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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): April 17, 2023
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 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On April 17, 2023, Starbucks Corporation (the “Company”) entered into an amendment (the “Amendment”) to its existing Credit Agreement dated September 16, 2021 (as previously amended, the “Credit Agreement”) with the lenders parties thereto (the “Lenders”) and Bank of America, N.A., in its capacity as Administrative Agent for the Lenders. The Amendment replaces the London Interbank Offered Rate as administered by the ICE Benchmark Administration with Term SOFR (as defined in the Credit Agreement) as a successor rate as set forth in the Credit Agreement. All other material terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement were unchanged.
The foregoing description of the Amendment is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Amendment, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and incorporated by reference herein.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit No. |  | Description
10.1* |  | Amendment No. 1 to Credit Agreement dated April 17, 2023, among Starbucks Corporation and Bank of America, N.A. in its capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders and each of the Lenders party thereto
104 |  | Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as inline XBRL)

* The schedules to this Exhibit have been omitted in accordance with Regulation S-K Item 601(a)(5). The Company agrees to furnish supplementally a copy of any omitted schedule to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon its request.

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: | April 21, 2023 |  |  |
|  | By: | /s/ Rachel Ruggeri
|  |  | Rachel Ruggeri
|  |  | executive vice president, chief financial officer