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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000909832-24-000054"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "COST"
cik: "0000909832"
company_name: "COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP /NEW"
filed_at: "2024-11-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T04:11:45.373602+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Costco sets FY2025 executive bonus: CEO up to $700K, other execs up to $232K

## Summary
- CEO bonus of $700K includes $250K sales target, $250K pre-tax income target (0-120% payout), and $100K ESG metrics.
- Other execs (excl. CEO and President) eligible for $232K: $80K sales, $80K pre-tax income, $40K ESG (quantitative & discretionary).
- Quantitative ESG metrics cover diversity, resource consumption, and emissions; discretionary ESG assessed by CEO.
- Bonus payments require employment through November 2025 payout date and approval by Compensation and Governance Committees.
- Base bonus targets are exclusive of foreign currency changes; final amounts subject to committee approval.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000909832-24-000054
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: COST
- cik: 0000909832
- company_name: COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP /NEW
- filed_at: 2024-11-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/909832/000090983224000054/0000909832-24-000054-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/909832/000090983224000054/cost-20241104.htm

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