As of December 11, 2000, Starbucks had 3.812 million shares of common stock outstanding and 8814 shareholders. There is no preferred stock outstanding (7.5 million authorized)

What percent of the stock is held by institutional investors?

60.8% of stock is held by institutional investors. As of June 30 2001, there were a total 340 institutional investors with total holdings equalling 231,776,523 shares and a market value ($millions) of 5331.

Does the company have listings in foreign markets?

On October 11, 2001, Starbucks Coffee Japan Ltd. had its initial public offering on the Nasdaq Japan (its stock code is 2712) and had 1,420,000 shares outstanding as of Wednesday.

Who are the insiders in this company?

Alling, Jim Senior Vice President at Starbucks Corporation

Bass, Barbara Director at Starbucks Corporation

Lanza, Shelley B. Executive Vice President at Starbucks Corporation

Chichester, David N. Senior Vice President-Finance at Starbucks Corporation

We searched for a concrete answer to this question and never found one. We know that Starbucks has a stock option plan code named "bean stockaE?, why they hide it so well we don't know. Employees may contribute up to 10% of their base earnings, up to $25,000 annually, toward the quarterly purchase of the Company's common stock. The total number of shares issuable under the plan is 8,000,000. There were 492,231 shares issued under the plan during fiscal 1999, 271,778 shares issued under the plan during fiscal 1998, and 185,492 shares issued under the plan during fiscal 1997. Of the 18,555 employees eligible to participate, 4,972 were participants in the plan as of October 3, 1999. We will continue our investigation and report when we have concluded our search.

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