{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001171843-26-006565","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"AZO","cik":"0000866787","company_name":"AUTOZONE INC","filed_at":"2026-10-09T21:30:15+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-10-09T21:32:00.327037+00:00","generated_at":"2026-10-12T13:13:51.236225+00:00","sec_items":["5.02"],"event_type":"leadership","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.2,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.2,"confidence":"high","headline":"AutoZone director Claire R. McDonough won't stand for reelection at 2026 annual meeting","bullets":["McDonough communicated her decision to the AutoZone board on October 6, 2026; the 8-K was signed October 9, 2026 by General Counsel Jenna M. Bedsole.","Reason given: she recently accepted a new executive role at a different company whose key events calendar conflicts with several AutoZone future board meetings.","The Board said it would have preferred a different outcome and thanked her for her counsel and contributions; it stated the decision was not related to any disagreement with AutoZone.","No replacement director or committee changes were named; the board will shrink unless another nominee is added before the 2026 annual meeting."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-26-006565","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-26-006565.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-26-006565.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-26-006565.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866787/000117184326006565/0001171843-26-006565-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866787/000117184326006565/f8k_100926.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-10-12T13:13:51.236225+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}