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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
Starbucks common stock is traded on NASDAQ, under the symbol “SBUX.”
The following table shows the quarterly high and low sale prices per share of Starbucks common stock as reported
by NASDAQ for each quarter during the last two fiscal years and the quarterly cash dividend declared per share of
our common stock during the periods indicated:
High Low
Cash Dividends
Declared
2011:
FourthQuarter...................................... $42.00 $33.72 $0.17
ThirdQuarter ...................................... 40.26 34.61 0.13
SecondQuarter ..................................... 38.21 30.75 0.13
FirstQuarter ....................................... 33.15 25.37 0.13
2010:
FourthQuarter...................................... $27.08 $22.50 $0.13
ThirdQuarter ...................................... 28.50 23.95 0.13
SecondQuarter ..................................... 26.00 21.26 0.10
FirstQuarter ....................................... 23.80 18.69 0.00
As of November 11, 2011, we had approximately 21,900 shareholders of record. This does not include persons
whose stock is in nominee or “street name” accounts through brokers.
Future decisions to pay cash dividends continue to be at the discretion of the Board of Directors and will be
dependent on our operating performance, financial condition, capital expenditure requirements, and other such
factors that the Board of Directors considers relevant.
ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
The following table provides information regarding repurchases of our common stock during the quarter ended
October 2, 2011:
Total
Number of
Shares
Purchased
Average
Price
Paid per
Share
Total Number
of Shares
Purchased as
Part of Publicly
Announced
Plans or
Programs
Maximum
Number of
Shares that May
Yet Be
Purchased
Under the Plans
or Programs(2)
Period(1)
July 4, 2011 — July 31, 2011 ..................... 0 $ 0 0 10,929,456
August 1, 2011 — August 28, 2011 ................. 5,454,600 35.86 5,454,600 5,474,856
August 29, 2011 — October 2, 2011 ................ 1,028,600 37.41 1,028,600 24,446,256
Total ........................................ 6,483,200 $36.10 6,483,200
(1) Monthly information is presented by reference to our fiscal months during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2011.
(2) The share repurchase program is conducted under authorizations made from time to time by our Board of
Directors. On March 24, 2010 we publicly announced the authorization of up to an additional 15 million shares,
on November 15, 2010 we publicly announced the authorization of up to an additional 10 million shares and on
November 3, 2011 we publicly announced the authorization of up to an additional 20 million shares. These
authorizations have no expiration date.
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