---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001171843-22-001204"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AZO"
cik: "0000866787"
company_name: "AUTOZONE INC"
filed_at: "2022-02-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T06:48:14.201029+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AutoZone appoints Michael George and Brian Hannasch to Board of Directors

## Summary
- Michael George, former President & CEO of Qurate Retail, appointed to Audit Committee.
- Brian Hannasch, current President & CEO of Alimentation Couche-Tard, appointed to Compensation Committee.
- AutoZone's Board now has 11 members; both will receive standard non-employee director compensation.
- No arrangements, family relationships, or material transactions disclosed with either appointee.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001171843-22-001204
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AZO
- cik: 0000866787
- company_name: AUTOZONE INC
- filed_at: 2022-02-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866787/000117184322001204/0001171843-22-001204-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866787/000117184322001204/f8k_021822.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-22-001204
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-22-001204.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-22-001204.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Michael A. George was appointed as Director at AUTOZONE INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: the Board of Directors of AutoZone, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Michael A. George and Brian Hannasch to the Company’s Board of Directors.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866787/000117184322001204/0001171843-22-001204-index.htm
- Executive change
  Brian Hannasch was appointed as Director at AUTOZONE INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: the Board of Directors of AutoZone, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Michael A. George and Brian Hannasch to the Company’s Board of Directors.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866787/000117184322001204/0001171843-22-001204-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.