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PART II
Item 5. Market for the Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Shareholder Matters and Issuer Purchases
of Equity Securities
SHAREHOLDER INFORMATION
MARKET INFORMATION AND DIVIDEND POLICY
The Company’s common stock is traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market (“NASDAQ”), under the symbol
“SBUX.” The following table shows the quarterly high and low closing sale prices per share of the Company’s
common stock as reported by NASDAQ for each quarter during the last two fiscal years:
High Low
September 28, 2008:
Fourth Quarter ................................................ $16.92 $13.58
Third Quarter ................................................. 18.60 15.66
Second Quarter ................................................ 20.47 16.80
First Quarter .................................................. 26.84 20.03
September 30, 2007:
Fourth Quarter ................................................ $28.29 $25.87
Third Quarter ................................................. 31.84 25.54
Second Quarter ................................................ 36.29 29.32
First Quarter .................................................. 39.43 33.62
As of November 13, 2008, the Company had approximately 21,000 shareholders of record. Starbucks has never paid
any dividends on its common stock and does not currently anticipate paying a cash dividend in the near future.
ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
The Company did not repurchase any shares during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2008. As of the end of the quarter, the
maximum number of shares that may yet be purchased under publicly announced stock repurchase plans was
6,272,128 shares.
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