BPA & ABC 2012 Statements

5. GEOGRAPHIC DATA for the November 2012 issue

Total analyzed non-paid circulation of this issue was 0.1% greater than the total average analyzed non-paid circulation.

STATE

TOTAL
ANALYZED
NON-PAID

STATE

TOTAL
ANALYZED
NON-PAID

Alabama Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota

44,068

122,300

305,373

1,279 2,657,522

8,111 266,566 143,002

212,589

88,868

13,716

16,378

373,910

146,535

105,801

323,155

58,512

33,228

42,220 20,674 1,050

Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming

896 63,837 1,088 67,223 399,823 189,761 19,625 275,872 621,734 6,140 62,557 5,846

TOTAL 48 CONTERMINOUS STATES
8,448,969

623 165,890 91,321 229,067 136,321

Alaska Hawaii

59,103

153,965

TOTAL ALASKA & HAWAII
U.S. Unclassified
213,068

2,549

88,448

8,662,037

79,726

TOTAL UNITED STATES
Poss. & Other Areas

126

20,765

U.S. & POSS., etc.
8,662,163

133,016

5,855 273,956 49,870 351,416 119,266

Canada
International
Other Unclassified
Military or Civilian Personnel Overseas

844

GRAND TOTAL
8,663,007

1,621

ANALYSIS BY ABCD COUNTY SIZE for the November 2012 issue

November 2008 issue used in establishing percentages.

County Size

A B C D

of
Households

Analyzed Non-Paid

4,807,463 2,255,875

709,713

675,918

of Total Circulation

56.9

26.7

8.4

8.0

Index
(% of Circulation/
of Households)

142

County Size Group Definitions by the A.C. Nielsen Company- Data for the conterminous 48 states.

6. EXPLANATORY

(a) Average non-analyzed non-paid circulation for the 6 month period: copies per issue.

11,677

(b) List Source, averaging 8,434,041 copies per issue, represents names from lists of selected Costco Executive, Business, and Goldstar primary members, Costco Shareholders, and selected others with some connection to Costco.

7. VARIANCE

Latest released Audit Report for 12 months ended December 31, 2011; Variation from Publisher’s Statement

Rate Base

Audit Period

(Analyzed

Ended

Non-Paid)

Audit Report (Analyzed Non-Paid)

Publisher’s Statements (Analyzed Non-Paid)

Difference (Analyzed Non-Paid)

Percentage of Difference (Analyzed Non-Paid)

12-31-11 (a) 8,540,137 8,540,137 12-31-10 (b) 8,280,410 8,280,410 #12-31-09 7,800,000 8,164,844 8,164,844 ##12-31-08 7,800,000 8,137,637 8,137,637

08-31-08 6,500,000 7,333,081

(a) Effective 06/01/11 changed from 8,205,500 to 8,414,500 (b) Effective 07/01/10 changed from 7,800,000 to 8,000,000

#Average for 12 months ended December 31, 2009. ##Average for 4 months ended December 31, 2008.

*Initial Audit for 3 months ended August 31, 2008 - Publisher’s Statement not required for this period.

We certify that to the best of our knowledge all data set forth in this Publisher’s Statement are true and report circulation in accordance with Alliance for