secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     AUTOZONE INC (AZO)
CIK:        0000866787
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-12-20T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001171843-23-007646
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 5.07, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

AutoZone authorizes additional $2.0B share repurchase; cumulative $37.7B
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- Board authorized $2.0B additional common stock repurchase; cumulative authorizations now $37.7B since 1998.
- CFO cites strong free cash flow and disciplined capital allocation to support buybacks while maintaining investment-grade credit.
- Shareholders re-elected all 10 directors; advisory say-on-pay approved with 79% of votes cast in favor (11.80M for, 3.21M against).
- Ratified Ernst & Young as fiscal 2024 auditor (14.77M for, 1.20M against).

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866787/000117184323007646/0001171843-23-007646-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866787/000117184323007646/f8k_122023.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-23-007646

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