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Filing Details

Issuer

Cik	Name	Symbol	Sector (SIC)	IRS No
909832	Costco Wholesale Corp W	COST	Retail-Variety Stores (5331)	911223280

Insiders

Cik	Name	Reported Address	Insider Title	Director	Officer	Large Shareholder	Other
1184948	D James Sinegal	999 Lake Drive Issaquah WA 98027		Yes	No	No	No

Reported Non-Derivative Transactions

Sec. Name	Acquisiton - Disposition	Date	Amount	Price	Remaning Holdings	Equity Swap Involved	Form Type	Code	Nature of Ownership	Explanation
Common Stock	Disposition	2012-12-12	16,000	$99.02	931,860	No	4	S	Direct
Common Stock	Acquisiton	2012-12-12	2,680	$98.31	934,540	No	4	A	Direct

Equity Swap Involved	Form Type	Code	Nature of Ownership	Explanation
No	4	S	Direct
No	4	A	Direct

Reported Non-Derivative Holdings

Sec. Name	Remaning Holdings	Nature of Ownership	Explanation
Common Stock	942,708	Indirect	By LLC
Common Stock	84,669	Indirect	By GRAT
Common Stock	84,669	Indirect	By Spouse's GRAT

Footnotes

This sale was effected pursuant to a 10b5-1 trading plan.
The price shown is a weighted average sale price for shares sold in multiple transactions; the sale prices ranged from $99.00 to $99.06 per share. The reporting person will provide to the issuer, any security holder of the issuer, or the SEC staff, upon request, information regarding the number of shares sold at each price within the range.
Represents additional restricted stock units ("RSUs") resulting from the upward adjustment of outstanding unvested RSUs by a factor of 1.0763 in connection with the $7.00 per share special cash dividend payable by the issuer to shareholders of record on December 10, 2012. The adjustment was required under the plan documents governing the grants. The RSUs reported are subject to the same vesting schedules as the original RSUs to which they relate.