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38฀ Fiscal฀2003฀Annual฀Report
SHAREHOLDER฀INFORMATION
Market฀Information฀and฀Dividend฀Policy
The฀ Company’s฀ common฀ stock฀ is฀ traded฀ on฀ the฀ National฀
Market฀tier฀of฀The฀ Nasdaq฀ Stock฀Market,฀ Inc.฀(“Nasdaq”),฀
under฀ the฀ symbol฀ “SBUX.”฀ The฀ following฀ table฀ sets฀ forth฀
the฀quarterly฀high฀and฀low฀closing฀sale฀prices฀per฀share฀of฀the฀
common฀stock฀as฀reported฀by฀Nasdaq฀for฀each฀quarter฀during฀
the฀last฀two฀fiscal฀years.฀
฀ HIGH฀ LOW
September฀28,฀2003:
฀ Fourth฀Quarter฀ $฀ 30.19฀ $฀ 24.55
฀ Third฀Quarter฀ ฀ 26.74฀ ฀ 22.91
฀ Second฀Quarter฀ ฀ 26.28฀ ฀ 19.80
฀ First฀Quarter฀ ฀ 23.93฀ ฀ 20.36
September฀29,฀2002:
฀ Fourth฀Quarter฀ $฀ 24.36฀ $฀ 18.63
฀ Third฀Quarter฀ ฀ 25.63฀ ฀ 22.02
฀ Second฀Quarter฀ ฀ 24.07฀ ฀ 19.51
฀ First฀Quarter฀ ฀ 19.91฀ ฀ 14.56
As฀ of฀ December฀ 17,฀ 2003,฀ the฀ Company฀ had฀ 12,137฀
shareholders฀ of฀ record.฀ The฀ Company฀ has฀ never฀ paid฀ any฀
dividends฀ on฀ its฀ common฀ stock.฀ The฀ Company฀ presently฀
intends฀ to฀ retain฀ earnings฀ for฀ use฀ in฀ its฀ business฀ and,฀
therefore,฀does฀ not฀anticipate฀paying฀ a฀cash฀ dividend฀in฀ the฀
near฀future.฀
The฀Company’s฀Securities฀and฀Exchange฀Commission฀filings,฀
including฀the฀Annual฀Report฀on฀Form฀10-K฀for฀the฀fiscal฀year฀
ended฀September฀28,฀2003,฀may฀be฀obtained฀without฀charge฀
by฀accessing฀the฀Investor฀Relations฀section฀of฀the฀Company’s฀
website฀at฀http://www.starbucks.com/aboutus/investor.asp,฀at฀
www.sec.gov฀or฀by฀making฀a฀request฀to฀Investor฀Relations฀via฀
the฀address,฀phone฀number฀or฀web฀address฀below.฀
Quarterly฀ information,฀ as฀ well฀ as฀ other฀ current฀ and฀
historical฀ information฀ about฀ the฀ Company,฀ is฀ available฀
immediately฀ upon฀ its฀ release,฀ free฀ of฀ charge,฀ by฀ accessing฀
the฀ Investor฀ Relations฀ section฀ of฀ the฀ Company’s฀ website฀ at฀
http://www.starbucks.com/aboutus/investor.asp,฀or฀by฀making฀
a฀request฀to฀Investor฀Relations฀via฀the฀address,฀phone฀number฀
or฀web฀address฀below:฀
Investor฀Relations
Investor฀Relations฀—฀M/S฀S-FP1
Starbucks฀Corporation
P.O.฀Box฀34067
Seattle,฀WA฀98124-1067
(206)฀447-1575,฀ext.฀87118
http://www.starbucks.com/aboutus/investor.asp
CORPORATE฀SOCIAL฀RESPONSIBILITY
Starbucks฀ demonstrates฀ its฀ commitment฀ to฀ corporate฀ social฀
responsibility฀(“CSR”)฀by฀conducting฀its฀business฀in฀ways฀that฀
produce฀social,฀environmental฀and฀economic฀benefits฀to฀the฀
communities฀where฀Starbucks฀operates.฀The฀Company฀aligns฀
its฀principles฀for฀social฀responsibility฀with฀its฀overall฀strategy฀
and฀ business฀ operations.฀ As฀ a฀ result,฀ Starbucks฀ believes฀ it฀
delivers฀ benefits฀ to฀ the฀ Company฀ and฀ its฀ stakeholders฀—฀
partners,฀ customers,฀ suppliers,฀ shareholders,฀ community฀
members฀and฀others฀—฀ while฀ distinguishing฀Starbucks฀ as฀ a฀
leader฀within฀the฀coffee฀industry.฀
Providing฀ open฀ communication฀ and฀ transparency฀ helps฀ the฀
Company฀ be฀ accountable฀ to฀ its฀ stakeholders.฀ To฀ support฀
this฀ goal,฀ Starbucks฀ publishes฀ a฀ CSR฀ Annual฀ Report.฀
Starbucks฀ fiscal฀ 2003฀ CSR฀ Annual฀ Report฀ is฀ available฀
online฀ at฀ http://www.starbucks.com/csr.฀ To฀ request฀ a
printed฀ copy฀ of฀ the฀ report,฀ call฀ 1-800-23-LATTE฀
(1-800-235-2883)฀or฀fax฀your฀request฀to฀1-800-782-7286.฀