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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 12, 2022
Starbucks Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Washington | 000-20322 | 91-1325671
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.)

2401 Utah Avenue South, Seattle, Washington 98134
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(206) 447-1575
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title | Trading Symbol | Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share | SBUX | Nasdaq Global Select Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
Amended and Restated Executive Management Bonus Plan
On January 12, 2022, the Compensation and Management Development Committee (the “Committee”) of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Starbucks Corporation (the “Company”) approved the amendment and restatement of the Company’s Executive Management Bonus Plan (the “EMBP” and, as amended, the “Amended EMBP”), which provides for the grant of annual incentive awards to eligible partners of the Company, including the Company's named executive officers. The EMBP was amended and restated to, among other things, provide that the Committee may determine the performance goals and payout formula for each performance period based on one or more of the performance criteria and factors set forth in the Amended EMBP.
The foregoing summary of the Amended EMBP does not purport to be complete, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amended EMBP, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit No. |  | Description
10.1 |  | Starbucks Corporation Executive Management Bonus Plan as amended and restated on January 12, 2022
104 |  | Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as inline XBRL)

SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

|  | STARBUCKS CORPORATION
Dated: | January 14, 2022 |  |  |
|  | By: | /s/ Rachel A. Gonzalez
|  |  | Rachel A. Gonzalez
|  |  | executive vice president, general counsel