Costco Wholesale Corporation Mergers and Acquisitions


Costco Wholesale Corporation

999 Lake Drive - 200
Issaquah, WA 98027-5367
United States
Tel:1/425/313-8100
URL: http://www.costco.com
Formerly known as:
Costco Companies
Primary Symbol & Exchange:
COST - Common Stock - NASDAQ
Industry:
Retailing Non-Food
Costco Wholesale Corporation Company Snapshot

Costco Wholesale Corporation Deal Timeline


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Acquisitions > 100 M$ 10 to 100 M$ < 10M$ Stakes Divestitures

Costco Wholesale Corporation M&A History


Costco Wholesale Corp acquires a minority stake in Costco Wholesale UK Ltd Costco Wholesale Corp acquires a minority stake in Costco Wholesale UK LtdMay 26, 2000

UK - Costco Wholesale Corp, US warehouse club group, increased its interest to ##% from ##% in Costco Wholesale UK Ltd, by acquiring the ##% stake held by Littlewoods Organisation PLC. Terms were not disclosed. Carrefour Nederland owns the remaining ##%.

Costco Wholesale Corp acquires Hechinger Co-Store,Illiniois from Leonard Green & Partners LP (pending) Costco Wholesale Corp acquires Hechinger Co-Store,Illiniois from Leonard Green & Partners LP (pending)Sep 10, 1999

Costco Wholesale Corp planned to acquire a store, located in Niles, Illinois, from Hechinger Co for $##.# mil.

Costco Cos Inc acquires Shinsegae Department Store Co from Samsung Group (pending) Costco Cos Inc acquires Shinsegae Department Store Co from Samsung Group (pending)May 01, 1998

Costco Cos Inc agreed to acquire # membership warehouse clubs of Shinsegae Department Store for an estimated ###.### bil Korean won ($## mil US). The transaction was to include stores operated under the Price Club Korea name located in

Costco Cos Inc acquires Hechinger-Home Quarters(7) from Leonard Green & Partners LP (pending) Costco Cos Inc acquires Hechinger-Home Quarters(7) from Leonard Green & Partners LP (pending)Aug 06, 1997

Costco agreed to acquire seven Home Quarters Warehouse stores, located in Michigan, from Hechinger. The transaction was subject to regulatory approval.

Lincoln Properties acquires Price/Costco Inc-Marina Bay,CA from Costco Wholesale Corp Lincoln Properties acquires Price/Costco Inc-Marina Bay,CA from Costco Wholesale CorpJun 10, 1996

Lincoln Properties acquired the Marina Bay, California warehouse of Price/Costco for $## mil.

Qualex Inc(Eastman Kodak Co) acquires Price/Costco-Photo Processing from Costco Wholesale Corp Qualex Inc(Eastman Kodak Co) acquires Price/Costco-Photo Processing from Costco Wholesale CorpMar 11, 1996

Qualex, a unit of Eastman Kodak, acquired the photo processing business of Price/Costco.

Price/Costco Inc acquires Mexico Clubs LLC from Costco Wholesale Corp Price/Costco Inc acquires Mexico Clubs LLC from Costco Wholesale CorpApr 25, 1995

PriceCostco (PC) acquired the remaining ##% interest in Mexico Clubs (MC) from Price Enterprises, a unit of PC, in exchange for a reduction of ### mil Mexican pesos ($##.# mil US) debt owed by Price Enterprise to PC. Subsequently

Comerci withdraws offer for Price Club de MX(Price Costco) Comerci withdraws offer for Price Club de MX(Price Costco)Dec 06, 1994

Controladora Comercial Mexicana withdrew its plans to acquire the remaining ##% interest in Price Club de Mexico from its joint venture partner Mexico Clubs LLC (MC) for ###.## mil Mexican pesos ($## mil US). MC was ##%-owned by

Costco Wholesale Corp acquires Price Co Costco Wholesale Corp acquires Price CoOct 22, 1993

Costco Wholesale (CW) merged with Price (PR) in a $#.## bil transaction. PR common shareholders received #.## common shares in the new company, Price/Costco, per share held, while CW shareholders received # new share per each share

Costco Wholesale Corporation M&A Summary


Costco Wholesale Corporation has made 2 acquisitions while taking stakes in 1 companies. Costco Wholesale Corporation has 4 divestitures during this period.
YearAcquisitionsStakesDivestitures
2009000
2008000
2007000
2006000
2005000
2004000
2003000
2002000
2001000
2000011
1999000
1998000
1997000
1996002
1995101
1994000
1993100
Total214

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