0001193125-16-450290.txt : 20160204 0001193125-16-450290.hdr.sgml : 20160204 20160204115758 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-16-450290 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20160129 ITEM INFORMATION: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders FILED AS OF DATE: 20160204 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20160204 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP /NEW CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000909832 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RETAIL-VARIETY STORES [5331] IRS NUMBER: 911223280 STATE OF INCORPORATION: WA FISCAL YEAR END: 0902 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-20355 FILM NUMBER: 161387470 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 999 LAKE DRIVE CITY: ISSAQUAH STATE: WA ZIP: 98027- BUSINESS PHONE: 4253138100 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 999 LAKE DRIVE CITY: ISSAQUAH STATE: WA ZIP: 98027 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: COSTCO COMPANIES INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19970401 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PRICE/COSTCO INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19930728 8-K 1 d10605d8k.htm FORM 8-K Form 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): January 29, 2016

 

 

COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Washington   0-20355   91-1223280
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)		   (Commission
File No.)		   (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

999 Lake Drive

Issaquah, WA 98027

(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 425-313-8100

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 

Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

On January 29, 2016, Costco Wholesale Corporation (the “Company”) held its 2016 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. There were 439,777,272 shares of common stock entitled to be voted; 372,058,220 shares were voted in person or by proxy. Shareholders voted on the following matters:

 

1. The election of each of the four Class II directors nominated by the Board of Directors to hold office until the 2019 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and until their successors are elected and qualified;

 

2. The ratification of the selection of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent auditors for fiscal year 2016;

 

3. The approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s executive officers for fiscal year 2015 as disclosed in the Company’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A for the Annual Meeting filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 18, 2015; and

 

4. Consideration of a shareholder proposal regarding proxy access.

All items were approved. The results of the votes are set forth below:

Election of Directors

 

Nominees

      For      Withheld      Broker Non-Votes

Hamilton E. James

          265,854,337            41,448,558            64,755,325  

W. Craig Jelinek

          275,100,611            32,202,284            64,755,325  

John W. Stanton

          304,620,223            2,682,672            64,755,325  

Mary A. Wilderotter

          299,093,499            8,209,396            64,755,325  

Ratification of the Selection of Auditors

 

For

  

Against

  

Abstain

    
368,494,363   2,750,496   813,361  

Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation

 

For

  

Against

  

Abstain

  

Broker Non-Votes

300,145,779   5,993,966   1,163,149   64,755,326

Shareholder Proposal Regarding Proxy Access

 

For

  

Against

  

Abstain

  

Broker Non-Votes

202,829,911   102,197,345   2,275,638   64,755,326

 

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized, on February 4, 2016.

 

COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION
By:   /s/ Richard A. Galanti
  Richard A. Galanti
  Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

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