Summarize their MD&A and crique it based on the SEC’s plain english concepts.

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Instructions

Please complete the below problems, and submit your answers in a Word document.

  1. Go to the  and click on Search for company filings under filings and forms.
  2. On the next page, click Company or fund name, ticker symbol, CIK (Central Index Key), file number, state, country, or SIC (Standard Industrial Classification) to search for a company.
  3. On the next page, search for Starbucks by using their ticker symbol SBUX.
  4. Scroll down on the next page until you see their Form 10-K filing and click on documents.
  5. Click on the document’s link for the most recent Form 10-K.
  6. Retrieve Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (MD&A).
  7. In a two- to three-page paper (12-point, double-spaced), summarize their MD&A and critique it based on the SEC’s plain English concepts.