Company: COST
Filing Date: 2025-12-04
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000909832-25-000159
Chunk: 17

Company: COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP /NEW
Filing Date: 2025-12-04
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 17
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 employee of the Company was credited with $332,189. No amounts were credited to Mr. Jelinek's account relating to his service as a director. For additional information, see footnote 5 of the Summary Compensation Table.

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At the end of fiscal 2025, non-employee directors held the following outstanding equity awards and shares:

| Name                            |     | Restricted Stock Units |     | Shares Owned |     |  Total |
| Hamilton E. James               |     |                    826 |     |       55,577 |     | 56,403 |
| Susan L. Decker                 |     |                    826 |     |       10,705 |     | 11,531 |
| Kenneth D. Denman               |     |                    826 |     |        4,877 |     |  5,703 |
| Helena B. Foulkes               |     |                    635 |     |          205 |     |    840 |
| Sally Jewell                    |     |                    826 |     |        2,501 |     |  3,327 |
| Jeffrey S. Raikes               |     |                    826 |     |       19,416 |     | 20,242 |
| John W. Stanton                 |     |                    826 |     |       23,400 |     | 24,226 |
| Mary Agnes (Maggie) Wilderotter |     |                    826 |     |       11,845 |     | 12,671 |

### SHAREHOLDER COMMUNICATIONS TO THE BOARD
Shareholders may contact an individual director, the Board as a group, or a specified Board committee or group, including the non-employee directors as a group, at the following address: Corporate Secretary, Costco Wholesale Corporation, 999 Lake Drive, Issaquah, WA 98027 Attn: Board of Directors. The Company will receive and process communications before forwarding them to the addressee. Directors generally will not be forwarded shareholder communications that are primarily commercial in nature, relate to improper or irrelevant topics, or request general information about the Company.

### MEETING ATTENDANCE
During the Company’s last fiscal year, the Board met four times. Each member of the Board attended all of the Board meetings. Each member of the Board attended all meetings of the committees on which he or she served. As set forth in our Corporate Governance Guidelines, directors are