secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP /NEW (COST)
CIK:        0000909832
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-01-21T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000909832-26-000016
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 quarterly dividend of $1.30 per share, payable Feb 13, 2026
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- Quarterly cash dividend of $1.30 per share; payable Feb 13, 2026, record Jan 30, 2026.
- All 10 director nominees were elected at the Jan 15 annual meeting.
- Shareholders ratified KPMG LLP as independent auditors for fiscal 2026.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation for fiscal 2025 passed with 251M for vs 34M against.
- Shareholder proposal on greenwashing risk audit failed with 4M for vs 280M against.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/909832/000090983226000016/0000909832-26-000016-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/909832/000090983226000016/cost-20260115.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000909832-26-000016

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