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STARBUCKSⓇ

Fiscal 2019

Annual Report

ALSACIA

Starbucks Visitors Center at Hacienda Alsacia, Costa Rica UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

Form 10-K

ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF

1934

For the Fiscal Year Ended September 29, 2019

or

□ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE

ACT OF 1934

Washington

(State of Incorporation)

Title of Each Class

Common Stock, $0.001 par

Large accelerated filer

Emerging growth company

For the transition period from

value per

to

Commission File Number: 0-20322

Starbucks Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

2401 Utah Avenue South, Seattle, Washington 98134

(206) 447-1575

91-1325671

(IRS Employer ID)

(Address of principal executive office, zip code, telephone number)

Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Trading Symbol

SBUX

share

Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange

Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been

subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to

Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was

required to submit such files). Yes No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting

company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and

"emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Accelerated filer

Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered

Nasdaq Global Select Market

Non-accelerated filer

Yes x No

Yes No 冈

Smaller reporting company

If an emerging growth company, indicate by checkmark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying

with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes

No X

The aggregate market value of the voting stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant as of the last business day of the registrant's most

recently completed second fiscal quarter, based upon the closing sale price of the registrant's common stock on March 31, 2019 as reported on

the NASDAQ Global Select Market was $89.8 billion. As of November 8, 2019, there were 1,181.0 million shares of the registrant's Common

Stock outstanding.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

Portions of the definitive Proxy Statement for the registrant's Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on March 18, 2020 have been

incorporated by reference into Part III of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Item 1

Item 1A

Item 1B

Item 2

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Item 7A

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Item 9A

Item 9B

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Item 14

Business

Risk Factors

Unresolved Staff Comments

Properties

Legal Proceedings

Mine Safety Disclosures

STARBUCKS CORPORATION

Form 10-K

For the Fiscal Year Ended September 29, 2019

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART II

Market for the Registrant's Common Equity, Related Shareholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of

Equity Securities

Selected Financial Data

PART I

Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

Index for Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure

Controls and Procedures

Other Information

PART III

Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance

Executive Compensation

Item 15

SIGNATURES

Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Shareholder Matters

Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence

Principal Accounting Fees and Services

Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules

PART IV

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