Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Principal Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
(e) The Compensation and Management Development Committee of the Board of Directors of Starbucks Corporation ("Starbucks") has approved forms of time vested restricted stock unit agreement and performance based restricted stock agreement to be used in connection with awards made under Starbucks Corporation 2005 Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan ("2005 Equity Plan"). The performance based restricted stock unit agreement is expected to be used in connection with all performance based restricted stock unit grants awarded under the 2005 Equity Plan to executive officers. The time vested restricted stock unit agreement (U.S.) was used for the May 8, 2008 grant of restricted stock units to Peter J. Bocian, Starbucks executive vice president, chief financial officer and chief administrative officer, and is expected to be used in connection with all future time vested restricted stock unit grants awarded under the 2005 Equity Plan to executive officers in the United States. The May 8, 2008 grant of 38,360 restricted stock units to Mr. Bocian, which vest over a four-year period, with 50% vesting on the second anniversary of the date of grant and 50% vesting on the fourth anniversary of the date of grant, was previously reported on a Form 4 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 12, 2008. The time based restricted stock unit agreement (International) is expected to be used in connection with all future time vested restricted stock unit grants awarded under the 2005 Equity Plan to executive officers outside of the United States. Copies of the forms of time vested restricted stock unit agreement, U.S. and international, and performance based restricted stock agreement are attached hereto as Exhibits 10.1, 10.2 and 10.3, respectively, and are hereby incorporated by reference in this Item 5.02. Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit No. Description 10.1 Form of Time Vested Restricted Stock Unit Agreement (U.S.) under 2005 Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan 10.2 Form of Time Vested Restricted Stock Unit Agreement (International) under 2005 Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan 10.3 Form of Performance Based Restricted Stock Unit Agreement under 2005 Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan

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