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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
2012:
Fourth Quarter $ 54.28 $ 43.04 $ 0.21
Third Quarter 62.00 51.03 0.17
Second Quarter 56.55 45.28 0.17
First Quarter 46.50 35.12 0.17
2011:
Fourth Quarter $ 42.00 $ 33.72 $ 0.17
Third Quarter 40.26 34.61 0.13
Second Quarter 38.21 30.75 0.13
First Quarter 33.15 25.37 0.13
As of November 9, 2012, we had approximately 18,500 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.