Starbucks Corporation filings document material events, operating results, governance matters, and corporate transactions for the Nasdaq-listed coffee company. Recent Form 8-K reports furnish quarterly earnings releases covering comparable store sales, revenue, margins, segment performance, and store portfolio disclosures across the company’s global coffeehouse operations.
The filing record also includes Regulation FD disclosures on the completed China retail joint venture, annual meeting voting results, a definitive proxy statement covering director elections, executive compensation and auditor ratification, and amended officer-transition disclosures. These documents record Starbucks’ governance structure, shareholder voting matters, executive leadership changes, and transaction-related disclosures tied to its international retail operations.
ALLISON RICHARD E JR reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
Starbucks director Richard E. Allison Jr. received a grant of 3,991 shares of common stock in the form of restricted stock units on March 25, 2026. These units were fully vested at grant and deferred under the Deferred Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors, meaning he did not buy the shares on the open market.
After this award, his directly held and deferred Starbucks equity totals 39,699.049 shares, which includes 698.714 deferred stock units credited as dividends under a dividend reinvestment plan.
Starbucks Corp.: The Vanguard Group filed an amendment to its Schedule 13G/A reporting a reorganization and 0 shares beneficially owned (0%).
The filing explains that on January 12, 2026 The Vanguard Group, Inc. completed an internal realignment and certain subsidiaries will report beneficial ownership separately “in accordance with SEC Release No. 34-39538 (January 12, 1998).” The amendment states The Vanguard Group, Inc. no longer is deemed to have beneficial ownership over securities held by those subsidiaries. The filing is signed on 03/27/2026.
Starbucks executive vice president and CFO Cathy R. Smith reported a routine tax-related share disposition. On the vesting of restricted stock units, 2,231.435 shares of Common Stock were withheld by Starbucks at $91.98 per share to satisfy tax obligations, not through an open market sale. After this withholding, Smith directly holds 63,751.726 Starbucks shares, including 860.423 shares that represent dividend equivalents on unvested time-based restricted stock units.
Starbucks director Jørgen Vig Knudstorp reported a routine tax-related share disposition. On this Form 4, 354.864 shares of Starbucks common stock were withheld by the company at $93.83 per share to satisfy tax obligations when restricted stock units vested. After this withholding, he directly holds 53,006.050 shares, which includes 264.435 deferred stock units credited as dividend equivalents.
Starbucks Corporation received an exempt solicitation letter from Trillium Asset Management and co-filers urging shareholders to vote against Directors Jørgen Vig Knudstorp and Beth Ford in the 2026 director election for alleged, sustained oversight failures related to labor relations.
The letter notes recent developments: a reported SBWU contract proposal, Starbucks' disclosure that bargaining will resume on March 30, 2026, and prior timelines of stalled negotiations. It ties responsibility for governance choices to Director Knudstorp (NCG Chair during CEO/Chair recombination) and Director Ford (former EPCI Chair), while stating the authors welcome renewed bargaining but consider board oversight still insufficient.
Starbucks executive Michael David Grams reported a routine tax-related share disposition. On March 17, 2026, the EVP and chief operating officer had 988.989 shares of Common Stock withheld by Starbucks to cover tax obligations tied to vesting restricted stock units, at a reference price of $97.57 per share. This was not an open market transaction. After this withholding, Grams directly owns 28,149.011 shares of Starbucks common stock.
New York City Comptroller urges director accountability at Starbucks ahead of the 2026 director election. The remarks trace engagement since union organizing began in December 2021, note an NLRB judge's finding referenced in the text, summarize a 2023 shareholder-supported independent assessment and creation of an EPCI Committee, and describe concerns about governance changes after the CEO became Chair in September 2024.
Starbucks executive Brady Brewer, who serves as CEO, International, sold 588 shares of Starbucks common stock in an open-market transaction at $100 per share. The sale was made under a pre-set Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted on December 3, 2025.
After this transaction, Brewer directly holds about 86,016.502 shares of Starbucks common stock, so the sale represents a small portion of his overall direct holdings and appears to be a routine, pre-planned disposition.
Starbucks executive Sara Kelly sold 2,500 shares of common stock in an open‑market transaction. The sale occurred on March 5, 2026 at a price of $97.12 per share under a pre‑arranged Rule 10b5‑1 trading plan. After this sale, she directly owned 59,608.5548 shares, including 40.385 shares from the employee stock purchase plan and 510.797 shares from dividend equivalents on unvested restricted stock units.
Starbucks Corp executive Brady Brewer, CEO International, sold 1,641 shares of common stock in an open-market transaction at $97.12 per share. The sale on March 5, 2026 was made under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted on December 3, 2025.
After the sale, Brewer directly owned 86,604.502 Starbucks shares. This total includes 589.367 shares that represent dividend equivalents on unvested time-based restricted stock units.