Howard D Schultz Form 4 STARBUCKS / HOWARD D SCHULTZ ownership change

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

SCHULTZ HOWARD D

(Last) (First) (Middle)

2401 UTAH AVENUE SOUTH, SUITE 800

(Street)

SEATTLE WA 98134

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
STARBUCKS CORP [ SBUX ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

X	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
executive chairman

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
11/15/2017

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	11/16/2017		M		784,050	A	$11.435	30,656,614	D
Common Stock	11/16/2017		S		784,050	D	$57.0505(1)	29,872,564	D
Common Stock								2,000,000	I	by GRAT
Common Stock								2,000,000	I	by spouse
Common Stock								550,181	I	by Family Owned LLC
Common Stock								1,060,000	I	by GRAT
Common Stock								1,060,000	I	by spouse

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Non-qualified Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$11.435	11/16/2017		M			784,050	(2)	11/19/2017	Common Stock	784,050	$0	0	D
Non-qualified Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$56.7	11/15/2017		A		699,677		(3)	11/15/2027	Common Stock	699,677	$0	699,677	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. This transaction was executed in multiple trades at prices ranging from $57.03 to $57.12. The price reported above reflects the weighted average sale price. The reporting person hereby undertakes to provide upon request to the Commission staff, the issuer, or a security holder of the issuer, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price.

2. The option, representing the right to buy a total of 1,374,226 shares, became exercisable in one increment of 343,558 shares on November 19, 2008, and three increments of 343,556 shares each on November 19, 2009, November 19, 2010 and November 19, 2011. The exercise price and number of shares subject to the option were adjusted in accordance with the terms of the stock option plan to reflect the 2-for-1 stock split that occurred on April 9, 2015.

3. The option, representing the right to buy a total of 699,677 shares, becomes exercisable in one increment of 174,920 shares on November 15, 2018 and three increments of 174,919 shares each on November 15, 2019, November 15, 2020 and November 15, 2021

	/s/ Robert L. Villasenor, attorney-in-fact for Howard Schultz	11/17/2017
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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