STARBUCKS CORP — Director's Dealing 2015

Nov 13, 2015

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: STARBUCKS CORP (SBUX)
CIK: 0000829224
Period of Report: 2015-11-10

Reporting Person: SCHULTZ HOWARD D (Director, chairman and ceo)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2015-09-11	Common Stock	G	645000	—	Disposed	1355000	Indirect
2015-09-11	Common Stock	G	645000	—	Acquired	33206814	Direct
2015-11-10	Common Stock	A	208668	—	Acquired	34060482	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	1355000	Indirect
Common Stock	500000	Indirect
Common Stock	500000	Indirect
Common Stock	550181	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: This gift transaction represents an annuity payment from a grantor retained annuity trust (GRAT) previously established by the reporting person's spouse for which the reporting person serves as trustee, to a joint account of the reporting person and his spouse.

F2: Includes 645,000 shares that were previously shown as indirectly owned through a grantor retained annuity trust (GRAT) for which the reporting person serves as the sole trustee. The shares were transferred to the reporting person on September 11, 2015 as an annuity payment that was exempt from Section 16 pursuant to Rule 16a-13.

F3: Restricted Stock Units ("RSUs") earned on the achievement of performance goals under performance-based RSUs granted on November 11, 2013. The RSUs are scheduled to vest, subject to continued employment, as follows, 104,334 shares on November 11, 2015 and 104,334 shares on November 11, 2016.