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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): January 8, 2014 (January 7, 2014)

 

 

AUTOZONE, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Nevada   1-10714   62-1482048

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

123 South Front Street

Memphis, Tennessee

  38103
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

(901) 495-6500

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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ITEM 1.01. ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT.

On January 7, 2014, AutoZone, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein (the “Underwriters”), whereby the Company agreed to sell and the Underwriters agreed to purchase, subject to and upon terms and conditions therein, $400 million aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 1.300% Notes due 2017 (the “Notes”). The Underwriting Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and agreements of the Company and customary conditions to closing, indemnification rights and obligations of the parties and termination provisions. The transaction is expected to close on January 14, 2014.

The Underwriters and their respective affiliates have, from time to time, performed, and may in the future perform, various financial advisory, commercial banking and investment banking services for the Company and its affiliates, for which they received or will receive customary fees and expense reimbursement. Certain of the Underwriters or their affiliates are lenders and/or agents under the Company’s existing revolving credit facility.

The above description of the Underwriting Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Underwriting Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 1.1.

ITEM 9.01. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit
No.

  

Description

1.1    Underwriting Agreement, dated January 7, 2014, among the Company, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein.

 

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.

 

Dated: January 8, 2014   AUTOZONE, INC.
  By:  

/s/ Kristen C. Wright

  Name:   Kristen C. Wright
  Title:   Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
No.

  

Description

1.1    Underwriting Agreement, dated January 7, 2014, among the Company, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein.

 

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