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New York  , June 2, 2010 – Starbucks premier coffee, specialty beverages, and select food offerings are now available on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. A first at the NYSE, the Starbucks kiosk will serve the Exchange’s trader and employee community from 8:00am through the 4:00pm NYSE market close.

“The Starbucks store on the floor will be a tremendous addition to the NYSE, and we are very pleased to be working with Starbucks on this exciting initiative,” said Larry Leibowitz, Chief Operating Officer, NYSE Euronext. “The Starbucks Experience will further enhance the NYSE trading floor experience. We welcome Starbucks to the NYSE floor community.”

“Working with the NYSE, as part of their trading floor renovation, we built a custom kiosk designed specifically to meet the needs of the traders and other employees to enhance the trading floor experience," commented said Andrew Alfano, Starbucks Regional Vice President, NY Metro. "We are thrilled to bring Starbucks to the NYSE community.”

“We are delighted with the opening of the Starbucks store on the NYSE trading floor,” said Bernie McSherry, Senior Vice President of Strategic Initiatives, Cuttone & Co.   "Having the opportunity to work with hundreds of coffee-craving traders, it is a pleasure to have Starbucks directly providing its richly flavored products to the NYSE community.”

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Peter P. Costa, Empire Executions, Inc. visits the opening of Starbucks on NYSE trading floor

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Peter Tucttman, Raven Securities Corp., visits Starbucks store on the floor

About Starbucks
Since 1971, Starbucks Coffee Company has been committed to ethically sourcing and roasting the highest quality arabica coffee in the world. Today, with stores around the globe, the company is the premier roaster and retailer of specialty coffee in the world. Through our unwavering commitment to excellence and our guiding principles, we bring the unique Starbucks Experience to life for every customer through every cup. To share in the experience, please visit us in our stores or online at   www.starbucks.com.

About NYSE Euronext
NYSE Euronext (NYX) is a leading global operator of financial markets and provider of innovative trading technologies. The company's exchanges in Europe and the United States trade equities, futures, options, fixed-income and exchange-traded products. With approximately 8,000 listed issues (excluding European Structured Products), NYSE Euronext's equities markets – the New York Stock Exchange, NYSE Euronext, NYSE Amex, NYSE Alternext and NYSE Arca – represent one-third of the world's equities trading, the most liquidity of any global exchange group. NYSE Euronext also operates NYSE Liffe, one of the leading European derivatives businesses and the world's second-largest derivatives business by value of trading. The company offers comprehensive commercial technology, connectivity and market data products and services through NYSE Technologies. NYSE Euronext is in the S&P 500 index, and is the only exchange operator in the S&P 100 index and Fortune 500. For more information, please visit: http://www.nyx.com.

Contacts:

• Starbucks Coffee Company: Trina Smith, Global Corporate Communications, 206.318.7100, press@starbucks.com
• NYSE Euronext:   Athena Morales, Media Relations, 212.656.2109, amorales@nyx.com