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Performance Graph
The following graph compares the cumulative total shareholder return (stock price appreciation plus
dividends) on our common stock for the last five years with the cumulative total return of the S&P 500 Index
and the following group of peer companies (based on weighted market capitalization) selected by the
Company: Amazon.com, Inc.; The Home Depot, Inc.; Lowe’s Companies; Best Buy Co., Inc.; Staples Inc.;
Target Corporation; Kroger Company; and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. The information provided is from August
31, 2008 through September 1, 2013.
COMPARISON OF 5-YEAR CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURN
AMONG COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION,
S&P 500 INDEX AND PEER GROUP INDEX
The graph assumes the investment of $100 in Costco common stock, the S&P 500 Index and the Peer group
Index on August 31, 2008 and reinvestment of all dividends.
Available Information
Our internet website is www.costco.com. We make available through the Investor Relations section of that
site, free of charge, our Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports
on Form 8-K, Proxy Statements and Forms 3, 4 and 5, and any amendments to those reports, as soon as
reasonably practicable after filing such materials with, or furnishing such documents to, the Securities and
Exchange Commission (SEC). The information found on our website is not part of this or any other report
filed with or furnished to the SEC. In addition, the public may read and copy any materials we file with the
SEC at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, NE, Washington, DC 20549. The public may
obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330.
The SEC also maintains an internet site that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other
information regarding issuers, such as the Company, that file electronically with the SEC at www.sec.gov.
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