SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

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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)  March 23, 2007

 

 

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

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Item 5.02 Departures of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

 

(e) In October 2006,  we disclosed that  Jim Sinegal, our chief executive officer, received, as part of a broad grant of stock options to hundreds of employees, one grant for which the accounting measurement date was changed following a review of our historical stock option granting practices by a special committee of our board of directors.  The special committee determined that the original measurement date may have benefited him by up to $200,000.  As previously reported, on March 23, 2007, Mr. Sinegal exercised that option.  On March 26, 2007 he voluntarily paid $200,000 to the Company to avoid any question about whether he personally benefited from the original measurement date.

 

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.

 

 

 

COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION

 

 

Date: March 27, 2007

By:

/s/ Richard A. Galanti

 

 

 Richard A. Galanti, Executive Vice

 

President and Chief Financial Officer