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Issuer:     COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP /NEW (COST)
CIK:        0000909832
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-11-10T21:16:20+00:00
Accession:  0000909832-26-000134
Event type: dividend
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2

Costco declares $30/share special dividend totaling about $13.3B and reauthorizes $4B buyback
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- Declared a $30 per share special cash dividend, payable Dec. 4, 2026, to shareholders of record Nov. 24, 2026; total payment about $13.3 billion.
- Board reauthorized up to $4 billion stock repurchase program expiring November 2030; replaces 2023 $4 billion program expiring January 2027, under which $3.1 billion was bought.
- Helena B. Foulkes resigned from the board effective Nov. 7, 2026; served since Aug. 16, 2023 on Audit and Nominating/Governance; no disagreement cited; recently elected Rhode Island governor.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/909832/000090983226000134/0000909832-26-000134-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/909832/000090983226000134/cost-20261107.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000909832-26-000134

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