AUTOZONE, INC. (NYSE:AZO) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

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AUTOZONE, INC. (NYSE:AZO) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

AUTOZONE, INC. (NYSE:AZO) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
Item 5.07.

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
(a) AutoZone’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders was held on December 19, 2018.
(b) The stockholders took the following actions at the annual meeting:

Proposal 1: The stockholders elected eleven directors, each of whom will hold office until the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held in 2019 and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified. Each director received more votes cast “for” than votes cast “against” his or her election. The tabulation of votes with respect to each nominee for director was as follows:

Nominee

Votes For

Votes Against

Abstentions

Broker

Non-Votes

Douglas H. Brooks 21,450,667 12,012 54,080 1,402,732
Linda A. Goodspeed 21,450,302 12,854 53,603 1,402,732
Earl G. Graves, Jr. 20,713,640 763,970 39,149 1,402,732
Enderson Guimaraes 21,431,768 31,649 53,342 1,402,732
D. Bryan Jordan 21,411,446 51,432 53,881 1,402,732
Gale V. King 21,456,732 19,995 40,032 1,402,732
W. Andrew McKenna 20,870,148 605,842 40,769 1,402,732
George R. Mrkonic, Jr. 21,100,250 376,081 40,428 1,402,732
Luis P. Nieto 21,408,419 56,637 51,703 1,402,732
William C. Rhodes, III 20,070,341 1,228,087 218,331 1,402,732
Jill A. Soltau 21,460,918 13,763 42,078 1,402,732

Proposal 2: The Audit Committee’s designation of Ernst & Young LLP as AutoZone’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2019 was ratified by the stockholders. The tabulation of votes on this matter was as follows:

22,433,605 votes for
439,587 votes against
46,299 abstentions

There were no broker non-votes for this item.

Proposal 3: The compensation of AutoZone’s named executive officers was approved, on an advisory basis, by stockholders. The tabulation of votes on this matter was as follows:

20,344,676 votes for
1,122,974 votes against
49,109 abstentions
1,402,732 broker non-votes

About AUTOZONE, INC. (NYSE:AZO)

Autozone, Inc. is a retailer and distributor of automotive replacement parts and accessories in the United States. The Company operates through the Auto Parts Locations segment. The Auto Parts Locations segment is a retailer and distributor of automotive parts and accessories. As of August 27, 2016, the Company operated through 5,814 locations in the United States, Puerto Rico, Mexico and Brazil. The Company’s stores carry product lines for cars, sport utility vehicles, vans and light trucks, including new and remanufactured automotive hard parts, maintenance items, accessories and non-automotive products. The Company’s other operating segments include ALLDATA, which produces, sells and maintains diagnostic and repair information software used in the automotive repair industry; E-commerce, which includes direct sales to customers through www.autozone.com, and AutoAnything, which includes direct sales to customers through www.autoanything.com.