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DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
A list of Directors and nominees for Director is included in Costco’s Proxy Statement for our Annual
Meeting of Shareholders to be held on January 28, 2010. A list of the names and positions of the
Directors, as well as the Executive and Senior Officers of our Company, appears on page 90 of this
report. The following is a list of the names, ages and positions of the executive officers of our Company.
Name Position With Company
Executive
Officer
Since Age
James D. Sinegal ...... President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Sinegal is a co-
founder of the Company and has been a director since its
inception.
1983 73
Jeffrey H. Brotman ..... Chairman of the Board. Mr. Brotman is a co-founder of the
Company and has been a director since its inception.
1983 67
Richard D. DiCerchio .... Sr.Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer,
Global Operations, Distribution and Construction,
Manufacturing and Ancillary Businesses. Mr. DiCerchio
has been a Senior Executive Vice President of the
Company since 1997 and has been a director since 1986.
1986 66
Richard A. Galanti ...... Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.
Mr. Galanti has been a director of the Company since
January 1995.
1993 53
W. Craig Jelinek ....... Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer,
Merchandising. Mr. Jelinek has been Executive Vice
President, Chief Operating Officer, Merchandising since
February 2004.
1995 57
Paul G. Moulton ........ Executive Vice President, Real Estate Development. 2001 58
Joseph P. Portera ...... Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, Eastern
and Canadian Divisions.
1994 57
Douglas W. Schutt ...... Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer—
Northern and Midwest Division. Mr. Schutt has been
Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer—
Northern and Midwest Division, since February 2004.
2004 50
Thomas K. Walker ...... Executive Vice President, Construction, Distribution and
Traffic. Mr. Walker has been Executive Vice President,
Construction, Distribution and Traffic since February 2004.
2004 69
Dennis R. Zook ........ Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer—
Southwest and Mexico Divisions.
1993 60
All executive officers have 25 or more years of service with the Company, with the exception of
Mr. Moulton and Mr. Schutt, each of whom has 24 years of service.
The Company has adopted a code of ethics for senior financial officers pursuant to Section 406 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Copies of the code are available free of charge by writing to Secretary, Costco
Wholesale Corporation, 999 Lake Drive, Issaquah, WA 98027.
Executive Compensation
The information required by this Item is incorporated herein by reference to the sections entitled
“Compensation of Directors,” “Executive Compensation,” and “Compensation Discussion and Analysis”
in Costco’s Proxy Statement.
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