---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001171843-25-002428"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AZO"
cik: "0000866787"
company_name: "AUTOZONE INC"
filed_at: "2025-04-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-23T08:44:22.287431+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AutoZone appoints Rivian CFO Claire Rauh McDonough to Board of Directors

## Summary
- Claire Rauh McDonough, CFO of Rivian Automotive, appointed to AutoZone board effective April 21, 2025.
- She will serve on the Audit and Compensation Committees.
- Board expands to 10 members with this appointment.
- Compensation follows standard non-employee director policies per 2024 proxy statement.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001171843-25-002428
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AZO
- cik: 0000866787
- company_name: AUTOZONE INC
- filed_at: 2025-04-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866787/000117184325002428/0001171843-25-002428-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866787/000117184325002428/f8k_042325.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-25-002428
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-25-002428.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-25-002428.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Claire Rauh McDonough was appointed as Director at AUTOZONE INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On April 21, 2025, the Board of Directors of AutoZone, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Claire Rauh McDonough to the Company’s Board of Directors.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866787/000117184325002428/0001171843-25-002428-index.htm

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