---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000909832-25-000005"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "COST"
cik: "0000909832"
company_name: "COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP /NEW"
filed_at: "2025-01-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-27T09:55:16.327308+00:00"
event_type: "dividend"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Costco declares $1.16 quarterly dividend; all directors re-elected, DEI risk proposal rejected

## Summary
- Quarterly dividend of $1.16 per share declared, payable February 21, 2025 to holders of record February 7, 2025.
- Shareholders re-elected all nine director nominees; each received at least 83% of votes cast.
- Ratification of KPMG as auditors and advisory approval of executive compensation both passed with strong support.
- Shareholder proposal on DEI risks report rejected, with only 4.9M for vs 281M against (1.7% of votes cast).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000909832-25-000005
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: COST
- cik: 0000909832
- company_name: COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP /NEW
- filed_at: 2025-01-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: dividend
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/909832/000090983225000005/0000909832-25-000005-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/909832/000090983225000005/cost-20250123.htm

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