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accession: "0001171843-25-006358"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AZO"
cik: "0000866787"
company_name: "AUTOZONE INC"
filed_at: "2025-10-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T04:22:55.601565+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
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source: SEC EDGAR
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# AutoZone authorizes $1.5B additional buyback; Executive Chairman to Chairman in Jan 2026

## Summary
- Board authorized additional $1.5B share repurchase; total authorizations since 1998 now $40.7B.
- William C. Rhodes III transitions from Executive Chairman to Chairman, effective January 2026.
- Rhodes to receive $250K in immediately vested RSUs annually for Chairman role.
- CFO Jamere Jackson highlighted strong free cash flow and investment-grade credit rating.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001171843-25-006358
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AZO
- cik: 0000866787
- company_name: AUTOZONE INC
- filed_at: 2025-10-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866787/000117184325006358/0001171843-25-006358-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866787/000117184325006358/f8k_100825.htm

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