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Exhibit 99.1

 

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COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION REPORTS SECOND QUARTER AND YEAR-TO-DATE

OPERATING RESULTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2013

ISSAQUAH, Wash., March 12, 2013 – Costco Wholesale Corporation (“Costco” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: COST) announced today its operating results for the second quarter (twelve weeks) and first half (24 weeks) of fiscal 2013, ended February 17, 2013. Net sales for the quarter increased eight percent, to $24.34 billion, from $22.51 billion last year. Net sales for the first half increased nine percent, to $47.55 billion, from $43.69 billion last year.

Comparable sales were as follows:

 

     12 Weeks     24 Weeks  

U.S.

     5     6

International

     6     7

Total

     5     6
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Inflation in gasoline prices and stronger foreign currencies had positive impacts on comparable sales for both reporting periods. Excluding these effects, comparable sales were as follows:

 

     12 Weeks     24 Weeks  

U.S.

     5     6

International

     4     5

Total

     5     5
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income for the quarter was $547 million, or $1.24 per diluted share, compared to $394 million, or $.90 per diluted share, last year. Net income was positively impacted by a $62 million ($0.14 per diluted share) tax benefit in connection with the portion of the special cash dividend paid by the Company in December 2012 to the Company 401(k) plan participants. Net income for the first half was $963 million, or $2.19 per diluted share, compared to $714 million, or $1.62 per diluted share, last year.

Costco currently operates 622 warehouses, including 448 in the United States and Puerto Rico, 85 in Canada, 32 in Mexico, 23 in the United Kingdom, 13 in Japan, nine in Taiwan, nine in Korea and three in Australia. The Company plans to open up to an additional fourteen new warehouses prior to the end of its fiscal year on September 1, 2013. Costco also operates electronic commerce web sites, at www.costco.com (U.S.), www.costco.ca (Canada), and www.costco.co.uk (United Kingdom).

A conference call to discuss these second quarter operating results is scheduled for 8:00 a.m. (PT) today, March 12, 2013, and is available via a webcast on www.costco.com (click on Investor Relations and “Play Webcast”).

Certain statements contained in this document constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. For these purposes, forward-looking statements are statements that address activities, events, conditions or developments that the Company expects or anticipates may occur in the future. Such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that may cause actual


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events, results or performance to differ materially from those indicated by such statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, domestic and international economic conditions, including exchange rates, the effects of competition and regulation, uncertainties in the financial markets, consumer and small business spending patterns and debt levels, conditions affecting the acquisition, development, ownership or use of real estate, actions of vendors, rising costs associated with employees (including health care costs), energy, and certain commodities, geopolitical conditions and other risks identified from time to time in the Company’s public statements and reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

CONTACTS: Costco Wholesale Corporation

Richard Galanti, 425/313-8203, Bob Nelson, 425/313-8255, Jeff Elliott, 425/313-8264


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COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

(dollars in millions, except per share data)

(unaudited)

 

     12 Weeks Ended     24 Weeks Ended  
     February 17,
2013
    February 12,
2012
    February 17,
2013
    February 12,
2012
 

REVENUE

        

Net sales

   $ 24,343      $ 22,508      $ 47,547      $ 43,689   

Membership fees

     528        459        1,039        906   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total revenue

     24,871        22,967        48,586        44,595   

OPERATING EXPENSES

        

Merchandise costs

     21,766        20,139        42,492        39,070   

Selling, general and administrative

     2,361        2,178        4,693        4,322   

Preopening expenses

     6        6        24        16   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating income

     738        644        1,377        1,187   

OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE)

        

Interest expense

     (25     (27     (38     (54

Interest income and other, net

     26        10        46        47   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES

     739        627        1,385        1,180   

Provision for income taxes

     185        215        410        440   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income including noncontrolling interests

     554        412        975        740   

Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests

     (7     (18     (12     (26
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO COSTCO

   $ 547      $ 394      $ 963      $ 714   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCOME PER COMMON SHARE ATTRIBUTABLE TO COSTCO:

        

Basic

   $ 1.26      $ 0.91      $ 2.22      $ 1.64   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Diluted

   $ 1.24      $ 0.90      $ 2.19      $ 1.62   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares used in calculation (000’s)

        

Basic

     435,975        434,535        434,698        434,374   

Diluted

     439,812        439,468        439,222        440,036   

Cash dividends declared per common share

   $ 7.275      $ 0.240      $ 7.550      $ 0.480   


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COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(dollars in millions)

(unaudited)

Subject to Reclassifications

 

     February 17,
2013
     September 2,
2012
 
ASSETS      

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 4,413       $ 3,528   

Short-term investments

     1,238         1,326   

Receivables, net

     1,300         1,026   

Merchandise inventories

     7,582         7,096   

Deferred income taxes and other current assets

     577         550   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total current assets

     15,110         13,526   

Property and equipment, net

     13,386         12,961   

Other assets

     593         653   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

TOTAL ASSETS

   $ 29,089       $ 27,140   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY      

Short-term borrowings

   $ 64       $ 0   

Accounts payable

     7,441         7,303   

Accrued salaries and benefits

     2,077         1,832   

Other current liabilities

     2,264         2,024   

Deferred membership fees

     1,199         1,101   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

     13,045         12,260   

Long-term debt, excluding current portion

     4,806         1,381   

Deferred income taxes and other liabilities

     955         981   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     18,806         14,622   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Costco stockholders’ equity

     10,112         12,361   

Noncontrolling interests

     171         157   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total equity

     10,283         12,518   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY

   $ 29,089       $ 27,140