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<FONT SIZE=3><P align="right">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 11, 2005<br>
Registration No. 333 - _____________</P>

<P>&nbsp;</P>
<P align="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<br>
</B>Washington, D.C. 20549</P>
<P align="center"><B>FORM S-8<br>
</B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT</FONT>

<FONT SIZE=3>UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</P>
<P><U>       </P>
<B><P ALIGN="CENTER">GREEN MOUNTAIN COFFEE ROASTERS, INC</B>.<br>
</U>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</P>

<U><P align="center">Delaware</U> <U>03-0339228<br>
</U>(State or other jurisdiction (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</FONT>

<FONT SIZE=3>of incorporation or organization)</P>

<U><P ALIGN="CENTER">33 Coffee Lane, Waterbury, Vermont 05676<br>
</U>(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER"></P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER">GREEN MOUNTAIN COFFEE ROASTERS, INC.<br>
<U>1998 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN, AS AMENDED<br>
</U>(Full title of the plan)</P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER"></P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER">Robert P. Stiller<br>
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc.<br>
33 Coffee Lane<br>
<U>Waterbury, Vermont 05676<br>
</U>(Name and address of agent for service)</P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER"><U>(802) 244-5621<br>
</U>(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER"></P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER">Copy to:<br>
H. Kenneth Merritt, Jr.<br>
Merritt &amp; Merritt &amp; Moulton<br>
Three Main&nbsp;Street, Suite 105<br>
PO Box 5839<br>
Burlington, VT&nbsp;&nbsp; 05402<br>
(802) 658-7830</P>

<P>&#9;Calculation of Registration Fee</P></FONT>
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<FONT SIZE=3>
<P>&nbsp;</P>
<P>Title of Securities to be</FONT>
<FONT SIZE=3>
Registered</FONT> </P>
  </TD>
<TD WIDTH="20%" VALIGN="TOP">
<FONT SIZE=3>
<P>&nbsp;</P>
<P>Amount to be Registered <SUP>(1)</SUP></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="20%" VALIGN="TOP">
<FONT SIZE=3>
<P>Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share <SUP>(2)</SUP></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="20%" VALIGN="TOP">
<FONT SIZE=3>
<P>Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price <SUP>(2)</SUP></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="20%" VALIGN="TOP">
<FONT SIZE=3>
<P>&nbsp;</P>
<P>Amount of Registration Fee</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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<FONT SIZE=3><P>Common Stock<br>
(par value $0.10</FONT>
&nbsp;<br>

<FONT SIZE=3>per share)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
300,000&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
$25.2105&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
$75,631,150&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
$890.19</P>

<U><P>                                 </P>

</U><SUP><P>(1)</SUP>&#9;Pursuant to Rule 416 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminable number of additional Shares that may become issuable pursuant to terms designed to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar events.</P>
<SUP>
<P>(2)</SUP> Estimated solely for the purposes of calculating the amount of the registration fee. In accordance with Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the price shown is the average of the high and low selling prices of the Common Stock for March 8, 2005 as reported on the NASDAQ National Market.               </P>

<P>&nbsp;</P>

<P align="center"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</P>
</B>
<P>This Registration Statement registers additional securities of the same class as other securities for which a registration statement filed on Form S-8 (SEC File No. 333-65321) for the Registrant's 1998 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "Plan") is effective.  At the Registrant's 2004 Annual Meeting, the Registrant's Stockholders approved an amendment to the Plan increasing the number of shares issuable thereunder from 300,000 shares to 600,000 shares of the Registrant's Common Stock.  Pursuant to General Instruction E, the Registrant incorporates by reference the information contained in the above referenced Registration Statement on Form S-8.</P>
<B><P ALIGN="CENTER"></P>
</B><P align="center"><B>SIGNATURES</P>
</B>
<P>Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of 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 Village of Waterbury, State of Vermont, on March 10, 2005.</P>

<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
GREEN MOUNTAIN COFFEE ROASTERS, INC.</P>

<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
By<U>:_/s/ Robert P. Stiller<br>
</U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

<FONT SIZE=3>Robert P. Stiller<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

<FONT SIZE=3>Chairman of the Board of Directors,<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

<FONT SIZE=3>President and Chief Executive Officer</P>

<B><P ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;</P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER">POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES</P>
</B>
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">We, the undersigned officers and directors of Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc., hereby severally constitute and appoint Robert P. Stiller and Frances G. Rathke and each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power to them, and each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names in the capacities indicated below, the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed herewith and any and all subsequent amendments to said Registration Statement, and generally to do all such things in our names and behalf in our capacities as officers and directors to enable Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. to comply with all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may be signed by said attorneys, or any of them, to said Registration Statement and any and all amendments thereto.</P>
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.</P></FONT>
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<B><FONT SIZE=3><P>Signature</B></FONT></TD>
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<B><FONT SIZE=3><P>Title</P>
</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="26%" VALIGN="TOP">
<B><FONT SIZE=3><P>Date</B></FONT></TD>
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<U><FONT SIZE=3><P>_/s/ Robert P. Stiller<BR>
</U>ROBERT P. STILLER</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="38%" VALIGN="BOTTOM">
<FONT SIZE=3><P>Chairman of the Board of Directors, President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="26%" VALIGN="BOTTOM">
<FONT SIZE=3><P>March 10, 2005</P>

<P>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="26%" VALIGN="BOTTOM" HEIGHT=7><P></P></TD>
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<U><FONT SIZE=3><P>_/s/_Frances G. Rathke</U>       <BR>
FRANCES G. RATHKE</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="38%" VALIGN="BOTTOM">
<FONT SIZE=3><P>Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, Secretary  (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="26%" VALIGN="BOTTOM">
<FONT SIZE=3><P>March 10, 2005</P>

<P>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<U><FONT SIZE=3><P>/s/ Kathryn S. Brooks<br>
</FONT></U><FONT SIZE=3>KATHRYN S. BROOKS</FONT>       </P>
  </TD>
<TD WIDTH="38%" VALIGN="BOTTOM">
<FONT SIZE=3><P>Vice President of Human Resources and Organizational Development and Director</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="26%" VALIGN="BOTTOM">
<FONT SIZE=3><P>March 10, 2005</P>

<P>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD WIDTH="36%" VALIGN="BOTTOM">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="38%" VALIGN="BOTTOM">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="26%" VALIGN="BOTTOM">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD WIDTH="36%" VALIGN="BOTTOM">
<U><FONT SIZE=3><P>_/s/ Barbara Carlini<br>
</U>BARBARA CARLINI</FONT>      </P>
  </TD>
<TD WIDTH="38%" VALIGN="BOTTOM">
<FONT SIZE=3><P>Director</P>

<P>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="26%" VALIGN="BOTTOM">
<FONT SIZE=3><P>March 10, 2005</P>

<P>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD WIDTH="36%" VALIGN="BOTTOM">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="38%" VALIGN="BOTTOM">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="26%" VALIGN="BOTTOM">&nbsp;</TD>
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<U><FONT SIZE=3><P>_/s/ William D. Davis<br>
</U>WILLIAM D. DAVIS</FONT>      </P>
  </TD>
<TD WIDTH="38%" VALIGN="BOTTOM">
<FONT SIZE=3><P>Director</P>

<P>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="26%" VALIGN="BOTTOM">
<FONT SIZE=3><P>March 10, 2005</P>

<P>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD WIDTH="36%" VALIGN="BOTTOM">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="38%" VALIGN="BOTTOM">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="26%" VALIGN="BOTTOM">&nbsp;</TD>
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<U><FONT SIZE=3><P>_/s/ Jules A. del Vecchio<br>
</U>JULES A. DEL VECCHIO</FONT>      </P>
  </TD>
<TD WIDTH="38%" VALIGN="BOTTOM">
<FONT SIZE=3><P>Director</P>

<P>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="26%" VALIGN="BOTTOM">
<FONT SIZE=3><P>March 10, 2005</P>

<P>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD WIDTH="36%" VALIGN="BOTTOM">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="38%" VALIGN="BOTTOM">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="26%" VALIGN="BOTTOM">&nbsp;</TD>
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<U><FONT SIZE=3><P>_/s/ Hinda Miller<br>
</U>HINDA MILLER</FONT>      </P>
  </TD>
<TD WIDTH="38%" VALIGN="BOTTOM">
<FONT SIZE=3><P>Director</P>

<P>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="26%" VALIGN="BOTTOM">
<FONT SIZE=3><P>March 10, 2005</P>

<P>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD WIDTH="36%" VALIGN="BOTTOM">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="38%" VALIGN="BOTTOM">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="26%" VALIGN="BOTTOM">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD WIDTH="36%" VALIGN="BOTTOM">
<U><FONT SIZE=3><P>_/s/ David E. Moran<br>
</U>DAVID E. MORAN</FONT>      </P>
  </TD>
<TD WIDTH="38%" VALIGN="BOTTOM">
<FONT SIZE=3><P>Director</P>

<P>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="26%" VALIGN="BOTTOM">
<FONT SIZE=3><P>March 10, 2005</P>

<P>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<B><FONT SIZE=3><P ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;</P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER">EXHIBIT INDEX</P>
</B>

<U><P>Exhibit No.</U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <U>Description</P>
</U>
<P>  5&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Opinion of Merritt &amp; Merritt &amp; Moulton</P>

<P>23.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Consent of Merritt &amp; Merritt &amp; Moulton (contained in Exhibit 5)</P>

<P>23.2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP</P>

<P>24&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Registration Statement)</P>

<P>99.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. 1998 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended</P>

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Form S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 11, 2005
Registration No. 333 - _____________
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
GREEN MOUNTAIN COFFEE ROASTERS, INC
.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
03-0339228
(State or other jurisdiction (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
of incorporation or organization)
33 Coffee Lane, Waterbury, Vermont 05676
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
GREEN MOUNTAIN COFFEE ROASTERS, INC.
1998 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN, AS AMENDED
(Full title of the plan)
Robert P. Stiller
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc.
33 Coffee Lane
Waterbury, Vermont 05676
(Name and address of agent for service)
(802) 244-5621
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
H. Kenneth Merritt, Jr.
Merritt & Merritt & Moulton
Three Main Street, Suite 105
PO Box 5839
Burlington, VT   05402
(802) 658-7830
Calculation of Registration Fee
Title of Securities to be
Registered
Amount to be Registered
(1)
Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share
(2)
Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price
(2)
Amount of Registration Fee
Common Stock
(par value $0.10
per share)                
300,000                    
$25.2105                
$75,631,150            
$890.19
(1)	Pursuant to Rule 416 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminable number of additional Shares that may become issuable pursuant to terms designed to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar events.
(2) Estimated solely for the purposes of calculating the amount of the registration fee. In accordance with Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the price shown is the average of the high and low selling prices of the Common Stock for March 8, 2005 as reported on the NASDAQ National Market.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement registers additional securities of the same class as other securities for which a registration statement filed on Form S-8 (SEC File No. 333-65321) for the Registrant's 1998 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "Plan") is effective.  At the Registrant's 2004 Annual Meeting, the Registrant's Stockholders approved an amendment to the Plan increasing the number of shares issuable thereunder from 300,000 shares to 600,000 shares of the Registrant's Common Stock.  Pursuant to General Instruction E, the Registrant incorporates by reference the information contained in the above referenced Registration Statement on Form S-8.
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 of 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 Village of Waterbury, State of Vermont, on March 10, 2005.
GREEN MOUNTAIN COFFEE ROASTERS, INC.
By
:_/s/ Robert P. Stiller
Robert P. Stiller
Chairman of the Board of Directors,
President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES
We, the undersigned officers and directors of Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc., hereby severally constitute and appoint Robert P. Stiller and Frances G. Rathke and each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power to them, and each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names in the capacities indicated below, the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed herewith and any and all subsequent amendments to said Registration Statement, and generally to do all such things in our names and behalf in our capacities as officers and directors to enable Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. to comply with all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may be signed by said attorneys, or any of them, to said Registration Statement and any and all amendments thereto.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
_/s/ Robert P. Stiller
ROBERT P. STILLER
Chairman of the Board of Directors, President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
March 10, 2005
_/s/_Frances G. Rathke
FRANCES G. RATHKE
Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, Secretary  (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
March 10, 2005
/s/ Kathryn S. Brooks
KATHRYN S. BROOKS
Vice President of Human Resources and Organizational Development and Director
March 10, 2005
_/s/ Barbara Carlini
BARBARA CARLINI
Director
March 10, 2005
_/s/ William D. Davis
WILLIAM D. DAVIS
Director
March 10, 2005
_/s/ Jules A. del Vecchio
JULES A. DEL VECCHIO
Director
March 10, 2005
_/s/ Hinda Miller
HINDA MILLER
Director
March 10, 2005
_/s/ David E. Moran
DAVID E. MORAN
Director
March 10, 2005
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description
5                    
Opinion of Merritt & Merritt & Moulton
23.1                
Consent of Merritt & Merritt & Moulton (contained in Exhibit 5)
23.2                
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
24                    
Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Registration Statement)
99.1                
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. 1998 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended