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Costco Wholesale Corporation Announces Quarterly Cash Dividend
| Source: Costco
ISSAQUAH, WA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- November 6, 2006 -- Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ : COST )
today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash
dividend on Costco Wholesale common stock. The dividend of $.13 per share
is payable December 1, 2006, to shareholders of record at the close of
business on November 17, 2006.
Costco currently operates 493 warehouses, including 364 in the United
States and Puerto Rico, 68 in Canada, 18 in the United Kingdom, five in
Korea, four in Taiwan, five in Japan and 29 in Mexico. The Company also
operates Costco Online, an electronic commerce web site, at www.costco.com
and at www.costco.ca in Canada. The Company plans to open an additional 11
new warehouses prior to the end of calendar year 2006.