secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP /NEW (COST)
CIK:        0000909832
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-10-16T20:52:57+00:00
Accession:  0000909832-26-000100
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.20
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/909832/000090983226000100/0000909832-26-000100-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/909832/000090983226000100/cost-20261013.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000909832-26-000100

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