4 1 form4.txt FORM 4 - SINEGAL 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person Sinegal, James D. 999 Lake Drive Issaquah, WA 98027-8990 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) 3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary) 4. Statement for Month/Year 12/2002 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year) 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) (X) Director ( ) 10% Owner (X) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other (specify below) President and CEO 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) (X) Form filed by One Reporting Person ( ) Form filed by More than One Reporting Person TABLE I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
+---------------------------------+----------+-------------+-----------------------------+----------------+-----------+------------+ |1. Title of Security |2. Trans- |3. Trans- |4. Securities Acquired (A) |5. Amount of |6. Owner- |7. Nature | | | action | action | or Disposed of (D) | Securities | ship | of In- | | | Date | Code | | Beneficially | Form: | direct | | | | | | Owned at | Direct | Bene- | | | (Month/ | | | End of | (D) or | ficial | | | Day/ +-------+-----+-----------+------+----------+ Month | Indirect| Owner- | | | Year) |Code |V |Amount |A/D |Price | | (I) | ship | +---------------------------------+----------+-------+-----+-----------+------+----------+----------------+-----------+------------+ Common Stock 12/17/2002 M 36927 A $11.0000 D Common Stock 12/17/2002 M 2 A $11.0000 D Common Stock 12/17/2002 M 53071 A $11.0000 D Common Stock 12/17/2002 S -53071 D $27.8300 3960352 D
TABLE II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
+-------------+--------+----------+---------+-----------+---------------------+----------------+----------+--------+-------+-------+ |1. |2. |3. |4. |5. |6. |7. |8. |9. |10. |11. | | | | | | | | | |Number |Owner- | | | | | | | | | | |of |ship | | | | | | | | | | |Deriv- |Form of| | | | | | | | |Title and Amount| |ative |Deriv- | | | | | | | | |of Underlying | |Secur- |ative |Nature | | |Conver- | | |Number of | |Securities | |ities |Secur- |of | | |sion or | | |Derivative |Date Exercisable +-------+--------+ |Benefi- |ity: |In- | | |Exercise| | |Securities |and Expiration Date | |Amount | |cially |Direct |direct | | |Price of|Transac- |Transac- |Acquired(A)|(Month/Day/Year) | |or | |Owned |(D) or |Bene- | |Title of |Deriv- |tion Date |tion Code|Disposed(D)+----------+----------+ |Number |Price of |at End |In- |ficial | |Derivative |ative |(Month/ +------+--+-----+-----+Date Exer-|Expira- | |of |Derivative|of |direct |Owner- | |Security |Security|Day/Year) |Code |V |(A) |(D) |cisable |tion Date |Title |Shares |Security |Month |(I) |ship | +-------------+--------+----------+------+--+-----+-----+----------+----------+-------+--------+----------+--------+-------+-------+ Stock Option $11 12/17/2002 M 36927 12/22/1992 12/22/2002 Common 36927 $0.0000 D Stock Stock Option $11 12/17/2002 M 2 12/22/1992 12/22/2002 Common 2 $0.0000 D Stock Stock Option $11 12/17/2002 M 53071 12/22/1992 12/22/2002 Common 53071 $0.0000 0 D Stock Explanation of Responses:
SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON /s/ James D. Sinegal DATE 12/17/2002