---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000829224-23-000027"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SBUX"
cik: "0000829224"
company_name: "STARBUCKS CORP"
filed_at: "2023-03-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T11:30:22.867273+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Starbucks shareholders elect 8 directors, approve exec comp, support worker rights assessment at 2023 meeting

## Summary
- All eight Starbucks director nominees elected, including Howard Schultz (approx. 801M for) and Mellody Hobson (approx. 749M for).
- Executive compensation approved on advisory basis with 692M votes for and 118M against.
- Shareholders voted for annual frequency of future say-on-pay votes (803M for 1 year).
- Ratification of Deloitte & Touche as auditor approved with 931.7M votes.
- Only shareholder proposal passed: worker rights commitments assessment (418.8M for, 386.1M against).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000829224-23-000027
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SBUX
- cik: 0000829224
- company_name: STARBUCKS CORP
- filed_at: 2023-03-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 7.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/829224/000082922423000027/0000829224-23-000027-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/829224/000082922423000027/sbux-20230323.htm

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