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PART III
Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
Information regarding our executive officers is set forth in Item 1 of Part 1 of this Report under the caption
“Executive Officers of the Registrant.”
We adopted a code of ethics applicable to our chief executive officer, chief financial officer, controller and other
finance leaders, which is a “code of ethics” as defined by applicable rules of the SEC. This code is publicly available
on our website at http://www.starbucks.com/about-us/company-information/corporate-governance. If we make any
amendments to this code other than technical, administrative or other non-substantive amendments, or grant any
waivers, including implicit waivers, from a provision of this code to our chief executive officer, chief financial
officer or controller, we will disclose the nature of the amendment or waiver, its effective date and to whom it
applies on our website at http://www.starbucks.com/about-us/company-information/corporate-governance or in a
report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC.
The remaining information required by this item is incorporated herein by reference to the sections entitled
“Proposal 1 — Election Of Directors” and “Beneficial Ownership of Common Stock — Section 16(a) Beneficial
Ownership Reporting Compliance,” “Corporate Governance — Board Committees and Related Matters” and
“Corporate Governance — Audit Committee” in our definitive Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of
Shareholders to be held on March 21, 2012 (the “Proxy Statement”).
Item 11. Executive Compensation
The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to the sections entitled “Executive
Compensation,” “Corporate Governance — Compensation of Directors” and “Corporate Governance —
Compensation Committee” 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 “Equity Compensation Plan Information” in the Proxy Statement.
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence
The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to the section entitled “Certain Relationships and
Related Transactions” and “Corporate Governance — Affirmative Determinations Regarding Director
Independence and Other Matters” in the Proxy Statement.
Item 14. Principal Accounting 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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