On January 25, 2024, SOC Investment Group announced that it has filed a definitive proxy statement soliciting proxies and urged the shareholders of Starbucks Corporation to vote for the election of its board nominees, Maria Echaveste, Joshua Gotbaum, and Wilma B. Liebman, as directors on its proxy card at Starbucks Corporation?s annual shareholders meeting scheduled to be held on March 13, 2024. SOC Investment Group also urged the shareholders to oppose the election of Ritch Allison, Andy Campion and Jørgen Vig Knudstorp as directors of the Company.