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