Green Mountain Coffee Roasters to join the NASDAQ-100 Index beginning August 22

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. (Nasdaq:GMCR) will become a component of the NASDAQ-100 Index (Nasdaq:NDX), the NASDAQ-100 Equal Weighted Index (Nasdaq:NDXE) and the NASDAQ-100 Ex-Tech Sector Index (Nasdaq:NDXX) prior to market open on Thursday, August 22, 2013. Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc will replace Life Technologies Corporation (Nasdaq:LIFE).
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. is headquartered in Waterbury, Vermont, and has a market capitalization of approximately $11.7 billion. For more information about the company, go to www.greenmountaincoffee.com.
The NASDAQ-100 Index includes Apple, Facebook, Google and Microsoft. GMCR was removed from the list last year after a steep fall in stock price, which bottomed out last summer, but has rebounded in the last year. Shares were trading at $76.38 at the close on Friday. Its 52-week range is $21.33 - $82.95.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 15, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)