Company: COST
Filing Date: 2025-12-04
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000909832-25-000159
Chunk: 29

Company: COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP /NEW
Filing Date: 2025-12-04
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 29
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 sole discretion) that contributed to the award or payment of incentive compensation to the officer that is greater than would have been paid or awarded in the absence of the misconduct, the Company may take other remedial and recovery action, as determined by the Committee.

#### Stock Ownership Requirements
Executive officers are required by the end of each calendar year to own and retain shares of Company common stock representing in value at least three times (seven times for the Chief Executive Officer) the base salary of the officer in effect at the beginning of the fiscal year. Newly-promoted officers have twenty-four months to achieve compliance. The Nominating and Governance Committee may authorize an extension should the timing present an undue burden. All executive officers were in compliance at the end of calendar 2024.

#### Hedging and Pledging Policies
The Corporate Governance Guidelines prohibit transactions involving hedging of the Company's equity securities by directors, officers, and employees and prohibit pledging of the Company's equity securities by directors and executive officers. The prohibition on transactions involving hedging includes any

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instrument or transaction, including put options and forward-sale contracts, through which an individual offsets or reduces exposure to the risk of price fluctuations in a corresponding equity security. Equity securities include common stock, voting preferred stock and options and other securities exercisable for, or convertible into, settled in, or measured by reference to, any other equity security determined on an as-exercised and as-converted basis. The equity securities attributable to a director or executive officer for these purposes are those attributable under either Section 13 or Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. All directors and executive officers are in compliance with this policy.

#### Insider Trading Policies and Procedures
The Company has an Insider Trading Policygoverning the purchase, sale and other dispositions of our securities by directors, officers and employees that is reasonably designed to promote compliance with insider trading laws, rules and regulations, and listing standards. A copy of the policy is filed as Exhibit 19.1 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K.

#### Conclusion
The Committee believes that each element of compensation and the total compensation provided to each of the Named Executive Officers is reasonable and appropriate. The compensation of the Named Executive Officers is significantly tied to the Company’s performance and the return to shareholders. The Committee believes that its compensation programs will allow the Company to continue to attract and retain a top-performing management team.

### REPORT OF THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS