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Item 5.03 | Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year. |
Effective March 17, 2021, in connection with Myron E. Ullman, III’s retirement from the Board of Directors (the “Board”) and pursuant to Mellody Hobson’s appointment to serve as the chair of the Board, the Board of Starbucks Corporation (the “Company” or “Starbucks”) has amended the Amended and Restated Bylaws (the “Bylaws”) to remove references to the vice chair role.
The foregoing summary description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Bylaws, which is attached as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
At the 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on March 17, 2021, the Company’s shareholders elected the 11 directors nominated by the Board to serve until the 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and until their successors are elected and qualified; shareholders did not approve the advisory resolution to approve executive compensation; the shareholders approved the ratification of the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending October 3, 2021; and the shareholders did not approve a shareholder proposal regarding non-management employee board representation. The proposals are further described in the Company’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on January 22, 2021.
The table below sets forth the number of votes cast for and against, and the number of abstentions and broker non-votes, for each matter voted upon by the Company’s shareholders.
Election of Directors
For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes |
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Richard E. Allison, Jr. |
779,665,409 | 29,860,896 | 1,800,676 | 166,680,614 | ||||||||||||
Andrew Campion |
806,757,205 | 2,533,004 | 2,036,772 | 166,680,614 | ||||||||||||
Mary N. Dillon |
746,430,103 | 63,060,818 | 1,836,060 | 166,680,614 | ||||||||||||
Isabel Ge Mahe |
806,074,965 | 3,612,745 | 1,639,271 | 166,680,614 | ||||||||||||
Mellody Hobson |
772,628,902 | 36,845,695 | 1,852,384 | 166,680,614 | ||||||||||||
Kevin R. Johnson |
806,398,714 | 3,249,264 | 1,679,003 | 166,680,614 | ||||||||||||
Jørgen Vig Knudstorp |
799,824,081 | 9,475,016 | 2,027,884 | 166,680,614 | ||||||||||||
Satya Nadella |
779,597,160 | 30,044,051 | 1,685,770 | 166,680,614 | ||||||||||||
Joshua Cooper Ramo |
803,219,836 | 6,073,189 | 2,033,956 | 166,680,614 | ||||||||||||
Clara Shih |
778,911,466 | 30,765,899 | 1,649,616 | 166,680,614 | ||||||||||||
Javier G. Teruel |
756,919,366 | 52,366,360 | 2,041,255 | 166,680,614 |
Advisory Resolution on Executive Compensation
For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes |
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381,463,037 | 421,751,473 | 8,112,471 | 166,680,614 |
Ratification of the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2021
For | Against | Abstain | ||||||
943,030,923 | 32,897,479 | 2,079,193 |
Shareholder proposal regarding employee board representation
For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes |
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57,481,280 | 742,755,180 | 11,090,521 | 166,680,614 |
Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit No. | Description | |
3.1 | Amended and Restated Bylaws of Starbucks Corporation (As amended and restated through March 17, 2021) | |
104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL) |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
STARBUCKS CORPORATION | ||||||
Dated: March 19, 2021 | ||||||
By: | /s/ Rachel A. Gonzalez | |||||
Rachel A. Gonzalez | ||||||
executive vice president, general counsel |