Company: COST
Filing Date: 2025-01-27
Form Type: 8-K
Source: 0000909832-25-000005
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Company: COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP /NEW
Filing Date: 2025-01-27
Form: 8-K
Item: Item 5.07
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Item 5.07.

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

On January 23, 2025, Costco Wholesale Corporation (the "Company") held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders. There were 443,960,469 shares of common stock entitled to be voted; 352,418,324 shares were voted in person or by proxy. Shareholders voted on the following matters:

1. The election of each of the directors nominated by the Board of Directors to hold office until the 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and until their successors are elected and qualified;

2. The ratification of the selection of KPMG LLP as the Company's independent auditors for fiscal year 2025;

3. The approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company's executive officers for fiscal year 2024 as disclosed in the Company's definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A for the Annual Meeting, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 11, 2024; and

4. A shareholder proposal requesting report on the risks of maintaining DEI efforts.

All items except item 4 were approved. The results of the votes are set forth below:

Election of Directors

  Nominees                        For         Against      Abstain      Broker Non-Votes  
 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
  Susan L. Decker         274,157,896      15,586,916      472,590            62,200,922  
  Kenneth D. Denman       286,161,241       3,540,494      515,667            62,200,922  
  Helena B. Foulkes       284,260,541       5,465,299      491,562            62,200,922  
  Hamilton E. James       275,082,997      14,385,175      749,230            62,200,922  
  Sally Jewell            286,097,223       3,261,276      858,903            62,200,922  
  Jeffrey S. Raikes       269,901,670      19,805,255      510,477            62,200,922  
  John W. Stanton         285,382,381       4,313,994      521,027            62,200,922  
  Ron M