Costco said it held its annual shareholders meeting on January 18, 2024, with 349,875,734 of the 443,830,261 shares of common stock entitled to vote voted in person or by proxy. It said all items except item 4 were approved.

1. 01

   Costco said it held its annual shareholders meeting on January 18, 2024, with 349,875,734 of the 443,830,261 shares of common stock entitled to vote voted in person or by proxy. It said all items except item 4 were approved.

2. 02

   The company put forward a proposal to elect all director nominees to serve until the 2025 annual meeting of shareholders. For example, Helena B. Foulkes received 288,727,549 votes for and 795,960 against. The proposal to ratify KPMG LLP as independent auditor for fiscal 2024 received 335,459,386 votes for and 13,924,221 against.

3. 03

   Costco said it recorded 272,952,384 votes for and 15,719,025 against in the advisory vote on executive compensation for fiscal 2023. The shareholder proposal concerning a fiduciary carbon-emission relevance report was not approved, with 5,557,589 votes for and 280,253,734 against.

4. 04

   The company said its Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $1.02 per common share on January 18, 2024. The dividend is payable on February 16, 2024 to shareholders of record at the close of business on February 2, 2024.

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