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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000902664-24-000719
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DFRN14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		8
FILED AS OF DATE:		20240126
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20240126

SUBJECT COMPANY:	

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			STARBUCKS CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000829224
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	RETAIL-EATING & DRINKING PLACES [5810]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	07 Trade & Services
		IRS NUMBER:				911325671
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			WA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0927

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DFRN14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-20322
		FILM NUMBER:		24568736

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		P O BOX 34067
		CITY:			SEATTLE
		STATE:			WA
		ZIP:			98124-1067
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2064471575

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2401 UTAH AVENUE SOUTH
		CITY:			SEATTLE
		STATE:			WA
		ZIP:			98134

FILED BY:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Strategic Organizing Center
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0002001721
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	
		IRS NUMBER:				203688367
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DC
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DFRN14A

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1900 L STREET, NW
		STREET 2:		SUITE 900
		CITY:			WASHINGTON
		STATE:			DC
		ZIP:			20036
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(202) 721-0660

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1900 L STREET, NW
		STREET 2:		SUITE 900
		CITY:			WASHINGTON
		STATE:			DC
		ZIP:			20036
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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">SCHEDULE 14A</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">(Amendment No. 1)<BR>
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</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 15pt">o</FONT></P>

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than the Registrant </FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 15pt">&#254;</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">Check the appropriate box:</P>

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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Confidential, for Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule 14a-6(e)(2))</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Starbucks Corporation</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Strategic Organizing Center</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Service Employees International Union</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Mary Kay Henry</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Ahmer Qadeer</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Michael Zucker</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Maria Echaveste</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Joshua Gotbaum</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Wilma B. Liebman</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center">(Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy
Statement, if other than the Registrant)</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 93%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 8pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; line-height: 85%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 85%">No fee required.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 8pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; line-height: 85%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 85%">Fee paid previously with preliminary materials.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif"><B>DATED
January 25, 2024</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 14pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>STARBUCKS CORPORATION</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>__________________________</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>PROXY STATEMENT</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 5pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>OF</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>_________________________</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>PLEASE VOTE THE ENCLOSED <U>BLUE</U> PROXY CARD TODAY&mdash;BY
PHONE OR INTERNET OR BY SIGNING, DATING AND RETURNING THE ENCLOSED <U>BLUE</U> PROXY CARD BY MAIL.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">This Proxy Statement (this &ldquo;Proxy Statement&rdquo;)
and the enclosed <B><U>BLUE</U></B> proxy card are being furnished by the Strategic Organizing Center (the &ldquo;SOC&rdquo;), the Service
Employees International Union (the &ldquo;SEIU&rdquo;), Mary Kathleen Henry (professionally known as &ldquo;Mary Kay Henry,&rdquo; and
referred to herein as &ldquo;Ms. Henry&rdquo;), Ahmer Qadeer (&ldquo;Mr. Qadeer&rdquo;), Michael Zucker (&ldquo;Mr. Zucker&rdquo; and,
together with the SOC, the SEIU, Ms. Henry and Mr. Qadeer, the &ldquo;Nominating Group Parties,&rdquo; &ldquo;we&rdquo; or &ldquo;us&rdquo;)
and the nominees named in Proposal&nbsp;1 (the &ldquo;SOC Nominees&rdquo; and, together with the Nominating Group Parties, the &ldquo;Participants&rdquo;)
in connection with the solicitation of proxies from the shareholders of Starbucks Corporation, a Washington corporation (&ldquo;Starbucks&rdquo;
or the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;).</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">This
Proxy Statement and <B><U>BLUE</U></B> proxy card are first being mailed or given to the Company&rsquo;s shareholders on or about
January 25, 2024. We are
seeking the support of shareholders at the upcoming 2024 annual meeting of shareholders (including any adjournment, postponement,
rescheduling, or continuation thereof or any special meeting held in lieu thereof, the &ldquo;Annual Meeting&rdquo;), to be held via
webcast on March 13, 2024, at
10:00 a.m., Pacific Time.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">Since late 2021, the Company, overseen by its incumbent
board of directors (the &ldquo;Board&rdquo;), has engaged in what we consider to be flagrant human capital mismanagement. We have witnessed
this mismanagement manifest itself in part through its efforts to silence employees and/or union organizing campaigns.<FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 8"><SUP>1
</SUP></FONT>This has resulted in media, policymaker and regulatory scrutiny<FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 8pt"><SUP>2
</SUP></FONT>that has caused potentially irreversible damage to the value of the Company&rsquo;s previously enviable brand, one that
was synonymous with an enlightened approach to its employees.<FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 8pt"><SUP>3
</SUP></FONT>Given these failures, and our belief that productive human capital management policies are necessary to protect long-term
shareholder value,<FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><SUP>4</SUP></FONT> we believe that meaningful change is needed at Starbucks.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">Therefore, we are nominating three independent
and highly qualified individuals to stand for election to the Board. Our SOC Nominees bring public company, CEO, legal,
policy, and other leadership experience across multiple large, national organizations within the business, government and non-profit
sectors, as well as deep human capital management, governance, operational, strategy and finance experience. We believe that the SOC
Nominees, if elected, will work constructively and effectively to rehabilitate the Company and maximize long-term value for Company
stakeholders.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 3pt">________________________</P>

<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 8pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0"><SUP>1</SUP> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">Majority
Staff Report, <I>No Company is Above the Law: &nbsp;Myth-Busting Starbucks&rsquo; Claims That it Has Not Violated Federal Labor Law with
Impunity,</I> U. S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee (March 27, 2023) (the &ldquo;U.S. Senate Report&rdquo;).</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 8pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0"></P>

<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 8pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0"><SUP>2</SUP> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">Abridged
Report to the Board Concerning Starbucks&rsquo; adherence to freedom of association and collective bargaining commitments in its Global
Human Rights Statement, Thomas M. Mackall, LLC (Oct. 13, 2023); <FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt">Celine McNicholas, Margaret Poydock, and
Marc Edayadi, </FONT><I>Employers regularly engage in tactics to suppress unions,</I> Economic Policy Institute (March 28, 2023); the
U.S. Senate Report</FONT>.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 8pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0"></P>

<P STYLE="font: normal 8pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; text-align: justify; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif"><SUP>3
</SUP><FONT STYLE="font-variant: normal"><I>These Are the All the Awesome Benefits Starbucks Baristas Get</I>, TIME (June 16, 2014),
https://time.com/2885743/starbucks-benefits/.</FONT></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 8pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0"></P>

<P STYLE="font: normal 8pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 8pt"><SUP>4
</SUP></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-variant: normal"><I>Five ways that ESG creates value,</I> McKinsey
Quarterly (Nov. 2019) (the &ldquo;McKinsey Article&rdquo;) (&ldquo;Employee satisfaction is positively correlated with shareholder returns&rdquo;).</FONT></P>


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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><B>Items of Business</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 9pt"><B>&nbsp;&nbsp;Proposal</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 9pt"><B>Our Voting Recommendation</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 2%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>1.</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt">To elect the SOC&rsquo;s slate of three nominees&mdash;Maria Echaveste (&ldquo;Ms. Echaveste&rdquo;), Joshua Gotbaum (&ldquo;Mr. Gotbaum&rdquo;) and Wilma B. Liebman (&ldquo;Ms. Liebman&rdquo;)&mdash;as directors.</FONT></TD>
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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0"><B>FOR</B> all of the SOC Nominees</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>2.</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt">To approve, on a nonbinding, advisory basis, the compensation paid to the Company&rsquo;s named executive officers (&ldquo;say-on-pay vote&rdquo;).</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>No Recommendation</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="background-color: #D9E2F3"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>3.</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="background-color: #DBE5F1; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt">To ratify the selection of Deloitte &amp; Touche LLP as the Company&rsquo;s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2024.</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="background-color: #D9E2F3; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="background-color: #D9E2F3; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>No Recommendation</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>4.</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt">To consider and act upon a shareholder proposal requesting a report on plant-based milk pricing, if properly presented at the meeting.</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>No Recommendation</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>5.</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt">To consider and act upon a shareholder proposal requesting a report on direct and systemic discrimination, if properly presented at the meeting.</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><P STYLE="margin: 0; font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif"><B>No Recommendation</B></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>6.</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt">To consider and act upon a shareholder proposal requesting a report on human rights policies, if properly presented at the meeting.</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><P STYLE="margin: 0; font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif"><B>No Recommendation</B></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="background-color: #DBE5F1; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="background-color: #D9E2F3; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="background-color: #D9E2F3; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="background-color: #D9E2F3">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="background-color: #DBE5F1; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt">To transact other business as may properly come before the Annual Meeting.</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="background-color: #D9E2F3; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><B>The Current Board and Other Matters Pertaining to
the Annual Meeting</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">According
to the Company&rsquo;s Proxy Statement (as defined below) and other publicly filed materials, the Board currently consists of eleven
directors, each of whom is elected annually. Through this Proxy Statement and the enclosed <B><U>BLUE</U></B> proxy card, we are
soliciting proxies to elect the three SOC Nominees named herein to serve as directors until the Company&rsquo;s next annual meeting
of shareholders or until their respective successors have been elected and qualified. The Company has nominated its own set of
eleven directors for re-election at the Annual Meeting. Even if all of the SOC Nominees are elected, because the SOC Nominees would
only represent a minority of the members of the Board, there can be no assurance that they would be able to implement the actions
that they believe are necessary to enhance the Company&rsquo;s human capital management, which we believe can impact future
shareholder value, without the support of the other members of the Board. The names, backgrounds and qualifications of the
Company&rsquo;s nominees, and other information about them, can be found in the Company&rsquo;s proxy statement filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;SEC&rdquo;) on January 25, 2024 (the &ldquo;Company&rsquo;s Proxy Statement&rdquo;).</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif"></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">Shareholders
are permitted to vote for any combination (up to eleven total) of the SOC Nominees and the Company&rsquo;s nominees on the <B><U>BLUE</U>&nbsp;&nbsp;</B><FONT STYLE="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none">proxy
card. We oppose the election of Ritch Allison, Andy Campion and J<FONT STYLE="font-variant: small-caps; text-transform: lowercase">&oslash;</FONT>rgen
Vig Knudstorp (each, an &ldquo;Opposed Company Nominee,&rdquo; and, collectively, the &ldquo;Opposed Company Nominees&rdquo;) to the
Board and therefore urge all shareholders to vote &ldquo;</FONT></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none"><B>FOR</B><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal">&rdquo;
all the SOC Nominees and to &ldquo;</FONT><B>WITHHOLD</B><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal">&rdquo; on all of the Opposed Company
Nominees. We have chosen to oppose the Opposed Company Nominees because each of them holds a position of leadership on the Board by
virtue of chairing at least one of the Board&rsquo;s committees. As a result, we believe they bear greater responsibility for the
complacency and lack of oversight that has led Starbucks to the current crisis it finds itself in. The Company&rsquo;s other eight
nominees</FONT><B>&mdash;</B>Beth Ford, Mellody Hobson, Neal Mohan, Satya Nadella, Laxman Narasimhan, Daniel Servitje, Mike Sievert
and Wei Zhang<B>&mdash;</B><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal">are referred to hereinafter as the &ldquo;Unopposed Company
Nominees.&rdquo; We make no recommendation on the Unopposed Company Nominees. </FONT></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">Except as set forth in this Proxy Statement, we are
not aware of any other matters to be considered at the Annual Meeting. However, if we learn of any other proposals made at a reasonable
time before the Annual Meeting, we will either supplement this Proxy Statement and provide shareholders with an opportunity to vote by
proxy directly on such matters or will not exercise discretionary authority with respect thereto. If other proposals are made thereafter,
the persons named as proxies on the <B><U>BLUE</U></B> proxy card solicited by the Participants will vote such proxies in their discretion
with respect to such matters, subject to applicable law.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">The
record date for determining shareholders entitled to notice of and to vote at the Annual Meeting (the &ldquo;Record Date&rdquo;) is
January 5, 2024. Shareholders of record at the close of business on the Record Date will be entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting.
To attend the Annual Meeting, you must also have previously registered to attend the Annual Meeting, as described  under
&ldquo;How do I attend the Annual Meeting?&rdquo; in the Questions and Answers section. According to the Company&rsquo;s Proxy
Statement, there were 1,132,219,700 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the &ldquo;Common Stock&rdquo;), outstanding
and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting as of the Record Date. Each share of Common Stock has one vote.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">As of the date of this Proxy Statement, the SOC beneficially
owns 161.627478 shares of Common Stock, as further described in <U>Annex I</U>. None of the other Participants beneficially own or own
of record any shares of Common Stock.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">The Nominating Group Parties and the Company will each
be using a universal proxy card for voting on the election of directors at the Annual Meeting, which will include the names of all nominees
for election to the Board. Shareholders will have the ability to vote for up to eleven nominees on the enclosed <B><U>BLUE</U></B> proxy
card. There is no need to use the Company&rsquo;s white proxy card or voting instruction form, regardless of how you wish to vote.</P>


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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0 12pt; text-align: justify">We urge you to use our enclosed <B><U>BLUE</U>&nbsp;&nbsp;</B>proxy
card to vote by phone or by Internet by following the instructions on our <B><U>BLUE</U></B> proxy card. Your vote is important, and
we are encouraging shareholders to submit their proxies electronically, if possible. Alternatively, if you do not have access to the
Internet or a touch-tone phone, please sign, date and return our <B><U>BLUE</U></B> proxy card in the postage-paid envelope
provided. Please vote <B>&ldquo;FOR&rdquo;</B> all of the SOC Nominees for election to the Board and to <B>&ldquo;WITHHOLD&rdquo;</B>
on all the Opposed Company Nominees with respect to Proposal 1. We are making no recommendation with respect to the Unopposed
Company Nominees in Proposal 1 and with respect to Proposals 2 through 6.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0 12pt; text-align: justify">The Participants represent that they intend
to, or are part of a group which intends to (i) deliver a proxy statement and form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the
Company&rsquo;s outstanding capital stock required to elect the SOC Nominees at the Annual Meeting and (ii) solicit the holders of shares
representing at least 67% of the voting power of shares entitled to vote on the election of directors in support of the SOC Nominees.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><B>This proxy solicitation (&ldquo;Proxy Solicitation&rdquo;)
is being made by the Nominating Group Parties and the other Participants and not on behalf of the Board or management of the Company or
any other third party.</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;We are not aware of any other matters to be brought before the Annual Meeting other than as described
herein.&nbsp;&nbsp;Should other matters be brought before the Annual Meeting, the persons named as proxies in the enclosed <B><U>BLUE</U></B>
proxy card will vote on such matters in their discretion.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><B>If you have already voted using the Company&rsquo;s
white proxy card, you have every right to change your vote by using the enclosed <U>BLUE</U> proxy card to vote again by phone or the
Internet by following the instructions on the <U>BLUE</U> proxy card.</B> Alternatively, you may sign, date and return the enclosed <B><U>BLUE</U></B>
proxy card in the postage-paid envelope provided. Only the latest validly executed proxy that you submit will be counted; any proxy may
be revoked at any time prior to its exercise at the Annual Meeting by following the instructions under &ldquo;Can I change my vote or
revoke my proxy?&rdquo; in the Questions and Answers section.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><B>We urge you to use the enclosed <U>BLUE</U>
proxy card to vote &ldquo;FOR&rdquo; each of the SOC Nominees. We recommend that you DISREGARD and not return any white proxy cards
that you may receive from the Company.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><B>For instructions on how to vote and other information
about the proxy materials, see the Questions and Answers section of this Proxy Statement.</B></P>

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    <P STYLE="font: 16pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; color: white"><B>We urge you to promptly sign,
    date and return your <U>BLUE</U> proxy card.</B></P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>If you have any questions or require any assistance
with voting your shares, please contact our proxy solicitor:</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Okapi Partners LLC</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>1212 Avenue of the Americas, 17<SUP>th</SUP> Floor</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>New York, New York 10036</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>SHAREHOLDERS CALL: </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>(877) 285-5990 (TOLL-FREE from the U.S. and Canada)
or</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>+1 (917) 484-4426 (from other
locations)</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Banks and Brokers Call: +1 (212)
297-0720</B></P>


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<P STYLE="font: 12.5pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><B><I>REASONS FOR THIS PROXY SOLICITATION </I></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><B><I>&nbsp;</I></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">The SOC is a coalition of labor unions, including
the SEIU. The SOC-affiliated unions represent more than 2.3 million union members. Through its different divisions, the SOC advocates
for shareholders, consumers and other stakeholders through research and campaigns. Since 2006, the SOC&rsquo;s investment division, the
SOC Investment Group (the &ldquo;SIG&rdquo;),<FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 8"><SUP>5</SUP></FONT>
has specialized in identifying companies who have exhibited irresponsible corporate behavior that, in the SIG&rsquo;s view, has impacted
the long-term investment interests of such companies&rsquo; shareholders.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">The SEIU is a labor union organization that represents more than 2 million
public and private sector members in the United States and Canada who work primarily in public service delivery, health care and property
services. These members participate in more than 50 state, county and municipal pension funds and in 19 private &ldquo;Taft-Hartley&rdquo;
funds with more than $1 trillion in assets. Many of these funds are substantial Starbucks shareholders, and many Starbucks employees are
participating members in the foregoing pension funds.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">For more than two years, certain Starbucks employees
have been engaged in unionization efforts. Starbucks has frequently engaged in countering these efforts.<FONT STYLE="font-size: 8"><SUP>6
</SUP></FONT>We believe that this has not only diverted valuable resources away from the Company&rsquo;s planned expansion efforts,<FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 8"><SUP>7
</SUP></FONT>but that such an approach to these issues represents a textbook example of human capital mismanagement. A report recently
commissioned by the Company in response to a shareholder proposal that won majority support at the Company&rsquo;s 2023 annual meeting
of shareholders<FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 8"><SUP>8</SUP></FONT> (the &ldquo;Starbucks 2023 Labor
Report&rdquo;) found that the Company addressed initial employee organizing campaigns &ldquo;without clear governance,&rdquo; and that
those leading the response to unionization efforts may have prioritized operational change over respecting the &ldquo;compliance framework
created by the presence of&rdquo; a union.<FONT STYLE="font-size: 8"><SUP>9 </SUP></FONT>The report further found that &ldquo;[m]issteps
could have been avoided had stronger fundamentals,&rdquo; such as &ldquo;consistent on-the-ground presence and support, properly bespoke
training, effective coordination of activities, and development through the ranks of a full appreciation of guardrails and rules of engagement,&rdquo;
been in place.<FONT STYLE="font-size: 8"><SUP>10</SUP></FONT> In our view, the Board must be comprised of individuals who can properly
address this lack of clear governance cited by the Starbucks 2023 Labor Report.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><B>Starbucks&rsquo; Alleged Violations of Federal
Labor Law</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">Since November 2021, the National Labor Relations
Board (the &ldquo;NLRB&rdquo;)&mdash;the federal agency responsible for enforcing federal labor law to protect workers&rsquo; rights&mdash;has
issued over 130 complaints against Starbucks that have included, in the aggregate, approximately 420 charges of violating federal labor
law,<FONT STYLE="font-size: 8"><SUP>11</SUP></FONT> all under the watch of the incumbent Board. These complaints cover a wide range of
allegations of wrongdoing, including illegal disciplining of employees and firings, store closures to halt union activity, worker surveillance
and failure to bargain with employees in good faith. In some of the most egregious cases since 2022, the NLRB has sought injunctions
from federal courts seeking, among other things, to stop the Company from disciplining and/or firing employees for engaging in efforts
to unionize.<FONT STYLE="font-size: 8"><SUP>12</SUP></FONT> These cases involving Starbucks represent over a third of all injunctions
sought by the NLRB against any employer since 2022.<FONT STYLE="font-size: 8"><SUP>13</SUP></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 3pt">&nbsp;_________________________</P>

<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 8pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 0 3pt"><SUP>5</SUP> The SIG has no separate legal existence from the
SOC.</P>

<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 8pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 0 3pt"><SUP>6 </SUP>The U.S. Senate Report; <I>Will Starbucks&rsquo; union-busting
stifle a union rebirth in the US?</I>, The Guardian (Aug. 28, 2023), https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/28/will-starbucks-union-busting-stifle-a-union-rebirth-in-the-us.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 8pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 3pt"><SUP>7</SUP> <I>See
Starbucks must disclose spending on response to union campaign, judge rules</I>, Reuters (Oct. 6, 2023),
https://www.reuters.com/legal/starbucks-must-disclose-spending-response-union-campaign-judge-rules-2023-10-06/; <I>Starbucks Must
Give DOL Info On Its Expenses Fighting Union</I>, Law360 (Oct. 6, 2023),&nbsp;
https://www.law360.com/articles/1730450/starbucks-must-give-dol-info-on-its-expenses-fighting-union.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 8pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 0 3pt; text-align: justify"><SUP>8</SUP> <I>See</I> Form 8-K, filed March
29, 2023 by the Company, https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/829224/000082922423000027/sbux-20230323.htm.</P>

<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 8pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 0 3pt"><SUP>9</SUP> The Starbucks 2023 Labor Report.</P>

<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 8pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 0 3pt"><SUP>10</SUP> <I>Id</I>.</P>

<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 8pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 0 3pt"><SUP>11</SUP> <I>Starbucks, Labor Board to Square Off Over Seattle
Union Election</I>, Bloomberg Law (Dec. 5, 2023), https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/starbucks-labor-board-to-square-off-over-seattle-union-election.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 8pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; text-align: justify; margin: 0 0 3pt"><SUP>12</SUP> <I>NLRB Asks for Nationwide
Injunction in Denver Starbucks Case (1)</I>, Bloomberg (June 6, 2023),
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/nlrb-argues-for-nationwide-injunction-in-denver-starbucks-case; <I>Federal judge
rules against Starbucks, orders halt on union-related firings</I>, Spectrum News NY1 (Feb. 22, 2023),
https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/business/2023/02/21/federal-court-rules-against-starbucks-in-labor-case-prevents-firing#:~:text=The%20<BR>
federal%20judge%2C%20in%20turn,from%20coercing%20its%20workers%20against; <I>NLRB
Region 7-Detroit Wins Injunction Requiring Starbucks to Rehire Unlawfully Fired Worker, Post the Court&rsquo;s Order, and Cease and
Desist from Unlawful Activities Nationwide</I>, National Labor Relations Board (Feb. 21, 2023),
https://www.nlrb.gov/news-outreach/news-story/nlrb-region-7-detroit-wins-injunction-requiring-starbucks-to-rehire; <I>NLRB Region-15
Wins Injunction Requiring Starbucks to Rehire Seven Unlawfully Fired Workers, Post the Court&rsquo;s Order, and Cease and Desist
from Unlawful Activities</I>, National Labor Relations Board (Aug. 18, 2022),
https://www.nlrb.gov/news-outreach/news-story/nlrb-region-15-wins-injunction-requiring-starbucks-to-rehire-seven.</P>

<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 8pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0"><SUP>13</SUP> 12 out of 34 injunctions requested in 2022 to 2023 involved
Starbucks as employer. <I>10(j) Injunction Activity at the National Labor Relations Board</I>, National Labor Relations Board, https://www.nlrb.gov/what-we-do/investigate-charges/10j-injunctions.</P>


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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify"><B>Potential Negative Impacts of the Company&rsquo;s
Current Human Capital Management Strategy on Shareholder Value and Future Growth</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify">We announced our intention to nominate the
SOC Nominees in the midst of a period during which the Company has, in former Chief Executive Officer Howard Schultz&rsquo;s words, &ldquo;lost
its way on many levels&rdquo; and &ldquo;lost sight of what drove the [C]ompany&rsquo;s success.&rdquo;<FONT STYLE="font-size: 8"><SUP>14
</SUP></FONT>While the Company has recognized its employees as its &ldquo;most important asset,&rdquo;<FONT STYLE="font-size: 8"><SUP>15
</SUP></FONT>we believe that its miscalculated response to employee unionization efforts and the allegations leveled at it with respect
to federal labor law threaten employee well-being, and consequently, the Company&rsquo;s ability to maximize shareholder value.<FONT STYLE="font-size: 8"><SUP>16
</SUP></FONT>&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify">We are concerned, however, that if the Company
maintains the status quo and does not take steps to effect meaningful change to address the shortcomings of its human capital management
strategy, shareholder value may suffer. In addition, while the Company aims to open more than 17,000 new stores by 2030,<FONT STYLE="font-size: 8"><SUP>17
</SUP></FONT>we believe the costs associated with continued efforts to silence its workforce only serve to divert Company resources and
jeopardize the Company&rsquo;s ability to realize growth.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify">Since the time when we signaled to the Company
our intention to nominate director candidates, the Company has issued numerous announcements related to its purported commitment to improving
relations with its employees. These have included the formation of a new Board committee, a public letter to Workers United (as defined
below) seeking to reengage in negotiations and a letter to shareholders regarding the proposal that led to the Starbucks 2023 Labor Report.<FONT STYLE="font-size: 8"><SUP>18
</SUP></FONT>&nbsp;While the optimistic view would be to see some of these steps as encouraging, the reality is that we will only be
able to judge their significance based on what the incumbent Board does, not what it says.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt">The
Company has recently announced its decision to unilaterally appoint three new directors to the Board. While the Board could have taken
this opportunity to demonstrate its stated &ldquo;unwavering commitment to elevate the partner (employee) experience and offer partners
a bridge to a better future,&rdquo;</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 8"><SUP>19</SUP></FONT>
<FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt">none of the new Board members appear to have any significant
labor law and labor management relations expertise. These appointments reflect, in our view, a failure by the Board to place due importance
on this key aspect of the Company&rsquo;s business and, moreover, a troubling lack of follow-through with respect to the Company&rsquo;s
commitments to its employee stakeholders.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt"></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify">The timing of this flurry of activity is also
not a coincidence. We believe this level of response, in the aggregate, represents a clear acknowledgment that the Board&rsquo;s oversight
of the Company&rsquo;s human capital strategy has been severely misguided and that even Starbucks recognizes that change is needed.</P>


<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">_______________________</P>

<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 8pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 0 3pt"><SUP>14</SUP> Statement of Howard Schultz, Chairman Emeritus, Starbucks
Coffee Company before the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions United States Senate (Mar. 29, 2023).</P>

<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 8pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 0 3pt"><SUP>15 </SUP><I>A People Company Serving Coffee</I>, Starbucks, https://archive.starbucks.com/collection/a-people-company-serving-coffee.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 8pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt; text-align: justify"><SUP>16</SUP> <I>S<FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt">ee
</FONT></I><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt">the McKinsey Article. In addition, certain studies have indicated relationships between employee
treatment or job satisfaction and shareholder value. <I>See, e.g.</I>, Alex Edmans, <I>The Link Between Job Satisfaction and Firm Value,
With Implications for Corporate Social Responsibility</I>, Academy of Management Perspectives, Nov. 2012, Volume 26(4).</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 8pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt; text-align: justify"><SUP>17</SUP> <I>Starbucks unveils new stores
in &ldquo;triple shot reinvention&rdquo; plan</I>, Starbucks (Nov. 2, 2023), https://stories.starbucks.com/press/2023/starbucks-announces-triple-shot-reinvention-strategy-with-multiple-paths-for-long-term-growth/.</P>

<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 8pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0"><SUP>18 </SUP>The Company&rsquo;s Current Report filed with the SEC on Form
8-K on November 20, 2023; Letter to Lynn Fox, International President, dated December 8, 2023; Letter to the Company&rsquo;s Shareholders,
dated December 13, 2023.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 8pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-left: 0"></P>

<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 8pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-left: 0"><SUP>19</SUP> <I>Starbucks Raises the
Bar with Industry-Leading Employee Benefits, Outperforming Competitors</I>, Starbucks (Nov. 6, 2023), https://stories.starbucks.com/press/2023/starbucks-raises-the-bar-with-industry-leading-employee-benefits-outperform-competitors/.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 8pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-left: 0"></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><B>The SOC Nominees Bring Significant Operational,
Human Capital Management and Public Company Board Experience</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">We believe that the SOC Nominees can bring fresh
perspectives and relevant expertise, including with respect to labor law and operations, to the Board, which will help improve
oversight and safeguard the interests of Starbucks&rsquo; shareholders, customers and employees. The SOC Nominees bring significant
leadership experience from large, national organizations from within the business, government and non-profit sectors; service on
various public and private boards of directors; and experience in key areas of law, policy and regulation. If elected, we expect the
SOC Nominees to work constructively and effectively to recalibrate the Company&rsquo;s approach to its labor issues, rehabilitate
its reputation and maximize shareholder value.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><B><I>&nbsp;</I></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><B><I>Interactions Between the Participants and the
Company Relating to the Annual Meeting</I></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">Outlined below are the key interactions and communications
between the Nominating Group Parties and the Company leading up to the filing of this Proxy Statement:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">On February 2, 2022, the SIG joined other
investors in a phone meeting with Starbucks and requested that the Company accept the results of the December 2021 election of
workers to unionize at Starbucks&rsquo; stores in Buffalo, New York, and proceed to bargain in good faith with the union.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">On March 15, 2022, Trillium Asset Management sent a
letter to Starbucks that the SIG signed, asking the Company to publicly commit to respecting its employees&rsquo; rights to seek unionization.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">On or about September 29, 2022, the SIG, along with
co-filer Leah Martin, a long-time Starbucks employee, submitted to the Company for inclusion in the Company&rsquo;s proxy statement for
its 2023 annual meeting of shareholders a shareholder proposal pursuant to Rule 14a-8 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the &ldquo;Exchange Act&rdquo;), requesting that the Board strengthen its CEO succession planning policy (the &ldquo;2022 Shareholder
Proposal&rdquo;).</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="text-align: justify; margin: 0; font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">In October 2022, the SIG met with the Company regarding
the 2022 Shareholder Proposal. Starbucks shareholders voted on the 2022 Shareholder Proposal at the Company&rsquo;s 2023 annual meeting
of shareholders on March 23, 2023, and the 2022 Shareholder Proposal received approximately 21% of votes cast in support.<FONT STYLE="font-size: 8"><SUP>20</SUP></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">On November 10, 2022, the SIG sent a letter to the Company urging it to
constructively engage with and abide by the decisions of the newly created Fast Food Council within the State of California&rsquo;s Department
of Industrial Relations to determine statewide standards for pay, hours, and other conditions of employment in the fast food industry
established under California law AB 257 (commonly known as the &ldquo;FAST Act&rdquo;).</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 3pt">____________________</P>

<P STYLE="font: 8pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0"><SUP>20</SUP> The Company&rsquo;s Current Report filed with the SEC on
Form 8-K on March 29, 2023.</P>


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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">On September 27, 2023, the SIG submitted to the Company for inclusion in
the Company&rsquo;s Proxy Statement a shareholder proposal pursuant to Rule&nbsp;14a-8 of the Exchange Act requesting that shareholders of
the Company adopt an amendment to the Bylaws (as defined below) to exclude from indemnification instances where persons covered under
Article VII, Section 7.1 of the Bylaws are named in actions pursued by the NLRB or undertaken by other actors pursuant to alleged violations
of the National Labor Relations Act (the &ldquo;2023 Shareholder Proposal&rdquo;). The 2023 Shareholder Proposal was aimed at remedying
what the SIG categorized as a lack of adequate oversight by the Board and the Company&rsquo;s executives, as evidenced by the numerous
NLRB complaints filed against the Company and other legal actions taken against the Company that relate to its labor practices.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">The SIG withdrew the 2023 Shareholder Proposal on
November 16, 2023.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">On November 8, 2023, the SOC requested, through
its legal counsel, the Company&rsquo;s forms of written questionnaire and written representation and agreement, each to be completed
by the SOC Nominees pursuant to the provisions of the Bylaws regarding nomination of directors. The Company provided the foregoing
forms to SOC&rsquo;s legal counsel on November 13, 2023.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">On November 21, 2023, the SOC submitted a notice of
its intent to nominate the SOC Nominees for election as directors at the Annual Meeting (the &ldquo;Nomination Notice&rdquo;). That same
day, the SOC issued a press release highlighting its serious concerns regarding the Board&rsquo;s current oversight of the Company and
of its intention to nominate the SOC Nominees at the Annual Meeting.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">On November 27, 2023, the SOC&rsquo;s legal counsel
sent a letter to the Company requesting access to certain shareholder list records (the &ldquo;Shareholder List Demand&rdquo;).</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">On December 5, 2023, the Company and the SOC entered
into a confidentiality agreement related to the Shareholder List Demand.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">On December 13, 2023, the Company&rsquo;s legal counsel
requested to conduct interviews with the SOC Nominees. Such interviews were conducted with the SOC Nominees during the weeks of December
25, 2023 and January 1, 2024.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">On January 5, 2024, the SOC, through its legal counsel,
provided updates to the Nomination Notice to the Company&rsquo;s legal counsel.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">On January 9, 2024, the Company announced that it had
unilaterally appointed three new directors to the Board, expanding the size of the Board from eight to 11 directors.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="text-align: justify; margin: 0; font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">On January 10, 2024, the Company&rsquo;s legal counsel contacted the SOC&rsquo;s
legal counsel to inform the SOC&rsquo;s legal counsel that the SOC Nominees would not be included in the Company&rsquo;s slate of nominees
for election at the Annual Meeting.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; text-align: justify; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">On January 12, 2024, the Participants filed their preliminary Proxy Statement.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">On January 18 and January 24, 2024, the
SOC&rsquo;s legal counsel contacted the Company&rsquo;s legal counsel to request certain updated information regarding the
Company&rsquo;s shareholder base pursuant to the Shareholder List Demand.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">On January 19, 2024, the Participants filed
Amendment No. 1 to their preliminary Proxy Statement with the SEC.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">On January 25, 2024, the Participants filed their
definitive Proxy Statement with the SEC.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><B><I>Ongoing Litigation Between Certain Related Parties
and the Company</I></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">Workers United, a labor union organization and an SEIU Affiliated Entity
(as defined below) (&ldquo;Workers United&rdquo;) has filed multiple charges in certain venues and/or federal courts against Starbucks
alleging violations of the National Labor Relations Act that currently remain pending.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">On October 18, 2023, the Company and Workers United
each filed complaints against the other in distinct federal jurisdictions over issues related to, among other things, trademark, copyright,
and fair use. Such cases remain pending.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>


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    <TD STYLE="width: 100%; padding-right: 1.8pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 18pt; color: white"><B>PROPOSAL 1: ELECTION OF DIRECTORS</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 8pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">According to the Company&rsquo;s Proxy Statement,
eleven directors are to be elected to the Board at the Annual Meeting. We seek your support in electing the SOC Nominees because we
believe they will bring fresh perspectives to the Board and add significant human capital management, legal, policy, leadership,
business development and commercial expertise as directors of the Company. We further believe that new perspectives from these
experienced SOC Nominees will help the Company to deliver greater value to shareholders and drive future success for the
Company&rsquo;s business. If we are successful in our Proxy Solicitation, the Board will be comprised of the three SOC
Nominees&mdash;Maria Echaveste, Joshua Gotbaum and Wilma B. Liebman&mdash;and the eight Unopposed Company Nominees.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">The Nominating Group Parties are opposing the election
of all of the Opposed Company Nominees because we believe that they have authorized and have been complacent with respect to the Company&rsquo;s
alleged violations of federal labor law and neglected to foster a productive relationship with the Company&rsquo;s mission-critical work
force. In our view, these failures jeopardize both the brand name and the overall value of the Company. We believe the best opportunity
for Starbucks to realize its potential and protect its shareholders&rsquo; interests is for the SOC Nominees to be elected. Accordingly,
shareholders should vote &ldquo;<B>FOR</B>&rdquo; all of the SOC Nominees and to &ldquo;<B>WITHHOLD</B>&rdquo; on all the Opposed Company
Nominees on the <B><U>BLUE</U></B> proxy card. We make no recommendation with respect to the Unopposed Company Nominees.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">The Nominating Group Parties intend to vote all of
their shares of Common Stock &ldquo;<B>FOR</B>&rdquo; all of the SOC Nominees, to &ldquo;<B>WITHHOLD</B>&rdquo; on all the Opposed Company
Nominees and to &ldquo;<B>WITHHOLD</B>&rdquo; on the Unopposed Company Nominees.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"> If elected, each of the SOC Nominees and the Unopposed Company Nominees will serve one-year terms until the 2025 annual
meeting of shareholders and until their successors have been duly elected and qualified. There is no assurance that any of the Company&rsquo;s
nominees will serve as a director if one or more of the SOC Nominees are elected to the Board.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">The age and other information related to the SOC Nominees
shown below are as of the date of the filing of this Proxy Statement.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 62%; padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 9pt"><B><U>Principal Occupation, Business Experience and Qualifications</U></B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <P STYLE="font: 12pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 0 0 7.15pt"><B>Maria Echaveste</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 9pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 0 0 7.15pt">&nbsp;</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 9pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 0 0 7.15pt"><U>Business Address</U>:</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 9pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 0 0 7.15pt">&nbsp;</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 9pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 0 0 7.15pt">1400 Shattuck Avenue, Suite 12</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 9pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 0 0 7.15pt">Berkeley, CA 94709</P></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="border-top: Gray 1pt solid; padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt">
    <P STYLE="font: 9pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="background-color: white">Maria Echaveste
    has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Opportunity Institute, a non-profit organization working to increase economic
    and social mobility, since 2019. Ms. Echaveste has held various roles at the University of California, Berkeley (&ldquo;Berkeley&rdquo;)
    since 2004, including as a lecturer and policy director of the Berkeley School of Law&rsquo;s Chief Justice Earl Warren Institute on Law
    and Social Policy.</FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 9pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 9pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="background-color: white">Ms. Echaveste
    has served as a member of the board of directors of Cadiz, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDZI) since 2019, where she serves as Chair of the Nominating
    and Corporate Governance Committee and as a member of the Equity, Sustainability and Environmental Justice Committee. In 2023, she joined
    the Advisory Board of International Battery Metals Ltd. (CSE: IBAT), after previously serving on its board of directors from 2022 to 2023,
    including as Chair of the Social Responsibility and Sustainability Committee and a member of the Audit Committee. In 2018, she joined
    the board of directors of UCSF-Benioff Children&rsquo;s Hospital Oakland, serving on the Audit Committee and as Chair of the Federally
    Qualified Health Clinic Committee. She has also served on the boards of directors of various other health and humanitarian and labor-related
    non-profit organizations over the past several years. </FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 9pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 9pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="background-color: white">Ms.
    Echaveste served as Assistant to the President and Deputy White House Chief of Staff for President Clinton from 1998 to 2001, where
    she focused on policy and political issues, including immigration, civil rights, education and finance, among others, making her one
    of the highest-ranking Latinas to have served in a presidential administration. From 1993 to 1997, she served as Administrator of
    the Wage and Hour Division at the U.S. Department of Labor. Ms. Echaveste also <FONT STYLE="background-color: white">previously
    served on the board of the U.S.-Mexico Foundation, where she focused on the foundation&rsquo;s Mexican-American Leadership
    Initiative launched in 2010, and as a former special representative to Bolivia, a position she was designated by then-Secretary of
    State Hillary Clinton in 2009. She also</FONT> served as vice chair of the California International Trade and Investment Advisory
    Committee, an appointment made by Governor Jerry Brown, and co-founded a policy consulting company that assists corporate,
    non-profit, and union clients.</FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 9pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="background-color: white">Ms. Echaveste
    holds a B.A. from Stanford University and a J.D. from the Berkeley School of Law.</FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 9pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 9pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="background-color: white">Ms. Echaveste&rsquo;s
    qualifications to serve as a member of the Board include her considerable experience as a director on numerous boards of directors, including
    audit committees, her background in labor- and union-related matters and her leadership and legal experience in public, private and government
    settings.</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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    <P STYLE="font: 12pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 0 0 7.15pt"><B>Joshua Gotbaum</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 9pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 0 0 7.15pt">&nbsp;</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 9pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 0 0 7.15pt"><U>Business Address</U>:</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 9pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 0 0 7.15pt">&nbsp;</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 9pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 0 0 7.15pt">No business address separate from personal residence.<FONT STYLE="font-size: 8"><SUP>21</SUP></FONT></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-top: Gray 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 9pt">72</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-top: Gray 1pt solid; padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt">
    <P STYLE="font: 9pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">Joshua Gotbaum has served as a corporate director and/or
    senior manager of public and private companies, government agencies and non-profits for more than two decades.</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 9pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 9pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">Mr. Gotbaum has served as a Guest Scholar in Economic
    Studies at the Brookings Institution, a research organization, since 2014. He also currently serves as a director and member of the Audit
    Committee of Thornburg Investment Management Inc., a global asset management firm. He is also a trustee and director and chairs the Audit
    &amp; Compliance Committee of the Pension Reserve Trust, a trust established to fund pensions for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. He
    also chairs the Maryland Small Business Retirement Savings Board, which operates an innovative workplace savings program, chairs its executive
    committee and is an ex officio member of its Audit &amp; Finance Committee.</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 9pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 9pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">From 2010 to 2014, Mr. Gotbaum served as chief executive
    officer and Director of the U.S. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (&ldquo;PBGC&rdquo;). Under his leadership, PBGC achieved the highest
    customer satisfaction ratings of any U.S. government agency and entered into a contract with its union for the first time in six years.
    From 2003 to 2005, he led Hawaiian Airlines, then the tenth largest U.S. commercial air carrier, as Chapter 11 Trustee, improving operating
    margins, successfully bringing the company out of bankruptcy and fully repaying its creditors and successfully settling various contract
    disputes with the carrier&rsquo;s unions.</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 9pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 9pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">Mr. Gotbaum has also served as an operating partner
    at Blue Wolf Capital Partners LLC and as a consultant to Silver Point Capital and Elliott Management. Prior to these roles, Mr. Gotbaum
    served as Chief Executive Officer of the September 11th Fund, a major charity; in various roles as an investment banker at Lazard Freres
    and Co, now Lazard Ltd, where he advised on finance, acquisitions and restructuring for businesses, governments and unions; and in various
    roles with the U.S. government.</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 9pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 9pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">His other directorships included PulteGroup, Inc. (NYSE:
    PHM) from 2016 to 2018, where he served on the Audit Committee and Finance Committee; TD Bank, N.A., the U.S. subsidiary of The Toronto
    Dominion Bank (NYSE: TD), serving on the Risk Committee; and Safety-Kleen Systems, Inc. He also served as a member of the Advisory Committee
    for the BlackRock Retirement Institute.</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 9pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 9pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 4pt 0 0; text-align: justify">He holds an A.B. from Stanford University, a M.P.P.
    from Harvard Kennedy School, and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 9pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 4pt 0 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 9pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="background-color: white">Mr. Gotbaum&rsquo;s
    business experience includes consumer-facing businesses involving union and related issues in complex situations, which would add valuable
    perspective and insights to the Board. In addition, Mr. Gotbaum can draw upon a diverse range of leadership experiences in public and
    private companies in other industries, nonprofits, and government.</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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    <P STYLE="font: 12pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 0 0 7.15pt"><B>Wilma B. Liebman</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 9pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 0 0 7.15pt">&nbsp;</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 9pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 0 0 7.15pt"><U>Business Address</U>:</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 9pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 0 0 6.95pt">&nbsp;</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 9pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 0 0 6.95pt">No business address separate from personal residence.<FONT STYLE="font-size: 8"><SUP>22</SUP></FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 9pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 0 0 7.15pt">&nbsp;</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 9pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 9pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 4pt 0 7pt; text-align: center"><I>&nbsp;</I></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-top: Black 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 5%; padding-top: 4pt; padding-bottom: 7pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 9pt">73</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-top: Black 1pt solid; width: 62%; padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">
    <P STYLE="font: 9pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="background-color: white">Wilma B. Liebman
    is a labor lawyer, having practiced law for nearly 50 years and serving in multiple advisory roles, consulting projects and teaching positions.
    Ms. Liebman is also an Adjunct Professor of Law at New York University School of Law, a private university, having served in this role
    since 2015, with a break from 2020 through 2022. From 2009 to 2011, Ms. Liebman served as Chair of the NLRB, a position to which she was
    appointed by President Barack Obama, making her the second woman to ever lead the organization in its nearly 90-year history. From 1997
    to 2011, she served as a Member of the NLRB, appointed by presidents George W. Bush and William J. Clinton for multiple terms. From 2020
    to 2023, Ms. Liebman served as Chief External Ethics Officer for the United Auto Workers, an American labor union. During this time, Ms.
    Liebman also served in various positions with the Labor and Employment Relations Association, including as President from 2021 to 2022.
    Prior to these roles, </FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 9pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 9pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="background-color: white">Earlier in her
    career, Ms. Liebman served as a lawyer at the NLRB; Labor Counsel for the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers;
    Legal Counsel to the International Brotherhood of Teamsters; and as Chief Operations Officer and Deputy Director of the Federal Mediation
    &amp; Conciliation Service, where she oversaw arbitration and international affairs programs and advised on major labor disputes to support
    negotiations.</FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 9pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 9pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="background-color: white">Ms. Liebman serves
    or has served in several advisory, consulting and teaching roles related to labor-management relations. These include serving, since 2022,
    as a member of the board of directors of Ownership Works, a non-profit organization founded by co-head of the Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
    global equity department to promote employee ownership through private equity, and of its Labor Advocates Leadership Council. She has
    also served since 2022 as a member of the Public Interest Advisory Council at The George Washington University Law School;; since 2014
    as Chair of the Dunlap Commission on Agricultural Labor, a private dispute body; and, from 2012 to December 2023, as a member of the board
    of directors of the Economic Policy Institute. She has also taught courses on labor and employment relations at various institutions of
    higher education.</FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 9pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 9pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="background-color: white">She holds an A.B.
    from Barnard College and a J.D. from The George Washington University Law School.</FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 9pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 9pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="background-color: white">Ms. Liebman&rsquo;s
    qualifications to serve as a member of the Board include her vast leadership and advisory experience in nationwide organizations and federal
    agencies and her extensive experience in labor law and employment relations.</FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 9pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="background-color: white">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 9pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="background-color: white"></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 8pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt; text-align: justify"><SUP>21 </SUP><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 8pt">Communications
to Mr. Gotbaum regarding this Proxy Solicitation can be sent to Mr. Gotbaum c/o The Strategic Organizing Center, 1900 L Street, NW, Suite
900, Washington, DC 20036.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 8pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt; text-align: justify"><SUP>22 </SUP>Communications to Ms. Liebman regarding
this Proxy Solicitation can be sent to Ms. Liebman c/o The Strategic Organizing Center, 1900 L Street, NW, Suite 900, Washington, DC
20036.</P>

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    urge shareholders to vote &ldquo;<B><U>FOR</U></B>&rdquo; all three of the SOC Nominees and to &ldquo;<B><U>WITHHOLD</U></B>&rdquo;
    on the Opposed Company Nominees using the <B><U>BLUE</U>&nbsp;</B>proxy card.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">None of the organizations or corporations
referenced above is a parent, subsidiary or other affiliate of the Company. We believe that, if elected, each of the SOC Nominees
will be considered an independent director of the Company under (i) the Company&rsquo;s Corporate Governance Guidelines, approved by
the Board on September 13, 2023; (ii) Rule 5605(a)(2) of NASDAQ&rsquo;s Listing Rules (the &ldquo;NASDAQ Listing Rules&rdquo;); and
(iii) paragraph (a)(1) of Item 407 of Regulation S-K of the Exchange Act. Under the NASDAQ Listing Rules, however, a final
determination as to the independence of the SOC Nominees will not be made until after their election and appointment to the
Board.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">We refer shareholders to the Company&rsquo;s Proxy
Statement for the biographies and other important information regarding the Company&rsquo;s nominees. The Company&rsquo;s Proxy Statement
and form of proxy distributed by the Company will become available free of charge on the SEC&rsquo;s website at <U>www.sec.gov</U>.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 9pt 0 3pt; text-align: justify">Each of the SOC Nominees has entered into
a nomination agreement pursuant to which the SOC has agreed to pay the costs of soliciting proxies in connection with the Annual
Meeting and to defend and indemnify such SOC Nominee against, and with respect to, any losses that may be incurred by him or her in
the event he or she becomes a party to litigation based on  his or her nomination as a candidate for election to the Board and the
solicitation of proxies in support of his or her election. None of the SOC Nominees will receive any compensation from the SOC or
its affiliates for their services as directors of the Company if elected. If elected, the SOC Nominees will be entitled to such
compensation from the Company as is consistent with the Company&rsquo;s practices for the services of non-employee directors.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 9pt 0 3pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="background-color: white">Each
of the SOC Nominees has agreed to being named as a nominee in a proxy statement relating to the Annual Meeting and has confirmed his or
her willingness to serve on the Board if elected. We do not expect that any of the SOC Nominees will be unable to stand for election,
but, in the event that an SOC Nominee is unable to or for good cause will not serve</FONT>, the SOC has reserved the right in the Nomination
Notice to further nominate, substitute or add additional persons for election to the Board. In the case of any of the foregoing, the SOC will give prompt written notice to the Company if it
chooses to nominate any such additional or substitute nominee and the SOC <FONT STYLE="background-color: white">will file an amended proxy
statement and proxy card that, as applicable, identifies the additional or substitute nominees, discloses that such nominees have consented
to being named in the revised proxy statement and to serve if elected and includes biographical and other information about such nominees
required by the rules of the SEC</FONT>. There can be no assurance that the Company will not assert that any additional or substitute
nominations made pursuant to such a reservation must separately comply with any advance notification requirements provided in the Company&rsquo;s
Amended and Restated Bylaws, dated March 17, 2021 (the &ldquo;Bylaws&rdquo;).</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 9pt 0 0; text-align: justify">At the present time, the Nominating Group Parties
have no reason to believe that any of the SOC Nominees will be unable to serve or for good cause will not serve as a candidate or a director.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 9pt 0 0; text-align: justify">Each of the Nominating Group Parties may be
deemed to have an indirect interest in the Proxy Solicitation to the extent that the election of one or more of the SOC Nominees
could, as we believe, result in the Company (i) improving its compliance with the National Labor Relations Act and other federal
labor laws with respect to employees who are attempting, or who may attempt, to obtain union representation, and (ii) developing a
better human capital management policy aimed at respectful and productive relationships between the Company and its employees. To
the extent that any of the foregoing could influence the outcome of such employees&rsquo; unionization efforts, each of the
Nominating Group Parties may be deemed to have a general indirect interest in such outcome given its, his or her affiliation with
the SEIU and/or given the activities of certain of the SEIU&rsquo;s affiliated organizations (the &ldquo;SEIU Affiliated
Entities&rdquo;), as applicable. Ms. Henry serves as both the Chair of the Leadership Council of the SOC and as the International
President of the SEIU. Mr. Qadeer is the Director of Strategic Initiatives at the SEIU and Mr. Zucker is the Executive Director of
the SOC. As described above, certain of the SOC Nominees possess certain skills, qualifications and/or backgrounds in labor
relations matters and may, if elected, apply what we believe would be more rigorous oversight to the Company&rsquo;s labor
relations and compliance.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 9pt 0 0; text-align: justify">Each of the Nominating Group Parties may also
be deemed to have certain general interests in the Proxy Solicitation due to certain of the SEIU Affiliated Entities&rsquo; involvement
in certain disputes with the Company and in assisting efforts by certain Company employees to obtain union representation. Should any
or all of the SOC Nominees be elected at the Annual Meeting to the Board, we believe it is possible that the outcomes of the aforementioned
efforts and disputes may be affected insofar as the SOC Nominees may, in keeping with their fiduciary obligations as directors, influence
the Company to better adhere to federal labor law and pursue a more positive and sustainable human capital management policy.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 9pt 0 0; text-align: justify"><B><I>Vote Required.</I></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">According to the Bylaws, directors shall be elected
by a plurality of the votes cast in contested elections (meaning that the eleven director nominees who receive the most votes &ldquo;FOR&rdquo;
their election by the shareholders will be elected to the Board). &ldquo;WITHHOLD&rdquo; votes will be counted for purposes of determining
if there is quorum at the Annual Meeting. However, according to the Company&rsquo;s Proxy Statement, any shares not voted &ldquo;FOR&rdquo;
a particular director nominee as a result of a &ldquo;WITHHOLD&rdquo; vote or a broker non-vote will not be counted in that director
nominee&rsquo;s favor and will not otherwise affect the outcome of the election (except to the extent they otherwise reduce the number
of shares voted &ldquo;FOR&rdquo; such director nominee).</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><B>We urge you to vote today using our <U>BLUE</U>
proxy card. </B>If you have already voted using the Company&rsquo;s white proxy card, you have every right to change your vote by using
the enclosed <B><U>BLUE</U></B> proxy card to vote again by phone or by Internet. We encourage all shareholders to submit their proxies
electronically. If you do not have access to a touch-tone phone or the Internet, please sign, date and return the enclosed <B><U>BLUE</U></B>
proxy card in the postage-paid envelope provided. Only the latest validly executed proxy that you submit will be counted; any proxy may
be revoked at any time prior to its exercise at the Annual Meeting by following the instructions under &ldquo;Can I change my vote or
revoke my proxy?&rdquo;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0 12pt; text-align: justify"><B>If you have any questions or require any
assistance with voting your shares, please contact our proxy solicitor, Okapi Partners LLC (&ldquo;Okapi&rdquo;), at (877) 285-5990 (TOLL-FREE
from the U.S. and Canada), or +1 (917) 484-4426 (from other locations). </B></P>

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    <P STYLE="font: 12pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; color: white"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 3pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT><B>We
    recommend a Vote &ldquo;<U>FOR</U>&rdquo; all of the SOC Nominees and to &ldquo;<U>WITHHOLD</U>&rdquo; on the Opposed Company Nominees
    using the <U>BLUE</U> proxy card.</B></P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">The Board has adopted a policy providing for an annual
say-on-pay advisory vote.
The Company&rsquo;s Proxy Statement provides  a &ldquo;Proposal No. 2&rdquo; that asks shareholders to approve, on a nonbinding,
advisory basis,  the following resolution at the Annual Meeting:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-align: justify"><B>RESOLVED</B>, that the shareholders of
Starbucks Corporation approve, on a nonbinding, advisory basis, the compensation of the Company&rsquo;s named executive officers disclosed
in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, the Summary Compensation Table, and the related compensation tables, notes, and narrative
in the proxy statement for the Company&rsquo;s 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">The Company&rsquo;s Proxy Statement provides that this
advisory say-on-pay resolution will be nonbinding on the Board and that the Compensation Committee of the Board will review and consider
the voting results when making future decisions regarding the Company&rsquo;s executive compensation program.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">We encourage all shareholders to review the Company&rsquo;s
proxy disclosures in the Company&rsquo;s Proxy Statement in detail.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><B><I>Vote Required. </I></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">According to the Bylaws and the Company&rsquo;s
Proxy Statement, the approval of Proposal 2 requires that the votes cast in favor of such proposal exceed the votes cast against
such proposal. Abstentions will be counted for purposes of determining if there is quorum at the Annual Meeting but will have no
effect on the outcome of Proposal 2. According to the Company&rsquo;s Proxy Statement, broker non-votes will not be considered votes
cast on Proposal 2 and will have no effect on the outcome of this proposal.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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    <P STYLE="font: 12pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; color: white"><B>We make no recommendation on Proposal
    2.</B></P></TD></TR>
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3: RATIFICATION OF SELECTION OF DELOITTE &amp; TOUCHE LLP AS THE COMPANY&rsquo;S INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 12.5pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">The Company&rsquo;s Proxy Statement provides a
&ldquo;Proposal No. 3&rdquo; that asks shareholders ratify its selection of Deloitte &amp; Touche LLP (&ldquo;Deloitte&rdquo;) to serve as
the Company&rsquo;s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2024. According to the Company&rsquo;s Proxy
Statement, if the selection is not ratified, the Audit Committee will consider whether it is appropriate to select another
registered public accounting firm. We expect that even if the selection is ratified, the Audit Committee in its discretion may
select a different independent registered public accounting firm at any time during fiscal year 2024 if it determines that such a
change would be in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">We encourage all shareholders to review the Company&rsquo;s
proxy disclosures in the Company&rsquo;s Proxy Statement in detail.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">According to the Company&rsquo;s Proxy Statement,
representatives of Deloitte are expected to be present at the Annual Meeting, and they will have an opportunity to make a statement
if they so desire and are expected to be available to respond to appropriate questions by shareholders.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><B><I>Vote Required.</I></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">According to the Bylaws and the Company&rsquo;s Proxy
Statement, the approval of Proposal 3 requires that the votes cast in favor of such proposal exceed the votes cast against such proposal.
Abstentions will be counted for purposes of determining if there is quorum at the Annual Meeting but will have no effect on the outcome
of Proposal 3. According to the Company&rsquo;s Proxy Statement, broker non-votes will
not be considered votes cast on Proposal 3 and will have no effect on the outcome of this proposal if your broker provides you with proxy
materials from us. In the event you do not receive such materials, we believe your brokerage firm may vote in its discretion with respect
to Proposal 3 on your behalf if you have not furnished voting instructions by the date of the Annual Meeting, in which case such broker
non-votes would affect the outcome of this Proposal 3.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 100%; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; color: white"><B>We make no recommendation on Proposal 3.</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 18pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 1.8pt 0 0; color: white"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED AT THE ANNUAL MEETING</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 12.5pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><B><I>&nbsp;</I></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12.5pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; background-color: white"><B><I>Shareholder Proposals</I></B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 4pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">According to the Company&rsquo;s Proxy Statement, Proposals
4 through 6 are shareholder proposals that will be voted on at the Annual Meeting if properly presented by or on behalf of the respective
proponent. The proponents are responsible for the content of their proposals, for which we accept no responsibility. The Company states
that it will promptly provide, to its knowledge, each shareholder proponent&rsquo;s name, address and share ownership upon a shareholder&rsquo;s
oral or written request given to its corporate secretary at Starbucks Corporation, 2401 Utah Avenue South, Seattle, Washington 98134.
We refer shareholders to the Company&rsquo;s Proxy Statement for additional information regarding each of Proposals 4 through 6.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&#183;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>PROPOSAL 4</B> &ndash; Shareholder
proposal requesting a report on plant-based milk pricing</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.25in">BE IT RESOLVED:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.25in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.25in">Shareholders request that Starbucks
issue a report examining any costs to Starbucks&rsquo; reputation and any impact on its projected sales incurred as a result of its ongoing
upcharge on plant-based milk. The board should summarize and present its findings to shareholders by the end of the third quarter of the
current fiscal year. The report should be completed at a reasonable cost and omit proprietary information.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&#183;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>PROPOSAL
                                            5</B> &ndash; Shareholder proposal requesting a report on direct and systemic discrimination</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.25in">Resolved: Shareholders of Starbucks
Corporation (&ldquo;the Company&rdquo;) request that the Company conduct an audit and report to determine if and to what extent its programs
and practices direct systemic discrimination against groups or types of employees, including &ldquo;non-diverse&rdquo; employees. Optimally,
the audit and report would include a review of the Partner Networks that have been established at the Company, and should reasonably consider
the recommendations made by those groups, the mechanism or restrictions on setting up such groups, and the protections against reprisal
for the actions or recommendations of any such groups. The report should be prepared at reasonable cost, omit confidential or proprietary
information, and be publicly disclosed on the Company&rsquo;s website.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&#183;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>PROPOSAL 6</B> &ndash; Shareholder
proposal requesting a report on human rights policies</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.25in">Resolved: Shareholders request
the board of directors issue a report by March 31, 2025, at reasonable cost and omitting proprietary or confidential information, analyzing
the congruency of the Company&rsquo;s human rights policy positions with its actions, especially in countries in geopolitical conflicts
or under oppressive regimes, as they impact how the Company maintains its reputation, viability and profitability.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><B><I>Vote Required.</I></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">According to the Bylaws and the Company&rsquo;s Proxy
Statement, the approval of Proposals 4 through 6 (collectively, the &ldquo;Shareholder Proposals&rdquo;) each requires that the votes
cast in favor of such proposal exceed the votes cast against such proposal. Abstentions will be counted for purposes of determining if
there is quorum at the Annual Meeting but will have no effect on the outcome of the Shareholder Proposals. According to the Company&rsquo;s
Proxy Statement, broker non-votes will not be considered votes cast on the Shareholder Proposals and will have no effect on the outcome
of the Shareholder Proposals.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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    <P STYLE="font: bold 12pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; color: White">We make no recommendation with
respect to Proposals 4 through 6.<B>&nbsp;</B></P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0"></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"></P>

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    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 100%; padding-right: 1.8pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 18pt; color: white"><B>QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT THE PROXY MATERIALS AND THE ANNUAL MEETING</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 12.5pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12.5pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; background-color: white"><B><I>Who is entitled to vote?</I></B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 4pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">Only holders of Common Stock at the close of business
on the Record Date are entitled to notice of and to vote at the Annual Meeting. Shareholders who sold shares of Common Stock before the Record Date (or acquire them without voting rights after
the Record Date) may not vote such shares of Common Stock.&nbsp;&nbsp;Shareholders of record on the Record Date will retain their voting
rights in connection with the Annual Meeting even if they sell such shares of Common Stock after the Record Date (unless they also transfer
their voting rights).&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the Company&rsquo;s Proxy Statement, the only outstanding class of securities of the Company
entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting is the Common Stock.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">If you hold shares through a bank, broker or other
custodian (referred to as shares held in &ldquo;street name&rdquo;), the custodian will provide you with a copy of the Proxy Statement
and a <B><U>BLUE</U></B> voting instruction form. We encourage you to provide voting instructions so that your shares can be counted in
the election of directors and the other matters to be considered at the Annual Meeting.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12.5pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><B><I>&nbsp;</I></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12.5pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; background-color: white"><B><I>How do I vote my shares
of Common Stock?</I></B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><B>Shares held in record name.</B> If your shares
of Common Stock are registered in your own name, please vote today by phone or by Internet by following the directions on the
enclosed <B><U>BLUE</U>&nbsp;</B>proxy card or by signing, dating and returning the enclosed <B><U>BLUE</U></B> proxy card in the
postage-paid envelope provided. Execution and delivery of a proxy by a record holder of shares of Common Stock will be presumed to
be a proxy with respect to all shares held by such record holder unless the proxy specifies otherwise.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><B>Shares beneficially owned or held in
&ldquo;street&rdquo; name.</B> If you hold your shares of Common Stock in &ldquo;street&rdquo; name with a broker, bank, dealer,
trust company or other nominee, only that nominee can exercise the right to vote with respect to the shares of Common Stock that you
beneficially own through such nominee and only upon receipt of your specific instructions. <U>Accordingly, it is critical that you
promptly give instructions to your broker, bank, dealer, trust company or other nominee to vote &ldquo;<B>FOR</B>&rdquo; all of the
SOC Nominees</U>. Please follow the instructions to vote provided on the enclosed <B><U>BLUE</U></B> voting instruction form. If
your broker, bank, dealer, trust company or other nominee provides for proxy instructions to be delivered to them by phone or by
Internet, instructions will be included on the enclosed <B><U>BLUE</U></B> voting instruction form. We urge you to confirm in
writing your instructions to the person responsible for your account and provide a copy of those instructions by mailing them to
Okapi, so that we will be aware of all instructions given and can attempt to ensure that such instructions are followed.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 8.5pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><B>IF YOU SUBMIT A VALIDLY EXECUTED <U>BLUE</U>
PROXY CARD, IT WILL BE VOTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH YOUR INSTRUCTIONS. THE NAMED PROXIES (NAMED IN THE <U>BLUE</U> PROXY CARD) WILL ALSO
EXERCISE THEIR DISCRETION ON ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE ANNUAL MEETING, SUBJECT TO APPLICABLE LAW. IF YOU
DO NOT INDICATE AN INSTRUCTION WITH RESPECT TO PROPOSAL 1, THE <U>BLUE</U> PROXY CARD WILL BE VOTED AS FOLLOWS WITH RESPECT TO SUCH
PROPOSAL: &ldquo;FOR&rdquo; ALL OF THE SOC NOMINEES, TO &ldquo;WITHHOLD&rdquo; ON ALL THE OPPOSED COMPANY NOMINEES AND ALL THE
UNOPPOSED COMPANY NOMINEES, IN EACH CASE AS LISTED IN PROPOSAL 1. IF YOU DO NOT INDICATE AN INSTRUCTION WITH RESPECT TO ANY OF THE
PROPOSALS OTHER THAN PROPOSAL 1, THE NAMED PROXIES WILL EXERCISE THEIR DISCRETION TO CAUSE YOUR PROXY TO ABSTAIN ON SUCH OTHER
PROPOSALS. </B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 8.5pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><B>WHILE YOU MAY MARK INSTRUCTIONS WITH RESPECT
TO ANY OR ALL OF THE NOMINEES LISTED IN PROPOSAL 1, YOU MAY MARK A VOTE &ldquo;FOR&rdquo; ONLY UP TO ELEVEN NOMINEES IN TOTAL. IF
YOU MARK A VOTE &ldquo;FOR&rdquo; WITH RESPECT TO FEWER THAN ELEVEN NOMINEES, YOUR SHARES WILL BE VOTED &ldquo;FOR&rdquo; ONLY WITH
RESPECT TO THOSE NOMINEES YOU HAVE SO MARKED. IF YOU MARK A VOTE &ldquo;FOR&rdquo; WITH RESPECT TO MORE THAN ELEVEN NOMINEES, YOUR
VOTES ON PROPOSAL 1 REGARDING NOMINEES WILL BE INVALID AND WILL NOT BE COUNTED.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12.5pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; background-color: white"><B><I>How should I vote
on each Proposal?</I></B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 0 10pt; text-align: justify">The SOC recommends that you vote <B>&ldquo;FOR&rdquo;
</B>all of the SOC Nominees standing for election to the Board and to &ldquo;<B>WITHHOLD</B>&rdquo; on the Opposed Company Nominees (Proposal
1) using the <B><U>BLUE</U></B> proxy card. We are making no recommendation with respect to the Unopposed Company Nominees.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 0 10pt; text-align: justify">The SOC makes no recommendation on Proposals
2 through 6.</P>

<P STYLE="margin: 0; font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 12.5pt"><B><I>How many shares
must be present to hold the Annual Meeting?</I></B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">According to the Bylaws, the presence, in person
or by proxy, of holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting is required
to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at the Annual Meeting. Abstentions  will be
counted as present for purposes of determining whether a quorum is present at the Annual Meeting. According to the Company&rsquo;s Proxy Statement, broker non-votes (shares
held by a broker or nominee that does not have discretionary authority to vote on a particular matter and has not received voting instructions
from its client on that matter) will not be counted for the purpose of determining whether a quorum is present and will not be considered
votes cast on the proposals to be considered at the Annual Meeting.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">For information on broker non-votes, see &ldquo;What
are &ldquo;broker non-votes&rdquo; and what effect do they have on the Proposals?&rdquo; below.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12.5pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; background-color: white"><B><I>What vote is needed to approve each Proposal?</I></B></P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="padding-top: 6pt; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&#183;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="padding-top: 6pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif"><B>Proposal
1 &ndash; Election of Directors.</B> According to the Bylaws, directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast in contested
elections (meaning that the eleven director nominees who receive the most votes &ldquo;<B>FOR</B>&rdquo; their election by the shareholders
will be elected to the Board). &ldquo;<B>WITHHOLD</B>&rdquo; votes will be counted for purposes of determining if there is quorum at
the Annual Meeting. However, according to the Company&rsquo;s Proxy Statement, any shares not
voted &ldquo;<B>FOR</B>&rdquo; a particular director nominee as a result of a &ldquo;<B>WITHHOLD</B>&rdquo; vote or a broker non-vote
will not be counted in that director nominee&rsquo;s favor and will not otherwise affect the outcome of the election (except to the extent
they otherwise reduce the number of shares voted &ldquo;<B>FOR</B>&rdquo; such director nominee).</FONT><P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-align: justify; background-color: white"><B>PLEASE SUPPORT
ALL THREE OF THE SOC NOMINEES BY SUBMITTING YOUR VOTE &ldquo;FOR&rdquo; ALL OF THE SOC NOMINEES ON THE <U>BLUE</U> PROXY CARD. PLEASE
DO NOT SIGN OR RETURN A WHITE PROXY CARD FROM THE COMPANY, EVEN IF YOU INSTRUCT TO &ldquo;WITHHOLD&rdquo; ON ALL THE OPPOSED COMPANY NOMINEES.
DOING SO WILL REVOKE ANY PREVIOUS VOTING INSTRUCTIONS YOU PROVIDED ON THE <U>BLUE</U> PROXY CARD (ONLY YOUR LATEST DATED PROXY CARD COUNTS).</B></P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&#183;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif"><B>Proposals 2 through 6.</B> According to
                                                                                                             the Bylaws and the Company&rsquo;s Proxy Statement, the approval of Proposals 2 through 6 requires that the votes cast in favor of
                                                                                                             each such proposal exceed the votes cast against such proposal. Abstentions will be counted for purposes of determining if there is
                                                                                                             quorum at the Annual Meeting but will have no effect on the outcome of Proposals 2 through 6. According to the Company&rsquo;s Proxy
                                                                                                             Statement, broker non-votes will not be considered votes cast on Proposals 2 through 6 and will have no effect on the outcome of
                                                                                                             these proposals,except in the limited circumstances regarding Proposal 3, as discussed in the following sentences. With respect to
                                                                                                             Proposal 3 only, according to the Company&rsquo;s Proxy Statement, broker non-votes will not be considered votes cast on Proposal 3
                                                                                                             and will have no effect on the outcome of this proposal if your broker provides you with proxy materials from us. In the event a
                                                                                                             shareholder does not receive such materials, we believe such shareholder&rsquo;s brokerage firm may vote in its discretion with
                                                                                                             respect to Proposal 3 on such shareholder&rsquo;s behalf if such shareholder has not furnished voting instructions by the date of
                                                                                                             the Annual Meeting, in which case such broker non-votes would affect the outcome of Proposal 3.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 6pt 0 0 0.25in; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12.5pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; background-color: white"><B><I>What are &ldquo;broker non-votes&rdquo;
and what effect do they have on the Proposals?</I></B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">A broker non-vote occurs when a broker, bank or other
nominee holding shares for a beneficial owner has discretionary authority to vote on &ldquo;routine&rdquo; matters brought before a shareholder
meeting, but the beneficial owner of the shares fails to provide the broker with specific instructions on how to vote on any &ldquo;non-routine&rdquo;
matters brought to a vote at the shareholder meeting.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">As stated above, broker non-votes will not be counted
for Proposal 1 in a director nominee&rsquo;s favor and will not otherwise affect the outcome of the election (except to the extent they
otherwise reduce the number of shares voted &ldquo;<B>FOR</B>&rdquo; such director nominee), and will have no effect on the outcome of
Proposals 2 through 6,except in the limited circumstances regarding Proposal 3 discussed below. With respect to Proposal 3 only, according to the Company&rsquo;s Proxy Statement, broker non-votes will not be
considered votes cast on Proposal 3 and will have no effect on the outcome of this proposal if your broker provides you with proxy materials
from us.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">In such case, if you do not submit any voting instructions
to your broker, then your shares will not be counted in determining the outcome of any of the proposals at the Annual Meeting, nor will
your shares be counted for purposes of determining whether a quorum exists. We urge you to instruct your broker about how you wish your
shares to be voted and notify Okapi of your instructions at the following address: Okapi Partners LLC, 1212 Avenue of the Americas, 17<FONT STYLE="font-size: 8"><SUP>th
</SUP></FONT>Floor, New York, New York 10036 so that we will be aware of all instructions given and can attempt to ensure that such instructions
are followed.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">In the event a shareholder does not receive proxy
materials from us, we believe such shareholder&rsquo;s brokerage firm may vote in its discretion with respect to Proposal 3 on such
shareholder&rsquo;s behalf if such shareholder has not furnished voting instructions by the date of the Annual Meeting, in which
case such broker non-votes would affect the outcome of Proposal 3.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12.5pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; background-color: white"><B><I>What should I do if I receive a proxy card
from the Company?</I></B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 3pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; background-color: white">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">You will also be receiving proxy solicitation materials
from Starbucks, including a proxy statement and white proxy card. We are not responsible for the accuracy of any information contained
in any proxy solicitation materials used by the Company or any other statements that it may otherwise make.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">We do not endorse any of the Opposed Company Nominees
and recommend that you disregard any proxy card or solicitation materials that may be sent to you by the Company. The Participants and
the Company will each be using a universal proxy card for voting on the election of directors at the Annual Meeting, which will include
the names of all nominees for election to the Board. Shareholders will have the ability to vote for up to eleven nominees on the Participants&rsquo;
enclosed <B><U>BLUE</U></B> proxy card. There is no need to use the Company&rsquo;s white proxy card or voting instruction form, regardless
of how you wish to vote.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><B>If you have any questions or require any assistance
with voting your shares, please contact our proxy solicitor, Okapi. Shareholders may call (877) 285-5990 (TOLL-FREE from the U.S. and
Canada), or +1 (917) 484-4426 (from other locations).</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12.5pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; background-color: white"><B><I>Can I change my vote or revoke my proxy?</I></B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 0 7pt; text-align: justify">If you are the shareholder of record, you may
change your proxy instructions or revoke your proxy at any time before your proxy is voted at the Annual Meeting. Proxies may be revoked
by any of the following actions:</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&#183;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">returning a later-dated proxy, either by voting
by phone or Internet by following the instructions on the enclosed <B><U>BLUE</U></B> proxy card from the Nominating Group Parties, or
by signing, dating and returning the enclosed <B><U>BLUE</U></B> proxy card from the Nominating Group Parties in the postage-paid envelope
provided (the latest dated proxy is the only one that counts);</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&#183;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">delivering a written revocation or a later dated
proxy for the Annual Meeting to Okapi or to the secretary of the Company; or</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&#183;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">attending the Annual Meeting and voting in person
(although attendance at the Annual Meeting will not, by itself, revoke a proxy).</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">If your shares are held in a brokerage account by
a broker, bank or other nominee, you should follow the instructions provided by your broker, bank or other nominee. If you attend
the Annual Meeting and you beneficially own shares of Common Stock but are not the record owner, your mere attendance at the Annual
Meeting WILL NOT be sufficient to revoke your prior given voting instructions. You must have written authority from the record owner
to vote your shares held in its name at the meeting. If you have any questions or require any assistance with voting your shares,
please contact our proxy solicitor, Okapi. Shareholders may call (877) 285-5990 (TOLL-FREE from the U.S. and Canada), or +1 (917)
484-4426 (from other locations).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><B>IF YOU HAVE ALREADY VOTED USING THE COMPANY&rsquo;S
WHITE PROXY CARD, WE URGE YOU TO REVOKE IT BY FOLLOWING THE INSTRUCTIONS ABOVE.</B> Although a revocation is effective if delivered to
the Company, we request that a copy of any revocation be mailed to Okapi Partners LLC, 1212 Avenue of the Americas, 17<FONT STYLE="font-size: 8"><SUP>th
</SUP></FONT>Floor, New York, New York 10036, so that we will be aware of all revocations.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12.5pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; background-color: white"><B><I>Who is making this Proxy Solicitation and
who is paying for it? </I></B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; background-color: white">The solicitation of proxies
pursuant to this Proxy Solicitation is being made by the Participants. Proxies may be solicited by mail, facsimile, phone, Internet, in person and by advertisements. The Nominating Group Parties will solicit proxies from individuals, brokers, banks, bank nominees
and other institutional holders. The Nominating Group Parties have requested banks, brokerage houses and other custodians, nominees and
fiduciaries to forward all solicitation materials to the beneficial owners of the shares of Common Stock they hold of record. The Nominating
Group Parties will reimburse these record holders for their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses in so doing. It is anticipated that certain
regular employees of the SOC and SEIU will also participate in the solicitation of proxies in support of the SOC Nominees. Such employees
will receive no additional consideration if they assist in the solicitation of proxies.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; background-color: white">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; background-color: white">The SOC has retained Okapi
to provide solicitation and advisory services in connection with this solicitation. Okapi will be paid a fee not to exceed $300,000, <FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">based
upon the campaign services provided, as well as performance fees in an amount to be determined depending on whether any of the SOC Nominees
are elected or appointed to the Board. In addition, the SOC will reimburse Okapi for certain documented, out-of-pocket fees and expenses
and will indemnify Okapi against certain liabilities and expenses, including certain liabilities under the federal securities laws. Okapi
will solicit proxies from individuals, brokers, banks, bank nominees and other institutional holders. It is anticipated that Okapi will
employ approximately 100 persons to solicit the Company&rsquo;s shareholders as part of this solicitation. Okapi does not believe that
any of its directors, officers, employees, affiliates or controlling persons, if any, is a &ldquo;participant&rdquo; in this Proxy Solicitation.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; background-color: white"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">The
entire expense of soliciting proxies is being borne by the SOC and the SEIU. Costs of this Proxy Solicitation are currently estimated
to be approximately $3 million.
We estimate that through the date hereof, our expenses in connection with this Proxy Solicitation are approximately $1.2 million.
If successful, the SOC and the SEIU may seek reimbursement of these costs from the Company. In the event that it decides to seek reimbursement
of its expenses, the SOC and the SEIU do not intend to submit the matter to a vote of the Company&rsquo;s shareholders. The Board, which
will consist of the three SOC Nominees, if all are elected, and eight of the Company&rsquo;s nominees, would be required to evaluate the
requested reimbursement consistent with its fiduciary duties to the Company and its shareholders. Costs related to the solicitation of
proxies include expenditures for attorneys, public relations and other advisors, solicitors, printing, advertising, postage, transportation,
litigation and other costs incidental to the solicitation.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12.5pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; background-color: white"><B><I>What is Householding of Proxy Materials?</I></B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 0 0pt; text-align: justify">If you share an address with other shareholders of
the Company, you may receive notification that you are being sent only a single copy of the proxy materials (including a copy of this
Proxy Statement), unless your bank, broker or other nominee that provides the notification receives contrary instructions from the affected
shareholders. This practice, permitted under the SEC rules and commonly referred to as &ldquo;householding,&rdquo; is designed to provide
extra convenience for shareholders and potential cost savings for companies.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; background-color: white">If, at any time, you no longer
wish to participate in householding and would prefer to receive a separate set of proxy materials, please notify your broker if your
shares are held in a brokerage account or our proxy solicitor, Okapi, if you hold registered shares. We will promptly deliver a separate
copy of the proxy materials upon request. You can notify Okapi at the following address or phone number: Okapi Partners LLC, 1212 Avenue
of the Americas, 17<FONT STYLE="font-size: 8"><SUP>th</SUP></FONT> Floor, New York, New York 10036, at (877) 285-5990 (toll-free from
the U.S. and Canada) or at +1 (917) 484-4426 (from other locations).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: italic bold 12.5pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; background-color: white">How do I attend the Annual Meeting?</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; background-color: white">There will not be a physical
location for the Annual Meeting. Instead, the Company&rsquo;s shareholders may participate in a live webcast of the Annual Meeting.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; background-color: white">You must register in
advance in order to attend the Annual Meeting. Shareholders as of the Record Date must register in advance to participate in the
Annual Meeting by visiting the website <U>www.cesonlineservices.com/sbux24_vm</U>. Please have your <B><U>BLUE</U></B> proxy card or <B><U>BLUE</U>&nbsp;&nbsp;</B>voting
instruction form, notice, or other communication containing your control number available and follow the instructions to complete
your registration request. After registering, shareholders will receive a confirmation email with a link and instructions for
accessing the virtual Annual Meeting. Requests to register to participate in the Annual Meeting must be received by no later than
10:00 a.m., Pacific Time on March 11, 2024. Participation in the meeting is limited due to the capacity of the host platform and
access to the meeting will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis once electronic entry begins. Electronic entry to the
meeting will begin at  9:30 a.m., Pacific Time, and online check-in will start at approximately  9:30 a.m., Pacific Time.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; text-align: justify; margin: 0">Shareholders who have completed the registration process for the Annual
Meeting may submit a question to the Company in advance of the Annual Meeting. You may submit a question during the Annual Meeting by
entering it in the &ldquo;Ask a Question&rdquo; box located on the virtual meeting website and clicking the &ldquo;Send&rdquo; button.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12.5pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; background-color: white"><B><I>What if I experience technical issues
with the virtual meeting platform?</I></B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; background-color: white">If you encounter any
technical difficulties accessing the meeting, please refer to the meeting reminder email, which will include technical support
contact information, including a telephone number and email address. Technical support will be available beginning at 9:30 a.m.,
Pacific Time on March 13, 2024 and will remain available until the Annual Meeting has ended. We encourage you to access the Annual
Meeting before it begins at  10:00 a.m., Pacific Time on March 13, 2024.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12.5pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; background-color: white"><B><I>Where can I find additional information
concerning Starbucks?</I></B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">Pursuant to Rule 14a-5(c) promulgated under the Exchange
Act, we have omitted from this Proxy Statement certain disclosures required by applicable law to be included in the Company&rsquo;s Proxy
Statement in connection with the Annual Meeting. Such disclosures include information regarding securities of the Company beneficially
owned by the Company&rsquo;s directors, nominees and management; certain shareholders&rsquo; beneficial ownership of more than 5% of the
Company&rsquo;s voting securities; information concerning the Company&rsquo;s directors who are not up for election at the Annual Meeting;
information concerning executive compensation; and information concerning the procedures for submitting shareholder proposals and director
nominations intended for consideration at the 2025 annual meeting of shareholders and for consideration for inclusion in the proxy materials
for that meeting. If the Company does not distribute the Company&rsquo;s definitive proxy statement to shareholders at least ten days
prior to the Annual Meeting, we will distribute to the shareholders a supplement to this Proxy Statement containing such disclosures at
least ten days prior to the Annual Meeting. We take no responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of information contained in or
excerpted from the Company&rsquo;s Proxy Statement. Except as otherwise noted herein, the information in this Proxy Statement concerning
the Company has been taken from or is based upon documents and records on file with the SEC and other publicly available information.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">This
Proxy Statement and all other solicitation materials in connection with this Proxy Solicitation will be available on the Internet, free
of charge, on the SEC&rsquo;s website at <U>http://www.sec.gov/</U> and the Participants&rsquo; campaign website at <U>www.BrewABetterStarbucks.com</U>.</FONT></P>


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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">We urge you to carefully consider the information contained in this Proxy
Statement and then support our efforts by signing, dating and returning the enclosed <B><U>BLUE</U></B> proxy card today.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">Thank you for your support,</P>

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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">Strategic Organizing Center</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">Service Employees International Union</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">Mary Kay Henry</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">Ahmer Qadeer</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">Michael Zucker</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">Maria Echaveste</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">Joshua Gotbaum</FONT></TD></TR>
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25, 2024</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">The &ldquo;participants&rdquo; in this Proxy Solicitation
are: (i) the Strategic Organizing Center (the &ldquo;SOC&rdquo;), (ii) the Service Employees International Union (the &ldquo;SEIU&rdquo;),
(iii) Mary Kay Henry, (iv) Ahmer Qadeer, (v) Michael Zucker ((i) through (v) collectively, the &ldquo;Nominating Group Parties&rdquo;),
(vi) Maria Echaveste, (vii) Joshua Gotbaum and (viii) Wilma B. Liebman ((vi) through (viii) collectively, the &ldquo;SOC Nominees&rdquo;
and, together with the Nominating Group Parties, the &ldquo;Participants&rdquo;).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">As
of the close of business on the Record Date, the SOC beneficially owns, in the aggregate, 161.627478 shares of Common Stock. Except for the 161.627478 shares of Common Stock
beneficially owned by the SOC, none of the Participants, including the SOC Nominees, beneficially own or own of record any shares of
Common Stock. On November 3, 2023,</FONT>&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt">the SOC acquired
96.627478 of the 161.627478 shares of Common Stock that it beneficially owns.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">The address of the business office of each of the SOC
and Michael Zucker is 1900 L Street, NW, Suite 900, Washington, DC 20036. The address of the business office of Mary Kay Henry and Ahmer
Qadeer is 1800 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">The principal business, or principal occupation, as
applicable, of (i) the SOC is as an advocacy organization for shareholders, consumers and other stakeholders; (ii) the SEIU is as a labor
union organization; (iii) Ms. Henry is as the Chair of the Leadership Council of the SOC and as the International President of the SEIU;
(iv) Mr. Qadeer is as the Director of Strategic Initiatives at the SEIU; and (v) Mr. Zucker is as the Executive Director of the SOC.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">The principal business addresses, along with the principal
occupation, of each of the SOC Nominees are disclosed in the section titled &ldquo;PROPOSAL 1: ELECTION OF DIRECTORS&rdquo;.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">Except as set forth in this Proxy Statement (including
this Annex), (i) during the past ten years, no Participant has been convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or
similar misdemeanors); (ii) no Participant in this Proxy Solicitation directly or indirectly beneficially owns any securities of the Company;
(iii) no Participant owns any securities of the Company which are owned of record but not beneficially; (iv) no Participant has purchased
or sold any securities of the Company during the past two years; (v) no part of the purchase price or market value of the securities of
the Company owned by any Participant is represented by funds borrowed or otherwise obtained for the purpose of acquiring or holding such
securities; (vi) no Participant is, or within the past year was, a party to any contract, arrangements or understandings with any person
with respect to any securities of the Company, including, but not limited to, joint ventures, loan or option arrangements, puts or calls,
guarantees against loss or guarantees of profit, division of losses or profits or the giving or withholding of proxies; (vii) no associate
of any Participant owns beneficially, directly or indirectly, any securities of the Company; (viii) no Participant owns beneficially,
directly or indirectly, any securities of any parent or subsidiary of the Company; (ix) no Participant or any of his, her or its associates
was a party to any transaction, or series of similar transactions, since the beginning of the Company&rsquo;s last fiscal year, or is
a party to any currently proposed transaction, or series of similar transactions, to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries was
or is to be a party, in which the amount involved exceeds $120,000; (x) no Participant or any of his, her or its associates has any arrangement
or understanding with any person with respect to any future employment by the Company or its affiliates, or with respect to any future
transactions to which the Company or any of its affiliates will or may be a party; and (xi) no person, including any of the Participants,
who is a party to an arrangement or understanding pursuant to which the SOC Nominees are proposed to be elected, has a substantial interest,
direct or indirect, by security holdings or otherwise in any matter to be acted on as set forth in this Proxy Statement. There are no
material proceedings to which any Participant or any of his, her or its associates is a party adverse to the Company or any of its subsidiaries
or has a material interest adverse to the Company or any of its subsidiaries. With respect to each of the SOC Nominees, except as set
forth in this Proxy Statement (including the Annexes), none of the events enumerated in Item 401(f)(1)-(8) of Regulation S-K of the Exchange
Act occurred during the past ten years. Neither the SOC Nominees nor any associate of an SOC Nominee has served as a director or named
executive officer of the Company at any point during the last three fiscal years of the Company.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>IMPORTANT</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">Tell your Board what you think! YOUR VOTE IS VERY IMPORTANT,
no matter how many or how few shares you own. Please give us your proxy <B>&ldquo;<U>FOR</U>&rdquo; </B>all of the SOC Nominees and to
&ldquo;<B><U>WITHHOLD</U></B>&rdquo; on all the Opposed Company Nominees in one of three ways:</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 4%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt">&#9679;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 92%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt">Voting
    by Internet by following the easy instructions on the enclosed <B><U>BLUE</U></B> proxy card or <B><U>BLUE</U></B> voting
    instruction form; </FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt">&#9679;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt">Voting by phone using the toll-free number listed on the enclosed <B><U>BLUE</U></B> proxy card or <B><U>BLUE</U></B> voting instruction form and following the easy voice prompts; or</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt">&#9679;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt">If you do not have access to a touch-tone phone or the Internet, you may sign, date and return the enclosed <B><U>BLUE</U></B> proxy card or <B><U>BLUE</U></B> voting instruction in the postage-paid envelope provided. &nbsp;We encourage all shareholders to vote electronically.&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><B>If any of your shares are held in the name of a
broker, bank, bank nominee or other institution, only it can vote your shares and only upon receipt of your specific instructions.</B>
Depending upon your broker or custodian, you may be able to vote either by toll-free phone or by  Internet. You may also vote by signing,
dating and returning the enclosed <B><U>BLUE</U></B> voting instruction form in the postage-paid envelope provided, and to ensure that
your shares are voted, you should also contact the person responsible for your account and give instructions for a <B><U>BLUE</U></B>
proxy card to be issued representing your shares. Please follow the simple instructions on the enclosed <B><U>BLUE</U></B> proxy card.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">After voting the enclosed <B><U>BLUE</U></B> proxy
card, <B>DO NOT SIGN OR RETURN STARBUCKS&rsquo; WHITE PROXY CARD UNLESS YOU INTEND TO CHANGE YOUR VOTE</B>, because only your latest dated
proxy card will be counted.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">If you have previously signed and returned a
white proxy card to Starbucks, you have every right to change your vote. Only your latest dated proxy card will count. You may
revoke any proxy card already sent to Starbucks by voting by phone or by Internet by following the instructions on the enclosed <B><U>BLUE</U></B>
proxy card or by signing, dating and returning the enclosed <B><U>BLUE</U></B> proxy card in the postage-paid envelope provided. Any
proxy may be revoked at any time prior to its exercise at the Annual Meeting by delivering a written notice of revocation to the
Company, by delivering a later-dated proxy for the Annual Meeting to Okapi or by voting by ballot in person at the Annual Meeting.
Attendance at the Annual Meeting will not in and of itself constitute a revocation.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><I>If you have any questions concerning this Proxy Statement,
would like to request additional copies of this Proxy Statement or need help voting your shares, please contact our proxy solicitor:</I></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Okapi Partners LLC</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>1212 Avenue of the Americas, 17<FONT STYLE="font-size: 8"><SUP>th
</SUP></FONT>Floor</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>New York, New York 10036</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>SHAREHOLDERS CALL:</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>(877) 285-5990 (TOLL-FREE from the U.S. and Canada)
or</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>+1 (917) 484-4426 (from other
locations)</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Banks and Brokers Call: +1 (212)
297-0720</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Email: info@okapipartners.com</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 16pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 5.6pt 19.6pt 0 0; text-align: center"><B>PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR VOTE TODAY!</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 16pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 15.6pt 19.6pt 0 0; text-align: center"><B>FOR THREE EASY <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.4pt">WAYS
</FONT>TO VOTE<FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.3pt">.</FONT></B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 13pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 19.6pt 3pt 0; text-align: center"><B>STARBUCKS CORPORATION</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/103% Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 19.6pt 3pt 0; text-align: center"><B><U>BLUE</U> Proxy Card for 2024
Annual Meeting of Shareholders Scheduled for March 13, 2024<BR>
(the &ldquo;Annual Meeting&rdquo;):</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/103% Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 19.6pt 3pt 28.45pt; text-align: center"><B>THIS PROXY SOLICITATION IS
BEING MADE BY THE STRATEGIC ORGANIZING CENTER (THE &ldquo;SOC&rdquo;), THE SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION, MARY KAY HENRY, AHMER
QADEER, MICHAEL ZUCKER (TOGETHER, THE &ldquo;NOMINATING GROUP PARTIES,&rdquo; &ldquo;WE&rdquo; OR &ldquo;US&rdquo;) AND THE SOC NOMINEES
NAMED IN PROPOSAL 1 </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 19.6pt 3pt 28.3pt; text-align: center"><B>THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS (THE &ldquo;BOARD&rdquo;)
OF STARBUCKS CORPORATION IS NOT SOLICITING THIS PROXY&nbsp;</B></P>

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    <TD ROWSPAN="15" STYLE="width: 95%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><P STYLE="font: 8pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 8pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">The
    undersigned appoints each of Michael Zucker, Bruce Goldfarb and Eleazer Klein as attorneys and agents with full power of
    substitution, to vote all shares of common stock of Starbucks Corporation, a Washington corporation (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;),
    that the undersigned would be entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Company scheduled to be held on March
    13, 2024, at 10:00 a.m., (Pacific Time), including at any adjournments or postponements thereof, with all powers that the undersigned
    would possess if personally present, upon and in respect of the instructions indicated herein, with discretionary authority as to
    any and all other matters that may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment, postponement or substitution thereof that
    are unknown to the Nominating Group Parties a reasonable time before this solicitation.</FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 8pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">The
    undersigned hereby revokes any other proxy or proxies heretofore given to vote or act with respect to said shares and hereby ratifies
    and confirms all action the herein named attorneys and proxies, their substitutes, or any of them may lawfully take by virtue hereof.
    This proxy will be valid until the sooner of one year from the date indicated on the reverse side and the completion of the Annual
    Meeting (including any adjournments or postponements thereof).</FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 8pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif"><B>IF
    YOU SUBMIT A VALIDLY EXECUTED <U>BLUE</U> PROXY CARD, IT WILL BE VOTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH YOUR INSTRUCTIONS. THE NAMED PROXIES WILL
    ALSO EXERCISE THEIR DISCRETION ON ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE ANNUAL MEETING, SUBJECT TO APPLICABLE LAW. IF
    YOU DO NOT INDICATE AN INSTRUCTION WITH RESPECT TO PROPOSAL 1, THE <U>BLUE</U> PROXY CARD WILL BE VOTED AS FOLLOWS WITH RESPECT TO
    SUCH PROPOSAL: &ldquo;FOR&rdquo; ALL THE SOC NOMINEES LISTED IN PROPOSAL 1, AND TO &ldquo;WITHHOLD&rdquo; ON RITCH ALLISON, ANDY CAMPION AND J&Oslash;RGEN VIG KNUDSTORP (THE &ldquo;OPPOSED COMPANY NOMINEES&rdquo;) AND BETH FORD, MELLODY HOBSON, NEAL
    MOHAN, SATYA NADELLA, LAXMAN NARASIMHAN, DANIEL SERVITJE, MIKE SIEVERT AND WEI ZHANG (THE &ldquo;UNOPPOSED COMPANY NOMINEES&rdquo;).
    IF YOU DO NOT INDICATE AN INSTRUCTION WITH RESPECT TO ANY OF THE PROPOSALS OTHER THAN PROPOSAL 1, THE NAMED PROXIES WILL EXERCISE
    THEIR DISCRETION TO CAUSE YOUR PROXY TO ABSTAIN ON SUCH OTHER PROPOSALS.</B></FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 8pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 8pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif"><B>WHILE
    YOU MAY MARK INSTRUCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO ANY OR ALL OF THE NOMINEES LISTED IN PROPOSAL 1, YOU MAY MARK A VOTE &ldquo;FOR&rdquo;
    ONLY UP TO ELEVEN NOMINEES IN TOTAL. IF YOU MARK A VOTE &ldquo;FOR&rdquo; WITH RESPECT TO FEWER THAN ELEVEN NOMINEES, YOUR SHARES
    WILL BE VOTED &ldquo;FOR&rdquo; ONLY WITH RESPECT TO THOSE NOMINEES YOU HAVE SO MARKED. IF YOU MARK A VOTE &ldquo;FOR&rdquo; WITH
    RESPECT TO MORE THAN ELEVEN NOMINEES, YOUR VOTES ON PROPOSAL 1 REGARDING NOMINEES WILL BE INVALID AND WILL NOT BE
    COUNTED.</B></FONT></P>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 19.6pt 3pt 28.3pt; text-align: center">TO VOTE BY MAIL, PLEASE SIGN, DATE AND RETURN IN THE POSTAGE-PAID ENVELOPE
PROVIDED<B>&nbsp;</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 19.6pt 0pt 0; text-align: center; color: #231F20"><B>YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT</B></P>
<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">Please take a moment now to vote
your shares of   Starbucks Corporation<BR>
 common stock for the upcoming Annual Meeting of Shareholders.</P>
<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="font: 12pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 19.6pt 0pt 18.2pt; text-align: center; color: #231F20"><B>YOU CAN VOTE
TODAY USING ANY OF THE FOLLOWING METHODS:</B></P>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD COLSPAN="2"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B><I><U>Submit your proxy by Internet</U></I></B></P>

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    </TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">
  <TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;<IMG SRC="internet.jpg" ALT=""></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD COLSPAN="2"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">Please
                  access <U>www.okapivote.com/SBUX2024</U> (please note you must type an &ldquo;s&rdquo; after &ldquo;http&rdquo;). Then,
                  simply follow the easy instructions on the voting site. You will be required to provide the unique Control Number printed
                  below.</FONT></P>

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    </TR>
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  <TD COLSPAN="2"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify"><B><I><U>Submit your proxy by Phone</U></I></B></P>

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  <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><IMG SRC="telephone.jpg" ALT="">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD COLSPAN="2"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Please call toll-free in the U.S. or Canada at <B>
</B>(866) 494-4435 on a touch-tone phone. You will be required to provide the unique control number printed below.</P>

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    <TD>&nbsp;<IMG SRC="control.jpg" ALT=""></TD>
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  <P STYLE="font: 12pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center; color: #231F20">You may vote by
phone or Internet 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.</P>

  <P STYLE="font: 12pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center; color: #231F20">Your phone
  or Internet vote authorizes the named proxies to vote your shares in the same manner as if you had marked, signed and returned the
  <B><U>BLUE</U></B> proxy card.</P></TD></TR>
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  <TD COLSPAN="2"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt"><B><I><U>Submit your proxy by Mail</U></I></B></P>

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    duly elected and qualified. Vote &ldquo;FOR&rdquo; up to eleven (11) nominees in total. If you vote &ldquo;for&rdquo; less than 11
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                           2 </B>&ndash; To approve, on a nonbinding, advisory basis, the compensation paid to the Company&rsquo;s named
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