Company: COST
Filing Date: 2025-12-04
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000909832-25-000159
Chunk: 43

Company: COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP /NEW
Filing Date: 2025-12-04
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 43
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| Add, change in fair value as of vesting date (from the end of the prior fiscal year) for stock awards granted in any prior fiscal year for which vesting conditions were satisfied during the fiscal year |     |       4,250 |     |                     106,955 |
| Compensation Actually Paid                                                                                                                                                                                |     |  15,633,675 |     |                   6,854,360 |

(3) The Total Shareholder Return (TSR) represents the cumulative total return on an initial fixed investment of $100 invested in the Company's common stock from the last day of trading in fiscal 2020 to the last day of trading in each of the applicable fiscal years. The return assumes reinvestment of dividends.

(4) The Peer Group TSR represents the S&P Retail Select Index, the index we use in the stock performance graph required by Item 201(e) of Regulation S-K, included in our fiscal year 2025 Form 10-K, filed with the SEC on October 7, 2025.

(5) Represents net income reflected in the Company's audited financial statements.

(6) Represents net sales adjusted for changes in foreign currencies. This selected measure is used as a performance condition for certain annual performance-based awards for both the PEO and Non-PEO NEOs. Please refer to Appendix A: Non-GAAP Financial Measures for a reconciliation of net sales adjusted for changes in foreign currencies, which is a non-GAAP measure, to net sales under GAAP.

Relationship among Compensation Actually Paid and Performance Measures

The charts below reflect the relationship among compensation actually paid compared to the Company's TSR and peer group TSR, net income, and net sales adjusted for changes in foreign currencies over the past four fiscal years. Compensation actually paid reflects the value of outstanding performance-based grants at specified fiscal year ends and does not have a direct comparison to performance trends.

The following chart shows the relationship among compensation actually paid to our PEO, Former PEO, the average compensation actually paid to our Non-PEO NEOs, and TSR for the applicable fiscal years. Our peer group TSR is also included. Refer to footnotes 3 and 4 in the table above for TSR methodology for Costco and the peer group.

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The following chart shows the relationship among compensation actually paid to our PEO, Former PEO, the average compensation actually paid to our Non-PEO NEOs, and net income for the applicable fiscal years.

The following chart shows