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Item 9B. Other Information
None.
PART III
Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
The information required by this item regarding our directors is incorporated herein by reference to the sections
entitled “Proposal 1 — Election Of Directors” and “Executive Compensation — Section 16(a) Beneficial
Ownership Reporting Compliance” and “Corporate Governance — Board Committees and Related Matters” in our
definitive Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on March 23, 2011 (the “Proxy
Statement”). 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 www.starbucks.com/aboutus/corporate_governance.asp. If we make any amendments to this code
other than technical, administrative or other non-substantive amendments, or grants 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 or in a
report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC.
Item 11. Executive Compensation
The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to the sections entitled “Executive
Compensation” 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 “Executive Compensation — 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 “Executive
Compensation — Certain Relationships and Related Transactions” and “Corporate Governance — Affirmative
Determinations Regarding Director Independence and Other Matters” in the Proxy Statement.
Item 14. Principal Accountant 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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