sbux-20260520
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 20, 2026
Starbucks Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Washington | 000-20322 | 91-1325671 | ||||||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) | ||||||
2401 Utah Avenue South, Seattle, Washington 98134
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(206) 447-1575
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title | Trading Symbol | Name of each exchange on which registered | ||||||
| Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share | SBUX | Nasdaq Global Select Market | ||||||
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
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Item 8.01 Other Events.
On May 20, 2026, Starbucks Corporation (the “Company”) completed the settlement of its previously announced cash tender offers to purchase certain series of the Company’s notes (the “Tender Offers”). After giving effect to the Company’s purchase and cancellation of the notes set forth in the table below, the amounts remaining outstanding are as follows:
Description of Notes | Aggregate Principal Amount Accepted for Purchase | Total Purchase Price (includes accrued and unpaid interest) | Aggregate Principal Amount Remaining Outstanding | ||||||||
4.800% Senior Notes due 2030 | $321,824,000 | $325,720,215.89 | $178,176,000 | ||||||||
4.500% Senior Notes due 2028 | $273,468,000 | $274,664,422.50 | $476,532,000 | ||||||||
4.000% Senior Notes due 2028 | – | – | $750,000,000 | ||||||||
4.500% Senior Notes due 2048 | $200,000,000 | $166,067,000.00 | $800,000,000 | ||||||||
5.400% Senior Notes due 2035 | $410,249,000 | $423,011,846.39 | $89,751,000 | ||||||||
5.000% Senior Notes due 2034 | $110,351,000 | $112,709,691.32 | $389,649,000 | ||||||||
4.900% Senior Notes due 2031 | – | – | $500,000,000 | ||||||||
4.800% Senior Notes due 2033 | – | – | $500,000,000 | ||||||||
Under the terms of the Tender Offers as set forth in the Offer to Purchase, dated May 4, 2026, as amended by the Company’s press release announcing the early results and upsizing of the Tender Offers issued on May 15, 2026 (together, the “Offer to Purchase”), the Company elected to settle on the Early Settlement Date (as such term is defined in the Offer to Purchase) and does not intend to purchase any additional notes.
The Company did not purchase any of its 4.000% Senior Notes due 2028, 4.900% Senior Notes due 2031 and 4.800% Senior Notes due 2033, and the principal amounts outstanding for each such series of notes remain unchanged from the amounts set forth in the Company’s latest Quarterly Report on 10-Q, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 28, 2026.
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: | May 20, 2026 | |||||||||||||
| By: | /s/ Joshua C. Gaul | |||||||||||||
| Joshua C. Gaul | ||||||||||||||
| vice president, assistant general counsel and corporate secretary | ||||||||||||||