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Add as a preferred source on GoogleThe $7-per-share distribution came in December 2012, followed by a $5-per-share payment in February 2015. The earlier payout was estimated at about $3 billion.
Costco’s special dividend payouts in 2012 and 2015 came to $12 per share combined, with the earlier distribution alone estimated to have cost about $3 billion.
The $5-per-share payment came in February 2015; the $7-per-share distribution had been made in December 2012.
The two amounts are the reported per-share values of Costco’s special dividends in those years.
The company gave no payout amount and said more shareholder-return details would follow board approval.
The company set Nov. 27 as the payment deadline but did not specify the transfer date.
Citi raised its fourth-fiscal-quarter operating-profit estimate to 107 trillion won and kept its price target at 3 million won.
