secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     AUTOZONE INC (AZO)
CIK:        0000866787
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-09-19T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001171843-23-005761
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.50
Item codes: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

AutoZone promotes Newbern to COO, Jackson to CFO, Hackney to EVP; three VPs to retire
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- Tom Newbern promoted to COO; Jamere Jackson promoted to CFO; both become senior-most leaders under CEO-elect Daniele.
- Bill Hackney promoted to Executive VP, Merchandising, Marketing & Supply Chain, replacing Phil Daniele.
- Grant McGee (SVP Commercial), Charlie Pleas (SVP Finance & Accounting), Al Saltiel (SVP Marketing & E-Commerce) to retire around year-end 2023.
- Searches underway for McGee and Saltiel replacements; Pleas' role will be restructured.
- CEO-elect Phil Daniele cites strong leadership bench for continued growth.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866787/000117184323005761/0001171843-23-005761-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866787/000117184323005761/f8k_091823.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-23-005761

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