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Our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) or 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the SEC and to ensure that information required to be disclosed is accumulated and communicated to management, including our principal executive and financial officers, to allow timely decisions regarding disclosure.
−Removed: The Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer, with assistance from other members of management, have reviewed the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of August 28, 2022, and, based on their evaluation, have concluded that the disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of such date.
+Added: The Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer, with assistance from other members of management, have reviewed the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of September 3, 2023, and, based on their evaluation, have concluded that the disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of such date.
Management's Annual Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
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Projections of any evaluation of effectiveness for future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
−Removed: Under the supervision of and with the participation of our management, we assessed the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of August 28, 2022, using the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission in Internal Control — Integrated Framework (2013).
−Removed: Based on its assessment, management has concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was effective as of August 28, 2022.
+Added: Under the supervision of and with the participation of our management, we assessed the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of September 3, 2023, using the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission in Internal Control — Integrated Framework (2013).
+Added: Based on its assessment, management has concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was effective as of September 3, 2023.
The attestation of KPMG LLP, our independent registered public accounting firm, on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting is included with the consolidated financial statements in Item 8 of this Report.
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There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) or 15d-15(f) of the Exchange Act) that occurred during the fourth quarter of 2023 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
−Removed: Item 9B—Other Information
+Added: Item 9B—Other Information (amounts in whole dollars)
+Added: Disclosure pursuant to Section 219 of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 and Section 13(r) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
+Added: During 2023 we had three individual cardholders under a business membership in the name of the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran at our subsidiary in Mexico.
+Added: Gross revenue during 2023 attributable to the membership was approximately $1,276, and our estimated profit on these transactions was approximately $100.
+Added: The membership was canceled during the second quarter of 2023.
+Added: The Company does not intend to continue these activities.
+Added: During the fiscal quarter ended September 3, 2023, no director or officer of the Company adopted or terminated a Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement or non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement, as each term is defined in Item 408(a) of Regulation S-K.
Item 9C—Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections
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3.1 Articles of Incorporation as amended of Costco Wholesale Corporation
+Added: 10-K 8/28/2022 10/5/2022
3.2 Bylaws as amended of Costco Wholesale Corporation
−Removed: 10-Q 5/8/2022 6/2/2022
+Added: 8-K 8/10/2023
4.1 First Supplemental Indenture between Costco Wholesale Corporation and U.S.
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4.8 Description of Common Stock
+Added: 10-K 8/28/2022 10/5/2022
10.1* Costco Wholesale Executive Health Plan
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DEF 14 12/17/2019
+Added: Incorporated by Reference
+Added: Number Exhibit Description Filed
+Added: Herewith Form Period Ended Filing Date
10.3* Seventh Restated 2002 Stock Incentive Plan
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10-Q 11/24/2019 12/23/2019
−Removed: Incorporated by Reference
−Removed: Number Exhibit Description Filed
−Removed: Herewith Form Period Ended Filing Date
10.3.3* 2019 Stock Incentive Plan Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement-Non-Executive Director
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10-Q 11/21/2021 12/22/2021
+Added: 10.5.5* Extension of the Term of the Executive Employment Agreement, effective January 1, 2023, between W.
+Added: Craig Jelinek and Costco Wholesale Corporation
+Added: 10-Q 11/20/2022 12/29/2022
+Added: Incorporated by Reference
+Added: Number Exhibit Description Filed
+Added: Herewith Form Period Ended Filing Date
10.6 Form of Indemnification Agreement
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10-K 8/28/2016 10/12/2016
−Removed: Incorporated by Reference
−Removed: Number Exhibit Description Filed
−Removed: Herewith Form Period Ended Filing Date
10.8.4** Fourth Amendment to Citi, N.A.
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10-Q 2/13/2022 3/10/2022
+Added: 10.8.9 Ninth Amendment to Citi, N.A.
+Added: Co-Branded Credit Card Agreement
+Added: 10-Q 11/20/2022 12/29/2022
+Added: 10.8.10 Tenth Amendment to Citi, N.A.
+Added: Co-Branded Credit Card Agreement
+Added: 10-Q 11/20/2022 12/29/2022
+Added: 10.8.11 Eleventh Amendment to Citi, N.A.
+Added: Co-Branded Credit Card Agreement
+Added: 10-Q 2/12/2023 3/9/2023
+Added: Twelfth Amendment to Citi, N.A.
+Added: Co-Branded Credit Card Agreement
21.1 Subsidiaries of the Company
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101.SCH Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document x
+Added: Incorporated by Reference
+Added: Number Exhibit Description Filed
+Added: Herewith Form Period Ended Filing Date
101.CAL Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document x
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** Portions of this exhibit have been omitted under a confidential treatment order issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
+Added: # Certain information in this exhibit has been omitted because it is both (i) not material and (ii) customarily and actually treated by the registrant as private or confidential.
(c) Financial Statement Schedules—None.
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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.