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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March&nbsp;31, 2004</B>



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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: 10pt"><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>

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<I>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</I></DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Washington</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>91-1325671</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><I>(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)</I>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>2401 Utah Avenue South<BR>
Seattle, Washington 98134</B>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><I>(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)</I></DIV>

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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>STARBUCKS CORPORATION UK SHARE INCENTIVE PLAN</B>

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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PAULA E. BOGGS<BR>
(executive vice president, general counsel and secretary)<BR>
Starbucks Corporation<BR>
2401 Utah Avenue South<BR>
Seattle, Washington 98134<BR>
(206)&nbsp;447-1575</B><BR>
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

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



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>J. SUE MORGAN<BR>
Perkins Coie LLP<BR>
1201 Third Avenue, Suite&nbsp;4800<BR>
Seattle, Washington 98101-3099<BR>
(206)&nbsp;359-8000</B>

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


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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Offering Price Per</B></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">Common Stock, par
value $0.001 per
share under the
Starbucks
Corporation UK
Share Incentive
Plan</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right">700,000</TD>
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    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">37.095</TD>
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    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">25,966,500</TD>
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    <TD align="right">$</TD>
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    <TD>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>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee
pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(h)(1) and Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;). The proposed maximum offering
price per share is estimated to be $37.095, based on the average of the
high sales price ($37.40) and the low sales price ($36.79) per share of
the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock as reported by the Nasdaq National Market on
March&nbsp;25, 2004.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001">Item&nbsp;3. INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#003">Item&nbsp;5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL</A></TD></TR>
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<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">Item&nbsp;8. EXHIBITS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">Item&nbsp;9. UNDERTAKINGS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#008">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#009">POWER OF ATTORNEY</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#010">INDEX TO EXHIBITS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="v97655exv5w1.txt">EXHIBIT 5.1</A></TD></TR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART II</B>



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


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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 Securities and Exchange Commission
(the &#147;Commission&#148;) 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 for the fiscal year ended
September&nbsp;28, 2003, filed with the Commission on December&nbsp;23, 2003, 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;The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter
ended December&nbsp;28, 2003, filed on February&nbsp;4, 2004, which contains unaudited
consolidated financial statements for the first quarter of the fiscal year
ending October&nbsp;3, 2004; and


<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 Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), 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 the 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;None.

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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)&nbsp;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&nbsp;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


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">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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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Starbucks Corporation UK Share Incentive Plan.</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Deloitte &#038; Touche LLP.</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Perkins Coie LLP (included in opinion filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</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.


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">B. 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 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 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.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">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.



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<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 31st day of
March, 2004.

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    <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>
    <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">/s/ Orin C. Smith</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</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"><HR size="1" noshade>&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">By:
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Orin C. Smith<br>
president and chief executive officer</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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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, Orin C. Smith 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 31st day of March, 2004.

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
</TR>


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

<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><HR size="1" noshade><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></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">Howard Schultz
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">director, chairman and chief global strategist</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>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Orin C. Smith
<HR size="1" noshade>
Orin C. Smith
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">director, president and chief executive officer
(principal executive officer)</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>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Michael Casey
<HR size="1" noshade>
Michael Casey
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">executive vice president, chief financial officer and
chief 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>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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

<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><HR size="1" noshade><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></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">Barbara Bass
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">director</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>
</TR>

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

<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><HR size="1" noshade><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></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">Howard Behar
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">director</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>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ William W. (Bill) Bradley</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><HR size="1" noshade><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></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">William W. (Bill) Bradley
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">director</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Signature</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
</TR>


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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Craig J. Foley</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><HR size="1" noshade><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></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">Craig J. Foley
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">director</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>
</TR>

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

<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><HR size="1" noshade><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></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">Olden Lee
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">director</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>
</TR>

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

<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><HR size="1" noshade><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></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">Gregory B. Maffei
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">director</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>
</TR>


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

<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><HR size="1" noshade><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></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">James G. Shennan, Jr.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">director</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>
</TR>

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

<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><HR size="1" noshade><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></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">Myron E. Ullman, III
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">director</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>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Craig E. Weatherup</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><HR size="1" noshade><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></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">Craig E. Weatherup
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">director</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>&nbsp;</B></TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Number</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Perkins Coie 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">10.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Starbucks Corporation UK Share Incentive Plan.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></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">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Perkins Coie 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">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (see signature page).</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 31, 2004
Registration 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
91-1325671
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
2401 Utah Avenue South
Seattle, Washington 98134
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
STARBUCKS CORPORATION UK SHARE INCENTIVE PLAN
PAULA E. BOGGS
(executive vice president, general counsel and secretary)
Starbucks Corporation
2401 Utah Avenue South
Seattle, Washington 98134
(206) 447-1575
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
J. SUE MORGAN
Perkins Coie LLP
1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4800
Seattle, Washington 98101-3099
(206) 359-8000
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed Maximum
Amount of
Amount To Be
Offering Price Per
Proposed Maximum
Registration Fee
Title of Securities To Be Registered
Registered (1)
Share (2)
Aggregate Offering Price (2)
(2)
Common Stock, par
value $0.001 per
share under the
Starbucks
Corporation UK
Share Incentive
Plan
700,000
$
37.095
$
25,966,500
$
3,289.96
(1)
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)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee
pursuant to Rule 457(h)(1) and Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). The proposed maximum offering
price per share is estimated to be $37.095, based on the average of the
high sales price ($37.40) and the low sales price ($36.79) per share of
the Registrant's Common Stock as reported by the Nasdaq National Market on
March 25, 2004.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the "Commission") are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement:
(a) The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
September 28, 2003, filed with the Commission on December 23, 2003, which
contains audited consolidated financial statements for the most recent fiscal
year for which such statements have been filed;
(b) The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter
ended December 28, 2003, filed on February 4, 2004, which contains unaudited
consolidated financial statements for the first quarter of the fiscal year
ending October 3, 2004; and
(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 Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (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 the 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
None.
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
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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 Perkins Coie LLP regarding legality of the Common Stock being offered.
10.1
Starbucks Corporation UK Share Incentive Plan.
23.1
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
23.2
Consent of Perkins Coie LLP (included in opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power of Attorney (see signature page).
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.
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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.
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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 31st day of
March, 2004.
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, Orin C. Smith 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 31st day of March, 2004.
Signature
Title
/s/ Howard Schultz
Howard Schultz
director, chairman and chief global strategist
/s/ Orin C. Smith
Orin C. Smith
director, president and chief executive officer
(principal executive officer)
/s/ Michael Casey
Michael Casey
executive vice president, chief financial officer and
chief administrative officer (principal financial and
accounting officer)
/s/ Barbara Bass
Barbara Bass
director
/s/ Howard Behar
Howard Behar
director
/s/ William W. (Bill) Bradley
William W. (Bill) Bradley
director
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Signature
Title
/s/ Craig J. Foley
Craig J. Foley
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
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Description
5.1
Opinion of Perkins Coie LLP regarding legality of the Common Stock being offered.
10.1
Starbucks Corporation UK Share Incentive Plan.
23.1
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
23.2
Consent of Perkins Coie LLP (included in opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power of Attorney (see signature page).