Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;

Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain

Officer.

On December 9, 2020, Starbucks Corporation (the "Company") issued a press release announcing that Mellody Hobson will serve as the Company's next non-executive chair of its board of directors starting in March 2021. Ms. Hobson, who first joined the board as an independent director in 2005 and was appointed as the board's independent vice chair in 2018, will succeed Myron (E.) Ullman, III. Mr. Ullman has served on the board since 2003 and has served as its chair since 2018. On March 17, 2021, in connection with the 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Mr. Ullman will retire from the board and Ms. Hobson will assume the role of chair of the board.

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

A copy of the Company's press release relating to the announcement described in Item 5.02 is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.



(d) Exhibits.



Exhibit No.   Description

99.1            Press release of Starbucks Corporation dated December 9, 2020.

104           Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL)

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