Costco (COST) Exec VP Claudine Adamo Receives RSU Award

What Happened
Claudine Adamo, Executive Vice President of Costco Wholesale (COST), received a grant of 4,129 restricted stock units (RSUs) on 2026-09-10 (code A). To cover tax withholding related to the award, 916.685 shares were surrendered/disposed at $902.38 per share, totaling $827,198 (code F). The RSU grant is reported with a $0.00 acquisition price because it is an equity award, not a cash purchase.

Key Details

• Transaction dates: report period 2026-09-10; Form 4 filed 2026-09-14 (timely within two business days).
• Award: 4,129 RSUs granted (A) — acquisition price shown as $0.00.
• Tax withholding: 916.685 shares disposed (F) at $902.38 per share, total value $827,198.
• Shares owned after transaction: not specified in the provided filing excerpt.
• Footnotes: Grant was originally made Oct 22, 2025 and was subject to fiscal 2026 performance conditions now deemed satisfied; vesting is 20% on the first anniversary of the grant and ~20% each year for the next four years based on continued employment, with potential accelerated vesting at employee service anniversaries (25/30/35 years). The award is RSUs (restricted stock units).
• Transaction codes: A = award/grant; F = tax withholding (share surrender) — a routine disposition to satisfy tax obligations, not an open-market sale.

Context
This was a compensation-related equity award (not a market purchase). The share disposition was a withholding/settlement to pay taxes on the vested/earned award, which is common and does not necessarily indicate a personal cash-sale decision by the insider.