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form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ORLY"
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company_name: "O REILLY AUTOMOTIVE INC"
filed_at: "2024-11-22T23:59:59+00:00"
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# O'Reilly Automotive boosts share repurchase authorization by $2.0B to $27.75B

## Summary
- Board approved additional $2.0B buyback authorization, raising total to $27.75B.
- New authorization effective November 22, 2024, for a three-year period.
- Repurchases will be open-market only; no fixed number or schedule is guaranteed.
- Program may be suspended, modified, or terminated at any time without notice.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000898173-24-000046
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ORLY
- cik: 0000898173
- company_name: O REILLY AUTOMOTIVE INC
- filed_at: 2024-11-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/898173/000089817324000046/0000898173-24-000046-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/898173/000089817324000046/orly-20241122x8k.htm

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