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Starbucks says reports of rescheduled shareholder meeting false

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Last Updated : Mar 23 2016 | 7:08 PM IST

(Reuters) - Starbucks Corp said media reports that the company had canceled its shareholder meeting set for Wednesday were false.

"Media reports that 2016 Starbucks Annual Shareholders meeting has been cancelled are FALSE," Starbucks tweeted. "It's on, full coverage https://bsmedia.business-standard.comnews.starbucks.com." (http://bit.ly/1Zsda6c)

The meeting will be held as scheduled at 1 p.m. ET in Seattle, the company said.

A notice on website sbuxshareholder.com had said the meeting had been rescheduled due to "exigent business needs". (http://bit.ly/1U8sBRE)

(Reporting by Yashaswini Swamynathan in Bengaluru; Editing by Ted Kerr)

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First Published: Mar 23 2016 | 6:51 PM IST

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