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Project 1: Scavenger Hunt Through Starbucks Corporation’s 2015 10-K

Required: Obtain Starbucks Corporation’s 2015 form 10K from the SEC’s web site. Consider printing it out, but you may want to do two pages per sheet, it is over 100 pages long! Please answer the following questions on a scantron. This is an individual assignment (i.e., everyone turns in their own scantron), but I encourage you to work with others on questions that stump you.

Due: Monday February 15, 2015 in class. Late assignments will not be accepted.

Possible Points: The assignment is worth a maximum of 25 points. Your grade is based upon the percentage of questions answered correctly, rounded to the nearest point.

General: Note that some of these general questions may require you to do a bit of on-line research.

1. Which of the following forms is a required annual SEC filing?

a. Proxy Statement

b. 8k

c. 10Q

d. 10K

2. Which of the following forms is a required quarterly SEC filing?

a. 10Q

b. 8K

c. 10k

d. Statement 14A (Proxy Statement)

3. Which of the following forms does the SEC require to be filed at any time during the year when a company needs to announce “major events” that shareholders should know about?

a. 10K

b. 8K

c. Statement 14A (Proxy Statement)

d. 10Q

4. What are US publicly traded firms required to file with the SEC when soliciting shareholder votes? This statement is useful in assessing how management is paid and potential conflict-of-interest issues with auditors. The statement includes: voting procedure and information; background information about the company's nominated directors; director compensation; executive compensation; a breakdown of audit and non-audit fees paid to the auditor

a. Press release

b. Proxy statement

c. Statement of Retained Earnings

d. MD&A (Management’s Discussion and Analysis)

e. None of the above

5. On which stock exchange is Starbucks Corporation traded?

a. AMEX

b. Penny stocks

c. NASDAQ p.1

d. NYSE

6. Who is Starbucks Corporation’s external auditor?

a. Ernst and Young

b. PricewaterhouseCoopers

c. KPMG

d. Deloitte and Touche

7. The order of information presented in a 10K is generally specified by the SEC, so it will be virtually the same for all companies’ filings. Based upon your review of Starbucks Corporation’s 10K Table of Contents, which of the following is the correct order that these major items appear?

a. Description of the business, risk factors, selected financial data, management discussion and analysis (MD&A), financial statements/auditors’ report

b. Selected financial data, management discussion and analysis (MD&A), financial statements and auditors’ report, description of the business, risk factors,

c. Financial statements and auditors’ report, description of the business, risk factors, selected financial data, management discussion and analysis (MD&A),

d. Management discussion and analysis (MD&A), financial statements and auditors’ report, description of the business, risk factors, selected financial data