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Retail & Restaurants: Insider trading policies (Item 408(b))
Verbatim excerpt (387 words), formatting simplified. View full filing on EDGAR →We have adopted insider trading policies and procedures that we believe are reasonably designed to promote compliance with insider trading laws, rules and regulations and applicable listing standards. Our Insider Trading Policy states that our directors, officers, and employees are prohibited from trading in securities of AutoZone and other companies while in possession of material, nonpublic information and also that our employees are prohibited from disclosing material, nonpublic information of AutoZone or another publicly traded company to others who may trade on the basis of that information. Additionally, our policy also describes the Company’s procedures relating to quarterly and non-routine quiet periods during which time directors, officers and designated employees are prohibited from entering into certain transactions involving AutoZone securities. In addition, directors and officers of the Company are required, in all circumstances, to obtain prior approval of transactions involving AutoZone securities. The foregoing summary of our insider trading policies and procedures does not purport to be complete and is qualified by reference to our Insider Trading Policy filed as an exhibit to this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Item 11. Executive Compensation
The information contained in AutoZone, Inc.’s Proxy Statement relating to our 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, in the section entitled “Compensation Discussion & Analysis,” is incorporated herein by reference in response to this item.
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters
The information contained in AutoZone, Inc.’s Proxy Statement relating to our 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, in the sections entitled “Share Ownership of Directors and Executive Officers,” “Share Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners” and “Equity Compensation Plans” is incorporated herein by reference in response to this item.
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence
The information contained in AutoZone, Inc.’s Proxy Statement relating to our 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, in the sections entitled “Related Party Transactions” and “Governance Framework – Director Independence” is incorporated herein by reference in response to this item.
Item 14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services
The information contained in AutoZone, Inc.’s Proxy Statement relating to our 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, in the section entitled “Proposal 2 – Ratification of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm,” is incorporated herein by reference in response to this item.
PART IV
Item 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules
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