Exhibit 3.2
AMENDED AND RESTATED
BYLAWS
OF
STARBUCKS CORPORATION
BYLAWS
OF
STARBUCKS CORPORATION
(As amended and restated through November 14, 2007)
ARTICLE I. SHAREHOLDERS
Section 1.1 Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of the shareholders of the
Corporation shall be held each year on a date between January l and June 30, with a specific date
and time to be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors. The failure to hold an
annual meeting at the time stated in these bylaws does not affect the validity of any corporate
action. At each annual meeting of shareholders, the shareholders shall elect a class of directors
as set forth in Section 2.1 hereof and in the Corporations Articles of Incorporation, and transact
such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting. No business may be transacted
at an annual meeting of shareholders other than business that is (a) specified in the notice of
meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors (or any
duly authorized committee thereof), (b) otherwise properly brought before the annual meeting by or
at the direction of the Board of Directors (or any duly authorized committee thereof) or (c)
otherwise properly brought before the annual meeting by any shareholder of the corporation (i) who
is a shareholder on the date of the giving of the notice provided for in Section 1.4 hereof and on
the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to vote at such annual meeting and
(ii) who complies with the notice procedures set forth in Section 1.12 hereof.
Section 1.2 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the shareholders may be
held upon call of the Board of Directors or of the President and shall be called by the Board of
Directors or the President upon the delivery of a written request of the holders of ten percent of
the outstanding stock entitled to vote to the Secretary of the Corporation.
Section 1.3 Meeting Place. All meetings of the shareholders shall be held at
a location determined from time to time by the Board of Directors, and the place at which any such
meeting shall be held shall be stated in the notice of the meeting.
Section 1.4 Notice of Meetings. Written notice of the time and place of the
meeting and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is
called shall be delivered personally or mailed not less than ten days nor more than 60 days before
the date of the meeting to each shareholder of record entitled to vote, at the address appearing
upon the stock transfer books of the Corporation. If the shareholders will be voting on (i) an
amendment to the Articles of Incorporation, (ii) a plan of merger or share exchange, (iii) the sale
of all or substantially all of the Corporations assets, or (iv) the dissolution of the
Corporation, notice shall be delivered personally or mailed not less than 20 nor more than 60 days
before the date of the meeting. Meetings may be held without notice if all shareholders entitled
to vote are present or represented by proxy or if notice is waived by those not present or so
represented at the beginning of the meeting.
Section 1.5 Waiver of Notice. Notice of time, place and purpose of any
meeting may be waived in writing before or after the time of the meeting, and will be waived by any
shareholder by his or her attendance at such meeting in person or by proxy unless at the beginning
of the meeting such shareholder objects to the meeting or the transaction of business at such
meeting. Any shareholder waiving his or her right to notice shall be bound by the proceedings of
any such meeting in all respects as if due notice thereof had been given.
Section 1.6 Quorum. Except as otherwise required by law:
(a) A quorum at any annual or special meeting of shareholders shall consist of shareholders
representing, either in person or by proxy, a majority of the outstanding shares of the Corporation
entitled to vote at such meeting. If a quorum is not present, the holders of a majority of the
shares so present or represented may adjourn the meeting from time to time until a quorum is
present.
(b) Action on a matter other than the election of directors is approved if the votes cast
favoring the action exceed the number of votes cast opposing the action.
Section 1.7 Organization of Meetings. Meetings of the shareholders shall be
presided over by the President, but if the President is not present, then by a Vice President. If
neither the President nor a Vice President is present, by a chairman to be chosen at the meeting.
The Secretary of the Corporation shall act as Secretary of the meeting, if present.
Section 1.8 Proxies. At all meetings of shareholders, a shareholder may vote
by proxy executed in writing by the shareholder or by his duly authorized attorney in fact. Such
proxy shall be filed with the Secretary of the Corporation or other officer of the Corporation or
agent authorized to tabulate votes before or at the time of the meeting. No proxy shall be valid
after eleven months from the date of its execution, unless otherwise provided in such proxy. Any
proxy regular on its face shall be presumed to be valid.
Section 1.9 Shareholders Action Without Meeting. Any action required or
which may be taken at a meeting of the shareholders may be taken without a meeting if a consent in
writing setting forth the action so taken shall be signed by all of the shareholders entitled to
vote with respect to the subject matter thereof.
Section 1.10 Action of Shareholders by Communication Equipment. Shareholders
may participate in a meeting of shareholders by means of a conference telephone or similar
communication equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each
other at the same time. Participation by such means shall constitute presence in person at a
meeting.
Section 1.11 List of Shareholders. At least ten days before each meeting of
shareholders, a complete list of the shareholders entitled to vote at such meeting, or any
adjournment thereof, shall be made. Such list shall be arranged in alphabetical order with the
address of and number of shares held by each shareholder. Such record shall be kept on file at the
principal office of the Corporation for a period of ten days prior to such meeting. The record
shall be produced and kept open at the time and place of such meeting for the inspection of any
shareholder. Failure to comply with the requirements of this section shall not affect the validity
of any action taken at such meeting.
Section 1.12 Notice of Shareholder Business to be Conducted at the Annual Meeting
of Shareholders. In order for a shareholder to properly bring any item of business before an
annual meeting of shareholders, such shareholder must give timely notice thereof in proper written
form to the Secretary of the Corporation. This Section 1.12 shall constitute an advance notice
provision for purposes of Rule 14a-4(c)(1), promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as such rule may be amended from time to time (the Exchange Act).
(a) To be timely, a shareholders notice to the Secretary must be delivered at the principal
executive offices of the Corporation not less than one hundred twenty (120) days prior to the
anniversary of the date of the Corporations proxy statement released to shareholders in connection
with the previous years annual meeting; provided, however, that in the event that the annual
meeting is called for a date that is not within thirty (30) days before or after the date of the
immediately preceding annual meeting of shareholders, notice by the shareholder must be received no
later than the close of business on the tenth
(10th) day following the day on which notice of the date of the annual meeting was
mailed or public disclosure of the date of the annual meeting was made, whichever first occurs.
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(b) To be in proper form, a shareholders notice to the Secretary must set forth as to each
matter such shareholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting (i) a brief description of the
business desired to be brought before the annual meeting and the reasons for conducting such
business at the annual meeting, (ii) the name and address of such shareholder, (iii) the class or
series and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation that are owned beneficially or of
record by such shareholder, (iv) a description of all arrangements or understandings between such
shareholder and any other person or persons (including their names) in connection with the proposal
of such business by such shareholder and any material interest of such shareholder in such business
and (v) a representation that such shareholder intends to appear in person or by proxy at the
annual meeting to bring such business before the meeting.
(c) A shareholder intending to nominate one or more persons for election as a Director at an
annual meeting must comply with the notice provisions set forth in Section 1.12(a) and Section
1.12(b) hereof (as such provisions may be amended from time to time) for such nomination or
nominations to be properly brought before such meeting. In addition, for a nomination to be made
properly by a shareholder, the notice to the Secretary of the Corporation must set forth (i) as to
each person whom the shareholder proposes to nominate for election as a director (A) the name, age,
business address and residence address of the person being nominated, (B) the principal occupation
or employment of the person being nominated, (C) the class or series and number of shares of
capital stock of the Corporation that are owned beneficially or of record by the person being
nominated and (D) any other information relating to the person that would be required to be
disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with the
solicitation of proxies for election of directors pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and
the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; and (b) as to the shareholder giving the notice,
any information (in addition to the information required pursuant to Section 1.12 (a) and Section
1.12(b) hereof) relating to such shareholder that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy
statement or other filings required to be made in connection with the solicitation of proxies for
election of directors pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder. Such notice must be accompanied by a written consent of each proposed
nominee to being named as a nominee and to serve as a director if elected.
ARTICLE II. DIRECTORS
Section 2.1 Number, Election, and Powers.
(a) All corporate powers shall be exercised by or under the authority of, and the business and
affairs of the Corporation shall be managed under the direction of the Board of Directors, except
as may be otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation. The Board of Directors shall
consist of nine members. The number of directors may be changed by a resolution of the Board of
Directors or by a vote of the shareholders at the annual shareholders meeting.
(b) All directors shall be elected for terms lasting until the next annual meeting of
shareholders following their election, and until their successors are elected and qualified,
subject to their earlier death, resignation or removal from the Board of Directors.
(c) Directors need not be shareholders or residents of the state of Washington. In addition
to the powers and authorities expressly conferred upon the Corporation by these Bylaws and the
Articles of Incorporation, the Board of Directors may exercise all such powers of the Corporation
and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Articles of Incorporation or
by these Bylaws directed or required to be exercised or done by the shareholders.
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(d) Except as provided in Section 2.2, a nominee for director shall be elected if the votes
cast for such nominees election exceed the votes cast against such nominees election. The
following shall not be votes cast: (a) a share whose ballot is marked as withheld; (b) a share
otherwise present at the meeting but for which there is an abstention; and (c) a share otherwise
present at the meeting as to which a shareholder gives no authority or direction. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast (a contested
election) at any meeting of shareholders for which (i) the Secretary of the Corporation receives a
notice that a shareholder has nominated a person for election to the Board of Directors in
compliance with the advance notice requirements for shareholder nominees for director set forth in
Section 1.12 and (ii) such nomination has not been withdrawn by such shareholder on or prior to the
time fixed in Section 1.12 for submitting nominations. A nominee for director in an election other
than a contested election who does not receive the requisite votes for election, but who was a
director at the time of the election, shall continue to serve as a director for a term that shall
terminate on the date that is the earlier of: (i) ninety (90) days from the date on which the
voting results of the election are certified, (ii) the date on which an individual is selected by
the Board of Directors to fill the office held by such director (which selection shall be deemed to
constitute the filling of a vacancy by the Board of Directors), or (iii) the date the director
resigns.
Section 2.2 Vacancies. Any vacancy occurring in the Board of Directors,
whether caused by resignation, death, increase in size or otherwise, may be filled by the
affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors though less than a quorum of the Board of
Directors. A director elected to fill any vacancy shall hold office until the next election of
directors by the shareholders
Section 2.3 Quorum. A majority of the members of the Board of Directors then
holding office shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but if at any meeting of
the Board of Directors there shall be less than a quorum present, a majority of those present may
adjourn the meeting from time to time until a quorum shall have been obtained.
Section 2.4 Removal of Directors. Except as otherwise provided by law or by
the Articles of Incorporation, at a meeting of shareholders called expressly for that purpose at
which a quorum exists, the entire Board of Directors or any member thereof may be removed with or
without cause by a vote of the holders of a majority of the shares present and entitled to vote for
the election of directors.
Section 2.5 Regular Meetings.
(a) Meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held from time to time at the principal place
of business of the Corporation or at such other place or places, either within or without the state
of Washington, as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate.
(b) Regular meetings of any committee designated by the Board of Directors may be held at the
principal place of business of the Corporation or at such other place or places, either within or
without the state of Washington as such committee may from time to time designate. The schedule
for meetings of any committee shall be set by said committee.
Section 2.6 Special Meetings.
(a) Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called at any time by the President,
Secretary or by any one Director, to be held at the principal place of business of the Corporation
or at such other place or places as the Board of Directors or the person or persons calling such
meeting may from time to time designate.
(b) Special meetings of any committee may be called at any time by such person or persons and
with such notice as shall be specified for such committee by the Board of Directors, or in the
absence of such specification, in the manner and with the notice required for special meetings of
the Board of Directors.
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Section 2.7 Notice of Special Meetings. Notice of each special meeting of the
Board of Directors shall be delivered to each Director at least two days before the meeting. The
notice of any special meeting shall identify the business to be transacted at or the purpose of the
special meeting.
Section 2.8 Committees. The Board of Directors may, in its discretion, by
resolution passed by a majority of the whole Board of Directors, appoint various committees
consisting of two or more members, including an Executive Committee, which shall have and may
exercise such powers as shall be conferred or authorized by the resolution appointing such
committee. A majority of any such committee, composed of more than two members, may determine its
action and fix the time and place of its meetings, unless the Board of Directors shall otherwise
provide. The Board of Directors shall have the power at any time to change the members of any such
committee, to fill vacancies, and to discharge any such committee.
Section 2.9 Action by Directors Without a Meeting. Any action required or
which might be taken at a meeting of the Board of Directors or of a committee thereof may be taken
without a meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken or to be taken, shall
be signed by all of the directors, or all of the members of the committee, as the case may be. Such
consent shall be filed in the Corporations minute book, or with the records of the committee so
acting.
Section 2.10 Meeting by Telephone. Members of the Board of Directors or any
committee designated by the Bylaws or appointed by the Board of Directors may participate in a
meeting of such Board of Directors or committee by means of a conference telephone or similar
communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each
other at the same time, and participation by such means shall constitute presence in person at a
meeting.
ARTICLE III. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
The Corporation may enter into contracts and otherwise transact business as vendor, purchaser,
or otherwise, with its directors and officers and with corporations, associations, firms, and
entities in which they are or may be or become interested as directors, officers, shareholders,
members, or otherwise, as freely as though such adverse interest did not exist, even though the
vote, action, or presence of such director or officer may be necessary to obligate the Corporation
upon such contracts or transactions; and, in the absence of fraud, no such contract or transaction
shall be voided and no such director or officer shall be held liable to account to the
Corporation, by reason of such adverse interests or by reason of any fiduciary relationship to the
Corporation arising out of such office or stock ownership, for any profit or benefit realized
through any such contract or transaction; provided that in the case of directors, such director
makes the disclosures required by RCW 23B.08.710 through RCW 23.B.08.710, and in the case of
officers of the Corporation the nature of the interest of such officer, be disclosed or known to
the Board of Directors of the Corporation. Officers need make no disclosure under this article
when their interest is less than or equal to five percent of the voting power or control of the
other corporation, association, firm or entity.
ARTICLE IV. OFFICERS
Section 4.1 Election or Appointment. The Board of Directors, as soon as
practicable after the election of directors held each year, shall appoint a President and a
Secretary, and from time to time may appoint a Chairman of the Board, one or more Vice Presidents,
a Treasurer and such Assistant Secretaries, Assistant Treasurers and other officers as it may deem
proper. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person, except the offices of President
and Secretary. Unless otherwise required by law, no officer need be a shareholder of the
Corporation or a member of the Board of Directors.
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Section 4.2 Term. The term of office of all officers shall be one year or
until their respective successors are appointed. Any officer may be removed from office at any
time by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors or by the action of the duly
appointed superior officer to whom he or she reports. The vacancy so created may be filled by the
Board of Directors or by such duly appointed superior officer.
Section 4.3 Removal. Any officer appointed by the Board of Directors may be
removed with or without cause by the Board of Directors or the duly appointed superior officer to
which such officer reports, but such removal shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if
any, of the person so removed.
Section 4.4 Vacancies. A vacancy in any office because of death, resignation,
removal, disqualification or any other cause, may be filled by the Board of Directors or by a duly
appointed superior officer.
Section 4.5 Delegation. In the case of the absence or inability to act of any
officer of the Corporation and of any person herein authorized to act in such persons place, the
Board of Directors may from time to time delegate the powers or duties of such officer to any other
officer, employee or agent.
Section 4.6 Bonds. The Board of Directors may, by resolution, require any or
all of the officers to give bonds to the Corporation, with sufficient surety or sureties,
conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of their respective offices, and to comply
with such other conditions as may from time to time be required by the Board of Directors.
Section 4.7 President. The President shall be the principal executive officer
of the Corporation and, subject to the Board of Directors control, shall supervise and control all
of the business and affairs of the Corporation. When present, the President shall preside over all
meetings of shareholders and directors. With the Secretary or other officer of the Corporation
authorized by the Board of Directors, he may sign certificates for shares of the Corporation,
deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts, or other instruments that the Board of Directors has authorized
to be executed, except when the signing and execution thereof has been expressly delegated by the
Board of Directors or by these Bylaws to some other officer or agent of the Corporation or is
required by law to be otherwise signed or executed by some other officer or in some other manner.
In general, he shall perform all duties incident to the office of President and such other duties
as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors from time to time.
Section 4.8 Secretary. The Secretary shall: (a) keep the minutes of
shareholders and Board of Directors meetings in one or more books provided for that purpose; (b)
see that all notices are duly given in accordance with the provisions of these Bylaws or as
required by law; (c) have responsibility for maintaining the corporate records and the seal of the
Corporation and see that the seal of the Corporation is affixed to all documents, the execution of
which on behalf of the Corporation under its seal is duly authorized; (d) sign with the President
or other officer of the Corporation authorized by the Board of Directors certificates for shares of
the Corporation, the issuance of which have been authorized by resolution of the Board of
Directors; (e) have general responsibility for the stock transfer books of the Corporation; and (f)
in general perform all duties incident to the office of Secretary and such other duties as from
time to time may be assigned to him or her by the President or by the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE V. CONTRACTS, LOANS, CHECKS AND DEPOSITS
Section 5.1 Contracts. The Board of Directors may authorize any officer,
employee or agent to enter into any contract or execute and deliver any instrument in the name of
and on behalf of the Corporation.
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Section 5.2 Checks, Drafts, etc. All checks, drafts or other orders for the
payment of money, notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued in the name of the Corporation,
shall be signed by such officer, employee or agent of the Corporation and in such manner as is from
time to time determined by resolution of the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE VI. CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES AND THEIR TRANSFER
Section 6.1 Issuance of Shares. No shares of the Corporation shall be issued
unless authorized by the Board of Directors. Such authorization shall include the maximum number
of shares to be issued and the consideration to be received for each share. No certificate shall
be issued for any share until such share is fully paid.
Section 6.2 Certificates for Shares. Certificates representing shares of the
Corporation shall be signed by the Chairman of the Board or the President and by the Secretary and
shall include on their face written notice of any restrictions which the Board of Directors may
impose on the transferability of such shares. All certificates shall be consecutively numbered or
otherwise identified. The name and address of the person to whom the shares represented thereby
are issued, with the number of shares and date of issue, shall be entered on the stock transfer
books of the Corporation. All certificates surrendered to the Corporation for transfer shall be
canceled and no new certificate shall be issued until the former certificates for a like number of
shares shall have been surrendered and canceled except that in case of a lost, destroyed or
mutilated certificate, a new one may be issued therefor upon such terms and indemnity to the
Corporation as the Board of Directors may prescribe.
Section 6.3 Transfers.
(a) Transfers of shares shall be made only upon the share transfer books of the Corporation,
kept at the registered office of the Corporation or at its principal place of business, or at the
office of its transfer agent or registrar, and before a new certificate is issued the old
certificate shall be surrendered for cancellation. The Board of Directors may, by resolution, open
a share register in any state of the United States, and may employ an agent or agents to keep such
register, and to record transfers of shares therein.
(b) Shares shall be transferred by delivery of the certificates therefor, accompanied either
by an assignment in writing on the back of the certificate or an assignment separate from
certificate, or by a written power of attorney to sell, assign and transfer the same, signed by the
holder of said certificate. No shares of stock shall be transferred on the books of the
Corporation until the outstanding certificates therefor have been surrendered to the Corporation.
The Board of Directors may, by resolution, adopt appropriate procedures to allow transfers of
shares, the certificates for which have been lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed.
Section 6.4 Restriction on Transfer. All certificates representing
unregistered shares of the Corporation shall bear an appropriate restrictive legend on the face of
the certificate or on the reverse of the certificate.
ARTICLE VII. SEAL
The seal of this Corporation shall consist of the name of the Corporation and the state and
year of its incorporation.
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ARTICLE VIII. INDEMNIFICATION
Section 8.1 Right to Indemnification. Each person who was or is made a party
or is threatened to be made a party to or is involved (including, without limitation, as a witness)
in any actual or threatened action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative, by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director, officer, employee, or
agent of the Corporation or, being or having been such a director, officer, employee or agent, he
or she is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee, or
agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise,
including service with respect to employee benefit plans, whether the basis of such proceeding is
alleged action in an official capacity as a director, officer, employee, or agent or in any other
capacity while serving as a director, officer, employee, or agent, shall be indemnified and held
harmless by the Corporation to the full extent authorized by the Washington Business Corporation
Act or other applicable law, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended, against all expense,
liability, and loss (including attorneys fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties
and amounts to be paid in settlement) actually and reasonably incurred or suffered by such person
in connection therewith and such indemnification shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be
a director, officer, employee, or agent and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs,
executors, and administrators; provided, however, that except as provided in Paragraph 8.2 of this
Article with respect to proceedings seeking to enforce rights to indemnification, the Corporation
shall indemnify any such person seeking indemnification in connection with a proceeding (or part
thereof) initiated by such person only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the
Board of Directors of the Corporation. The right to indemnification conferred in this Paragraph 8.1
shall be a contract right and shall include the right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses
incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition; provided, however,
that the payment of such expenses in advance of the final disposition of a proceeding shall be made
only upon delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking, by or on behalf of such director, officer,
employee, or agent, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that such
director, officer, employee, or agent is not entitled to be indemnified under this Paragraph 8.1 or
otherwise.
Section 8.2 Right of Claimant To Bring Suit. If a claim under Paragraph 8.1
of this article is not paid in full by the Corporation within sixty days after a written claim has
been received by the Corporation, except in the case of a claim for expenses incurred in defending
a proceeding in advance of its final disposition, in which case the applicable period shall be
twenty days, the claimant may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover
the unpaid amount of the claim and, to the extent successful in whole or in part, the claimant
shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting such claim. The claimant shall be
presumed to be entitled to indemnification under this article upon submission of a written claim
(and, in an action brought to enforce a claim for expenses incurred in defending any proceeding in
advance of its final disposition, where the required undertaking has been tendered to the
Corporation) and thereafter the Corporation shall have the burden of proof to overcome the
presumption that the claimant is not so entitled. Neither the failure of the Corporation
(including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its shareholders) to have made a
determination prior to the commencement of such action that indemnification of, or reimbursement or
advancement, of expenses to the claimant is proper in the circumstances nor an actual determination
by the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its
shareholders) that the claimant is not entitled to indemnification or to the reimbursement or
advancement of expenses shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that the claimant
is not so entitled.
Section 8.3 Non-exclusivity of Rights. The right to indemnification and the
payment of expenses incurred in defending a proceeding in advance of its final disposition
conferred in this Article shall not be exclusive of any other right which any person may have or
hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws, agreement,
vote of shareholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise.
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Section 8.4 Insurance Contracts and Funding. The Corporation may maintain
insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any director, officer, employee, or agent of the
Corporation or another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise against
any expense, liability, or loss, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify
such person against such expense, liability, or loss under the Washington Business Corporation Act.
The Corporation may enter into contracts with any director, officer, employee, or agent of the
Corporation in furtherance of the provisions of this Article and may create a trust fund, grant a
security interest, or use other means (including, without limitation, a letter of credit) to ensure
the payment of such amounts as may be necessary to effect indemnification as provided in this
article.
Section 8.5 Indemnification of Employees and Agents of the Corporation. The
Corporation may, by action of its Board of Directors from time to time, provide indemnification and
pay expenses in advance of the final disposition of a proceeding to employees and agents of the
Corporation with the same scope and effect as the provisions of this Article with respect to the
indemnification and advancement of expenses of directors and officers of the Corporation or
pursuant to rights granted pursuant to, or provided by, the Washington Business Corporation Act or
otherwise.
ARTICLE IX. BOOKS AND RECORDS
The Corporation shall keep correct and complete books and records of account and shall keep
minutes of the proceedings of its shareholders and Board of Directors; and shall keep at its
registered office or principal place of business, or at the office of its transfer agent or
registrar, a record of its shareholders, giving the names and addresses of all shareholders and the
number and class of the shares held by each. Any books, records, and minutes may be in written
form or any other form capable of being converted into written form within a reasonable time.
ARTICLE X. AMENDMENTS
Except to the extent prohibited by law, and only upon a vote of two-thirds of the Board of
Directors, these Bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed, and new Bylaws may be adopted by the
Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors.
Amended:
December 14, 1987; January l8, 1991; May 29, 1991; June 4, 1992; September 27, 1993; May 17, 1995;
December 20, 1995; November 14, 2000; May 8, 2002; January 7, 2004; February 8, 2006, and November
14, 2007.
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CERTIFICATE OF ADOPTION
The undersigned secretary of Starbucks Corporation (the Company) does hereby certify that
the above and foregoing Bylaws of the Company are the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company,
as amended through November 14, 2007, and that the same do now constitute the Bylaws of the
Company.
| STARBUCKS CORPORATION |
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| /s/ Paula E. Boggs | ||||
| Paula E. Boggs, | ||||
| executive vice president, general counsel and secretary | ||||
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