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Issuer:     COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP /NEW (COST)
CIK:        0000909832
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-01-27T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000909832-25-000005
Event type: dividend
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.30
Item codes: 5.07, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/909832/000090983225000005/0000909832-25-000005-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/909832/000090983225000005/cost-20250123.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000909832-25-000005

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