secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP /NEW (COST)
CIK:        0000909832
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-08-07T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000909832-25-000064
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.55
Item codes: 5.02
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Costco announces retirement of COO Russ Miller; Caton Frates named successor effective Feb 2026
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- Russ Miller, Senior EVP, COO – U.S. and Mexico Operations, will retire effective February 2026.
- Caton Frates, EVP, COO Southwest Division, appointed Senior EVP, Warehouse Operations – U.S. and Mexico, effective February 2026.
- Succession plan is with a named internal replacement; no immediate operational change expected.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/909832/000090983225000064/0000909832-25-000064-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/909832/000090983225000064/cost-20250804.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000909832-25-000064

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