Starbucks Corporate Governance Analysis

Starbucks Corporation

Corporate governance

• General:

Starbucks is the premier roaster, marketer and retailer of specialty coffee in the world, operating in 75 countries.

• Formed in 1985, Starbucks Corporation’s common stock trades on the NASDAQ Global Select Market ("NASDAQ") under the symbol "SBUX." The company purchase and roast high-quality coffees that we sell, along with handcrafted coffee, tea and other beverages and a variety of fresh food items.

Voting structure:

• The aggregate market value of the voting stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant as of the last business day of the registrant’ most recently completed second fiscal quarter, based upon the closing sale price of the registrant’s common stock on March 29, 2015

Ownership and joint

• Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance

The company adopted a code of ethics that applies to our chief executive officer, chief operating officer, chief financial officer, controller and other finance leaders, which is a "code of ethics" as defined by applicable rules of the SEC.

MARKET INFORMATION AND DIVIDEND POLICY

Starbucks common stock is traded on NASDAQ, under the symbol "SBUX."

The following table shows the quarterly high and low sale prices per share of Starbucks common stock as reported by NASDAQ for each quarter during the last two fiscal years and the quarterly cash dividend declared per share of the company common stock during the periods indicated.

Default risk measures:

• Financial Risk Management :

• Market risk is defined as the risk of losses due to changes in commodity prices, foreign currency exchange rates, equity security prices, and interest rates.

• The company manages its exposure to various market-based risks according to a market price risk management