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Market Information and Dividend Policy
−Removed: Our common stock is traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol “COST.” On September 27, 2022, we had 10,279 stockholders of record.
+Added: Our common stock is traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol “COST.” On October 3, 2023, we had 10,331 stockholders of record.
Payment of dividends is subject to declaration by the Board of Directors.
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July 3—July 30, 2023 97,000 548.20 97,000 3,634
−Removed: August 1—August 28, 2022 88,000 545.08 88,000 2,808
+Added: July 31—September 3, 2023 127,000 550.58 127,000 3,563
Total fourth quarter 433,000 $ 530.67 433,000
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−Removed: (1) The repurchase program is conducted under a $4,000 authorization approved by our Board of Directors in April 2019, which expires in April 2023.
+Added: (1) The repurchase program is conducted under a $4,000 authorization approved by our Board of Directors in January 2023, which expires in January 2027.
+Added: This authorization revoked previously authorized but unused amounts, totaling $2,568.
Performance Graph
−Removed: The following graph compares the cumulative total shareholder return assuming reinvestment of dividends on an investment of $100 in Costco common stock, S&P 500 Index, and the S&P 500 Retail Index over the five years from September 3, 2017, through August 28, 2022.
+Added: The following graph compares the cumulative total shareholder return assuming reinvestment of dividends on an investment of $100 in Costco common stock, S&P 500 Index, S&P Retail Select Index, and the previously selected S&P 500 Retail Index over the five years from September 2, 2018, through September 3, 2023.
+Added: The S&P Retail Select Index will prospectively replace in the graph the S&P 500 Retail Index to show a broader representation of industry performance and a broader index of peers.
The following graph provides information concerning average sales per warehouse over a 10-year period.
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*First year sales annualized.
−Removed: 2017 was a 53-week fiscal year but it has been normalized for purposes of comparability
+Added: 2017 and 2023 were 53-week fiscal years but have been normalized for purposes of comparability
Item 6—Reserved
Compared sentence by sentence after normalising whitespace, quotation marks, case and digits, so re-formatting and restated figures do not read as changed language. Wording changes appear as one removal and one addition. The current filing and the prior one are authoritative.