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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">As filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on March&nbsp;30, 2005

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No.&nbsp;333-</DIV>



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 18pt"><B>Form&nbsp;S-8</B>






<P align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>STARBUCKS CORPORATION</B>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><I>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</I></DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Washington<BR>
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation<BR>
or organization)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">91-1325671<BR>
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>2401 Utah Avenue South<BR>
Seattle, Washington 98134</B><BR>
<I>(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)</I>



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">STARBUCKS CORPORATION 2005 LONG-TERM EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN



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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PAULA E. BOGGS</B></DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>(executive vice president, general counsel and secretary)</B></DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Starbucks Corporation</B></DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>2401 Utah Avenue South</B></DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Seattle, Washington 98134</B></DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>(206)&nbsp;318-5230</B></DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</DIV>



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Copy to:</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>RICHARD B. DODD<BR>
ANNETTE ELINGER BECKER<BR>
Preston Gates &#038; Ellis LLP<BR>
925 Fourth Avenue, Suite&nbsp;2900<BR>
Seattle, Washington 98104-1158<BR>
(206)&nbsp;623-7580</B>



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>


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    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, par
value $0.001 per
share, under the
Starbucks
Corporation 2005
Long-Term Equity
Incentive Plan</DIV></TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">38,726,587</TD>
    <TD nowrap style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">(3)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$51.92</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$2,010,684,397</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$236,657.55</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="96%">Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;),
includes an indeterminate number of additional shares that may be necessary to adjust the
number of shares reserved for issuance pursuant to the plan as the result of any future stock
split, stock dividend or similar adjustment of the Registrant&#146;s outstanding Common Stock.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="96%">Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(h)(i) and Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act, the offering price is
estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee. The proposed maximum
offering price per share is estimated to be $51.92, based on the average of the high sales
price ($52.64) and the low sales price ($51.20) per share of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock
as reported by the Nasdaq National Market on March&nbsp;24, 2005. Pursuant to Rule 457(p) under
the Securities Act, the registration fee of $236,657.55 is offset by
registration fees of $33,106 previously
paid by Starbucks Corporation with respect to 13,241,832 unissued shares of common stock
registered under (i)&nbsp;the Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-37442) of
Starbucks Corporation filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May&nbsp;19, 2000 and
(ii)&nbsp;the Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-101806) of Starbucks
Corporation filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
December&nbsp;12, 2002. Post-effective amendments to each of the
foregoing Registration Statements to deregister such 13,241,832&nbsp;unissued
shares are being filed contemporaneously with the filing of this
Registration Statement.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
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    <TD width="96%">38,726,587 shares are to be offered and sold under the Starbucks Corporation 2005 Long-Term
Equity Incentive Plan.</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><A href="#107">PART I</A></DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><A href="#108">PART II</A></DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="1" valign="top" align="left"><A href="#109">Item&nbsp;3. INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE</A></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="1" valign="top" align="left"><A href="#110">Item&nbsp;4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES</A></TD>
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    <TD colspan="1" valign="top" align="left"><A href="#111">Item&nbsp;5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL</A></TD>
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    <TD colspan="1" valign="top" align="left"><A href="#112">Item&nbsp;6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS</A></TD>
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    <TD colspan="1" valign="top" align="left"><A href="#113">Item&nbsp;7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED</A></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="1" valign="top" align="left"><A href="#114">Item&nbsp;8. EXHIBITS</A></TD>
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    <TD colspan="1" valign="top" align="left"><A href="#115">Item&nbsp;9. UNDERTAKINGS</A></TD>
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    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left"><A href="#116">SIGNATURES</A></TD>
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    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left"><A href="#117">POWER OF ATTORNEY</A></TD>
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    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left"><A href="#118">INDEX TO EXHIBITS</A></TD>
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    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left">EXHIBIT 5.1</TD>
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    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left">EXHIBIT 10.1</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the &#147;Registration Statement&#148;) relates to the
registration of 38,726,587 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (&#147;Common Stock&#148;), of
Starbucks Corporation (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) under the Starbucks Corporation 2005 Long-Term Equity
Incentive Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;). The 38,726,587 shares of Common Stock being registered under this
Registration Statement are comprised of: (i)&nbsp;24,000,000 shares not previously registered; (ii)
9,631,783 shares previously registered for issuance under the Starbucks Corporation 1991
Company-Wide Stock Option Plan, as amended; (iii)&nbsp;3,610,049 shares previously registered for
issuance under the Starbucks Corporation Amended and Restated Key Employee Stock Option Plan &#150;
1994, as amended; and (iv)&nbsp;1,484,755 shares previously registered and the Starbucks Corporation
Amended and Restated 1989 Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors (collectively, the &#147;Former
Plans&#148;). None of the shares being registered hereunder relating to the Former Plans may be issued
under the Former Plans; such 14,726,587 shares may only be offered and sold under the Plan.

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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART I</B>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B></DIV>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Starbucks Corporation has sent or given or will send or give documents containing the
information specified by Part&nbsp;I of this Registration Statement to participants in the plan to which
this Registration Statement relates, as specified in Rule&nbsp;428(b)(i) promulgated by the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) under the Securities Act. The Registrant is not filing
such documents with the Commission, but these documents constitute (along with the documents
incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement pursuant to Item&nbsp;3 of Part&nbsp;II hereof) a
prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.

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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART II</B>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></DIV>


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed with the Commission are hereby incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement:


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K/A (Amendment No.&nbsp;1) for the fiscal year ended
October&nbsp;3, 2004, filed with the Commission on February&nbsp;18, 2005, which contains audited
consolidated financial statements for the most recent fiscal year for which such statements have
been filed;


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;All other reports filed by Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), since the end of the fiscal year covered by
the Annual Report on Form 10-K/A (Amendment No.&nbsp;1) referred to in paragraph (a)&nbsp;above.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;The description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock contained in the Registration Statements
on Form 8-A and Form 8-A/A, filed on June&nbsp;18, 1992 and March&nbsp;26, 2001, respectively, under Section
12(g) of the Exchange Act, including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating
such description.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Exchange Act after the date hereof, and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which
indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters the securities
offered hereby then remaining unsold, shall also be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and
to be a part hereof commencing on the respective dates on which such documents are filed.



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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The validity of the securities that may be offered under the Plan will be passed upon for
Starbucks Corporation by Preston Gates &#038; Ellis LLP, 925 Fourth Avenue, Suite&nbsp;2900, Seattle,
Washington 98104. Attorneys who are partners or employed by Preston Gates &#038; Ellis LLP who have
provided advice with respect to this matter own shares of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sections&nbsp;23B.08.510 and 23B.08.570 of the Washington Business Corporation Act (the &#147;WBCA&#148;)
authorize Washington corporations to indemnify directors and officers under certain circumstances
against expenses and liabilities incurred in legal proceedings in which they are involved by reason
of being a director or officer, as applicable. Section&nbsp;23B.08.560 of the WBCA authorizes a
corporation by provision in a bylaw approved by its shareholders to indemnify or agree to indemnify
a director made a party to a proceeding, or obligate itself to advance or reimburse expenses
incurred in a proceeding, without regard to the limitations imposed by Sections&nbsp;23B.08.510 through
23B.08.550; provided that no such indemnity shall indemnify any director from or on account of (a)
acts or omissions of the director finally adjudged to be intentional misconduct or a knowing
violation of law, (b)&nbsp;conduct of the director finally adjudged to be in violation of Section
23B.08.310 of the WBCA (which section relates to unlawful distributions) or (c)&nbsp;any transaction
with respect to which it was finally adjudged that such director personally received a benefit in
money, property or services to which the director was not legally entitled.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Article&nbsp;9 of the Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended,
provides that, to the fullest extent that the WBCA permits the limitation or elimination of
directors&#146; liability, a director shall not be liable to the Registrant or its shareholders for
monetary damages as a result of acts or omissions as a director. Article&nbsp;VIII of the Registrant&#146;s
Amended and Restated Bylaws requires the Registrant to indemnify every present or former director
or officer to the fullest extent authorized by the WBCA or other applicable law against liabilities
and losses incurred in connection with serving as a director or officer, as applicable, and to
advance expenses of such director or officer in connection with defending any proceeding covered by
the indemnity.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant maintains directors&#146; and officers&#146; liability insurance under which the
Registrant&#146;s directors and officers are insured against loss (as defined in the policy) as a result
of claims brought against them for their wrongful acts in such capacities.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. EXHIBITS</B>


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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="50%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="3" align="center" valign="top"><B>Exhibit<BR>
Number</B>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom"><B>Description</B></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">5.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Preston Gates &#038; Ellis LLP regarding legality of the
Common Stock being offered.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Deloitte &#038; Touche
LLP.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Preston Gates &#038; Ellis LLP (included in opinion filed
as Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">24.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (see signature
page).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">99.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Starbucks Corporation 2005 Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to the Starbucks Corporation Current
Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the Commission February&nbsp;10, 2005).</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. UNDERTAKINGS</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A.&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement:


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this
Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or
in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration
Statement; and


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in
this Registration Statement;


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) above do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;B.&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to
Section&nbsp;13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee
benefits plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement
shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and
the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof.



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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;C.&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that, in the opinion of the
Commission, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and
is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the
securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.


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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Seattle, State of
Washington, on this
30<sup style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">th</sup>&nbsp;day of March,
2005.

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    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left"><B>STARBUCKS CORPORATION</B></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>

<TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Orin C. Smith</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">By:
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Orin C. Smith</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">president and chief executive officer</TD>
</TR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each person whose individual signature appears below hereby authorizes Howard Schultz, James
Donald and Michael Casey, or any of them, as attorneys-in-fact with full power of substitution, to
execute in the name and on the behalf of each person, individually and in each capacity stated
below, and to file, any and all post-effective amendments to this Registration Statement.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated
below on this 30<sup style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">th</sup> day of March,
2005.

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    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="45%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left">Signature</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">Title</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ Howard Schultz</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">director, chairman</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Howard Schultz</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ Orin C. Smith</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">director, president and chief executive officer</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Orin C. Smith
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">(principal executive officer)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ Michael Casey</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">executive vice president, chief financial officer and chief</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Michael Casey
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">administrative officer (principal financial and accounting officer)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ Barbara Bass</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">director&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Barbara Bass</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ Howard Behar</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">director&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Howard Behar</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="10%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="25%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left">Signature</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">Title</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="5" valign="top" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>

<TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ William W. Bradley</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">William W. Bradley</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
     <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Mellody Hobson</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">Mellody Hobson
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
     <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Olden Lee</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">Olden Lee
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
     <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Gregory B. Maffei&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">Gregory B. Maffei
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
     <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ James G. Shennan, Jr.&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">

James G. Shennan, Jr.
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
     <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Myron E. Ullman, III</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">

Myron E. Ullman, III
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
     <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Craig E. Weatherup</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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Craig E. Weatherup
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As filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on March 30, 2005
Registration
No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
STARBUCKS CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Washington
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation
or organization)
91-1325671
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
2401 Utah Avenue South
Seattle, Washington 98134
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
STARBUCKS CORPORATION 2005 LONG-TERM EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
PAULA E. BOGGS
(executive vice president, general counsel and secretary)
Starbucks Corporation
2401 Utah Avenue South
Seattle, Washington 98134
(206) 318-5230
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
RICHARD B. DODD
ANNETTE ELINGER BECKER
Preston Gates & Ellis LLP
925 Fourth Avenue, Suite 2900
Seattle, Washington 98104-1158
(206) 623-7580
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Amount To Be
Offering Price Per
Aggregate Offering
Amount of
Title of Securities
Registered
Share
Price
Registration Fee
To Be Registered
(1)
(2)
(2)
(2)
Common Stock, par
value $0.001 per
share, under the
Starbucks
Corporation 2005
Long-Term Equity
Incentive Plan
38,726,587
(3)
$51.92
$2,010,684,397
$236,657.55
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"),
includes an indeterminate number of additional shares that may be necessary to adjust the
number of shares reserved for issuance pursuant to the plan as the result of any future stock
split, stock dividend or similar adjustment of the Registrant's outstanding Common Stock.
(2)
Pursuant to Rule 457(h)(i) and Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act, the offering price is
estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee. The proposed maximum
offering price per share is estimated to be $51.92, based on the average of the high sales
price ($52.64) and the low sales price ($51.20) per share of the Registrant's Common Stock
as reported by the Nasdaq National Market on March 24, 2005. Pursuant to Rule 457(p) under
the Securities Act, the registration fee of $236,657.55 is offset by
registration fees of $33,106 previously
paid by Starbucks Corporation with respect to 13,241,832 unissued shares of common stock
registered under (i) the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-37442) of
Starbucks Corporation filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 19, 2000 and
(ii) the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-101806) of Starbucks
Corporation filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
December 12, 2002. Post-effective amendments to each of the
foregoing Registration Statements to deregister such 13,241,832 unissued
shares are being filed contemporaneously with the filing of this
Registration Statement.
(3)
38,726,587 shares are to be offered and sold under the Starbucks Corporation 2005 Long-Term
Equity Incentive Plan.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I
PART II
Item 3. INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
Item 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES
Item 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL
Item 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
Item 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED
Item 8. EXHIBITS
Item 9. UNDERTAKINGS
SIGNATURES
POWER OF ATTORNEY
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT 5.1
EXHIBIT 10.1
EXHIBIT 23.1
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") relates to the
registration of 38,726,587 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share ("Common Stock"), of
Starbucks Corporation (the "Registrant") under the Starbucks Corporation 2005 Long-Term Equity
Incentive Plan (the "Plan"). The 38,726,587 shares of Common Stock being registered under this
Registration Statement are comprised of: (i) 24,000,000 shares not previously registered; (ii)
9,631,783 shares previously registered for issuance under the Starbucks Corporation 1991
Company-Wide Stock Option Plan, as amended; (iii) 3,610,049 shares previously registered for
issuance under the Starbucks Corporation Amended and Restated Key Employee Stock Option Plan –
1994, as amended; and (iv) 1,484,755 shares previously registered and the Starbucks Corporation
Amended and Restated 1989 Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors (collectively, the "Former
Plans"). None of the shares being registered hereunder relating to the Former Plans may be issued
under the Former Plans; such 14,726,587 shares may only be offered and sold under the Plan.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Starbucks Corporation has sent or given or will send or give documents containing the
information specified by Part I of this Registration Statement to participants in the plan to which
this Registration Statement relates, as specified in Rule 428(b)(i) promulgated by the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") under the Securities Act. The Registrant is not filing
such documents with the Commission, but these documents constitute (along with the documents
incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II hereof) a
prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The following documents filed with the Commission are hereby incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement:
(a) The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K/A (Amendment No. 1) for the fiscal year ended
October 3, 2004, filed with the Commission on February 18, 2005, which contains audited
consolidated financial statements for the most recent fiscal year for which such statements have
been filed;
(b) All other reports filed by Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), since the end of the fiscal year covered by
the Annual Report on Form 10-K/A (Amendment No. 1) referred to in paragraph (a) above.
(c) The description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in the Registration Statements
on Form 8-A and Form 8-A/A, filed on June 18, 1992 and March 26, 2001, respectively, under Section
12(g) of the Exchange Act, including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating
such description.
All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Exchange Act after the date hereof, and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which
indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters the securities
offered hereby then remaining unsold, shall also be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and
to be a part hereof commencing on the respective dates on which such documents are filed.
Item 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES
Not applicable.
Item 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL
The validity of the securities that may be offered under the Plan will be passed upon for
Starbucks Corporation by Preston Gates & Ellis LLP, 925 Fourth Avenue, Suite 2900, Seattle,
Washington 98104. Attorneys who are partners or employed by Preston Gates & Ellis LLP who have
provided advice with respect to this matter own shares of the Registrant's Common Stock.
Item 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
Sections 23B.08.510 and 23B.08.570 of the Washington Business Corporation Act (the "WBCA")
authorize Washington corporations to indemnify directors and officers under certain circumstances
against expenses and liabilities incurred in legal proceedings in which they are involved by reason
of being a director or officer, as applicable. Section 23B.08.560 of the WBCA authorizes a
corporation by provision in a bylaw approved by its shareholders to indemnify or agree to indemnify
a director made a party to a proceeding, or obligate itself to advance or reimburse expenses
incurred in a proceeding, without regard to the limitations imposed by Sections 23B.08.510 through
23B.08.550; provided that no such indemnity shall indemnify any director from or on account of (a)
acts or omissions of the director finally adjudged to be intentional misconduct or a knowing
violation of law, (b) conduct of the director finally adjudged to be in violation of Section
23B.08.310 of the WBCA (which section relates to unlawful distributions) or (c) any transaction
with respect to which it was finally adjudged that such director personally received a benefit in
money, property or services to which the director was not legally entitled.
Article 9 of the Registrant's Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended,
provides that, to the fullest extent that the WBCA permits the limitation or elimination of
directors' liability, a director shall not be liable to the Registrant or its shareholders for
monetary damages as a result of acts or omissions as a director. Article VIII of the Registrant's
Amended and Restated Bylaws requires the Registrant to indemnify every present or former director
or officer to the fullest extent authorized by the WBCA or other applicable law against liabilities
and losses incurred in connection with serving as a director or officer, as applicable, and to
advance expenses of such director or officer in connection with defending any proceeding covered by
the indemnity.
The Registrant maintains directors' and officers' liability insurance under which the
Registrant's directors and officers are insured against loss (as defined in the policy) as a result
of claims brought against them for their wrongful acts in such capacities.
Item 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED
Not applicable.
Item 8. EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Description
5.1
Opinion of Preston Gates & Ellis LLP regarding legality of the
Common Stock being offered.
23.1
Consent of Deloitte & Touche
LLP.
23.2
Consent of Preston Gates & Ellis LLP (included in opinion filed
as Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power of Attorney (see signature
page).
99.1
Starbucks Corporation 2005 Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Starbucks Corporation Current
Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission February 10, 2005).
Item 9. UNDERTAKINGS
A. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this
Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or
in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration
Statement; and
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in
this Registration Statement;
provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) above do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
B. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee
benefits plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement
shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and
the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof.
C. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that, in the opinion of the
Commission, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and
is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the
securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Seattle, State of
Washington, on this
30
th
day of March,
2005.
STARBUCKS CORPORATION
/s/ Orin C. Smith
By:
Orin C. Smith
president and chief executive officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose individual signature appears below hereby authorizes Howard Schultz, James
Donald and Michael Casey, or any of them, as attorneys-in-fact with full power of substitution, to
execute in the name and on the behalf of each person, individually and in each capacity stated
below, and to file, any and all post-effective amendments to this Registration Statement.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated
below on this 30
th
day of March,
2005.
Signature
Title
/s/ Howard Schultz
director, chairman
Howard Schultz
/s/ Orin C. Smith
director, president and chief executive officer
Orin C. Smith
(principal executive officer)
/s/ Michael Casey
executive vice president, chief financial officer and chief
Michael Casey
administrative officer (principal financial and accounting officer)
/s/ Barbara Bass
director
Barbara Bass
/s/ Howard Behar
director
Howard Behar
Signature
Title
/s/ William W. Bradley
William W. Bradley
director
/s/ Mellody Hobson
Mellody Hobson
director
/s/ Olden Lee
Olden Lee
director
/s/ Gregory B. Maffei
Gregory B. Maffei
director
/s/ James G. Shennan, Jr.
James G. Shennan, Jr.
director
/s/ Myron E. Ullman, III
Myron E. Ullman, III
director
/s/ Craig E. Weatherup
Craig E. Weatherup
director
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Description
5.1
Opinion of Preston Gates & Ellis LLP regarding legality of the
Common Stock being offered.
23.1
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
23.2
Consent of Preston Gates & Ellis LLP (included in opinion filed
as Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power of Attorney (see signature page).
99.1
Starbucks Corporation 2005 Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Starbucks Corporation Current
Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission February 10, 2005).