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PART III
As used in this Part III, ""Starbucks'' and the ""Company'' mean Starbucks Corporation.
Item 10. Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant
The information required by this item regarding the Company's directors is incorporated herein by reference
to the sections entitled ""PROPOSAL 1 Ì ELECTION OF DIRECTORS'' and ""EXECUTIVE COMPEN-
SATION Ì Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance'' in the Company's definitive Proxy
Statement for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on February 8, 2006 (the ""Proxy Statement'').
Information regarding the Company's executive officers is set forth in Item 4 of Part 1 of this Report under
the caption ""Executive Officers of the Registrant.''
The Company adopted a code of ethics applicable to its chief executive officer, chief financial officer,
controller and other finance leaders, which is a ""code of ethics'' as defined by applicable rules of the Securities
and Exchange Commission. This code is publicly available on the Company's website at
www.starbucks.com/aboutus/corporate Ì governance.asp. If the Company makes any amendments to this
code other than technical, administrative or other non-substantive amendments, or grants any waivers,
including implicit waivers, from a provision of this code to the Company's chief executive officer, chief
financial officer or controller, the Company will disclose the nature of the amendment or waiver, its effective
date and to whom it applies on its website or in a report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
Item 11. Executive Compensation
The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to the section entitled ""EXECUTIVE
COMPENSATION'' in the Proxy Statement.
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Shareholder
Matters
The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to the sections entitled ""BENEFICIAL
OWNERSHIP OF COMMON STOCK'' and ""EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION Ì Equity Compensa-
tion Plan Information'' in the Proxy Statement.
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions
The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to the section entitled ""EXECUTIVE
COMPENSATION Ì Certain Relationships and Related Transactions'' in the Proxy Statement.
Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services
The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to the sections entitled ""Independent
Registered Public Accounting Firm Fees'' and ""Policy on Audit Committee Pre-Approval of Audit and
Permissible Non-Audit Services of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm'' in the Proxy
Statement.
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