SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* CULVER JOHN (Last) (First) (Middle) 2401 UTAH AVENUE SOUTH, SUITE 800 (Street) SEATTLE WA 98134 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol STARBUCKS CORP [ SBUX ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) pres, Starbucks Coffee Intl
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 09/07/2011
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	09/07/2011		M		17,059	A	$22.87	118,723	D
Common Stock	09/07/2011		M		33,070	A	$8.64	151,793	D
Common Stock	09/07/2011		M		5,000	A	$11.14	156,793	D
Common Stock	09/07/2011		S		52,758	D	$39	104,035	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$22.87	09/07/2011		M			17,059	(1)	11/19/2017	Common Stock	17,059	$0	5,986	D
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$8.64	09/07/2011		M			33,070	(2)	11/17/2018	Common Stock	33,070	$0	33,068	D
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$11.14	09/07/2011		M			5,000	(3)	03/17/2019	Common Stock	5,000	$0	46,398	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. The option, representing a right to purchase a total of 23,945 shares, became exercisable in one increment of 5,987 shares on November 19, 2008, and two increments of 5,986 shares each on November 19, 2009 and November 19, 2010, and becomes exercisable as to one increment of 5,986 shares on November 19, 2011.

2. The option became exercisable in two increments of 16,535 shares each on November 17, 2009 and November 17, 2010, and becomes exercisable as to two increments of 16,534 shares each on November 17, 2011 and November 17, 2012.

3. The option became exercisable in two increments of 12,850 shares each on March 17, 2010 and March 17, 2011 and becomes exercisable as to two increments of 12,849 shares each on March 17, 2012 and March 17, 2013.

	/s/ Alejandro C. Torres, attorney-in-fact for John Culver	09/09/2011
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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