Company: COST
Filing Date: 2025-12-04
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000909832-25-000159
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Company: COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP /NEW
Filing Date: 2025-12-04
Form: DEF 14A
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The Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors has submitted the following report for inclusion in this Proxy Statement:

The Committee has reviewed and discussed with management the Compensation Discussion and Analysis contained in this Proxy Statement. Based on the review and discussions with management, the Committee recommended to the Board of Directors that the Compensation Discussion and Analysis be included in this Proxy Statement and incorporated by reference in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2025, for filing with the SEC.

John W. Stanton, Chair

Sally Jewell

Mary Agnes (Maggie) Wilderotter

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### SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
The following table sets forth information regarding compensation for the Named Executive Officers for fiscal 2025, 2024, and 2023.

| Name and Principal Position                                       |     |      |     | Year |     |         |     |    Salary 
      ($)1 |     |        |     |     Bonus 
      ($)2 |     |           |     |      Stock 
     Awards 
       ($)3 |     |         |     | Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation ($)4 |     |         |     | Change in Pension 
         Value and 
      Nonqualified 
          Deferred 
      Compensation 
     Earnings ($)5 |     |         |     |    All Other 
 Compensation 
         ($)6 |     |           |     |  Total ($) |
| Ron M. Vachris                                                    |     |      |     | 2025 |     |         |     | 1,183,270 |     |        |     |         — |     |           |     | 12,036,800 |     |         |     |                                     600,000 |     |         |     |            53,896 |     |         |     |       58,631 |     |           |     | 13,932,597 |
| Chief Executive Officer, President and Director                   |     |      |     | 2024 |     |         |     | 1,078,077 |     |        |     |         — |     |           |     | 10,592,029 |     |         |     |                                     434,333 |     |         |     |            69,138 |     |         |     |       56,164 |     |           |     | 12,229,741 |
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