---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000909832-24-000003"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "COST"
cik: "0000909832"
company_name: "COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP /NEW"
filed_at: "2024-01-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T20:54:39.333545+00:00"
event_type: "dividend"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Costco declares $1.02 per share quarterly dividend payable Feb 16

## Summary
- Quarterly cash dividend of $1.02 per share declared on Jan 18, 2024.
- Dividend payable February 16, 2024 to shareholders of record on February 2, 2024.
- All 11 director nominees elected; KPMG ratified; say-on-pay approved; shareholder carbon proposal rejected.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000909832-24-000003
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: COST
- cik: 0000909832
- company_name: COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP /NEW
- filed_at: 2024-01-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: dividend
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/909832/000090983224000003/0000909832-24-000003-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/909832/000090983224000003/cost-20240118.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000909832-24-000003
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000909832-24-000003.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000909832-24-000003.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP /NEW shareholders rejected Shareholder proposal concerning fiduciary carbon-emission relevance report at the 2024-01-18 meeting.
  - Outcome: failed
  - Meeting: 2024-01-18
  source text: Shareholder proposal concerning fiduciary carbon-emission relevance report: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 5,557,589 280,253,734 4,066,793 59,997,618
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/909832/000090983224000003/0000909832-24-000003-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP /NEW shareholders approved Ratification of the selection of KPMG LLP as the Company's independent auditors for fiscal year 2024 at the 2024-01-18 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-01-18
  source text: Ratification of the Selection of Auditors: For Against Abstain 335,459,386 13,924,221 492,127
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/909832/000090983224000003/0000909832-24-000003-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP /NEW shareholders approved Election of directors nominated by the Board of Directors to hold office until the 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and until their successors are elected and qualified at the 2024-01-18 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-01-18
  source text: Election of Directors Nominees For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes Susan L. Decker 276,514,711 13,022,702 340,703 59,997,618 Kenneth D. Denman 280,951,769 8,536,480 389,867 59,997,618 Helena B. Foulkes 288,727,549 795,960 354,607 59,997,618 Richard A. Galanti 265,099,771 24,428,113 350,232 59,997,618 Hamilton E. James 270,884,767 18,314,000 679,349 59,997,618 W. Craig Jelinek 279,194,861 10,354,740 328,515 59,997,618 Sally Jewell 285,862,191 3,686,225 329,700 59,997,618 Jeffrey S. Raikes 265,742,092 23,709,704 426,320 59,997,618 John W. Stanton 283,533,310 5,959,091 385,715 59,997,618 Ron M. Vachris 284,808,955 4,719,117 350,044 59,997,618 Maggie Wilderotter 279,916,125 9,609,714 352,277 59,997,618
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/909832/000090983224000003/0000909832-24-000003-index.htm

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