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

On January 21, 2020, Costco Wholesale Corporation (the "Company") held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders. There were 442,955,229 shares of common stock entitled to be voted; 358,019,124 shares were voted in person or by proxy. Shareholders voted on the following matters:

1. The election of each of the seven directors nominated by the Board of


    Directors to hold office until the 2022 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 2021; and

3. The approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company's


    executive officers for fiscal year 2020 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 10, 2020;

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



Election of Directors:



Nominees                  For            Withheld        Broker Non-Votes
Susan L. Decker        280,039,108       12,988,727             64,991,289
Kenneth D. Denman      290,796,981        2,230,854             64,991,289
Richard A. Galanti     270,933,440       22,094,395             64,991,289
W. Craig Jelinek       288,767,038        4,260,797             64,991,289
Sally Jewell           289,573,871        3,453,964             64,991,289
Charles T. Munger      262,300,886       30,726,949             64,991,289
Jeffrey S. Raikes      283,009,272       10,018,563             64,991,289

Ratification of the Selection of Auditors:





    For        Against    Abstain
351,816,445   5,702,835   499,844

Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation:





    For        Against     Abstain   Broker Non-Votes
279,362,438   12,792,584   872,813      64,991,289

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