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Board of Directors and Senior Offi cers
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 prices of the common stock as
reported by NASDAQ for each quarter during the last two fiscal years.
September 28, 2008: High Low
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
The company’s U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filings may
be obtained without charge by accessing the Investor Relations section
of the company’s website at http://investor.starbucks.com, at sec.gov,
or by making a request to Investor Relations via the address, phone
number or website listed below.
Investor Relations
Starbucks Corporation
PO Box 34067
M/S S-FP1
Seattle, WA 98124-1067
(206) 447-1575, ext. 87118
http://investor.starbucks.com
Independent Auditors
Deloitte & Touche LLP
Transfer Agent
BNY Mellon Shareowner Services
Starbucks Coffee Company
c/o BNY Mellon Shareowner Services
PO Box 38015
Pittsburgh, PA 15252
(888) 835-2866
www.bnymellon.com/shareowner
Annual Meeting of Shareholders
March 18, 2009
10:00 a.m. PST
Marion Oliver McCaw Hall
Seattle, WA
Live webcast at: http://investor.starbucks.com
GLOBAL RESPONSIBILITY
Starbucks is committed to being a deeply responsible company in the
communities where it does business around the world. The company’s
focus is on ethically sourcing high-quality coffee, reducing its
environmental impacts and contributing positively to communities.
Starbucks Global Responsibility strategy and commitments are integral
to the company’s overall business strategy. As a result, Starbucks
believes it delivers benefits to the company and its stakeholders,
including employees, business partners, customers, suppliers,
shareholders, community members and others. For an overview of
Starbucks Global Responsibility strategy and commitments, please
see Starbucks Fiscal 2008 Global Responsibility Report, available
online at starbucks.com/sharedplanet on Earth Day, April 22, 2009.
Market Information
Board of Directors
Howard Schultz Starbucks Corporation, chairman, president and chief executive officer
Barbara Bass Gerson Bakar Foundation, president
William W. Bradley Allen & Company LLC, managing director
Mellody Hobson Ariel Investments, LLC, president
Olden Lee PepsiCo, Inc., retired executive
James G. Shennan, Jr. Trinity Ventures, general partner emeritus
Javier G. Teruel Colgate-Palmolive Company, retired vice chairman
Myron E. Ullman, III J.C. Penney Company, Inc., chairman and chief executive officer
Craig E. Weatherup Pepsi-Cola Company, retired chief executive officer
Senior Officers
Howard Schultz chairman, president and chief executive officer
Clifford Burrows president, Starbucks Coffee U.S.
Martin Coles president, Starbucks Coffee International
Arthur Rubinfeld president, Global Development
Troy Alstead executive vice president, chief financial officer and chief administrative officer
Paula E. Boggs executive vice president, general counsel and secretary
Michelle Gass executive vice president, Marketing and Category
Peter D. Gibbons executive vice president, Global Supply Chain Operations
Dorothy J. Kim executive vice president, Global Strategy, Office of the ceo
Chet Kuchinad executive vice president, Partner Resources
Gerardo I. Lopez executive vice president; president, Global Consumer Products, Foodservice
and Seattle’s Best Coffee
Chris Carr senior vice president, Northwest/Mountain
Wendy Collie senior vice president; general manager, Starbucks Licensed Stores
John Culver senior vice president; president, Asia Pacific
Terry Davenport senior vice president, chief marketing officer
Stephen Gillett senior vice president, chief information officer
Juan Guerrero senior vice president, Supply Chain International
Willard (Dub) Hay senior vice president, Coffee and Tea
Lucy Lee Helm senior vice president, deputy general counsel
Buck Hendrix senior vice president; president, Latin America
James Koster senior vice president, Partner Resources, U.S. Retail
David Landau senior vice president, deputy general counsel and chief compliance officer
Cosimo LaPorta senior vice president, Western/Pacific
Barbara Le Marrec senior vice president, Operations, Starbucks Coffee International
Katharine Lindemann senior vice president; general manager, Foodservice
James McDermet senior vice president, Northeast/Atlantic
Michael Malanga senior vice president, U.S. Store Development, Global Strategy and Support Services
Colin Moore senior vice president; president, Starbucks Canada
Dave Olsen senior vice president, Culture and Leadership Development
Tim Pfeiffer senior vice president, Global Design
Harry Roberts senior vice president, chief creative officer
Michael Stafford senior vice president, Talent Management
Paul Twohig senior vice president, Southeast/Plains
Vivek Varma senior vice president, Public Affairs
Jinlong Wang senior vice president; president, Greater China
Mark Wesley senior vice president, International Development