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Issuer:     COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP /NEW (COST)
CIK:        0000909832
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-01-19T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000909832-23-000004
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.55
Item codes: 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Costco reauthorizes $4B stock buyback and declares $0.90 quarterly dividend
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- Board reauthorized up to $4B in share repurchases, expiring Jan 2027, replacing prior $4B program with ~$1.4B remaining.
- Quarterly cash dividend of $0.90 per share declared, payable Feb 17, 2023 to holders of record Feb 3, 2023.
- Company operated 847 warehouses globally as of Jan 2023 (583 in U.S., 107 in Canada, rest international).

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/909832/000090983223000004/0000909832-23-000004-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/909832/000090983223000004/cost-20230119.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000909832-23-000004

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