CBOU Caribou Coffee Company, Inc. (MM)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 14D-9

(Rule 14d-101)

SOLICITATION/RECOMMENDATION

STATEMENT UNDER SECTION 14(d)(4) OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

(Amendment No. 12)

Caribou Coffee Company, Inc.

(Name of Subject Company)

Caribou Coffee Company, Inc.

(Name of Person(s) Filing Statement)

Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share

(Title of Class of Securities)

142042209

(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)

Dan E. Lee

General Counsel and Secretary

Caribou Coffee Company, Inc.

3900 Lakebreeze Avenue North

Brooklyn Center, Minnesota 55429

(763) 592-2200

(Name, address, and telephone number of person authorized to receive notices

and communications on behalf of the person(s) filing statement)

Copies To:

Brian D. Wenger

Brett D. Anderson

Briggs and Morgan, P.A.

2200 IDS Center

80 South Eighth Street

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402

(612) 977-8400

This Amendment No. 12 to Schedule 14D-9 amends and supplements the Schedule 14D-9 (as amended and supplemented from time to time, the “Schedule 14D-9”) originally filed by Caribou Coffee Company, Inc., a Minnesota corporation (the “ Company ”), with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ SEC ”) on December 21, 2012, relating to the tender offer by JAB Beech Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Parent ” or “ JAB ”), Pine Merger Sub, Inc., a Minnesota corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“Purchaser” and, together with Parent, the “ Offerors ”), to purchase all outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“ Shares ”), of the Company at a price of $16.00 per Share, net to the seller in cash (less any required withholding taxes and without interest), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase dated December 21, 2012 (together with any amendments or supplements thereto, the “ Offer to Purchase ”) and in the related Letter of Transmittal (together with any amendments or supplements thereto, the “ Letter of Transmittal ” and, together with the Offer to Purchase, the “ Offer ”), which are annexed to and filed with the Offerors’ Schedule TO (together with the exhibits thereto, as it may be amended or supplemented, the “Schedule TO”), filed by Purchaser with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on December 21, 2012.

Except as otherwise noted below, no changes are being made to the Schedule 14D-9.

Item 4 of the Schedule 14D-9 is hereby amended as set forth below.

The section entitled “ Intent to Tender ” is hereby amended and restated as follows:

“To the knowledge of the Company, after making reasonable inquiry, all of the Company’s executive officers and directors currently intend to tender all Shares held of record or beneficially by such persons for purchase pursuant to the Offer (other than Shares held by directors or executive officers that may be transferred prior to the Acceptance Time for estate planning or philanthropic purposes).”

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SIGNATURE

After due 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.

Dated January 17, 2013

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