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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000909832-26-000100"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "COST"
cik: "0000909832"
company_name: "COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP /NEW"
filed_at: "2026-10-16T20:52:57+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-16T20:54:02.611641+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Costco sets fiscal 2027 executive bonuses: CEO base $1.2M, other officers $400K

## Summary
- Compensation Committee approved fiscal 2027 bonus criteria on October 13, 2026; Nominating and Governance Committee approved ESG metrics.
- CEO/President base bonus $1.2M: $500K on sales targets, $500K on pre-tax income, $200K on environmental and social metrics.
- Other executive officers' base bonus $400K: $160K sales, $160K pre-tax income, up to $80K environmental and social objectives.
- Each sales and pre-tax income goal pays 0% to 120% of target based on achievement; targets exclude foreign currency effects.
- Eligibility requires employment with Costco on October 22, 2027; final amounts subject to committee approval.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000909832-26-000100
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: COST
- cik: 0000909832
- company_name: COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP /NEW
- filed_at: 2026-10-16T20:52:57+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- 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/909832/000090983226000100/0000909832-26-000100-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/909832/000090983226000100/cost-20261013.htm

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