limitation of the liability of
directors, then the liability of a director of the Company, in addition to the limitation on
personal liability, shall be limited to the fullest extent permitted by the amended act.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;302A.521 of the Minnesota Business Corporation Act requires the Company to indemnify a
person made or threatened to be made a party to a proceeding by reason of the former or present
official capacity of the person with respect to the Company (including service with respect to
another organization or employee benefit plan at the request of the Company) against judgments,
penalties, fines, including, without limitation, excise taxes assessed against the person with
respect to an employee benefit plan, settlements, and reasonable expenses, including attorneys&#146;
fees and disbursements, if, with respect to the acts or omissions of the person complained of in
the proceeding, such person (i)&nbsp;has not been indemnified by another organization or employee
benefit plan for the same judgments, penalties, fines, including, without limitation, excise taxes
assessed against the person with respect to an employee benefit plan, settlements, and reasonable
expenses, including attorneys&#146; fees and disbursements, incurred by the person in connection with
the proceeding with respect to the same acts or omissions; (ii)&nbsp;acted in good faith; (iii)&nbsp;received
no improper personal benefit and the applicable statutory provisions have been satisfied in the
case of any conflict of interest affecting a director; (iv)&nbsp;in the case of a criminal proceeding,
had no reasonable cause to believe the conduct was unlawful; and (v)&nbsp;in the case of acts or
omissions occurring in the person&#146;s performance in the official capacity of director or, for a
person not a director, in the official capacity of officer, committee member or employee,
reasonably believed that the conduct was in the best interests of the Company, or in the case of
service with another organization at the request of the Company, reasonably believed that the
conduct was not opposed to the best interests of the Company. In addition, Section&nbsp;302A.521,
subdivision 3 requires payment by the Company, upon written request, of reasonable expenses in
advance of final disposition in certain instances. A decision as to required indemnification and
payment of expenses by the Company is made by a majority of the disinterested directors present at
a board meeting at which a disinterested quorum is present, or by a majority of a designated
committee of disinterested directors, by special legal counsel selected by means specified in the
statute, by the disinterested shareholders, by a court or, in certain circumstances, by an annually
appointed committee of the board.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Further, the Company&#146;s bylaws provide that it shall indemnify its directors and officers for
such expenses and liabilities, in such manner, under such circumstances, and to such extent, as
required or permitted by Section&nbsp;302A.521 of the Minnesota Business Corporation Act or other
provisions of law.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company has also entered into indemnification agreements with each of its directors and
certain officers. The indemnification agreements may require it, among other things, to indemnify
its directors and officers against certain liabilities that may arise by reason of their status or
service as directors or officers (other than liabilities arising from willful misconduct of a
culpable nature), to advance their expenses incurred as a result of any proceeding against them as
to which they could be indemnified, and to obtain directors&#146; and officers&#146; insurance if available
on reasonable terms.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company carries directors&#146; and officers&#146; liability insurance covering its directors and
officers.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted
for directors, officers or persons controlling the Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, it
has been informed that, in the opinion of the SEC, such indemnification is against public policy as
expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is therefore unenforceable.
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; text-indent: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Not Applicable.</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; text-indent: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The following exhibits are filed as part of this Registration Statement:</DIV>


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    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">4.1</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Caribou Coffee Company, Inc. 1994 Stock Awards Plan (incorporated by
reference from Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to the Company&#146;s Registration
Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-126691)).</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">4.2</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Caribou Coffee Company, Inc. 2001 Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by
reference from Exhibit&nbsp;10.3 to the Company&#146;s Registration
Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-126691)).</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">4.3</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to the 2001 Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by
reference from Exhibit&nbsp;10.4 to the Company&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-126691)).</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">4.4</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Caribou Coffee Company, Inc. 2005 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by
reference from Exhibit&nbsp;10.6 to Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to the Company&#146;s Registration
Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-126691)).</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">4.5</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Form of Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company
(incorporated by reference from Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to the Company&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-126691)).</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">4.6</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Form of Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant (incorporated by
reference from Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to the Company&#146;s Registration Statement
on Form S-1 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-126691)).</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">5.1</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Opinion of Dorsey &#038; Whitney LLP.


</TD>
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    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">23.1</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>
Consent of Dorsey &#038; Whitney LLP (included as part of
Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).

</TD>
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<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">23.2</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>
Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP, independent registered public
accounting firm.

</TD>
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    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">24.1</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>

 Consent of Attorney (included on signature page hereof).
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">(a)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
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    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD width="9%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To include any prospectus required by Section
10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="9%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To reflect in the prospectus any facts or
events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement
(or the most recent post effective amendment thereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered
(if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that
which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the
estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of
prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the
aggregate, the change in volume and price represent no more than a 20
percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
&#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective Registration
Statement;</TD>
</TR>


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    <TD width="9%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(iii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To include any material information with
respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the
Registration Statement or any material change to such information in
the Registration Statement;</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 9%; text-indent: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Provided however, That:</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 9%; text-indent: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this Section do not apply if the
Registration Statement is on Form S-8 (&#167;239.16b of this Chapter), and the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission
by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m or 78o(d)) that are incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement.</DIV>


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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to
be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and
the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
<I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(5)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>That, for the purpose of determining liability under the
Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser:</TD>
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</DIV>

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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="9%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(i)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>If the Registrant is relying on Rule&nbsp;430B
(&#167;230.430B of this chapter):</TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="12%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(A)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Each prospectus filed by the
Registrant pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b)(3) (&#167;230.424(b)(3) of this
Chapter) shall be deemed to be part of the Registration
Statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of
and included in the Registration Statement; and</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="12%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(B)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Each prospectus required to be
filed pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7)
(&#167;230.424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) of this Chapter) as part of a
Registration Statement in reliance on Rule&nbsp;430B relating to an
offering made pursuant to Rule&nbsp;415(a)(1)(i), (vii), or (x)
(&#167;230.415(a)(1)(i), (vii)&nbsp;or (x)&nbsp;of this Chapter) for the
purpose of providing the information required by Section 10(a)
of the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of and
included in the Registration Statement as of the earlier of the
date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness
or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the
offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule&nbsp;430B,
for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at
that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new
effective date of the Registration Statement relating to the
securities in the Registration Statement to which that
prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that
time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof. Provided, however, that no statement made in a
Registration Statement or prospectus that is part of the
Registration Statement or made in a document incorporated or
deemed incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement
or prospectus that is part of the Registration Statement will,
as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such
effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made
in the Registration Statement or prospectus that was part of the
Registration Statement or made in any such document immediately
prior to such effective date; or</TD>
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    <TD width="9%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(ii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>If the Registrant is subject to Rule&nbsp;430C
(&#167;230.430C of this Chapter), each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule
424(b) as part of a Registration Statement relating to an offering,
other than Registration Statements relying on Rule&nbsp;430B or other than
prospectuses filed in reliance on Rule&nbsp;430A (&#167;230.430A of this
Chapter), shall be deemed to be part of and included in the
Registration Statement as of the date it is first used after
effectiveness. Provided, however, that no statement made in a
Registration Statement or prospectus that is part of the Registration
Statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by
reference into the Registration Statement or prospectus that is part of
the Registration Statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of
contract of sale prior to such first use, supersede or modify any
statement that was made in the Registration Statement or prospectus
that was part of the Registration Statement or made in any such
document immediately prior to such date of first use.</TD>
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    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(6)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>That, for the purpose of determining liability of the
Registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial
distribution of the securities:</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The undersigned Registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of
securities of the undersigned Registrant pursuant to this Registration
Statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities
to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by
means of any of the following communications, the undersigned Registrant
will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell
such securities to such purchaser:</TD>
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="9%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(i)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the
undersigned Registrant relating to the offering required to be filed
pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424 (&#167;230.424 of this Chapter);</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="9%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(ii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Any free writing prospectus relating to the
offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned Registrant or used
or referred to by the undersigned Registrant;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="9%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(iii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The portion of any other free writing
prospectus relating to the offering containing material information
about the undersigned Registrant or its securities provided by or on
behalf of the undersigned Registrant; and</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="9%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(iv)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Any other communication that is an offer in the
offering made by the undersigned Registrant to the purchaser.</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(b)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for the purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s
annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new
Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of
such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(c)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of
1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised
that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is
against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the
event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment
by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding)
is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the
securities being</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has
been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction
the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as
expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Brooklyn Center, State of Minnesota,
on this 24&nbsp;day of January
2006.
</DIV>

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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>CARIBOU COFFEE COMPANY, INC.</B><BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Michael J. Coles
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Michael J. Coles&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman of the
Board of Directors&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes
and appoints Michael J. Coles and George E. Mileusnic, and each of them, as his true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for the
undersigned and his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) to the Registration Statement and to file the
same, with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, full power and authority to
do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection
therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them or their or his
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the
date indicated:<BR>
Date: January&nbsp;24, 2006
</DIV>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Michael J. Coles
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Michael J. Coles
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman of
the Board of Directors (principal executive officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ George E. Mileusnic
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">George E. Mileusnic</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Michael E. Peterson
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Controller (principal accounting officer)
</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Michael E. Peterson</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Kip R. Caffey
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Kip R. Caffey</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Wallace B. Doolin
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Wallace B. Doolin</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Charles L. Griffith
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Charles L. Griffith</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Jeffrey C. Neal
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Jeffrey C. Neal</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Charles H. Ogburn
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Charles H. Ogburn
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Caribou Coffee Company, Inc. 1994 Stock Awards Plan (incorporated by
reference from Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to the Company&#146;s Registration
Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-126691)).</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Caribou Coffee Company, Inc. 2001 Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by
reference from Exhibit&nbsp;10.3 to the Company&#146;s Registration
Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-126691)).</TD>
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<TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to the 2001 Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by
reference from Exhibit&nbsp;10.4 to the Company&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-126691)).</TD>
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<TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.4</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Caribou Coffee Company, Inc. 2005 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by
reference from Exhibit&nbsp;10.6 to Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to the Company&#146;s Registration
Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-126691)).</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company
(incorporated by reference from Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to the Company&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-126691)).</TD>
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<TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.6</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant (incorporated by
reference from Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to the Company&#146;s Registration Statement
on Form&nbsp;S-1 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-126691)).</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Dorsey &#038; Whitney LLP.</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Dorsey &#038; Whitney LLP (included as part of
Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
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CARIBOU COFFEE COMPANY, INC.
Table of Contents
As filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 24, 2006
Registration
No. 333-
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
CARIBOU COFFEE COMPANY, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Minnesota
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or
Organization)
41-1731219
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
3900 Lakebreeze Avenue, North
Brooklyn Center, Minnesota 55249
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Caribou Coffee Company, Inc.
1994 Stock Awards Plan
Caribou Coffee Company, Inc.
2001 Stock Incentive Plan
Caribou Coffee Company, Inc.
2005 Equity Incentive Plan
(Full Title of the Plans)
Dan E. Lee
General Counsel
Caribou Coffee Company, Inc.
3900 Lakebreeze Avenue, North
Brooklyn Center, Minnesota 55249
(Name and Address of Agent For Service)
(763) 592-2200
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
Copies to:
John J. Kelley III
John D. Wilson
King & Spalding LLP
191 Peachtree Street
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
(404) 572-4600
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Title of Each Class of Securities
Amount
Offering Price Per
Aggregate Offering
Amount of
to be Registered
to be Registered
Share
Price
Registration Fee
Common Stock, par value $0.01
per share(1)
2,887,056 shares
$
8.66
(1)
$
25,001,904.96
(1)
$
2,675.21
(1)
Estimated solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee in accordance with
Rule 457(h), based upon the average of the high and low reported sales price of the
Registrant's Common Stock on the Nasdaq National Market on January 18, 2006.
(2)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a), this Registration Statement also covers such indeterminate
number of additional securities as may become issuable under the Plan as the result of any
future stock splits, stock dividends or similar adjustment of the Registrant's common
stock.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I
PART II
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Item 4. Description of Securities
Item 5. Interest of Named Experts and Counsel
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Item 8. Exhibits
Item 9. Undertakings
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EX-5.1 OPINION OF DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP
EX-23.2 CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The documents containing the information specified in Part I will be sent or given to
participants in the 1994 Stock Awards Plan, 2001 Stock Incentive Plan and 2005 Equity Incentive
Plan (collectively, the "Plans") of Caribou Coffee Company, Inc., a Minnesota corporation (the
"Company" or the "Registrant"), as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Securities Act"). In accordance with the instructions of Part I of Form S-8, such
documents will not be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") either
as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to
Rule 424 of the Securities Act. These documents and the documents incorporated by reference
pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this Registration Statement, taken together, constitute a
prospectus as required by Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN
THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents that the Company has filed with the Commission are incorporated herein
by reference:
(a)
The Company's Prospectus, filed on September 29, 2005 pursuant to Rule 424(b)
under the Securities Act of 1933, relating to the Company's Registration Statement on
Form S-1, as amended (File No. 333-126691);
(b)
The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed November 15, 2005, relating
to the quarter ended October 2, 2005;
(c)
The Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on
January 11, 2006, November
2, 2005 and October 11, 2005; and
(d)
The description of the Company's common stock contained in the Company's
Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on September 21, 2005.
In addition, all documents filed with the Commission by the Company pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, prior to the filing
of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference
in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the time of filing of such documents.
Any statement contained in the documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes
of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other
subsequently filed document which also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in
this Registration Statement modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified
or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of
this Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not Applicable.
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Item 5. Interest of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not Applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The Company's articles of incorporation provide that each of its directors shall not be
personally liable to the Company or its shareholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary
duty as a director, except for (i) liability based on a breach of the duty of loyalty to the
Company or the shareholders; (ii) liability for acts or omissions not in good faith or that involve
intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law; (iii) liability based on the payment of an
improper dividend or an improper repurchase of the Company's stock under Minnesota Business
Corporation Act Section 302A.559, or a sale of unregistered securities or securities fraud under
Minnesota Statutes Section 80A.23; (iv) liability for any transaction from which the director
derived an improper personal benefit; or (v) liability for any act or omission occurring prior to
the effective date of the articles of incorporation.
The Company's articles of incorporation also provide that if the Minnesota Business
Corporation Act is amended to authorize any further elimination or limitation of the liability of
directors, then the liability of a director of the Company, in addition to the limitation on
personal liability, shall be limited to the fullest extent permitted by the amended act.
Section 302A.521 of the Minnesota Business Corporation Act requires the Company to indemnify a
person made or threatened to be made a party to a proceeding by reason of the former or present
official capacity of the person with respect to the Company (including service with respect to
another organization or employee benefit plan at the request of the Company) against judgments,
penalties, fines, including, without limitation, excise taxes assessed against the person with
respect to an employee benefit plan, settlements, and reasonable expenses, including attorneys'
fees and disbursements, if, with respect to the acts or omissions of the person complained of in
the proceeding, such person (i) has not been indemnified by another organization or employee
benefit plan for the same judgments, penalties, fines, including, without limitation, excise taxes
assessed against the person with respect to an employee benefit plan, settlements, and reasonable
expenses, including attorneys' fees and disbursements, incurred by the person in connection with
the proceeding with respect to the same acts or omissions; (ii) acted in good faith; (iii) received
no improper personal benefit and the applicable statutory provisions have been satisfied in the
case of any conflict of interest affecting a director; (iv) in the case of a criminal proceeding,
had no reasonable cause to believe the conduct was unlawful; and (v) in the case of acts or
omissions occurring in the person's performance in the official capacity of director or, for a
person not a director, in the official capacity of officer, committee member or employee,
reasonably believed that the conduct was in the best interests of the Company, or in the case of
service with another organization at the request of the Company, reasonably believed that the
conduct was not opposed to the best interests of the Company. In addition, Section 302A.521,
subdivision 3 requires payment by the Company, upon written request, of reasonable expenses in
advance of final disposition in certain instances. A decision as to required indemnification and
payment of expenses by the Company is made by a majority of the disinterested directors present at
a board meeting at which a disinterested quorum is present, or by a majority of a designated
committee of disinterested directors, by special legal counsel selected by means specified in the
statute, by the disinterested shareholders, by a court or, in certain circumstances, by an annually
appointed committee of the board.
Further, the Company's bylaws provide that it shall indemnify its directors and officers for
such expenses and liabilities, in such manner, under such circumstances, and to such extent, as
required or permitted by Section 302A.521 of the Minnesota Business Corporation Act or other
provisions of law.
The Company has also entered into indemnification agreements with each of its directors and
certain officers. The indemnification agreements may require it, among other things, to indemnify
its directors and officers against certain liabilities that may arise by reason of their status or
service as directors or officers (other than liabilities arising from willful misconduct of a
culpable nature), to advance their expenses incurred as a result of any proceeding against them as
to which they could be indemnified, and to obtain directors' and officers' insurance if available
on reasonable terms.
The Company carries directors' and officers' liability insurance covering its directors and
officers.
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Insofar as indemnification for liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted
for directors, officers or persons controlling the Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, it
has been informed that, in the opinion of the SEC, such indemnification is against public policy as
expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is therefore unenforceable.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not Applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
The following exhibits are filed as part of this Registration Statement:
4.1
Caribou Coffee Company, Inc. 1994 Stock Awards Plan (incorporated by
reference from Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Registration
Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-126691)).
4.2
Caribou Coffee Company, Inc. 2001 Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by
reference from Exhibit 10.3 to the Company's Registration
Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-126691)).
4.3
Amendment No. 1 to the 2001 Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by
reference from Exhibit 10.4 to the Company's
Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-126691)).
4.4
Caribou Coffee Company, Inc. 2005 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by
reference from Exhibit 10.6 to Amendment No. 1 to the Company's Registration
Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-126691)).
4.5
Form of Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company
(incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.1 to Amendment No. 1 to the Company's
Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-126691)).
4.6
Form of Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant (incorporated by
reference from Exhibit 3.2 to Amendment No. 1 to the Company's Registration Statement
on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-126691)).
5.1
Opinion of Dorsey & Whitney LLP.
23.1
Consent of Dorsey & Whitney LLP (included as part of
Exhibit 5.1).
23.2
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, independent registered public
accounting firm.
24.1
Consent of Attorney (included on signature page hereof).
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i)
To include any prospectus required by Section
10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii)
To reflect in the prospectus any facts or
events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement
(or the most recent post effective amendment thereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered
(if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that
which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the
estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of
prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the
aggregate, the change in volume and price represent no more than a 20
percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
"Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective Registration
Statement;
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(iii)
To include any material information with
respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the
Registration Statement or any material change to such information in
the Registration Statement;
Provided however, That:
Paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this Section do not apply if the
Registration Statement is on Form S-8 (§239.16b of this Chapter), and the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission
by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m or 78o(d)) that are incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement.
(2)
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to
be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and
the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(3)
To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.
(5)
That, for the purpose of determining liability under the
Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser:
(i)
If the Registrant is relying on Rule 430B
(§230.430B of this chapter):
(A)
Each prospectus filed by the
Registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) (§230.424(b)(3) of this
Chapter) shall be deemed to be part of the Registration
Statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of
and included in the Registration Statement; and
(B)
Each prospectus required to be
filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7)
(§230.424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) of this Chapter) as part of a
Registration Statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an
offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii), or (x)
(§230.415(a)(1)(i), (vii) or (x) of this Chapter) for the
purpose of providing the information required by Section 10(a)
of the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of and
included in the Registration Statement as of the earlier of the
date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness
or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the
offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B,
for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at
that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new
effective date of the Registration Statement relating to the
securities in the Registration Statement to which that
prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that
time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof. Provided, however, that no statement made in a
Registration Statement or prospectus that is part of the
Registration Statement or made in a document incorporated or
deemed incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement
or prospectus that is part of the Registration Statement will,
as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such
effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made
in the Registration Statement or prospectus that was part of the
Registration Statement or made in any such document immediately
prior to such effective date; or
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(ii)
If the Registrant is subject to Rule 430C
(§230.430C of this Chapter), each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule
424(b) as part of a Registration Statement relating to an offering,
other than Registration Statements relying on Rule 430B or other than
prospectuses filed in reliance on Rule 430A (§230.430A of this
Chapter), shall be deemed to be part of and included in the
Registration Statement as of the date it is first used after
effectiveness. Provided, however, that no statement made in a
Registration Statement or prospectus that is part of the Registration
Statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by
reference into the Registration Statement or prospectus that is part of
the Registration Statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of
contract of sale prior to such first use, supersede or modify any
statement that was made in the Registration Statement or prospectus
that was part of the Registration Statement or made in any such
document immediately prior to such date of first use.
(6)
That, for the purpose of determining liability of the
Registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial
distribution of the securities:
The undersigned Registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of
securities of the undersigned Registrant pursuant to this Registration
Statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities
to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by
means of any of the following communications, the undersigned Registrant
will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell
such securities to such purchaser:
(i)
Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the
undersigned Registrant relating to the offering required to be filed
pursuant to Rule 424 (§230.424 of this Chapter);
(ii)
Any free writing prospectus relating to the
offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned Registrant or used
or referred to by the undersigned Registrant;
(iii)
The portion of any other free writing
prospectus relating to the offering containing material information
about the undersigned Registrant or its securities provided by or on
behalf of the undersigned Registrant; and
(iv)
Any other communication that is an offer in the
offering made by the undersigned Registrant to the purchaser.
(b)
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for the purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's
annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new
Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of
such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof.
(c)
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of
1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised
that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is
against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the
event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment
by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding)
is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the
securities being
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registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has
been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction
the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as
expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Brooklyn Center, State of Minnesota,
on this 24 day of January
2006.
CARIBOU COFFEE COMPANY, INC.
By:
/s/ Michael J. Coles
Michael J. Coles
Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman of the
Board of Directors
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes
and appoints Michael J. Coles and George E. Mileusnic, and each of them, as his true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for the
undersigned and his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) to the Registration Statement and to file the
same, with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, full power and authority to
do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection
therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them or their or his
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the
date indicated:
Date: January 24, 2006
/s/ Michael J. Coles
Michael J. Coles
Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman of
the Board of Directors (principal executive officer)
/s/ George E. Mileusnic
Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer)
George E. Mileusnic
/s/ Michael E. Peterson
Controller (principal accounting officer)
Michael E. Peterson
/s/ Kip R. Caffey
Director
Kip R. Caffey
/s/ Wallace B. Doolin
Director
Wallace B. Doolin
/s/ Charles L. Griffith
Director
Charles L. Griffith
/s/ Jeffrey C. Neal
Director
Jeffrey C. Neal
/s/ Charles H. Ogburn
Charles H. Ogburn
Director
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
4.1
Caribou Coffee Company, Inc. 1994 Stock Awards Plan (incorporated by
reference from Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Registration
Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-126691)).
4.2
Caribou Coffee Company, Inc. 2001 Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by
reference from Exhibit 10.3 to the Company's Registration
Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-126691)).
4.3
Amendment No. 1 to the 2001 Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by
reference from Exhibit 10.4 to the Company's
Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-126691)).
4.4
Caribou Coffee Company, Inc. 2005 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by
reference from Exhibit 10.6 to Amendment No. 1 to the Company's Registration
Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-126691)).
4.5
Form of Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company
(incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.1 to Amendment No. 1 to the Company's
Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-126691)).
4.6
Form of Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant (incorporated by
reference from Exhibit 3.2 to Amendment No. 1 to the Company's Registration Statement
on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-126691)).
5.1
Opinion of Dorsey & Whitney LLP.
23.1
Consent of Dorsey & Whitney LLP (included as part of
Exhibit 5.1).
23.2
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm.
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page hereof).