Company: COST
Filing Date: 2025-12-04
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000909832-25-000159
Chunk: 38

Company: COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP /NEW
Filing Date: 2025-12-04
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 38
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 service is: 33% for 25 or more years of service; 66% for 30 or more years of service; and 100% for 35 or more years of service. RSUs also provide for accelerated vesting for long service prior to termination. There is no accelerated vesting in the event of a termination for cause.

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The following table provides information regarding the estimated potential incremental payments upon termination or change in control for the Named Executive Officers who were officers at fiscal year-end.

|                 |     |                                       |     | Change in Control |     |                                                              |
| Name            |     |                        Total Value of 
                           RSUs Vested 
                      Upon Termination 
 Without Cause or for Good Reason ($)1 |     |    Total Value of 
     RSUs That May 
      Vest ($)1, 2 |     |                                               Total Value of 
                                                  RSUs Vested 
 Upon Termination Without Cause or for Good Reason ($)1, 2, 3 |
| Ron M. Vachris  |     |                            27,500,608 |     |        27,500,608 |     |                                                   27,500,608 |
| Gary Millerchip |     |                                     — |     |        15,038,407 |     |                                                   15,038,407 |
| Russ D. Miller  |     |                                     — |     |         4,390,211 |     |                                                    4,390,211 |
| Pierre Riel     |     |                                     — |     |         4,390,211 |     |                                                    4,390,211 |
| Javier Polit    |     |                                     — |     |        11,844,326 |     |                                                   11,844,326 |

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(1) Total value calculated assuming a termination or change-in-control date of August 31, 2025, and utilizing the closing market price on August 29, 2025.

(2) Maximum value of RSUs that in the event of a change in control of the Company are not assumed or substituted under the 2019 Plan.

(3) Maximum value of RSUs that in the event of termination without cause or for good reason after a change in control are not assumed or substituted under the 2019 Plan.

Deferred Compensation Plan. In the event that a Named Executive Officer’s employment with the Company is terminated, either voluntarily or involuntarily, the officer will receive