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目錄

美國

證券交易委員會

華盛頓特區20549

表格10-K

(標記一)

根據1934年證券交易所法案第13或第15(d)條規定的年度報告

截至2021年9月30日的財政年度報告8月31日, 2024.

或者

根據1934年證券交易所法規定的第13或第15(d)節提出的過渡報告

過渡期爲從______到______期間。

佣金文件號 1-10714

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奧托祖公司.

(根據其章程規定的註冊人準確名稱)

內華達

62-1482048

(國家或其他管轄區的

(納稅人識別號碼)

公司成立或組織)

南前街123號, 孟菲斯, 田納西州

38103

,(主要行政辦公地址)

(郵政編碼)

公司電話號碼,包括區號: (901) 495-6500

根據證券法第12(b)條註冊的證券:

每種類別的證券

  

交易標誌

  

每個交易所的名稱

普通股 (每股價值$0.01)

AZO

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根據《法案》第12(g)條註冊的證券:

請勾選,如果註冊人是根據證券法規第405條定義的知名老手發行人。 沒有

如果註冊人根據《1934年法案》第13條或第15(d)條的規定無需提交報告,則請用複選標記表示。是

請勾選以下是否符合要求:(1) 在過去的12個月內(或者對於註冊人要求提交此類報告的時間更短的時間段內),已經提交了1934年證券交易法第13或第15(d)條規定要提交的所有報告;(2) 在過去的90天內,已經接受了提交此類報告的要求。  沒有

請在以下方框內打勾:公司是否已電子提交了在過去的12個月內(或者在公司需要提交此類文件的較短時期內)根據規則405 of Regulation S-T(232.405章節)所要求提交的每一個互動數據文件。 沒有

請在標記上打√,以表明註冊人是大型加速備案人、加速備案人、非加速備案人、小型報表公司還是新興增長公司。有關「大型加速備案人」、「加速備案人」、「小型報表公司」和「新興增長公司」的定義,請參見1934年證券交易法的規則120億.2。

大型加速報告人

加速報告人

非加速報告人

小型報告公司

新興成長公司

如果是一家新興成長型公司,請在覈對標記內指示公司是否已選擇不使用從根據證券交易法第13(a)條提供的依據進行遵守任何新的或修訂的財務會計準則的擴展過渡期。

請在複選框中表示,報告人是否已根據Sarbanes-Oxley法的第404(b)節(15 U.S.C.7262(b))向編制或發行其審計報告的註冊會計師提交了有關其內部控制有效性的管理評估和證明的報告。

如果根據該法第12(b)條註冊證券,則請在複選框內表示,報告人在文件中包含的財務報表反映了先前發佈的財務報表的更正。

請通過複選標記指示這些錯誤更正中是否有需要根據§240.10D-1(b)條規在相關恢復期內進行執行官獲得的激勵性補償的復甦分析的重述。

請在以下方框內打勾:公司是否是空殼公司(根據證券交易法第12b-2條規定定義)。是 沒有

非附屬公司持有的投票權和非投票權普通股的總市值,按照最近購買這些普通股的價格或這些普通股的平均買盤和賣盤價格計算,在註冊申報人最近完成的第二個財季的最後一個業務日爲$。46,251,857,027.

截至2024年10月21日,普通股的流通股份數量爲 16,904,289.

參考文件

根據1934年證券交易法項下第14A條例,將於2024年8月31日後的120天內提交的有關2024年12月18日股東年度大會的最終代理聲明部分,作爲參考,納入第三部分。

目錄

目錄

第一部分

4

項目1。

按照我們所處的風險和不確定性的假設,結果和在本招股書或在任何文檔中引用的前瞻性陳述中討論的事件可能不會發生。投資者應謹慎對待這些前瞻性陳述,它們僅在本招股書或在文檔中通過引用作爲參考,其僅在本招股書或在文檔中通過引用作爲參考的文件的日期發表時存在。我們沒有任何義務,並明確聲明不承擔任何義務,更新或更改任何前瞻性陳述,無論是基於新信息、未來事件或其他原因。我們或代表我們行事的任何人作出的所有後續前瞻性陳述,都受到本節中所包含或所提到的警示性聲明的明確限制。

4

介紹

4

人力資本資源

4

商店運營

6

商業用途

7

商店發展

8

營銷和商品策略

8

採購和供應鏈

10

競爭

10

董事會和公司治理

10

截至2024年6月30日止,經營活動產生了3190萬美元的現金流量,主要包括1050萬美元的淨利潤,調整爲包括400萬美元的折舊和460萬美元的股權報酬在內的非現金項目,減去150萬美元的遞延所得稅,20萬美元的應收賬款減值回收以及280萬美元的資本資產出售收益。經營資產和負債的淨現金流量爲1720萬美元,主要是由於庫存優化措施導致的減少2550萬美元的庫存,庫存採購時間導致的應付賬款增加140萬美元,以及其他負債增加440萬美元,抵銷了其他資產增加820萬美元以及應收賬款增加590萬美元的影響。

10

季節性

11

汽車地帶網站

11

我們高管的信息

11

項目1A。

風險因素

13

項目1B。

未解決的職員評論

22

項目1C。

網絡安全概念

22

事項二

財產

24

第3項。

法律訴訟

24

事項4。

礦山安全披露

24

第II部分

25

項目5。

對註冊人普通股的市場、相關股東問題和發行人購買股票的情況

25

項目6。

保留

26

項目7。

分銷計劃

27

項目7A。

有關市場風險的定量和定性披露

39

項目8。

財務報表和附加數據

41

項目9。

會計和財務披露的變更和分歧

74

項目9A。

控制和程序

75

項目9B。

其他信息

75

第九C部分。

關於阻止檢查的外國司法管轄區的披露

75

第三部分

76

項目10。

董事、高級管理人員和公司治理

76

第11項。

高管報酬

76

項目12。

特定利益所有者和管理層董事持股情況及相關股東事項

76

物品13。

特定關係和交易,以及董事的獨立性

76

項目14。發行和分配其他費用。

主要會計費用和服務

77

第四部分

78

項目15。董事和高管的賠償。

陳列品和財務報表附註

78

項目16。

10-K表摘要

84

2

目錄

前瞻性聲明

本文中的某些表述構成前瞻性聲明,並受1995年《有限公司證券訴訟改革法案》的安全港規定約束 通常使用諸如「相信」、「預計」、「應該」、「打算」、「計劃」、「將」,「期望」,「估計」,「項目」,「定位」,「策略」,「尋求」,「可能」,「可能」等類似表達,雖然並非所有前瞻性聲明都包含這些識別詞。這些表述是基於我們管理層在經驗、歷史趨勢、當前狀況、預期未來發展及其他我們認爲恰當的因素的假設和評估。這些前瞻性聲明受到若干風險和不確定性的影響,包括但不限於:產品需求,因燃油價格變動、行駛里程或其他原因;能源價格;天氣,包括極端溫度和自然災害;競爭;信貸市場狀況;現金流;以有利條款獲得融資的能力;未來股票回購;衰退條件的影響;消費者債務水平;法律或法規的變更;與自保險相關的風險;戰爭以及戰爭前景,包括恐怖活動;公共健康問題;通貨膨脹,包括工資膨脹;匯率;招聘、培訓和留住合格員工(包括管理人員)的能力;施工延誤;我們信息技術系統的失敗或中斷;與信息的保密性、完整性或可用性有關的問題,包括因網絡攻擊;歷史增長率的可持續性;我司信貸評級的下調;我司聲譽受損;在國際市場開展業務和擴張所帶來的挑戰;供應商的原料成本;庫存供應情況;我們供應鏈中的干擾;關稅;新會計準則;我們執行增長計劃的能力;以及其他業務中斷。這些和其他風險和不確定性可能對我們的業務造成重大不利影響,並在本年度截至2024年8月31日的《10-k表格》年度報告第一部分第1A項下的「風險因素」一節中進行了更詳細的討論。. 前瞻性聲明並非對未來業績的保證,實際結果可能與此類前瞻性聲明所考慮的情況有重大不同。上文和「風險因素」部分描述的事件可能會對我們的業務產生重大不利影響。然而,無法識別或預測所有可能影響這些前瞻性聲明的風險和其他因素。前瞻性聲明僅在發表之日有效。除非法律有規定要求,否則我們無需公開更新任何前瞻性聲明,無論是因爲新信息、未來事件還是其他原因。.

3

目錄

第I部分

項目1.業務

介紹

汽車地帶公司(「汽車地帶」,「公司」,「我們」)是美洲領先的汽車備件和配件零售商和經銷商。我們於1979年開始業務,並截至2024年8月31日,在美國經營6,432家商店,在墨西哥經營794家商店,在巴西經營127家商店。每家商店都供應汽車、運動型多用途車、貨車和輕型卡車的廣泛產品線,包括全新和翻新的汽車零部件、保養用品、配件和非汽車產品。截至2024年8月31日,在我們的國內商店5,898家以及我們在墨西哥和巴西的絕大多數商店中,我們有一個商業銷售計劃,爲當地、區域和全國修車廠、經銷商、加油站、車隊所有者和其他客戶提供零部件和其他產品的快速交付和商業信貸。我們還通過www.autozone.com銷售汽車零部件、保養用品、配件和非汽車產品,我們的商業客戶可以通過www.autozonepro.com進行購買。此外,我們通過www.alldata.com銷售ALLDATA品牌的汽車診斷、修理、碰撞和店內管理軟件。我們還通過www.duralastparts.com爲我們的Duralast品牌產品提供產品信息。我們不從汽車維修或安裝服務中獲取營業收入。 我們的網站及其中包含的信息或鏈接不旨在納入本報告之內。

人力資本資源

我們相信我們成功的基礎是我們的文化,這種文化根植於我們的承諾和價值觀,並定義了我們的員工(「汽車地帶員工」)如何照顧顧客和其他汽車地帶員工。每位汽車地帶員工努力實踐這一承諾,分享他們對WOW!客戶服務的熱情,並每天額外付出努力來繼續爲我們的顧客建設和發展汽車地帶。

我們致力於在零售商店、領域監督、配送中心和店鋪支持職能中爭奪人才時成爲首選僱主。我們通過提供有競爭力的薪酬和福利套餐、廣泛的培訓和發展機會以及利用我們的業務資源團體(BRGs)來支持汽車地帶(AutoZoners)跨組織間貢獻他們的聲音、時間和才能,着重於留住人才。幫助其他汽車地帶成功發展職業。

截至2024年8月31日,我們約有126,000名汽車地帶員工,其中約60%是全職員工,餘下40%是兼職員工。約90%的汽車地帶員工在商店內或直接領域監督中工作,約6%在配送中心工作,約4%在店鋪支持和其他職能中工作。以上數字中,約有17,500名汽車地帶員工在我們的國際業務中工作。我們從未經歷過任何重大勞資糾紛,在美國沒有任何集體談判協議,並且認爲我們與汽車地帶員工的關係良好。

培訓與發展

我們有許多不同類型的工作崗位和職業發展機會。儘管許多汽車地帶員工選擇更傳統的職業道路(例如,從兼職到全職銷售員,店長,區域經理,區域經理,副總裁),我們鼓勵跨職能開發和支持汽車地帶員工在公司內擴展職業至其他部門和感興趣領域。我們的高級領導團隊成員中有許多人在業務的多個領域擔任過職位。我們還投資於高級領導力培訓,以加強團隊實力並支持後續規劃。有關更多信息,請參閱下文的「門店營運-門店人員培訓與激勵」。我們相信這些機會對吸引、激勵和保留高素質汽車地帶員工至關重要。

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確認

汽車地帶的承諾和價值觀驅動着我們的成功,培養了強大而獨特的團隊合作和客戶服務文化。我們鼓勵大家認可汽車地帶員工在多種成就上的表現,比如超越自我,提供可信賴的建議和令人驚歎的客戶服務,主動防止事故和傷害,幫助檢測或報告內部或外部盜竊,或者爲他人提供重大服務。無論他們是在我們的商店、配送中心、支持中心工作,還是出行支持我們的客戶和業務,我們相信汽車地帶員工在各個地方都應該因其努力和卓越表現而獲得認可。我們也會表彰汽車地帶員工在爲組織和我們的客戶服務的年限。

多樣性、公平性和包容性(「DEI」)

「包容多樣性」是我們的一個價值觀,我們相信多元化的勞動力爲我們的成功做出了重要貢獻。我們的DEI努力影響並形成了人力資本管理的許多方面,包括人才招聘、留存、職業發展和勞動力管理。我們的第一個BRG於2014年成立(汽車地帶女性倡議)。自那時起,另外五個BRG也相繼成立,以幫助汽車地帶員工在組織中成長並在職業生涯中取得成功。BRG對所有汽車地帶員工開放。

健康與安全

我們致力於爲我們的汽車地帶員工和客戶提供一個安全的工作和購物環境。我們秉持着我們的價值觀,努力不斷監測我們的工作和購物環境,以確保我們的汽車地帶員工和客戶儘可能安全。

關於我們人力資本資源的更多信息可以在我們最新的環保母基、社會及治理(「ESG」)報告中找到,該報告可在我們的網站上獲得。我們的ESG報告不會被視爲並且也不會被認爲是本年度10-K表格年度報告的一部分,或者以引用方式納入本年度報告或我們與證券交易委員會(「SEC」)的任何其他申請中。

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商店運營

截至2024年8月31日,我們的商店位於以下地點:

    

Store

計數

阿拉巴馬

 

124

阿拉斯加

 

8

亞利桑那州

 

172

阿肯色

 

75

加利福尼亞

 

670

科羅拉多

 

102

康涅狄格州

 

59

特拉華州

 

22

佛羅里達

 

441

喬治亞

 

217

夏威夷

 

12

愛達荷

 

33

伊利諾伊州

 

249

印第安納州

 

165

愛荷華州

 

37

堪薩斯

 

56

肯塔基

 

107

路易斯安那

 

134

緬因州

 

14

馬里蘭州

 

97

馬薩諸塞州

 

90

密歇根州

 

223

明尼蘇達

 

68

密西西比

 

99

密蘇里州

 

123

蒙大拿州

 

15

內布拉斯加州

 

25

內華達

 

73

新罕布什爾州

 

23

新澤西

 

127

新墨西哥

 

64

紐約

 

224

北卡羅來納州

 

244

北達科他州

 

7

俄亥俄州

 

289

俄克拉荷馬

 

90

俄勒岡州

 

58

賓夕法尼亞州

 

241

波多黎各

 

56

羅德島

 

19

聖托馬斯

 

1

南卡羅來納州

 

108

南達科他州

 

10

田納西州

 

184

德克薩斯州

 

709

猶他

 

72

佛蒙特

 

2

弗吉尼亞

 

156

華盛頓

 

100

華盛頓特區

 

5

西弗吉尼亞州

 

45

威斯康星州

 

79

懷俄明州

 

9

國內總店鋪

 

6,432

墨西哥

 

794

巴西

 

127

總店鋪

 

7,353

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門店格式

幾乎所有的門店都是基於標準門店格式,導致一般外觀、商品陳列和產品組合相對一致,每個門店的銷售面積約佔90%到99%。我們大多數門店大約有20,000到25,000個獨特的SKU,40%到50%的空間用於硬件庫存。中心門店大約有40,000到50,000個獨特的SKU,而大型中心門店則大約有80,000到110,000個獨特的SKU,70%到85%的空間用於硬件部分。硬件庫存區通常會有櫃台或小艙前置,沿門店的深度或長度分隔硬件區和門店的其他部分。剩餘的銷售空間展示了維護用品、配件和非汽車商品。

門店主要由最近的配送中心補貨,但通常也能在同一天獲取我們327個國內和46個國際中心門店的擴展庫存。作爲我們國內中心門店的一個子集,我們在2024財年結束時擁有109個大型中心門店,比2023財年結束時增加了11個。此外,我們在墨西哥有三個大型中心門店。中心和大型中心門店與其他門店協同工作,通過改善當地零部件可用性和擴展產品組合來提升客戶滿意度。

門店人員培訓和激勵措施

我們提供在職培訓以及正式培訓項目,包括年度全國銷售會議和相關分層會議,地點包括我們的配送中心、區域辦公室和門店;關於特定銷售和產品話題的門店會議;標準化的計算機培訓,以支持文化、安全、銷售技巧、合規性以及產品和工作知識;以及多個專業、供應商和第三方項目,以支持需要技術專長和特定工作知識的學習與發展。所有國內汽車地帶的員工都被鼓勵完成我們內部的產品知識項目和零件專家認證,該項目是與我們的關鍵供應商合作開發的。培訓通過管理層的頻繁門店訪問得到補充。此外,門店經理、商業銷售經理和組織中各級別的經理通過基於績效的獎金獲得財務激勵。

門店支持中心

我們所有的門店支持功能都集中在位於田納西州孟菲斯、墨西哥蒙特雷、墨西哥奇瓦瓦、巴西聖保羅和印度古爾格邦的門店支持中心。我們相信這種集中化有助於在門店層面一致地執行我們的商品和市場營銷策略,同時降低費用和銷售成本。此外,我們在中國上海和土耳其伊斯坦布爾設有辦公室,提供採購或其他支持功能。

門店自動化

我們所有的門店都配備了Z-net,這是我們專有的電子目錄,使我們的汽車地帶能夠高效查詢客戶需要的零件,並提供完整的工作解決方案、建議和客戶車輛的信息。Z-net根據車輛的年份、品牌、型號和引擎類型提供零件信息,並跟蹤門店、其他附近門店及通過特別訂單的庫存可用性。Z-net顯示屏放置在硬件部件櫃台或展示臺上,汽車地帶和客戶都可以看到屏幕。

我們的門店使用計算機化的專有銷售點系統,其中包括條形碼掃描和銷售點數據收集終端。我們的專有門店管理系統提供行政支持,以及增強的商品信息和改進的庫存控制。我們相信銷售點系統還增強了客戶服務,而門店管理系統簡化了保修和產品退換程序。

商業

我們的商業銷售計劃在一個高度分散的市場中運作,我們是美洲地區本地、區域和國家級修理車間、經銷商、服務站、車隊所有者和其他客戶的汽車零件及其他產品的領先分銷商。作爲我們計劃的一部分,我們爲客戶提供信貸和送貨服務,並通過www.autozonepro.com或通過汽車地帶專業移動應用進行在線訂購。通過我們的中心和mega中心門店,我們提供比衛星門店更廣泛的零件和產品選擇。

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專業技術人員。我們擁有專注於獨立修理店以及國家、區域型和車隊商業賬戶的專門銷售團隊。

門店發展

以下表格反映了我們在過去五個財政年度的門店發展情況:

財政年度

    

2024

    

2023

    

2022

    

2021

    

2020

商店:

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

期初

 

7,140

 

6,943

 

6,767

 

6,549

 

6,411

 

217

 

198

 

177

 

219

 

138

關閉

 

4

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

淨新增

 

213

 

197

 

176

 

218

 

138

搬遷

 

6

 

12

 

13

 

12

 

5

期末

 

7,353

 

7,140

 

6,943

 

6,767

 

6,549

我們相信在我們當前未涉及的市場,以及在我們能夠實現更大市場存在的市場中存在擴張機會。在進入新市場之前,我們會進行大量研究。開設新店的最重要標準是預計的未來盈利能力和達到我們所需投資障礙率的能力。選擇新店址和市場地點的關鍵因素包括人口、人口統計、車輛類型、消費者購買趨勢、商業業務、競爭對手商店的數量和實力以及房地產成本。在審查車輛類型時,我們還考慮到七年以上的車輛數量,或者說「我們所需的車輛」;這些車輛通常已經不再享有原製造商的保修,所需的維護和修理遠多於新車。我們希望在現有市場區域內或相鄰的高流量區域中開設新店,試圖在相對短的時間內在市場中集中開發。 我們相信我們的商店是「目的地商店」,能夠自行產生顧客流量,因此我們將大多數商店設在主要幹道上,方便進入並有良好的停車設施。 除了繼續租賃或開發我們自己的地點外,我們還會評估並可能進行戰略收購。

市場營銷和商品策略

我們致力於爲客戶提供優質服務和可靠建議,以及在我們方便的位置、設計良好的商店和通過我們的在線平台提供高性價比的優質汽車配件和產品。此策略的關鍵要素包括:

客戶服務

我們還提供專業工具的訪問作爲我們的免費服務之一。通過我們的借工具計劃,客戶可以借用專業工具,例如方向盤拔輪器,對於一個自己動手("DIY")的客戶或維修店來說,之後的使用幾乎沒有,超出了一次性工作。汽車地帶員工還提供免費的診斷及相關服務,包括通過我們的汽車地帶故障檢測器服務進行的發動機檢查和防抱死剎車系統燈光讀數,啓動器、發電機和電池的測試,電池充電以及回收廢油的收集。

我們還提供專業工具的訪問作爲我們的免費服務之一。通過我們的借工具計劃,客戶可以借用專業工具,例如方向盤拔輪器,對一個自己動手("DIY")的客戶或維修店來說,在一次工作後幾乎沒有後續使用。汽車地帶員工還提供免費的診斷和相關服務,包括通過我們的汽車地帶故障檢測器服務進行的發動機檢查和防抱死剎車系統燈光讀數,啓動器、發電機和電池的測試,電池充電和回收廢油的收集。

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商品銷售

以下表格展示了我們按主要類別出售的一些產品類型:

失敗

    

維護

     

自由裁量的

空調壓縮機
電池及配件
軸承
皮帶和軟管
卡尺
底盤
離合器
CV軸
發動機
燃油泵
保險絲
點火
照明
消聲器
散熱器
啓動器和發電機
溫控器
輪胎修補
水泵

防凍液和擋風玻璃清洗液
制動鼓、轉子、鞋子和墊片
化學品,包括剎車和動力
方向盤液、油和燃料添加劑
油和變速器液
油、車廂、空氣、燃料和變速器

過濾器
氧傳感器
油漆和配件
製冷劑與配件
減震器與支柱
火花塞與線
擋風玻璃雨刷

空氣清新劑
手機配件
飲料與小吃
地墊和座椅套
內飾和外飾配件
鏡子
性能產品
保護劑和清潔劑
密封劑和粘合劑
方向盤套
工具
拖車

車輛娛樂系統
洗車和打蠟

我們相信客戶滿意度往往受到我們及時提供特定汽車產品的能力的影響。每個商店都提供相同的基本產品,但我們根據每個商店所在地區車輛的品牌和型號調整我們的硬件庫存,並根據當地的人口特徵調整其餘商店的商品組合。我們的中心商店(包括大型中心商店,提供更廣泛的商品組合)提供更多種類的產品,供周圍當地商店的客戶使用。我們不斷更新所提供的產品,以確保我們的庫存與客戶所需或期望的產品匹配。

定價

我們希望成爲行業中的價值領袖,通過不斷提供質量優良、價格合理的商品,並提供滿意的保修和出色的客戶服務。對於我們許多產品,我們提供不同的價值選擇,包括良好/更好/最佳的組合,價格和質量之間的差異從「良好」產品到「更好」和「最佳」產品都有適當的區別。相較於競爭對手,我們的一個關鍵區別因素是我們的獨家自有品牌系列,包括Duralast及其系列品牌、Econocraft、ProElite、ShopPro、SureBilt、TotalPro、TruGrade和Valucraft。我們相信我們的整體價值與競爭對手相比具有競爭優勢。

品牌營銷:市場營銷與忠誠度

我們相信,針對性的廣告和促銷在當今環境中發揮着重要作用。我們不斷努力理解客戶的需求,以建立持久的忠誠關係。我們主要利用廣告、直銷、忠誠計劃和促銷活動來突出我們的優良价值、高質量零部件的可用性,並與不斷擴大的客戶基礎建立關係。數字媒體和廣播媒體是我們驅動零售流量的主要廣告方式,此外我們還利用專門的銷售團隊和我們的ProVantage忠誠計劃來推動商業銷售。

門店設計、視覺營銷與促銷執行

我們設計並建立具有高視覺衝擊力的門店。典型的門店利用色彩豐富的外部和內部標識、裸露的梁和管道、完工的地板以及明亮的內部照明。電池、維修產品、配件和非汽車產品均以吸引人的方式展示,方便客戶輕鬆瀏覽。店內標識和特殊展示推廣地板展示、端頭和貨架上的產品。我們利用店內標識、創意產品擺放和促銷活動來幫助教育客戶了解他們可能需要的產品。

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採購和供應鏈

我們通過位於田納西州孟菲斯、墨西哥蒙特雷、巴西聖保羅和印度古爾格拉姆的門店支持中心爲所有門店挑選和購買商品。此外,我們在中國上海和土耳其伊斯坦布爾設有辦事處,以支持我們的全球採購工作。在2024財年,一類類似產品約佔我們總收入的15%,一家獨立供應商提供了我們總採購量的12%。沒有其他類別的類似產品佔我們總收入的10%或以上,也沒有其他個別供應商提供超過我們總採購量的10%。我們認爲,出售的大多數類型的產品都有其他供應來源,但成本相似。我們的大部分商品通過我們的拖拉機和拖車車隊或第三方交通公司通過我們的配送中心流向我們的門店。配送中心每週最多爲我們的門店補貨多次,具體取決於門店的銷售量。

競爭

汽車零件、配件和保養用品的銷售競爭非常激烈。AutoZone的競爭基礎是客戶服務,包括我們的AutoZoners的知識和專業知識以及我們向商業客戶提供及時交付的能力;商品質量、選擇和可用性;產品保修;商店佈局、位置和便利性;價格;以及我們的AutoZone品牌名稱、商標和服務商標的強度。

我們的競爭對手包括全國、地區和地方汽車零部件連鎖店、獨立零件商店、在線汽車零件商店或市場、批發分銷商、求職者、維修店、洗車店和汽車經銷商,以及折扣和大衆商品商店、五金店、超市、藥店、便利店、家居商店和其他銷售售後汽車零件和用品、化學品、配件和工具的零售商。

政府關係

我們受衆多聯邦、州和地方法律法規的約束,其中許多法律和法規很複雜,經常發生變化,並且會有不同的解釋。除其他外,這些法律法規涉及產品的營銷和銷售;危險材料的正確處理和處置,尤其是與我們的廢油、機油濾清器和電池回收計劃有關的危險物質;職業健康和安全;環境問題;勞動和就業;員工工資和福利;信息安全和數據隱私;不動產;財務報告和披露;反壟斷和公平競爭;國際貿易和交通、物流和交付業務。

儘管迄今爲止,遵守適用於我們業務的衆多法律和法規,包括環境法規,並未對資本支出、收益或我們的競爭地位產生重大不利影響,但我們無法保證未來的合規成本。有關更多信息,請參閱標題爲 「風險因素」 「法律和監管風險」 「信息技術、網絡安全和數據隱私風險」 在本報告的 「第一部分第1A項,風險因素」 中。

商標和專利

我們認爲我們的商標、服務標誌、專利、域名、商業外觀、商業祕密和其他知識產權對我們的成功至關重要,也是我們營銷和銷售戰略的重要組成部分。我們已經在美國專利商標局以及某些其他國家註冊了多個商標和服務商標,包括但不限於:「AutoZone」、「Get in the Zone」、「Duralast」、「Econocraft」、「ProElite」、「ShopPro」、「SureBilt」、「TotalPro」、「TotalPro」、「TruGrade」、「Valucraft」 和 「ALLDATA」,以及這些商標的變體。我們的商標註冊有不同的到期日期;但是,假設商標得到妥善維護和使用,此類註冊通常可以無限期續期。

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季節性

我們的業務在性質上有些季節性,通常在2月至9月的春季和夏季月份銷售最高,而在12月和1月的銷售最低。在短時間內,商店的銷售可能受到天氣條件的影響。極熱或極冷的天氣可能會提高銷售,因爲零件可能會故障,從而增加季節性產品的銷售。溫和或陰雨的天氣往往會降低銷售,因爲在溫和的天氣中零件故障率較低,並且在陰雨天氣期間選擇性維護會被推遲。從長遠來看,我們相信天氣的影響會相互平衡,因爲我們在美洲各地都有商店。

汽車地帶網站

我們主要的網站是www.autozone.com。我們在網站的投資者關係部分免費提供我們的年度報告(10-K表格)、季度報告(10-Q表格)、當前報告(8-K表格)、委託書、註冊聲明及根據1934年證券交易法第13(a)或15(d)條提交或提供的這些報告的修正案,儘快合理可行地在提交或提供這些文件後立即提供給SEC。我們的網站及其中包含或鏈接的信息並不意在被納入本10-K年度報告中。

有關我們執行官的信息

以下列表描述了我們的高管,他們由董事會選舉並根據董事會的決定服務。每位高管的職稱都包含"客戶滿意度"這幾個字,體現了我們對客戶服務的承諾。

威廉·C·羅德斯三世,59歲—執行董事長,客戶滿意度

威廉·C·羅茲三世於2024年1月被董事會任命爲執行主席,自2007年以來一直擔任主席。在此之前,羅茲先生擔任汽車地帶的總裁和首席執行官,並自2005年起擔任董事。在被任命爲總裁和首席執行官之前,羅茲先生自1994年起在公司內擔任多個職務。在1994年之前,羅茲先生是安永會計師事務所的一名經理。

菲利普·B·達尼埃爾三世,55歲——總裁兼首席執行官,客戶滿意度

菲利普·B·達尼埃爾三世於2024年1月被任命爲總裁兼首席執行官,並被任命爲董事會成員。在被任命爲總裁兼首席執行官之前,達尼埃爾先生於2023年6月被任命爲首席執行官候選人。在此之前,達尼埃爾先生於2021年6月至2023年9月擔任執行副總裁——商品、市場營銷和供應鏈,並於2015年至2021年擔任商業高級副總裁,2013年至2015年擔任商業支持副總裁,2008年至2013年擔任商品副總裁。達尼埃爾先生還於2005年至2008年擔任店鋪運營的部門副總裁。在2005年之前,達尼埃爾先生在公司中擔任了多個其他關鍵管理職位。

賈梅爾·傑克遜,55歲——財務長,客戶滿意度

賈梅爾·傑克遜於2020年9月被任命爲財務長,並在此職位上領導財務和店鋪發展團隊. 在加入汽車地帶之前,傑克遜先生於2018年擔任赫茲全球控股公司的執行副總裁兼財務長,這是一家全球租賃公司。從2014年到2018年,傑克遜先生擔任尼爾森控股公司的財務長,這是一家信息、數據和測量公司。在2014年前,傑克遜先生在通用電氣公司擔任過多種領導職務,包括通用電氣油氣部門的副總裁和財務長。傑克遜先生還是禮來公司董事會的成員。

托馬斯·B·紐伯恩,62歲—首席運營官,客戶滿意度

托馬斯·B·紐伯恩於2023年9月被任命爲首席運營官。自2023年3月起,紐伯恩先生擔任執行副總裁——運營、銷售和科技。從2015年到2023年3月,紐伯恩先生擔任執行副總裁,負責商店運營、商業、國際、信息技術、損失預防和ALLDATA等不同職能。從2007年到2015年,紐伯恩先生擔任

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高級副總裁 – 門店運營,並額外負責損失預防和門店發展。從1998年到2007年,Newbern先生擔任區域副總裁 – 門店運營。Newbern先生於1985年開始在汽車地帶工作。

William R. Hackney,59歲——執行副總裁 – 商品、市場營銷和供應鏈,客戶滿意度
William R. Hackney於2023年9月被任命爲執行副總裁 – 商品、市場營銷和供應鏈。在此之前,Hackney先生自2022年10月短暫退休後重新加入公司,擔任高級副總裁 – 商品。Hackney先生在汽車地帶的職業生涯始於1983年,他在公司內擔任過多個關鍵管理職務,包括高級副總裁 – 商品、副總裁 – 門店運營壓力位和副總裁 – 商品。

Jennifer M. Bedsole,53歲——高級副總裁,首席法律顧問 & 秘書,客戶滿意度

Jenna M. Bedsole於2023年4月被任命爲高級副總裁,首席法律顧問 & 秘書。在加入汽車地帶之前,Bedsole女士自2011年起是Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell and Berkowitz P.C.律師事務所的合夥人,並擔任勞動和就業實踐組的主席。

K. Michelle Borninkhof, 50歲高級副總裁兼首席信息官,客戶滿意度

K. Michelle Borninkhof於2021年4月被任命爲高級副總裁兼首席信息官。在加入汽車地帶之前,Borninkhof女士自2018年以來一直擔任麥當勞的首席信息官和美國科技副總裁。在加入麥當勞之前,Borninkhof女士在沃爾瑪工作了11年,擔任多個領導職務,包括國際科技交付副總裁。在她的職業生涯中,Borninkhof女士在零售、配送中心運營和流程改進方面擔任過多個角色。

Eric S. Gould, 55歲——高級副總裁 供應鏈,客戶滿意度

Eric S. Gould於2021年2月被任命爲高級副總裁——供應鏈。 從2017年到2021年,Gould先生擔任供應鏈補貨副總裁。在此之前,Gould先生在公司擔任多個關鍵管理職務,包括商業副總裁、商業支持以及商品定價與分析。

Domingo J. Hurtado, 63歲——高級副總裁——國際,客戶滿意度

Domingo J. Hurtado Rodríguez於2018年9月被任命爲國際高級副總裁。在此之前,Hurtado先生擔任墨西哥汽車地帶的總裁。自2001年以來,Hurtado先生在公司擔任多個職務,包括領導公司的墨西哥擴展。在2001年之前,Hurtado先生在RadioShack擔任過不同職位,包括墨西哥總經理和委內瑞拉總經理。

Kenneth E. Jaycox,56歲高級副總裁 - 商務,客戶滿意度

Kenneth E. Jaycox於2024年7月被任命爲商務高級副總裁。從2020年到2024年,Jaycox先生擔任美國鋼鐵公司的高級副總裁和首席商務官,負責其商業職能、客戶價值創造、定價和營業收入增長。在此之前,Jaycox先生擔任Sysco公司的轉型副總裁,領導多項銷售、數字轉型和供應鏈舉措。

Lindsay W. Lehman,46歲高級副總裁 - 市場營銷,客戶滿意度

Lindsay Lehman於2023年11月被任命爲市場營銷高級副總裁,負責領導市場營銷和電子商務團隊。在此之前,Lehman女士擔任汽車地帶的市場營銷副總裁。在2020年加入汽車地帶之前,Lehman女士曾在挪威郵輪公司擔任市場營銷高級副總裁,負責全球市場營銷、數字和分析職能。Lehman女士曾在卡夫食品公司、赫斯特公司和高盛擔任過越來越重要的職位。

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丹尼斯·W·勒裏奇,56歲——高級副總裁 門店運營,顧客滿意度

丹尼斯·W·勒裏奇於2021年6月被任命爲高級副總裁——門店運營。從2015年到2021年,勒裏奇先生擔任部門副總裁——門店運營。在2015年前,勒裏奇先生在公司擔任過多個其他關鍵管理職務。

理查德·C·史密斯,60歲——高級副總裁——人力資源,顧客滿意度
理查德·C·史密斯於2015年12月被任命爲高級副總裁——人力資源。史密斯先生自1985年以來一直是AutoZoner,之前自1997年以來擔任部門副總裁——門店運營。在此之前,史密斯先生在公司擔任過多個關鍵職務。

項目1A. 風險因素

我們的業務面臨多種風險和不確定性。以下描述的風險和不確定性可能會對我們的業務、財務狀況、運營結果、流動性和股票價格產生實質性和負面影響。以下信息應與本報告中包含的其他信息及我們向SEC提交的其他文件一起閱讀。這些風險和不確定性並不是我們面臨的唯一問題。我們的業務也可能會受到目前未知或我們目前認爲對我們的業務不重要的其他因素的實質性影響。

戰略和運營風險

如果我們產品的需求減緩,那麼我們的業務可能會受到實質性的不利影響。

我們出售的產品的需求可能會受到我們無法控制的多個因素的影響,包括:

在服務中的老舊車輛數量。七年或更舊的車輛通常不再享有原車製造商的保修,並且往往需要比新車更多的維護和修理。
車輛行駛的英里數。更高的車輛里程增加了維護和修理的需求。里程水平可能受到燃料幣價格、拼車、天氣條件和其他因素的影響。
燃料和能源價格上漲。燃料和能源價格的上漲可能導致我們的客戶推遲某些產品的購買,因爲他們需要花費更多的收入支付燃料和其他能源成本,並可能減少開車,從而導致磨損減少,降低維修和維護的需求。
經濟。在經濟條件下降的時期,包括由於通貨膨脹、高消費債務水平和/或高利率,消費者可能會通過推遲車輛維護或修理來減少其可自由支配的開支。此外,這些條件可能影響我們的客戶獲得信貸的能力。在經濟擴張時期,更多的DIY客戶可能會支付其他人來修理和維護他們的車輛,而不是自己動手,或者他們可能會購買新車。
天氣。溫和的天氣條件可能降低汽車零部件的故障率,而極端的高溫或低溫條件可能由於客戶汽車零部件的故障率增加而增強我們產品的需求。然而,持續的降雨和冬季降水可能對商店客流產生不利影響,導致銷售下降,或可能導致我們的客戶推遲對其車輛的維護和修理。此外,氣候變化可能導致短期內的變動性增加,或導致其他天氣條件影響我們的業務。
科技進步。汽車科技的進步,例如改進的部件設計,可以導致汽車維護的頻率降低,部件使用壽命更長。
新能源汽車的普及。新能源汽車的普及,無論是由於消費偏好的變化還是推動購買新能源汽車的監管行動,都可能導致部件故障頻率降低和對部件需求減少。
原始汽車製造商所製造的車輛質量以及新車提供的保修或維護期限。

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原始車輛製造商或政府監管對遠程信息處理、診斷工具和修理信息的訪問限制。這些限制可能導致車輛所有者依賴經銷商進行維護和修理。

這些因素可能導致我們產品的需求下降,這可能對我們的業務和整體財務狀況產生重大不利影響。

如果我們無法成功與其他銷售我們產品的企業競爭,我們可能會失去客戶,銷售和利潤可能會下降。

汽車零部件、配件和維護項目的銷售競爭非常激烈。有關我們競爭環境的更多信息,請參見上述「第1項 業務」。

雖然我們相信我們具有效競爭力,但我們的競爭對手可能擁有更大的財務資源,使他們能夠在其業務中進行更多投資,更強的採購能力,使他們可以以更低的價格出售商品,更大的商店和更多的商品,更長的經營歷史和更深厚的客戶關係,更頻繁的客戶訪問,更有效的廣告以及更成功的人工智能和其他新興技術的數據分析利用。在線和多渠道零售商通常擁有較低的運營成本,並專注於交付服務,從而爲客戶提供更快的、確保的交付時間以及低價或免費的交通。此外,由於我們的業務策略是基於提供優質的客戶服務以補充我們所提供的產品,我們的成本結構高於我們的一些競爭對手,這也對我們的利潤施加了壓力。

隨着數字工具的日益使用,我們的客戶通常在線開始購物體驗,並能夠快速比較價格、產品種類、產品可用性以及其他客戶的反饋,然後再購買產品。我們可能無法使自己與衆不同,或無法預見並適應其他零售商提供的新或增強的數字體驗。

如果我們無法繼續管理庫存和成本,提供具有競爭力的交付選項,制定成功的競爭策略,包括維護有效的促銷、廣告和忠誠度計劃,開發和執行有效的數字和全渠道策略,或者以其他方式有效競爭,或如果我們的競爭對手製定了更有效的策略,我們可能會失去客戶,導致我們的銷售和利潤下降。

我們可能無法維持我們歷史上的銷售增長率。

在過去五個財政年度中,我們的年營業收入從2019財政年的119億美元增長到2024財政年的185億美元,年複合增長率大約爲9%。年營業收入的增長主要受同店銷售、新店開業以及新商業項目發展的推動。同店銷售受顧客需求水平以及我們能夠對產品收取的價格的影響,這些價格也可能受到經濟壓力的負面影響。有關同店銷售的進一步討論,請參見「第7項 管理層的討論與分析 財務狀況和經營結果。」

我們的增長能力部分依賴於新店開業、現有店面的改造與擴張,以及有效利用我們現有的供應鏈和中心網絡。

在過去五個財政年度中,我們增加了門店數量,從2019年8月31日的6411家門店增長到2024年8月31日的7353家門店,年複合增長率約爲3%。

實現我們的門店開發和擴張目標將取決於我們及時識別和獲得適合新店和擴展店的地點的能力,以及可接受的成本、僱用和培訓合格人員的能力,以及將新店整合到現有運營中的能力等多個因素。此外,我們僅在評估了客戶購買趨勢和市場需求後才開設新店,所有這些因素可能會受到持續失業、工資削減、小企業倒閉、汽車行業特有的微觀經濟狀況以及我們拓展國際市場能力的負面影響。我們不能保證我們將能夠

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爲了實現我們的門店擴張目標,有效管理我們的增長,成功將計劃中的新門店融入我們的運營,或使我們的新店、改造和擴展的門店盈利。

如果我們無法在商業汽車零件業務中盈利性地提高市場份額,我們的銷售增長可能會受到限制。

雖然我們是商業市場中汽車零件和其他產品的領先分銷商,但爲了增加我們的商業市場份額,我們必須有效地與國家、區域型和地方汽車零件連鎖店、獨立經營的零件商店、批發商、經銷商、修理店、汽車經銷商、在線零售商及其他競爭對手競爭。雖然我們相信我們在商業市場上在客戶服務、商品質量、選擇和可用性、價格、交貨時間、產品保修、分銷地點以及我們的汽車地帶品牌、商標和服務標記的實力基礎上競爭有效,但一些汽車後市場參與者的經營時間遠遠長於我們,因此他們已經建立了長期的客戶關係、經驗豐富的銷售團隊、相當的市場存在以及充足的庫存。如果我們無法在現有商業客戶中盈利性地增長銷售,我們的銷售增長可能會受到限制。

我們的業務依賴於僱用、培訓和留住合格員工,包括管理層成員和其他關鍵人員。

我們認爲我們的品牌價值很大程度上來自於大約126,000名在我們的商店、配送中心、商店支持中心和ALLDATA工作的汽車零件僱員的質量。我們的勞動力成本是我們最大的運營支出,我們在滿足勞動力需求的同時控制勞動力成本的能力受到諸多外部因素的影響,包括市場對現行工資水平和失業率的壓力。我們的業務也受到就業法律和法規的影響,包括與最低工資、福利和排班要求相關的法律,並且這些法律會隨着時間的推移而變化。此外,針對聯邦和州法律中某些員工的加班豁免和福利的潛在監管變化的實施,可能導致我們業務的勞動成本增加,並對我們的經營結果產生負面影響。

我們在小時工崗位上與其他零售企業競爭許多員工,而這些崗位的歷史流失率較高,這可能導致培訓和留存成本增加,特別是在競爭激烈的勞動力市場中。我們無法保證能夠繼續以當前工資水平招聘、培訓和留住合格員工,因爲我們運營於競爭激烈的勞動力市場,目前工資面臨顯著的通脹和其他壓力。

在美國,近年來工作者行使其成立或加入工會權利的情況有所增加,無論是普遍情況下還是在零售行業內。此外,國家勞工關係委員會(NLRB)已發佈決定,使員工組織變得更加容易。儘管我們的國內員工沒有受到集體談判協議的保障,但我們無法保證我們的國內員工將來不會選擇由工會代表。如果我們 workforce 中的相當大一部分變成工會成員,我們的文化和運營模式可能會受到挑戰,因爲這會在我們現有的領導與小時汽車零件僱員之間的關係中插入第三方。此外,我們的勞動力成本可能會增加,我們的業務可能會受到其他要求和期望的負面影響,這可能會改變我們的公司文化、減少我們的靈活性並干擾我們的業務。此外,我們對於任何工會組織活動的響應可能會對客戶和汽車零件員工對我們品牌的看法產生負面影響,並對我們的業務和財務結果產生重大不利影響。

如果我們無法招聘、正確培訓和留住合格的汽車地帶員工,我們可能會面臨更高的僱傭成本、銷售減少、客戶流失以及品牌或公司文化的減弱,這可能會對我們的收益產生不利影響。如果我們無法維持具有競爭力的工資或福利套餐,我們的客戶服務可能會因爲我們勞動力質量的下降而受到影響,或者如果我們提高工資水平和相應的勞動力成本,我們的收益可能會減少。對就業和勞動法的違反或變更(包括對現有的就業福利計劃的變更,例如健康保險)可能對我們的經營成果、財務狀況和現金流產生重大不利影響。

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我們未來的成功依賴於我們管理層和其他關鍵人員的技能和經驗。任何此類人員服務的意外失去可能對我們的運營產生重大不利影響。我們無法保證我們的繼任計劃、留人或招聘工作會成功。未能吸引和留住關鍵崗位的合格人員可能會對我們的運營產生重大不利影響。

無法以有競爭力的價格獲得和提供優質商品可能會對我們的銷售和業績產生重大不利影響。

我們依賴於國內和國際供應商持續向我們提供價格合理的優質商品和付款條款。如果我們的商品未能符合客戶的期望,或者客戶對我們商品的質量、創新和安全性有負面看法,我們可能會遭受銷售損失、成本增加以及法律和聲譽風險。在這種情況下,重新建立我們的聲譽和重新贏得客戶的信任可能會困難且代價高昂。

我們所有的供應商必須遵守適用的產品安全法律,我們依賴他們確保我們購買的產品符合所有安全和質量標準。引發實際、潛在或感知的產品安全問題的事件可能會使我們面臨政府執法行動或私人訴訟,導致昂貴的產品召回和其他責任,並導致聲譽受損和客戶信心喪失。如果我們的供應商受到政府對其產品設計和/或製造過程的額外監管,我們購買的商品成本可能會增加。

此外,我們的供應商受到全球經濟狀況的影響,而這又影響了我們以具有競爭力的價格採購商品的能力。例如,通貨膨脹、利率上升和全球供應鏈 disruptions negatively impacted costs and inventory availability and may continue to have a negative impact on future results and profitability. 信貸市場及其他宏觀經濟狀況也可能對我們全球及國內供應商融資和經營其業務的能力產生重大不利影響。

如果我們的任何重要供應商經歷財務困難或業務中斷,或者無法及時向我們交付商品,甚至根本無法交付,我們可能會在商店中出現產品短缺,這可能會對客戶對我們的看法產生不利影響,並導致我們失去客戶和銷售。

我們面臨與從美國以外地區採購的產品相關的風險。

在2024財年,我們直接進口了大約13%的採購,但許多國內供應商直接從國外進口他們的產品或產品組件。因任何原因導致這些商品的價格或流動發生變化,例如內亂或戰爭行爲、貨幣波動、海運通道的干擾、港口勞工爭議和其他問題、經濟狀況和外國供應商所在國家的不穩定、供應商的財務不穩定、供應商未能達到我們的標準、供應商的勞動實踐問題或他們可能經歷的勞工問題(例如罷工、停工或減產,這也可能在中斷期間和之後增加勞工成本)、原材料供應商的可用性和成本、提高的進口關稅或關稅、商品質量或安全問題、交通和交通的可用性和成本、工資和稅收的增加、交通安全、外貿政策、貿易制裁、對某些類型商品或含有其他國家某些材料的商品的進口限制、通貨膨脹及其他與供應商和他們所在國家或其進口來源相關的因素,往往超出我們的控制並可能對我們的運營和盈利能力產生不利影響。此外,如果我們無法多樣化我們的供應鏈或過於依賴單一國家來採購我們或供應商的產品,這些風險可能會被放大。影響我們供應商及我們獲取產品的其他因素可能會對我們的業務和財務表現產生重大不利影響。隨着我們或我們的國內供應商增加從外國供應商進口商品或組件,這些風險可能會增加。

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我們供應鏈中的干擾以及其他影響商品分銷的因素可能對我們的業務產生不利影響。

對我們供應鏈或分銷網絡的干擾可能會對我們及時接收和分發庫存的能力產生不利影響,這可能導致庫存供應不足、銷售損失、供應鏈成本增加和客戶忠誠度下降等問題。這種干擾可能是由於我們配送中心的損壞或破壞、我們吸引和留住合格駕駛員的能力、維護或運營我們的車隊所需的成本,或對整體物流或供應鏈行業產生影響的宏觀經濟條件。例如,近年來,美國及其他地方的港口、鐵路和國內長途交通受到了容量限制、擁堵和延誤、週期性勞動爭議、安全問題、天氣相關事件以及自然災害的負面影響,而這些問題在 COVID-19 大流行和其他超出我們控制範圍的因素影響下進一步加劇。如果我們無法成功減輕這種對我們供應鏈的干擾的影響,或者如果我們無法比競爭對手更有效地管理這些干擾,我們的業務和競爭地位可能會受到負面影響。

此外,我們已經進行了重大投資,並計劃繼續在我們的供應鏈中進行投資,例如建設多個新的配送中心和執行各種科技舉措。這些投資旨在提高產品的可用性和選擇,滿足不斷變化的消費產品需求,並跟上我們的長期門店擴展目標。如果我們未能有效實施這些變更,或者如果我們對供應鏈舉措的投資未能提供預期的收益,我們可能會在商店中經歷亞優化的庫存水平或運營成本增加,這可能對我們的銷售量和/或利潤率產生不利影響。

我們在國際業務中的成功取決於我們管理國際市場所帶來的獨特挑戰的能力。

我們在美國經營中面臨的各種風險,在進行國際業務和從美國境外採購產品和材料時通常也會存在,此外還要面臨管理國際業務的獨特成本、風險和困難。我們向國際市場的擴展可能受到當地法律和風俗、適用於外資業務的美國法律以及政治和社會經濟條件的負面影響,還包括我們在任何距離、語言和文化差異下有效競爭和提供優質客戶服務的能力。

國際業務固有的風險還包括潛在的不利稅收後果、貿易政策和貿易協議的潛在變化、遵守《外國腐敗行爲法》和當地反賄賂及反腐敗法律、獲取和執行知識產權的困難更大、識別和獲取當地供應商的挑戰,以及可能會誤判外國消費者對我們產品組合和營銷策略的反應。

此外,我們在國際市場的業務主要以這些國家的當地貨幣進行。由於我們的合併基本報表以美元計價,以當地貨幣計價的資產、負債、淨銷售額以及其他收入和支出必須根據當前時期的匯率轉換爲美元。因此,外幣匯率及其波動可能會對我們的財務表現產生負面影響。

業務中斷可能會對我們的營業時間、計算機和其他系統的可操作性、商品的可獲得性以及我們的銷售和業務產生實質性的負面影響。

業務中斷,包括戰爭或恐怖主義行爲、政治或民事動亂、異常或嚴重的天氣條件如颶風、龍捲風、風暴、火災、地震和洪水、公共衛生危機及其他災害或其威脅,可能會對我們商店、配送中心、商店支持中心或採購辦公室的運營時間和運營產生負面影響;可能會對我們的供應鏈和配送網絡產生負面影響;並可能妨礙我們在美國境內外以優惠條款採購優質商品的能力。

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如果商業交通受到限制或嚴重延誤,我們可能會遇到將商品交通到我們的配送中心和商店的困難,從而導致銷售損失和/或潛在的客戶忠誠度損失。交通問題也可能導致我們取消購貨訂單,因爲如果我們無法在配送中心收到商品。

無法預測所有可能以顯著方式負面影響我們業務的事件或情況,以及這些干擾對我們業務、產品需求和增長計劃的短期和長期影響將根據每次干擾的事實和情況有所不同。此外,這些業務中斷可能會造成額外的負面影響,而我們當前尚不知情,或加劇與我們的業務和運營相關的其他風險。

我們未能保護我們的品牌和聲譽可能會對我們與客戶、汽車地帶用戶、供應商、供應商和其他利益相關者的關係產生不利影響,從而對銷售和盈利能力產生負面影響。

我們相信,持續的銷售增長在很大程度上是由我們的汽車地帶和自有品牌名稱以及我們與客戶、汽車地帶用戶、供應商、供應商和其他利益相關者的良好聲譽推動的。我們的品牌名稱和聲譽的價值,以及它們在推動我們銷售增長中的持續有效性,在很大程度上取決於我們維護安全、高產品質量、友好的WOW!客戶服務、可信賴的建議、誠信和商業道德的能力。負面事件會迅速侵蝕信任和信懇智能,關於我們的負面宣傳,無論是否基於事實,都可能損害我們的品牌和聲譽,削弱客戶對我們的信任,減少對我們產品和服務的需求,影響我們招聘和留住員工的能力,吸引監管審查,並影響我們與供應商和供應商的關係。此外,我們實際或感知到的與社會、政治、環保或其他問題相關的戰略、舉措、反應或缺乏反應,無論是否基於事實,都可能損害我們的聲譽,負面影響我們的股票價格或導致對我們商品的需求減少。客戶也越來越多地使用社交媒體提供反饋、批評和其他關於我們公司、我們產品和我們服務的信息,這些信息迅速且廣泛傳播。如果關於公司的負面情緒,無論是否基於事實,被以這種方式分享和傳播,我們的品牌和聲譽可能會受到負面影響。

不遵守倫理、社會、產品、勞動、環保和反腐敗標準也可能危及我們的聲譽,並可能導致消費者或環保組織、員工或監管機構採取各種不利行動。由於這些或其他原因導致我們的聲譽受損或消費者信心下降,可能會對我們的運營和財務狀況產生重大不利影響,並需要額外資源來重建我們的聲譽。

信息技術、網絡安全概念和數據隱私風險

我們在關鍵業務流程中嚴重依賴信息技術系統。這些系統的損壞、故障或中斷,或我們未能實現與新系統或升級系統投資相關的預期收益,可能會對我們的業務和經營結果產生重大不利影響。

我們在信息科技系統上依賴程度很高,其中一些是由第三方服務提供商管理或提供的,用於收集、分析、處理、存儲、管理、傳輸和保護關鍵業務流程、交易和數據,例如銷售數據、客戶數據、員工數據、需求預測、商品訂單、庫存補充、供應鏈管理、支付處理、訂單履行等。對這些系統、應用程序或流程的維護、更新、升級或修補的延遲可能會對其有效性產生不利影響,或使我們面臨安防及其他風險。我們的系統以及我們互動的第三方系統可能因多種原因而遭受損壞、故障或中斷,例如:電力或其他關鍵基礎設施中斷、設施損壞、物理盜竊、通信故障、惡意軟體、安全事件、惡意網絡攻擊,包括惡意代碼、蠕蟲、網絡釣魚、間諜軟體、拒絕服務攻擊和勒索軟體、自然災害和災難性事件、冗餘措施不充分或無效;以及AutoZone員工、承包商或第三方服務提供商的設計或使用錯誤。儘管我們努力去

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有效維護和保護我們的系統和數據,我們力求確保我們的第三方服務提供商有效維護和保護他們的系統和數據,但這些努力並不總是成功的。因此,我們或我們的服務提供商已經經歷過並將可能再次遇到一個或多個錯誤、中斷、延遲或停止服務,這些錯誤影響了我們信息技術基礎設施的完整性或可用性。儘管此類事件迄今爲止並不嚴重,但未來的任何事件都可能嚴重干擾我們的運營和關鍵業務流程,導致關鍵數據的損壞或丟失,補救成本高昂且資源密集;損害我們的聲譽以及與客戶、AutoZoners、供應商和其他利益相關者的關係;並對我們的業務和經營業績產生重大不利影響。

此外,我們的信息技術系統、基礎設施和人員需要大量投資,例如用後續系統替換現有系統,其中一些是靈活性和效率較低的舊系統;對現有系統進行更改,包括將應用程序遷移到雲端;維護或增強目前未被替換的遺留系統;或設計或以經濟實惠的方式購買和實施具有新功能的新系統。這些努力可能會導致重大的潛在風險,包括系統無法按設計運行、數據可能丟失或損壞、成本超支或實施延遲或錯誤,並可能導致運營挑戰、安全控制失敗、聲譽損害和成本增加,從而可能對我們的業務運營和運營業績產生不利影響。

未能維護我們所擁有的敏感個人信息或其他機密信息的安全性可能會使我們面臨訴訟或監管執法行動,造成聲譽損害,並導致我們承擔巨額成本或對我們的業務和財務狀況產生重大不利影響。

與大多數零售商一樣,我們的業務涉及收集、處理、存儲和傳輸與我們的客戶、供應商和AutoZoners相關的大量個人信息,以及與AutoZone或與我們有業務往來的其他方相關的機密商業信息。這些信息由我們以及第三方服務提供商和供應商處理,這些提供商和供應商爲我們提供各種技術、系統、服務和其他資源,我們使用這些技術、系統、服務和其他資源來處理這些信息和促進我們的業務目標。此外,我們接受使用各種方式付款,包括信用卡、借記卡、電子支付和禮品卡,這會帶來信息安全風險,而且我們將來可能會提供新的支付方式,這帶來了我們目前尚未意識到的新風險。

儘管解決漏洞是我們的優先事項,但用於獲取未經授權訪問的方法在不斷髮展,其頻率和複雜性也在不斷提高,包括使用不斷髮展的人工智能工具來識別和利用漏洞。試圖獲得未經授權的訪問權限可能難以預測或及時發現。我們無法向您保證,我們或我們的第三方服務提供商和供應商今天採取的安全措施將成功地預防或減輕網絡事件的影響,也無法爲我們提供足夠的知名度以確定網絡事件是否發生,也無法保證我們將來推出的此類措施將足夠有效。未能維護我們可以訪問的個人和其他機密信息的安全性可能會導致私人訴訟、監管執法行動和聲譽損害,所有這些都需要大量的時間和財政資源才能解決,並可能對我們的業務和財務狀況產生重大不利影響。

儘管迄今爲止,我們的信息系統或數據未遭到重大泄露,但未經授權的各方過去曾因網絡攻擊、員工不當行爲、員工錯誤、系統漏洞或妥協、欺詐、黑客攻擊、網絡釣魚嘗試、惡意軟體、勒索軟體、其他惡意代碼或其他故意或無意行爲而繼續試圖這樣做。此外,我們或第三方爲我們開發的硬件、軟體或其他IT應用程序包含並可能包含可利用的漏洞、錯誤或設計缺陷,或者可能涉及可能意外危及信息安全的其他問題。

修復和應對涉及未經授權使用、訪問、損壞或丟失系統、數據或其他信息的網絡事件的成本可能很高。如果任何涉及我們或我們的第三方服務提供商信息系統的網絡事件導致未經授權的訪問、丟失、損壞或盜用信息,則法律可能要求我們通知受影響的個人,並面臨重大風險

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由於客戶、金融機構、AutoZoners、監管機構、支付卡發行商等引起的索賠責任。我們保持的保險覆蓋可能會保護我們免受與某些事件相關的損失或索賠;然而,我們的保險覆蓋可能不足以涵蓋任何特定情況下的重大損失。

我們受到一系列複雜且不斷髮展的法律和法規的約束,涉及數據隱私的相關內容,可能因爲法律和法規的變更、執行或新法律法規的採用而面臨增加的成本。這些成本可能對我們的業務和運營結果產生重大不利影響。.

與信息安全、數據收集、處理和使用以及數據隱私相關的監管環境正變得日益嚴格和複雜。美國多個州已經通過並繼續通過數據保護法律。各種法律對個人或受保護信息的收集、轉移、使用和其他處理類型的潛在影響深遠,可能需要大量時間、資源和成本來遵守,可能要求對我們現有的做法和流程進行不利於我們業務的變更,並限制我們使用數據來提供更個性化的客戶體驗或其他所需的能力。此外,我們或我們的業務合作伙伴、第三方服務提供商或供應商未能遵守適用要求可能導致我們面臨罰款、制裁、政府調查、訴訟或聲譽損害。

此外,儘管我們努力在這些法律生效時遵循它們,但許多概念都是新穎的。無法保證我們以善意採取的遵從措施是充分的,我們可能會成爲州機構或其他監管機構發起的調查或執法行動的對象。

負債、金融與市場風險

我們在某些與運營相關的成本上自我保險,保險索賠和費用的增加可能會對我們產生重大負面影響。

我們在工傷賠償、員工團體醫療、一般責任、產品責任、財產和汽車方面自我保險至一定限額。保險的種類和金額可能會根據我們在風險保留和監管要求方面的決策不時變化。我們的準備金是根據歷史趨勢建立的,並在適當時由第三方精算師估算已報告索賠和尚未報告索賠的結案成本。估計成本受到多種假設和其他因素的影響,包括索賠的嚴重性、持續時間和頻率、與索賠相關的法律費用、醫療保健趨勢和相關因素的預期通貨膨脹。保險索賠數量的重大增加、醫療費用的變化、事故的頻率和嚴重性、法律費用以及其他因素可能導致實際自我保險成本與我們的準備金估計之間的 unfavorable 差異。因此,我們的自我保險成本可能會增加,這可能對我們的業務、運營結果、財務狀況和現金流產生不利影響。

信用評級的下降或信貸市場的普遍動盪可能會使我們更難獲取資金、再融資我們的債務、獲得新融資或發行債務證券。

我們的短期和長期債務被主要評級機構評爲投資級。這些投資級信用評級在歷史上使我們能夠在短期信用額度、優先債務發行和商業票據市場中利用較低的利率和其他優惠條款。爲了維持我們的投資級評級,我們需要滿足某些財務績效比率。評級機構對這些比率的變更、債務的增加和/或收益的下降可能導致我們的信用評級被下調。信用評級的下調可能限制我們對公共債務市場的進入,限制願意向我們提供信貸設施的機構,導致公共和私人債務中更嚴格的財務及其他契約,並可能大幅增加我們的整體借款成本並對我們的收益產生不利影響。此外,信用評級的下調或金融市場的變化可能限制金融機構參與我們的供應商融資安排的意願,這可能導致供應商尋求重新談判他們的付款條款。此外,大型金融機構財務狀況的顯著惡化可能導致全球信用市場流動性和信貸供應的嚴重損失,並導致更加嚴格的。

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借款條款。 全球信用市場的條件和事件可能對我們獲得短期和開多債務以及這些債務的條款和成本產生重大不利影響。

法律和監管風險

我們的業務、經營結果、財務狀況和現金流可能會受到新法律的通過、現有法律的變更、執法活動的增加或其他政府行爲的不利影響。

我們受到許多聯邦、州和地方法律法規的約束,其中許多是複雜的、經常修訂的,並且存在不同的解讀。這些法律包括就業和勞工、工資和工時、環保事務、危險材料和廢物的適當處理和處置、員工福利、數據隱私、網絡安全概念、安全、商品的定價和銷售、進出口合規、交通和物流、消費者保護和廣告等。 這些法律可能會隨時間變化,並可能在我們運營的地區之間有很大差異。儘管我們已經實施了政策和程序以幫助確保遵守這些法律,但不能保證我們的AutoZoners以及與我們開展業務的第三方不會採取違反我們的政策或適用法律的行爲。如果我們未能遵守這些法律、規則和法規,或其解釋或適用方式,我們可能會面臨政府執法行動或私人訴訟,從而導致業務受到限制、財務處罰、聲譽受損和合規成本增加。任何現有法律法規的執行或解釋的變化或任何新法律法規的制定,包括稅收立法,可能對我們的財務狀況和經營結果產生重大不利影響。由於執行現有法律法規或執法優先事項的變化,我們可能還會遭受政府當局和監管機構的調查或審計,這些情況可能會在正常的業務過程中發生,或可能由於特定機構或特定行業的逐步審查而產生。

我們可能會受到法律、監管或市場對全球氣候變化的反應的負面影響。

由於大氣中二氧化碳及其他溫室氣體濃度的增加而導致的氣候變化可能對我們的運營構成風險。例如,我們在加州的運營很重要,而嚴重的乾旱使水源減少且成本增加,也增加了野火的風險。氣候模式的變化導致我們某些地點出現極端熱浪或異常寒冷天氣,可能導致能源使用和成本增加,或者以其他方式對我們的設施和運營產生不利影響,擾亂我們的供應鏈和分銷系統。對氣候變化的日益關注使美國的政策制定者考慮制定立法和監管提案,這些提案將施加廣泛的強制報告要求以及溫室氣體(「GHG」)排放減少的要求。如果這些法律得到通過,可能會在多個方面影響我們的業務。例如,燃油經濟性要求的顯著提高、新的聯邦或州對二氧化碳排放的限制或新的聯邦或州激勵計劃或對車輛和汽車燃料可能施加的其他規定,可能會對車輛需求、年駕駛里程或我們出售的產品產生不利影響。我們可能無法準確預測、準備和有效應對與新能源車及其他減少排放的技術相關的新型技術創新。遵守任何新或更嚴格的法律或法規,或對現有法律的更嚴格解釋,可能要求我們或我們的供應商增加額外支出。我們無法適當響應這些變化,可能會對我們的業務、財務狀況、運營結果或現金流產生實質性的負面影響。

我們可能無法實現我們在環保、社會和治理(ESG)報告中提出的目標和願望,特別是在減少溫室氣體排放方面,或者無法滿足我們在ESG事務方面利益相關者的期望。

政府和社會對ESG問題的關注日益增加,包括擴大溫室氣體排放和其他可持續性指標的強制性和自願性報告,以及如氣候變化、可持續性、自然資源、廢物減少、能源、人力資本和風險監督等披露話題,這些可能會擴大我們所需控制、評估和報告的事項的性質、範圍和複雜性。我們努力通過我們的業務創造共享價值,而我們的各類利益相關者希望我們在某些ESG優先議題領域取得進展。

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未能滿足這些期望或被視爲未能滿足這些期望可能會對公衆對我們業務的看法、員工士氣或客戶和股東的支持產生不利影響。

我們已經宣佈與ESG事項相關的一些期望和目標,例如我們打算隨着時間的推移減少某些溫室氣體排放。實現這些期望、計劃和目標面臨許多風險和不確定性,其中許多超出了我們的控制範圍。這些風險和不確定性包括但不限於:我們是否能夠及時且具有成本效益地成功識別和實施相關策略;我們是否能夠實現這些策略和行動預期的收益和成本節約;以及現有和未來技術的可用性和成本,例如替代燃料車輛、離網可再生能源以及其他材料和元件。我們可能在及時或根本上未能實現我們的ESG目標,或者實現這些目標的成本可能變得高得令人望而卻步。此外,我們的利益相關者可能對我們的努力或我們朝着這些期望和目標的進展速度不滿意。此外,一些司法管轄區已制定法律和其他法規,可能會讓在這些司法管轄區運營的公司因未能達成公佈的目標而承擔法律責任。延遲、失敗或被認爲未能達成我們的目標和期望可能會對公衆對我們業務的看法產生不利影響,導致我們失去股東支持,並使我們受到與此類事項相關的法律索賠和責任。一些我們在實現ESG目標中面臨的挑戰也在我們的ESG報告中有所體現,而這些內容不納入參考也不構成本報告的任何部分。

我們的業務、財務狀況、運營結果和現金流可能受到訴訟的影響。

我們參與了一些法律訴訟、監管調查、政府及其他法律程序,這些都源於正常的業務活動。這些事項涉及重大費用,並分散管理層在其他事務上的注意力和資源。在這些程序中針對我們的損害賠償要求可能是實質性的,並可能對我們的業務、運營結果、財務狀況和現金流產生不利影響。

一般風險

宏觀經濟和地緣政治因素的重大變化可能會對我們的財務狀況和運營結果產生重大不利影響。

宏觀經濟條件影響我們的客戶和供應商。此外,美國政府繼續在歷史上創紀錄的赤字和債務負擔下運作。全球信貸市場的持續困境、商業失敗、社會動盪、通貨膨脹、利率上升、匯率波動、重大地緣政治衝突、提議或額外關稅、能源價格的持續波動、公共衛生危機或疫情(如COVID-19大流行)的影響、全球供應鏈的限制以及其他因素繼續影響全球經濟。此外,能源價格上漲可能會影響我們的商品分銷、商業交付、公用事業和產品成本。目前尚不清楚這些因素在短期內將如何影響我們的業務。長期以來,這些宏觀經濟和地緣政治條件可能會對我們的銷售增長、利潤率和管理費用產生不利影響。這些因素可能會對我們的財務狀況和運營產生重大不利影響。

項目 10億。未解決的員工評論

無。

項目1C。網絡安全概念

風險管理與策略

計劃


我們認識到評估、識別和管理網絡安全威脅所帶來的重要材料風險的重要性,並已實施各種流程和保障措施以協助此類努力。我們的程序涵蓋人員、流程和技術,以保護我們的系統、數據和業務免受網絡安全威脅。我們的程序

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優先考慮威脅緩解和風險管理,同時專注於維護我們系統的完整性和彈性。

我們的程序受到行業標準的指導,包括國家標準與技術研究所(NIST)的網絡安全框架(CSF)、美國國家標準協會的加密標準和支付卡行業數據安全標準。作爲我們的網絡安全策略的一部分,我們定期邀請獨立的外部專家來評估和對標我們的整體程序與這些行業標準。

汽車地帶在我們的託管安全服務提供商的協助下,持續監控我們的威脅情報和數字環境中的事件。我們採用多種方法來測試和改進我們的控制措施,包括漏洞掃描、滲透測試和攻擊模擬測試。我們有一個事件響應計劃,明確了調查、響應、遏制和修復事件的程序,並得到跨職能團隊的支持。事件響應計劃還概述了將事件升級並與管理層溝通的流程。

在合同審查和供應商參與過程中,我們評估供應商對適當安全實踐、要求和期望的遵循情況,包括是否符合行業標準及適用的法律法規。我們還會聘請第三方監控某些服務提供商,以便我們可以及時獲知可能影響該方風險狀況的重要事件。我們維護網絡安全意識程序,通過培訓、內部通訊和安全意識活動,旨在教育我們的員工有關安全風險和最佳實踐。我們持有網絡安全保險,以保護我們免受某些網絡安全事件帶來的損失。

網絡安全風險

雖然截至目前我們尚未經歷針對信息系統或數據的重大漏洞,但過去未授權方曾獲得訪問權限並竊取數據。未來的任何事件可能會嚴重干擾我們的運營和關鍵業務流程,導致關鍵或敏感數據的損害、丟失或未授權訪問,修復成本高昂且資源密集;對我們的聲譽以及與客戶、汽車地帶、供應商和其他利益相關者的關係造成傷害;並對我們的業務和運營結果產生重大不利影響。有關網絡安全風險的更多信息,請參見「信息技術、網絡安全和數據隱私風險」中的第1.A.項風險因素。

治理

網絡安全風險管理計劃已納入我們的更廣泛的企業風險管理框架,這使我們的高級管理團隊在董事會的監督下能夠對我們的風險暴露形成更全面的認識,並相應地優先考慮和管理這些風險。

汽車地帶的首席信息安全官(CISO)直接向我們的首席信息官和信息技術高級副總裁報告。我們的CISO在信息技術領域擁有超過25年的經驗,幾乎20年專注於信息安全領導角色。他在多個行業領域擁有經驗,並持有包括認證信息系統安全專家和美國企業董事協會頒發的網絡安全監督CERT證書等資格證書。

審計委員會負責監督公司的企業風險管理計劃,包括網絡安全風險。 在季度委員會會議上,審計委員會與我們的首席信息安全官直接審查和討論網絡安全事項,包括相關的網絡安全風險、汽車地帶的威脅形勢變化、風險緩解策略、網絡安全計劃評估及結果,以及網絡安全路線圖和進展。

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項目2. 屬性

下表反映截至2024年8月31日我們店鋪的租賃和自有物業數量以及銷售空間的平方英尺。

    

數量

    

商店廣場

商店

面積(1)

租賃

 

4,081

 

27,226,410

擁有

 

3,272

 

22,190,827

總計

 

7,353

 

49,417,237

(1)平方英尺不包括商店支持中心、區域型辦公室、配送中心以及持有當地超級中心和擴展商品區域的區域。

我們在配送中心大約有710萬平方英尺,服務於我們的商店,其中大約210萬平方英尺是租賃的,其餘是自有的。我們在美國遍佈有11個配送中心,在墨西哥有兩個,在巴西有一個。我們的主要商店支持中心位於田納西州的孟菲斯,面積約爲325,000平方英尺。我們還有四個額外的商店支持中心,位於墨西哥的蒙特雷、墨西哥的奇瓦瓦、巴西的聖保羅和印度的古爾岡。我們的主要國際採購辦公室位於中國的上海。位於加利福尼亞州埃爾克格羅夫的ALLDATA總部是租賃的,我們還擁有或租賃其他單獨或總體上不重要的物業。

項目3. 法律訴訟

我們正在參與各種法律訴訟,這些訴訟與我們業務的開展有關,包括但不限於與工資和工時違規、非法解僱、就業實踐、產品責任、隱私和網絡安全概念、環保母基事項、知識產權或合規監管相關的索賠和指控。我們目前不認爲,這些事項單獨或總體上會導致對我們的財務狀況、運營結果或現金流造成重大負債。

此外,我們沒有參與任何政府機關作爲一方的環保母基程序,而該程序涉及我們合理相信將超過100萬美元的潛在貨幣制裁。

項目4. 礦山安全披露

不適用。

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第二部分

項目5. 註冊人普通股的市場、相關股東事項和發行人購回股權證券

我們普通股交易的主要市場是紐約證券交易所,標的爲「AZO」。截至2024年10月21日,記錄在案的股東有1,603名,這不包括以安防持有的股份的實益擁有者數量。

我們目前不向普通股支付分紅派息。未來任何分紅派息的支付將取決於我們的財務控制項、資本需求、盈利能力和現金流。

在1998年,公司宣佈了一項計劃,允許公司回購部分未超過公司董事會設定的美元最高限額的流通股。董事會在2023年12月20日投票增加回購授權20億,並在2024年6月19日增加15億,使授權回購股票的總價值達到392億。

截至2024年8月31日的季度,公司回購的普通股如下:

期間

總購買股份數

每股平均支付價格

作爲公開宣佈的計劃或方案所購買的股份總數

根據計劃或項目,尚可購買的最大美元價值

2024年5月5日至2024年6月1日

65,636

$

2,891.87

65,636

$

1,184,718,249

2024年6月2日至2024年6月29日

81,197

 

2,881.79

81,197

2,450,725,318

2024年6月30日至2024年7月27日

84,860

 

2,936.78

84,860

2,201,510,545

2024年7月28日至2024年8月31日

12,096

3,103.60

12,096

2,163,969,364

總計

243,789

$

2,914.65

243,789

$

2,163,969,364

The Company also repurchased, at market value, an additional 4,886 shares in fiscal year 2022 from employees electing to sell their stock under the Company’s Eighth Amended and Restated Employee Stock Purchase Plan (as amended from time to time, the 「Employee Plan」), qualified under Section 423 of the Internal Revenue Code, under which all eligible employees may purchase AutoZone’s common stock at 85% of the lower of the market price of the common stock on the first day or last day of each calendar quarter through payroll deductions. Maximum permitted annual purchases are $15,000 per employee or 10 percent of compensation, whichever is less. Under the Employee Plan, 5,000, 5,183 and 6,238 shares were sold to employees in fiscal 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively. At August 31, 2024, 117,341 shares of common stock were reserved for future issuance under the Employee Plan.

Once executives have reached the maximum purchases under the Employee Plan, the Sixth Amended and Restated Executive Stock Purchase Plan (the 「Executive Plan」) permits all eligible executives to purchase AutoZone’s common stock up to 25 percent of his or her annual salary and bonus. Purchases by executives under the Executive Plan were 540, 689 and 709 shares in fiscal 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively. At August 31, 2024, 232,426 shares of common stock were reserved for future issuance under the Executive Plan.

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股票表現圖

下圖展示了汽車地帶股票的價值變化,相較於標準普爾500綜合指數(「S&P 500」)和標準普爾零售指數(「S&P Retail Index」)在2019年8月31日至2024年8月31日的五年期間的表現。

Graphic

項目6. 預留

不需要。

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第 7 項。管理層對財務狀況和經營業績的討論和分析

我們是美洲領先的汽車備件和配件零售商和分銷商。我們於1979年開始運營,截至2024年8月31日,我們在美國經營了6,432家門店,在墨西哥經營了794家門店,在巴西經營了127家門店。每家商店都提供廣泛的汽車、運動型多功能車、貨車和輕型卡車的產品線,包括新的和再製造的汽車硬件、保養品、配件和非汽車產品。截至2024年8月31日,我們在5,898家國內門店以及墨西哥和巴西的絕大多數門店中制定了商業銷售計劃,向當地、地區和全國維修車庫、經銷商、服務站、車隊所有者和其他客戶提供零件和其他產品的即時交付和商業信貸。我們還通過www.autozone.com銷售汽車硬件、保養用品、配件和非汽車產品,我們的商業客戶可以通過www.autozonepro.com進行購買。此外,我們還通過www.alldata.com銷售ALLDATA品牌的汽車診斷、維修、碰撞和車間管理軟體。我們還通過www.duralastparts.com提供有關我們的杜拉斯特品牌產品的產品信息。我們不從汽車維修或安裝服務中獲得收入。

內容提要

2024財年,淨銷售額增至185億美元,比上年增長5.9%。隨着我們在旨在提高零件供應和提供 WOW! 的增長計劃上繼續取得進展,我們在國內和國際市場的零售額和商業銷售額也有所增長。客戶服務。全年營業利潤增長9.1%,至38億美元,淨收入增長5.3%,至27億美元,攤薄後每股收益增長13.0%,至149.55美元。

在2024財年,故障和維護相關類別佔我們銷售組合的最大部分,約佔總銷售額的86%。儘管與往年相比,我們的品類銷售結構沒有發生任何根本性的變化,但在我們的國內門店中,與去年相比,我們看到非必需品類的銷售組合有所下降,維護和故障類別的銷售組合略有增加。

我們的業務受到經濟內部影響消費者和行業的各種因素的影響,包括但不限於通貨膨脹、利率、消費者債務水平、燃料和能源成本、現行工資率、外匯匯率波動、供應鏈中斷、招聘和其他經濟狀況。鑑於這些宏觀經濟因素的性質,這些因素通常是我們無法控制的,因此我們無法預測某些趨勢是否會持續或持續多長時間,也無法預測這些趨勢將在多大程度上影響我們。

我們認爲,從長遠來看,與我們的市場增長最密切相關的兩個統計數據是行駛里程和道路上已有七年或更舊車齡的車輛數量。

行駛里程

我們認爲,隨着行駛里程數的增加,消費者的車輛更有可能需要保養和維護,從而導致對汽車硬件和保養用品的需求增加。根據美國交通部提供的最新信息,自本財年初至2024年7月,美國的行駛里程與去年同期相比增長了1.2%。

已使用七年或更舊的車輛

隨着道路上使用了七年或更舊的車輛數量的增加,我們預計對我們銷售的產品的需求將增加。我們預計,隨着消費者延長汽車保有時間,老齡化的車輛數量將繼續增加。根據S&P Global Mobility提供的最新數據,道路上輕型車輛的平均車齡爲12.6年,這些車輛約佔美國車輛的38%。

根據美國交通部聯邦公路管理局的數據,車輛平均每年行駛約11,000英里。七年內,平均行駛里程相當於大約 77,000 英里。我們的經驗是,在車輛生命週期的這一時刻,大多數車輛都不在保修範圍內,需要增加維護和維修才能保持車輛的運轉。

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營業結果

下表突出顯示了過去五年的一些財務信息:

財年結束於八月

 

(單位爲千元,除每股數據、同店銷售和選定的營業數據外)

    

2024(1)

    

2023

    

2022

    

2021(2)

    

2020(2)

    

財務報表數據

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

淨銷售額

$

18,490,268

$

17,457,209

$

16,252,230

$

14,629,585

$

12,631,967

銷售成本,包括倉庫和交通費用

 

8,673,216

 

8,386,787

 

7,779,580

 

6,911,800

 

5,861,214

毛利潤

 

9,817,052

 

9,070,422

 

8,472,650

 

7,717,785

 

6,770,753

營業、銷售、一般和行政開支

 

6,028,344

 

5,596,436

 

5,201,921

 

4,773,258

 

4,353,074

營業利潤

 

3,788,708

 

3,473,986

 

3,270,729

 

2,944,527

 

2,417,679

利息費用,淨額

 

451,578

 

306,372

 

191,638

 

195,337

 

201,165

稅前收入

 

3,337,130

 

3,167,614

 

3,079,091

 

2,749,190

 

2,216,514

所得稅費用(3)

 

674,703

 

639,188

 

649,487

 

578,876

 

483,542

凈利潤(3)

$

2,662,427

$

2,528,426

$

2,429,604

$

2,170,314

$

1,732,972

攤薄後每股收益(3)

$

149.55

$

132.36

$

117.19

$

95.19

$

71.93

稀釋每股收益的加權平均股份(3)

 

17,803

 

19,103

 

20,733

 

22,799

 

24,093

同店銷售額

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

國內同店淨銷售額增加(4)

 

0.4

%  

 

3.4

%  

 

8.4

%  

13.6

%  

7.4

%  

國際可比門店淨銷售額的增加(減少)(4)

16.1

%  

29.3

%  

19.1

%  

22.5

%

(2.8)

%  

國際可比門店淨銷售額的增加(固定貨幣)(4)

10.2

%  

17.5

%  

19.2

%  

20.7

%  

4.7

%  

公司可比門店淨銷售總額的增長(4)

2.1

%  

5.6

%  

9.2

%  

14.3

%  

6.6

%  

公司可比門店淨銷售額的增加(按固定貨幣計算)(4)

1.4

%  

4.6

%  

9.2

%  

14.1

%  

7.2

%  

資產負債表數據

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

流動資產

$

7,306,759

$

6,779,426

$

6,627,984

$

6,415,303

$

6,811,872

經營租賃使用權資產

3,057,780

2,998,097

2,918,817

2,718,712

2,581,677

營運資金(赤字)(5)

 

(1,407,484)

 

(1,732,430)

 

(1,960,409)

 

(954,451)

 

528,781

總資產

 

17,176,538

 

15,985,878

 

15,275,043

 

14,516,199

 

14,423,872

流動負債

 

8,714,243

 

8,511,856

 

8,588,393

 

7,369,754

 

6,283,091

債務

 

9,024,381

 

7,668,549

 

6,122,092

 

5,269,820

 

5,513,371

融資租賃負債,減去流動部分

 

283,882

 

200,702

 

217,428

 

186,122

 

155,855

經營租賃負債,扣除流動部分

2,960,174

2,917,046

2,837,973

2,632,842

2,501,560

股東權益赤字

 

(4,749,614)

 

(4,349,894)

 

(3,538,913)

 

(1,797,536)

 

(877,977)

選定的運營數據

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

年初的店鋪數量

 

7,140

 

6,943

 

6,767

 

6,549

 

6,411

新店

 

217

 

198

 

177

 

219

 

138

關閉的商店

 

4

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

淨新商店

 

213

 

197

 

176

 

218

 

138

搬遷門店

 

6

 

12

 

13

 

12

 

5

年末店鋪數量

 

7,353

 

7,140

 

6,943

 

6,767

 

6,549

汽車地帶國內商業項目

 

5,898

 

5,682

 

5,342

 

5,179

 

5,007

總公司門店數據

每個店的存貨(以千爲單位)

$

837

$

807

$

812

$

686

$

683

汽車地帶商店總面積(以千平方英尺計)

 

49,417

 

47,899

 

46,435

 

45,057

 

43,502

每個汽車地帶門店的平均平方英尺面積

 

6,721

 

6,709

 

6,688

 

6,658

 

6,643

汽車地帶店面面積增加

 

3.2

%  

 

3.2

%  

 

3.1

%  

 

3.6

%  

 

2.3

%  

每個汽車地帶門店的平均淨銷售額(以千爲單位)

$

2,505

$

2,435

$

2,329

$

2,160

$

1,914

每個汽車地帶門店的淨銷售額每平方英尺平均

$

373

$

363

$

349

$

325

$

288

年末員工總數(以千計)

 

126

 

119

 

112

 

105

 

100

存貨周轉率(6)

 

1.5x

 

1.5x

 

1.5x

 

1.5x

 

1.3x

應付賬款與存貨比率

 

119.5

%  

 

124.9

%  

 

129.5

%  

 

129.6

%  

 

115.3

%  

投資資本的稅後回報率(7)

 

49.7

%  

 

55.4

%  

 

52.9

%  

 

41.0

%  

 

35.7

%  

調整後的債務與息稅折舊攤銷前利潤比率(8)

 

2.5

 

2.3

 

2.1

 

2.0

 

2.4

經營活動提供的淨現金(以千爲單位)(3)

$

3,004,116

$

2,940,788

$

3,211,135

$

3,518,543

$

2,720,108

股權回購和債務變動前的現金流(單位:千)(9)

$

1,791,635

$

2,156,026

$

2,599,636

$

3,048,841

$

2,185,418

回購股份(以千爲單位)(5)(10)

$

3,170,320

$

3,723,289

$

4,359,991

$

3,378,321

$

930,903

回購的股票數量(千股)(5)

 

1,149

 

1,524

 

2,220

 

2,592

 

826

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目錄

(1)  截至2024年8月31日的財政年度包含53周。
(2)  截至2021年8月28日和2020年8月29日的52周受到疫情相關支出的負面影響,其中包括約4300萬(稅前)和8390萬(稅前)的緊急休假費用。
(3)  2024年、2023年、2022年、2021年和2020年的財政年度包括來自股票期權行使的超額稅收利益,分別爲8140萬、9220萬、6320萬、5640萬和2090萬。
(4)  國內和國際可比銷售增長基於所有至少營業一年以上的汽車地帶商店的銷售數據。固定匯率下的同店銷售排除了匯率波動的影響,通過將當前年度和前年度的國際結果轉換爲前年度的外匯匯率。 同店銷售是基於52周計算的。遷移的商店根據原始商店開業的年份計入同店銷售計算中。關閉商店的銷售計入同店銷售計算,直至其關閉,並在關閉後的所有期間內不再計算。通過我們的網站 www.autozone.com 的所有銷售,包括消費者直接寄送到家銷售,也包括在計算中。
(5)  在2020財政年度的第三季度,公司因應COVID-19疫情暫時暫停了股票回購計劃,並於2021財政年度第一季度開始重新啓動。
(6)  存貨周轉率計算爲銷售成本除以過去五個季度的平均商品存貨餘額。
(7)  稅後投資資本回報率定義爲稅後營業利潤(不包括租金費用)除以投資資本(包括資本化租賃的因素)。
(8)  調整後的債務與EBITDAR之比定義爲總債務、融資租賃義務和年度租金的總和乘以六;除以凈利潤加上利息、稅費、折舊、攤銷、租金和基於股份的補償費用。請參見《管理層對財務狀況和經營結果的討論與分析》中非公認會計原則財務指標的調節。
(9)  在股份回購和債務變動之前的現金流定義爲現金及現金等價物的變化減去債務變化再加上國庫股票購買。請參見《管理層對財務狀況和經營結果的討論與分析》中非公認會計原則財務指標的調節。
(10) 股份回購在2024財年和2023財年中包括消費稅。消費稅的稅率爲2022年12月31日後淨股票回購公平市場價值的百分之一。

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2024財年與2023財年相比

截至2024年8月31日的財年,我們的淨銷售額爲185億 compared with 2023年8月26日爲175億,增長幅度爲5.9%。這一增長主要得益於額外的53周銷售額爲36590萬,來自新開設的國內和國際商店的淨銷售額爲29240萬,以及公司總的同店銷售額按固定貨幣計算增長了1.4%。rd 增加了來自新開設的國內和國際商店的淨銷售額29240萬在固定貨幣基礎上,公司總的同店銷售額增長了1.4% 國內商業銷售額增長了28430萬,或6.2%,相比於2023財年的國內商業銷售額,這部分增長也部分得益於額外的53周銷售rd 本週銷售額爲9570萬。

同店銷售,或至少開業一年以上的國內和國際商店的銷售額,按52周計算,如下所示:

財政年度截至八月

    

    

固定貨幣 (1)

    

2024

2023

2024

2023

國內

0.4

%  

3.4

%  

0.4

%  

3.4

%  

國際

 

16.1

%  

 

29.3

%  

 

10.2

%  

 

17.5

%  

公司總計

 

2.1

%  

 

5.6

%  

 

1.4

%  

 

4.6

%  

(1)常量貨幣同店銷售排除了匯率波動的影響,通過使用上年度的外幣匯率將當前年份和上一年的國際結果進行轉換。

截至2024年8月31日,我們經營着6,432家國內店鋪,在墨西哥794家和巴西127家,而在2023年8月26日,國內店鋪爲6,300家,墨西哥740家,巴西100家。我們報告了整體汽車零件板塊(國內、墨西哥和巴西)在2024財年的銷售增長爲5.9%。

2024財政年度的毛利潤爲98億美金,約佔淨銷售的53.1%,相比2023財政年度的91億美金,約佔淨銷售的52.0%,增長了114個點子。毛利率的提高主要得益於更高的商品毛利率和47個點子(8400萬美元的淨收益)來自非現金LIFO有利因素。

2024財政年度的營業、銷售、一般和管理費用增加至60億美金,約佔淨銷售的32.6%,而2023財政年度爲56億美元,約佔淨銷售的32.1%。營業費用作爲銷售百分比的增加主要是由於國內門店的工資支出。

2024財政年度的淨利息費用爲45160萬美元,2023財政年度爲30640萬美元。2024財政年度的平均借款爲87億美金,2023財政年度爲70億美金。2024和2023財政年度的加權平均借款利率分別爲4.39%和3.78%。

我們2024和2023財政年度的有效所得稅率均爲預稅收入的20.2%。2024財政年度行使股票期權帶來的收益爲8140萬美元,而2023財政年度爲9220萬美元(請參見「註釋E - 所得稅」在綜合基本報表的註釋中)。

2024財政年度的凈利潤增加了5.3%,達到27億美金,稀釋每股收益從2023財政年度的132.36美金增加了13.0%,達到149.55美金。2024財政年度的回購股票對稀釋每股收益的影響增加了0.96美金。

2023財政年度與2022財政年度的對比

關於2023財政年度與2022財政年度的運營結果變化的討論在本年度10-K報告中已省略,但可在2023年8月26日結束的財政年度我們的10-K年報「第7項 管理層對財務狀況和運營結果的討論與分析」中找到,該報告於2023年10月24日提交給證券交易委員會,您可以在證券交易委員會網站 www.sec.gov 和汽車地帶網站 www.autozone.com 上免費下載,點擊頁面底部的「投資者關係」。

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目錄

季度期間

我們財年的前三個季度每個季度由12周組成,第四季度在2024年由17周組成,在2023年和2022年由16周組成。由於第四季度的銷售成交量季節性較高,並且由16周或17周組成,與前三個季度的12周相比,我們的第四季度在我們年銷售和凈利潤中佔有不成比例的份額。財政年度2024年的第四季度佔年銷售的33.6%和凈利潤的33.9%;財政年度2023年的第四季度佔年銷售的32.6%和凈利潤的34.2%;財政年度2022年的第四季度佔年銷售的32.9%和凈利潤的33.3%。

流動性和資本資源

我們流動性主要來源於汽車零部件、產品和配件的銷售所實現的現金流。我們認爲,來自經營活動產生的現金、可用的現金儲備和可用的信貸,以及我們的長期借款,將爲我們的運營提供充足的流動性,同時允許我們進行戰略投資以支持增長計劃,並以股票回購的形式將多餘現金返還給股東。截至2024年8月31日,我們持有29820萬的現金及現金等價物,以及22億的未提取額度在我們的循環信貸額度上,而不考慮商業票據借款。我們相信我們的流動性來源將繼續足夠以支持我們的運營和業務增長的投資,按到期償還我們的債務,並在短期和長期內支持我們的股票回購。此外,我們相信如果有必要,我們有能力獲得替代的融資來源。

2024年,經營活動提供的淨現金爲30億,2023年爲29億,2022年爲32億。與去年相比,運營現金流呈現出良好狀態,主要是由於凈利潤提高,部分原因是當前年銷售週數增加。

我們在投資活動中使用的淨現金流分別爲2024財年13億,2023財年87620萬和2022財年64810萬。2024財年投資活動中使用淨現金的增加主要是由於資本支出增加。我們在資本資產方面的投資分別爲2024財年11億,2023財年79670萬和2022財年67240萬。從2023財年到2024財年的資本支出增加主要是由於我們的增長計劃,包括在後續期間開設的新配送中心和商店,以及在本年度開設的商店。我們在2024財年、2023財年和2022財年分別淨新開了213家、197家和176家商店。我們將部分由我們全資擁有的保險公司持有的資產投資於可交易債務證券。我們在2024財年、2023財年和2022財年分別購買了3880萬、6690萬和5600萬的可交易債務證券。我們在2024財年、2023財年和2022財年分別從可交易債務證券的銷售中獲得了4080萬、5840萬和5390萬的收入。我們在2024財年、2023財年和2022財年對稅收抵免股權投資的投資分別爲22750萬、9800萬和3150萬。

融資活動中使用的淨現金分別爲2024財年17億,2023財年21億和2022財年35億。融資活動中使用的淨現金反映了國庫股票的購買,2024財年、2023財年和2022財年的總計爲31億、37億和44億。2024財年、2023財年和2022年的國庫股票購買主要由經營現金流和增加的借款資助。在截至2024年8月31日的年度,我們償還了30000萬的3.125%到期的高級票據,併發行了23億的新債務,較2023年的18億和2022年的75000萬有所增加。在2024財年,債務發行的收益用於償還部分商業票據借款和一般公司用途。在2023財年和2022財年,債務發行的收益用於一般公司用途。

公司在2024財年有$62960萬的商業票據和開空借款的淨還款,並且在2023年和2022年分別有$60620萬和$60340萬的商業票據和開空借款的淨收入。

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目錄

在2025財年,我們預計將比2024財年增加對我們業務的投資。我們的投資預計主要用於供應鏈計劃,包括新的配送中心和新店,包括擴展的樞紐商店和超級樞紐商店。 我們新店的投資金額受不同因素影響,包括建築和土地是否購買(需要更高的投資)或租賃(通常較低的投資),以及這些建築是位於美國、墨西哥還是巴西,或者位於城市還是農村地區。

除了建築和土地成本外,我們的新店和配送中心還需要營運資金,主要用於庫存。歷史上,我們已經與供應商協商了延長的付款條款,降低了所需的營運資金,並導致了高應付賬款與存貨的比例。我們計劃繼續利用我們的庫存採購;然而,我們的能力可能受到我們的供應商從我們這裏處理應收賬款的能力限制。公司與第三方金融機構達成協議,以確認公司對某些供應商應付賬款的發票餘額,並在發票到期日向金融機構支付確認金額。這些協議允許公司的庫存供應商根據自己的決定,與這些金融機構簽訂協議,以融資公司的對供應商的義務,條款由供應商與金融機構協商。供應商參與是可選的,我們對供應商的義務,包括金額和到期日期,不會受到供應商決定是否與第三方金融機構簽訂協議的影響。我們的信用評級下調或金融市場變化可能限制金融機構和我們的供應商參與這些安排的意願。我們計劃繼續與供應商協商延長的條款,以惠及我們的營運資金,並導致高應付賬款與存貨的比例。截至2024年8月31日,我們的應付賬款與存貨的比例爲119.5%,截至2023年8月26日爲124.9%。

根據我們未來投資的時機和規模(無論是以租賃或購買物業或收購的形式),我們預計主要依賴內部生成的資金和可用的借款能力來支持大部分資本支出、營運資金需求和股票回購。剩餘部分可能通過新的借款來資助。考慮到我們的信用評級和過去在債務市場中的良好經驗,我們預計能夠獲得這樣的融資。

我們的現金餘額分佈在世界各地。截至2024年8月31日和2023年8月26日,分別有現金及現金等價物9980萬美元和10850萬美元存放在美國以外,通常用於支持我們外國業務的流動性需求。

截至2024年8月31日的財政年度,我們的調整後稅後投資資本回報率(「ROIC」)爲49.7%,相比之下,前一年的該比例爲55.4%。調整後的ROIC是通過稅後營業利潤(不包括租金費用)除以投資資本計算得出的(投資資本中包含資本化操作租賃的一個因素)。我們使用調整後的ROIC來評估我們是否有效利用資本資源,並認爲這對整體營業績效是一個重要指標。有關我們計算的進一步詳細信息,請參見「非公認會計原則財務指標的調整」一節。

債務設施

在2021年11月15日,我們修訂和重述了現有的循環信貸工具(經不時修訂的「循環信貸協議」),根據該協議,我們在循環信貸協議下的借款能力從20億增加到22.5億,而根據我們的選擇,最多借款金額可在貸方批准的情況下從225億增加到32.5億。 在2022年11月15日,我們修訂了循環信貸協議,將終止日期延長了一年。按修訂後的協議,循環信貸協議將於2027年11月15日終止,所有借款金額到期應支付,但我們可以再提出一次請求,將終止日期延長一年。. 循環信貸協議下的循環借款可以是基準利率貸款、期限擔保隔夜融資利率(「SOFR」)貸款,或兩者的組合,具體由我們選擇。循環信貸協議包括(i)7500萬美元的隨借隨還貸款子限額,(ii)5000萬美元的個別發行人信用證子限額,以及(iii)25000萬美元的所有信用證的總子限額。

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目錄

根據我們的循環信用協議,契約包括對擔保物的限制、最大債務收益比、最低固定費用覆蓋比率以及在某些情況下可能要求加速還款義務的控制權變更條款。

截至2024年8月31日,我們沒有未償還的借款,循環信用協議下的信用證餘額爲180萬。

循環信用協議要求我們在每個季度最後一天的合併利息覆蓋比率不得低於2.5:1。該比率定義爲(i)合併稅息折舊及攤銷前利潤與(ii)合併利息支出加上合併租金的比率。2024年8月31日,我們的合併利息覆蓋比率爲5.4:1。

我們還維持一項信用證設施,允許我們請求參與銀行代表我們發行信用證,最高金額爲2500萬。該信用證設施是對上述循環信用協議下可能發行的信用證的補充,並於2022年6月到期。2022年5月16日,我們修訂並重述了信用證設施,包括將該設施延期至2025年6月。截至2024年8月31日,我們在該信用證設施下沒有未償還的信用證。

除了上述承諾設施下未償還的信用證外,截至2024年8月31日,我們還有14160萬的未償還信用證。這些信用證有各種到期日,並且是在非承諾的基礎上籤發的。

截至2024年8月31日,58000萬的商業票據借款、40000萬的3.250%於2025年4月到期的高級票據和50000萬的3.625%於2025年4月到期的高級票據在合併資產負債表中被分類爲長期債務,因爲我們有當前的能力及意圖通過循環信用設施的可用容量進行長期再融資。截至2024年8月31日,我們在循環信用協議下的可用額度爲22億,未考慮商業票據借款,這將允許我們用長期融資設施替換這些短期義務。

在2024年4月18日,我們償還了30000萬美元,3.125%的高級票據,到期日爲2024年4月。

在2023年7月17日,我們償還了50000萬美元,3.125%的高級票據,到期日爲2023年7月。

在2023年1月17日,我們償還了30000萬美元,2.875%的高級票據,到期日爲2023年1月。

在2022年1月18日,我們償還了50000萬美元,3.700%的高級票據,到期日爲2022年4月,該票據在2022年1月可按面值贖回。

在2024年6月28日,我們發行了60000萬美元的5.100%高級票據,到期日爲2029年7月,以及70000萬美元的5.400%高級票據,到期日爲2034年7月,依據我們於2022年7月19日向SEC提交的S-3自動註冊聲明(文件編號333-266209)(「2022年Shelf註冊聲明」)。2022年Shelf註冊聲明允許我們出售不確定數量的債務證券,以爲一般公司用途籌集資金,包括償還、贖回或回購未償還的債務,以及用於營運資金、資本支出、新店或配送中心的開設、股票回購和收購。債務發行的收益被用於償還部分未償還的商業票據借款以及其他一般公司用途。

在2023年10月25日,我們根據2022年Shelf註冊聲明發行了50000萬美元的6.250%高級票據,到期日爲2028年11月,以及50000萬美元的6.550%高級票據,到期日爲2033年11月。債務發行的收益用於一般公司用途。

在2023年7月21日,我們發行了4.5億美元的5.050%高級票據,到期日爲2026年7月,以及 30000萬美元的5.200%高級票據,到期日爲2033年8月,根據2022年Shelf註冊聲明。 債務發行的收益被用於一般企業用途。

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On January 27, 2023 we issued $450 million in 4.500% Senior Notes due February 2028 and $550 million in 4.750% Senior Notes due February 2033 under the 2022 Shelf Registration Statement. Proceeds from the debt issuance were used for general corporate purposes.

On August 1, 2022, we issued $750 million in 4.750% Senior Notes due August 2032 under the 2022 Shelf Registration Statement. Proceeds from the debt issuance were used for general corporate purposes.

The Senior Notes contain a provision that repayment may be accelerated if we experience a change in control (as defined in the agreements). Our borrowings under our Senior Notes contain minimal covenants, primarily restrictions on liens, sale and leaseback transactions and consolidations, mergers and the sale of assets. All of the repayment obligations under our borrowing arrangements may be accelerated and come due prior to the applicable scheduled payment date if covenants are breached or an event of default occurs. Interest is paid on a semi-annual basis.

As of August 31, 2024, we were in compliance with all covenants and expect to remain in compliance with all covenants under our borrowing arrangements.

For the fiscal year ended August 31, 2024, our adjusted debt to earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization, rent and share-based compensation expense (“EBITDAR”) ratio was 2.5:1 as compared to 2.3:1 as of the comparable prior year end. We calculate adjusted debt as the sum of total debt, finance lease liabilities and rent times six; and we calculate adjusted EBITDAR by adding interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization, rent and share-based compensation expense to net income. We target our debt levels to a specified ratio of adjusted debt to EBITDAR in order to maintain our investment grade credit ratings and believe this is important information for the management of our debt levels. To the extent adjusted EBITDAR increases, we expect our debt levels to increase; conversely, if adjusted EBITDAR decreases, we would expect our debt levels to decrease. Refer to the “Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures” section for further details of our calculation.

Stock Repurchases

During 1998, we announced a program permitting us to repurchase a portion of our outstanding shares not to exceed a dollar maximum established by our Board of Directors (the “Board”). The Board voted to increase the repurchase authorization by $2.0 billion on December 20, 2023 and $1.5 billion on June 19, 2024, bringing the total authorization to $39.2 billion. Previously, the Board voted to increase the authorization by $4.5 billion in fiscal 2023 and $5.0 billion in fiscal 2022. From January 1998 to August 31, 2024, we have repurchased a total of 155.2 million shares at an aggregate cost of $37.0 billion. We repurchased 1.1 million, 1.5 million and 2.2 million shares of common stock at an aggregate cost of $3.2 billion, $3.7 billion and $4.4 billion during fiscal 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively. Considering cumulative repurchases as of August 31, 2024 we had $2.2 billion remaining under the Board’s authorization to repurchase our common stock. We will continue to evaluate current and expected business conditions and adjust the level of share repurchases under our share repurchase program in a manner that is consistent with our capital allocation strategy or as we otherwise deem appropriate.

Cash flow before share repurchases and changes in debt was $1.8 billion, $2.2 billion and $2.6 billion for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2024, August 26, 2023 and August 27, 2022, respectively. Cash flow before share repurchases and changes in debt is calculated as the net increase or decrease in cash and cash equivalents less net increases or decreases in debt (excluding deferred financing costs) plus share repurchases. We use cash flow before share repurchases and changes in debt to calculate the cash flows remaining and available. We believe this is important information regarding our allocation of available capital where we prioritize investments in the business and utilize the remaining funds to repurchase shares, while maintaining debt levels that support our investment grade credit ratings. Refer to the “Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures” section for further details of our calculation.

Subsequent to August 31, 2024 and through October 21, 2024, we have repurchased 67,677 shares of common stock at an aggregate cost of $212.0 million. Considering the cumulative repurchases through October 21, 2024, we have $2.0 billion remaining under the Board’s authorization to repurchase our common stock.

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Financial Commitments

The following table shows our significant contractual obligations as of August 31, 2024:

Total

Payment Due by Period

Contractual

Less than

Between

Between

Over

(in thousands)

Obligations

 

1 year

 

13 years

 

35 years

 

5 years

Debt(1)

    

$

9,080,000

$

1,480,000

$

1,450,000

$

2,000,000

$

4,150,000

Interest payments(2)

 

2,198,888

375,625

653,775

527,550

641,938

Operating leases(3)

 

4,157,877

391,901

828,934

719,996

2,217,046

Finance leases(3)

 

461,654

116,999

209,841

92,389

42,425

Self-insurance reserves(4)

 

267,779

82,976

97,736

42,585

44,482

Construction commitments

 

103,780

 

103,780

Other(5)

49,259

49,259

$

16,319,237

$

2,600,540

$

3,240,286

$

3,382,520

$

7,095,891

(1)Debt balances represent principal maturities, excluding interest, discounts, and debt issuance costs.
(2)Represents obligations for interest payments on long-term debt.
(3)Operating and finance lease obligations include related interest in accordance with ASU 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842).
(4)Self-insurance reserves reflect estimates based on actuarial calculations and are presented net of insurance receivables. Although these obligations do not have scheduled maturities, the timing of future payments are predictable based upon historical patterns. Accordingly, we reflect the net present value of these obligations in our Consolidated Balance Sheets.
(5)Represents commitments to make additional capital contributions to certain tax credit instruments upon achievement of project milestones.

Our tax liability for uncertain tax positions, including interest and penalties, was $45.4 million at August 31, 2024. Approximately $23.1 million is classified as current liabilities and $22.3 million is classified as long-term liabilities. We did not reflect these obligations in the table above as we are unable to make an estimate of the timing of payments of the long-term liabilities due to uncertainties in the timing and amounts of the settlement of these tax positions.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

The following table reflects outstanding letters of credit and surety bonds as of August 31, 2024:

    

Total 

Other 

(in thousands)

Commitments

Standby letters of credit

$

143,393

Surety bonds

48,868

$

192,261

A substantial portion of the outstanding standby letters of credit (which are primarily renewed on an annual basis) and surety bonds are used to cover reimbursement obligations to our workers’ compensation carriers.

There are no additional contingent liabilities associated with these instruments as the underlying liabilities are already reflected in our Consolidated Balance Sheets. The standby letters of credit and surety bond arrangements expire within one year but have automatic renewal clauses.

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Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

“Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” includes certain financial measures not derived in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). These non-GAAP financial measures provide additional information for determining our optimum capital structure and are used to assist management in evaluating performance and in making appropriate business decisions to maximize stockholders’ value.

Non-GAAP financial measures should not be used as a substitute for GAAP financial measures, or considered in isolation, for the purpose of analyzing our operating performance, financial position or cash flows. However, we have presented the non-GAAP financial measures, as we believe they provide additional information that is useful to investors as it indicates more clearly our comparative year-to-year operating results. Furthermore, our management and Compensation Committee of the Board use the above-mentioned non-GAAP financial measures to analyze and compare our underlying operating results and use select measurements to determine payments of performance-based compensation. We have included a reconciliation of this information to the most comparable GAAP measures in the following reconciliation tables.

Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measure: Cash Flow Before Share Repurchases and Changes in Debt

The following table reconciles net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents to cash flow before share repurchases and changes in debt, which is presented in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations”:

    

Fiscal Year Ended August

 

(in thousands)

2024

    

2023

    

2022

    

2021

    

2020

 

Net cash provided by/(used in):

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Operating activities

$

3,004,116

$

2,940,788

$

3,211,135

$

3,518,543

$

2,720,108

Investing activities

 

(1,286,506)

 

(876,178)

 

(648,099)

 

(601,778)

 

(497,875)

Financing activities

 

(1,683,736)

 

(2,060,082)

 

(3,470,497)

 

(3,500,417)

 

(643,636)

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash

(12,756)

 

8,146

 

506

 

4,172

 

(4,082)

Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

21,118

 

12,674

 

(906,955)

 

(579,480)

 

1,574,515

Less: increase/(decrease) in debt, excluding deferred financing costs

1,370,400

 

1,556,200

 

853,400

 

(250,000)

 

320,000

Plus: Share repurchases

 

3,140,917

 

3,699,552

 

4,359,991

 

3,378,321

 

930,903

(1)

Cash flow before share repurchases and changes in debt

$

1,791,635

$

2,156,026

$

2,599,636

$

3,048,841

$

2,185,418

(1)During the third quarter of fiscal 2020, the Company temporarily suspended share repurchases under the share repurchase program in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measure: Adjusted After-tax ROIC

The following table calculates the percentage of ROIC. ROIC is calculated as after-tax operating profit (excluding rent) divided by invested capital (which includes a factor to capitalize operating leases). The ROIC percentages are presented in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations”:

    

 

Fiscal Year Ended August

(in thousands, except percentage)

2024(1)

    

2023

    

2022

    

2021

    

2020

 

Net income

    

$

2,662,427

    

$

2,528,426

    

$

2,429,604

    

$

2,170,314

    

$

1,732,972

Adjustments:

 

 

 

 

  

 

  

Interest expense

 

451,578

 

306,372

 

191,638

 

195,337

 

201,165

Rent expense(2)

 

447,693

 

406,398

 

373,278

 

345,380

 

329,783

Tax effect(3)

 

(181,653)

 

(143,980)

 

(119,197)

 

(114,091)

 

(115,747)

Adjusted after-tax return

$

3,380,045

$

3,097,216

$

2,875,323

$

2,596,940

$

2,148,173

Average debt(4)

$

8,580,659

$

6,900,354

$

5,712,301

$

5,416,471

$

5,375,356

Average stockholders’ deficit(4)

 

(4,797,747)

 

(4,042,495)

 

(2,797,181)

 

(1,397,892)

 

(1,542,355)

Add: Rent x 6(2)(5)

 

2,686,158

 

2,438,388

 

2,239,668

 

2,072,280

 

1,978,696

Average finance lease liabilities(4)

 

329,225

 

296,599

 

284,453

 

237,267

 

203,998

Invested capital

$

6,798,295

$

5,592,846

$

5,439,241

$

6,328,126

$

6,015,695

Adjusted after-tax ROIC

 

49.7

%  

 

55.4

%  

 

52.9

%  

 

41.0

%  

 

35.7

%

Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measure: Adjusted Debt to EBITDAR

The following table calculates the ratio of adjusted debt to EBITDAR. Adjusted debt to EBITDAR is calculated as the sum of total debt, financing lease liabilities and annual rents times six; divided by net income plus interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization, rent and share-based compensation expense. The adjusted debt to EBITDAR ratios are presented in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations”:

    

Fiscal Year Ended August

(in thousands, except ratio)

2024(1)

    

2023

    

2022

    

2021

    

2020

Net income

    

$

2,662,427

    

$

2,528,426

    

$

2,429,604

    

$

2,170,314

    

$

1,732,972

Add: Interest expense

 

451,578

 

306,372

 

191,638

 

195,337

 

201,165

Income tax expense

674,703

639,188

649,487

578,876

483,542

EBIT

 

3,788,708

 

3,473,986

 

3,270,729

 

2,944,527

 

2,417,679

Add: Depreciation and amortization expense

 

549,755

 

497,577

 

442,223

 

407,683

 

397,466

Rent expense(2)

 

447,693

 

406,398

 

373,278

 

345,380

 

329,783

Share-based expense

 

106,246

 

93,087

 

70,612

 

56,112

 

44,835

EBITDAR

$

4,892,402

$

4,471,048

$

4,156,842

$

3,753,702

$

3,189,763

Debt

$

9,024,381

$

7,668,549

$

6,122,092

$

5,269,820

$

5,513,371

Financing lease liabilities

 

399,441

 

287,618

 

310,305

 

276,054

 

223,353

Add: Rent x 6(2)(5)

 

2,686,158

 

2,438,388

 

2,239,668

 

2,072,280

 

1,978,696

Adjusted debt

$

12,109,980

$

10,394,555

$

8,672,065

$

7,618,154

$

7,715,420

Adjusted debt to EBITDAR

 

2.5

 

2.3

 

2.1

 

2.0

 

2.4

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(1)The fiscal year ended August 31, 2024, consisted of 53 weeks.
(2)The table below outlines the calculation of rent expense and reconciles rent expense to total lease cost, per ASC 842, the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure, for the 53 weeks ended, August 31, 2024, and the 52 weeks ended August 26, 2023, August 27,2022, August 28, 2021 and August 29, 2020.

For the year ended

(in thousands)

August 31, 2024

August 26, 2023

August 27, 2022

August 28, 2021

August 29, 2020

Total lease cost, per ASC 842

$

588,835

$

524,283

$

470,563

$

427,443

$

415,505

Less: Finance lease interest and amortization

 

(103,670)

(86,521)

(69,564)

(56,334)

(60,275)

Less: Variable operating lease components, related to insurance and common area maintenance

 

(37,472)

(31,364)

(27,721)

(25,729)

(25,447)

Rent expense

$

447,693

$

406,398

$

373,278

$

345,380

$

329,783

(3)For fiscal 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021 and 2020, the effective tax rate was 20.2%, 20.2%, 21.1%, 21.1% and 21.8%, respectively.
(4)All averages are computed based on trailing five quarters.
(5)Rent is multiplied by a factor of six to capitalize operating leases in the determination of pre-tax invested capital.

Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measure: Fiscal 2024 Results Excluding Impact of 53rd Week:

The following table summarizes the impact of the additional week to the 53 week fiscal year ended August 31, 2024.

(in thousands, except per share)

Fiscal 2024
Results of Operations

    

Results of Operations for 53rd Week

    

Fiscal 2024
Results of Operations Excluding 53rd Week

Net sales

$

18,490,268

$

(365,879)

$

18,124,389

Cost of sales

8,673,216

(176,855)

8,496,361

Gross profit

9,817,052

(189,024)

9,628,028

Operating, selling, general and administrative expenses

6,028,344

(102,278)

5,926,066

EBIT

3,788,708

(86,746)

3,701,962

Interest expense, net

451,578

(9,009)

442,569

Income before taxes

3,337,130

(77,737)

3,259,393

Income tax expense

674,703

(17,024)

657,679

Net income

$

2,662,427

$

(60,713)

$

2,601,714

Diluted earnings per share

$

149.55

$

(3.41)

$

146.14

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

See Note A of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for a discussion on recent accounting pronouncements.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

Preparation of our Consolidated Financial Statements requires us to make estimates and assumptions affecting the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period and related disclosures of contingent liabilities. In the Notes to our Consolidated Financial Statements, we describe our significant accounting policies used in preparing the Consolidated Financial Statements. Our policies are evaluated on an ongoing basis and are drawn from historical experience and other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results could differ under different assumptions or conditions. Our senior management has identified self-insurance reserves as a critical accounting estimate that is materially impacted by assumptions and has discussed this policy with the Audit Committee of our Board.

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Self-Insurance Reserves

We retain a significant portion of the risks associated with workers’ compensation, general, product liability, property and vehicle liability; and we obtain third party insurance to limit the exposure related to certain of these risks. Our self-insurance reserve estimates totaled $257.7 million at August 31, 2024, and $268.8 million at August 26, 2023. Where estimates are possible, losses covered by insurance are recognized on a gross basis with a corresponding insurance receivable.

The assumptions made by management in estimating our self-insurance reserves include consideration of historical cost experience, judgments about the present and expected levels of cost per claim and retention levels. We utilize various methods, including analyses of historical trends and use of a specialist, to estimate the cost to settle reported claims and claims incurred but not yet reported. The actuarial methods develop estimates of the future ultimate claim costs based on the claims incurred as of the balance sheet date. When estimating these liabilities, we consider factors, such as the severity, duration and frequency of claims, legal costs associated with claims, healthcare trends and projected inflation of related factors. In recent history, our methods for determining our exposure have remained consistent, and our historical trends have been appropriately factored into our reserve estimates. As we obtain additional information and refine our methods regarding the assumptions and estimates we use to recognize liabilities incurred, we will adjust our reserves accordingly.

Management believes that the various assumptions developed and actuarial methods used to determine our self- insurance reserves are reasonable and provide meaningful data and information that management uses to make its best estimate of our exposure to these risks. Arriving at these estimates, however, requires a significant amount of subjective judgment by management, and as a result these estimates are uncertain and our actual exposure may be different from our estimates. For example, changes in our assumptions about healthcare costs, the severity of accidents and the incidence of illness, the average size of claims and other factors could cause actual claim costs to vary from our assumptions and estimates, causing our reserves to be overstated or understated. A 10% change in our self-insurance liability would have affected net income by approximately $18.8 million for fiscal 2024.

Our liabilities for workers’ compensation, general and product liability, property and vehicle claims do not have scheduled maturities; however, the timing of future payments is predictable based on historical patterns and is relied upon in determining the current portion of these liabilities. Accordingly, we reflect the net present value of the obligations we determine to be long-term using the risk-free interest rate as of the balance sheet date.

If the discount rate used to calculate the present value of these reserves changed by 25 basis points, net income would have been affected by approximately $1.2 million for fiscal 2024.

Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

We are exposed to market risk from, among other things, changes in interest rates, foreign exchange rates and fuel prices. From time to time, we use various derivative instruments to reduce interest rate and fuel price risks. To date, no derivative instruments have been utilized to reduce foreign exchange rate risk. All of our hedging activities are governed by guidelines that are authorized by the Board. Further, we do not buy or sell derivative instruments for trading purposes.

Interest Rate Risk

Our financial market risk results primarily from changes in interest rates. At times, we reduce our exposure to changes in interest rates by entering into various interest rate hedge instruments such as interest rate swap contracts, treasury lock agreements and forward-starting interest rate swaps.

We have historically utilized interest rate swaps to convert variable rate debt to fixed rate debt and to lock in fixed rates on future debt issuances. We reflect the current fair value of all interest rate hedge instruments as a component of either other current assets or accrued expenses and other. Our interest rate hedge instruments are designated as cash flow hedges. As of August 31, 2024 and August 26, 2023, no such interest rate swaps were outstanding.

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Unrealized gains and losses on interest rate hedges are deferred in stockholders’ deficit as a component of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss. These deferred gains and losses are recognized in income as a decrease or increase to interest expense in the period in which the related cash flows being hedged are recognized in expense. However, to the extent that the change in value of an interest rate hedge instrument does not perfectly offset the change in the value of the cash flow being hedged, that ineffective portion is immediately recognized in earnings.

The fair value of our debt was estimated at $9.0 billion as of August 31, 2024, and $7.3 billion as of August 26, 2023, based on the quoted market prices for the same or similar debt issues or on the current rates available to us for debt having the same remaining maturities. Such fair value is greater than the carrying value of debt by $3.5 million and less than the carrying value of debt by $406.6 million at August 31, 2024 and August 26, 2023, respectively. This amount reflects face amount, adjusted for any unamortized debt issuance costs and discounts.

We had $580.0 million in variable rate debt outstanding at August 31, 2024 and $1.2 billion in August 26, 2023.

We had outstanding fixed rate debt of $8.4 billion, net of unamortized debt issuance costs of $55.6 million, at August 31, 2024, and $6.5 billion, net of unamortized debt issuance costs of $41.1 million, at August 26, 2023. A one percentage point increase in interest rates would have reduced the fair value of our fixed rate debt by approximately $365.1 million at August 31, 2024.

Foreign Currency Risk

Foreign currency exposures arising from transactions include firm commitments and anticipated transactions denominated in a currency other than our entities’ functional currencies. To minimize our risk, we generally enter into transactions denominated in the respective functional currencies. We are exposed to Brazilian reals, Canadian dollars, euros, Chinese yuan renminbi and British pounds, but our primary foreign currency exposure arises from Mexican peso-denominated revenues and profits and their translation into U.S. dollars. Foreign currency exposures arising from transactions denominated in currencies other than the functional currency are not material.

We view our investments in Mexican subsidiaries as long-term. As a result, we generally do not hedge these net investments. The net asset exposure in the Mexican subsidiaries translated into U.S. dollars using the year-end exchange rates was $478.4 million at August 31, 2024 and $409.8 million at August 26, 2023. The year-end exchange rates with respect to the Mexican peso decreased by 17.9% with respect to the U.S. dollar during fiscal 2024 and increased by 15.7% with respect to the U.S. dollar during fiscal 2023. The potential loss in value of our net assets in the Mexican subsidiaries resulting from a hypothetical 10 percent adverse change in quoted foreign currency exchange rates at August 31, 2024 and August 26, 2023, would have been approximately $43.5 million and approximately $37.3 million, respectively. Any changes in our net assets in the Mexican subsidiaries relating to foreign currency exchange rates would be reflected in the foreign currency translation component of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss, unless the Mexican subsidiaries are sold or otherwise disposed. A hypothetical 10 percent adverse change in average exchange rates would not have a material impact on our results of operations.

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Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

Index

Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

42

Reports of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

43

Consolidated Statements of Income

46

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income

46

Consolidated Balance Sheets

47

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

48

Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Deficit

49

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

50

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Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended). Our internal control over financial reporting includes, among other things, defined policies and procedures for conducting and governing our business, sophisticated information systems for processing transactions and properly trained staff. Mechanisms are in place to monitor the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting, including regular testing performed by the Company’s internal audit team. Actions are taken to correct deficiencies as they are identified. Our procedures for financial reporting include the active involvement of senior management, our Audit Committee and a staff of highly qualified financial and legal professionals.

Management, with the participation of our principal executive and financial officers, assessed our internal control over financial reporting as of August 31, 2024, the end of our fiscal year. Management based its assessment on criteria established in Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission 2013 framework.

Based on this assessment, management has concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was effective as of August 31, 2024.

Our independent registered public accounting firm, Ernst & Young LLP (PCAOB ID: 42), audited the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting. Ernst & Young LLP’s attestation report on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of August 31, 2024 is included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Stockholders and the Board of Directors of AutoZone, Inc.

Opinion on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

We have audited AutoZone, Inc.’s internal control over financial reporting as of August 31, 2024, based on criteria established in Internal Control–Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (2013 framework), (the COSO criteria). In our opinion, AutoZone, Inc. (the Company) maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of August 31, 2024, based on the COSO criteria.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the consolidated balance sheets of the Company as of August 31, 2024 and August 26, 2023, the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, stockholders’ deficit and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended August 31, 2024, and the related notes and our report dated October 28, 2024 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.

Basis for Opinion

The Company’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting included in the accompanying Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects.

Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk, and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Definition and Limitations of Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Memphis, Tennessee

October 28, 2024

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Stockholders and the Board of Directors of AutoZone, Inc.

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of AutoZone, Inc. (the Company) as of August 31, 2024, and August 26, 2023, the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, stockholders' deficit and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended August 31, 2024, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “consolidated financial statements”). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company at August 31, 2024 and August 26, 2023, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended August 31, 2024, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the Company's internal control over financial reporting as of August 31, 2024, based on criteria established in Internal Control–Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (2013 framework), and our report dated October 28, 2024 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Critical Audit Matter

The critical audit matter communicated below is a matter arising from the current period audit of the financial statements that was communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that: (1) relates to accounts or disclosures that are material to the financial statements and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective or complex judgments. The communication of the critical audit matter does not alter in any way our opinion on the consolidated financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matter below, providing a separate opinion on the critical audit matter or on the account or disclosure to which it relates.

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Valuation of Self-insurance Reserves

Description of the Matter

At August 31, 2024, the Company’s self-insurance reserve estimate was $257.7 million. As more fully described in Note A of the consolidated financial statements, the Company retains a significant portion of the risks associated with workers’ compensation, general liability, product liability, property and vehicle insurance. Accordingly, the Company utilizes various methods, including analyses of historical trends and actuarial methods, to estimate the costs of these risks.

Auditing the self-insurance reserve is complex and required the involvement of specialists due to the judgmental nature of estimating the costs to settle reported claims and claims incurred but not yet reported. There are a number of factors and/or assumptions (e.g., severity, duration and frequency of claims, projected inflation of related factors, and the risk-free rate) used in the measurement process which have a significant effect on the estimated self-insurance reserve.

How We Addressed the Matter in Our Audit

We evaluated the design and tested the operating effectiveness of the Company’s controls over the self-insurance reserve process. For example, we tested controls over management’s review of the self-insurance reserve calculations, the significant actuarial assumptions and the data inputs provided to the actuary.

To evaluate the self-insurance reserve, our audit procedures included, among others, assessing the methodologies used, evaluating the significant actuarial assumptions discussed above and testing the completeness and the accuracy of the underlying claims data used by the Company. We compared the actuarial assumptions used by management to historical trends and evaluated the change in the self-insurance reserve from the prior year due to changes in these assumptions. In addition, we involved our actuarial specialists to assist in assessing the valuation methodologies and significant assumptions used in the valuation analysis, we evaluated management’s methodology for determining the risk-free interest rate utilized in measuring the net present value of the long-term portion of the self-insurance reserve, we compared the significant assumptions used by management to industry accepted actuarial assumptions and we compared the Company’s reserve to a range developed by our actuarial specialists based on assumptions developed by the specialists.

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

We have served as the Company’s auditor since 1988.

Memphis, Tennessee

October 28, 2024

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AutoZone, Inc. Consolidated Statements of Income

Year Ended

August 31,

August 26,

August 27,

2024

2023

2022

(in thousands, except per share data)

(53 weeks)

(52 weeks)

(52 weeks)

Net sales

    

$

18,490,268

    

$

17,457,209

    

$

16,252,230

Cost of sales, including warehouse and delivery expenses

8,673,216

8,386,787

7,779,580

Gross profit

9,817,052

 

9,070,422

 

8,472,650

Operating, selling, general and administrative expenses

6,028,344

5,596,436

5,201,921

Operating profit

3,788,708

3,473,986

3,270,729

Interest expense, net

451,578

306,372

191,638

Income before income taxes

3,337,130

 

3,167,614

 

3,079,091

Income tax expense

674,703

639,188

649,487

Net income

$

2,662,427

$

2,528,426

$

2,429,604

Weighted average shares for basic earnings per share

 

17,309

 

18,510

 

20,107

Effect of dilutive stock equivalents

494

593

626

Weighted average shares for diluted earnings per share

 

17,803

 

19,103

 

20,733

Basic earnings per share

$

153.82

$

136.60

$

120.83

Diluted earnings per share

$

149.55

$

132.36

$

117.19

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

AutoZone, Inc. Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income

Year Ended

August 31,

August 26,

August 27,

    

2024

2023

2022

(in thousands)

(53 weeks)

(52 weeks)

(52 weeks)

Net income

$

2,662,427

$

2,528,426

$

2,429,604

Other comprehensive (loss) income:

 

  

 

  

 

  

Foreign currency translation adjustments

 

(174,715)

 

103,633

 

7,448

Unrealized gains (losses) on marketable debt securities, net of taxes

 

2,151

 

320

 

(2,760)

Net derivative activities, net of taxes

 

1,782

 

5,747

 

2,762

Total other comprehensive (loss) income

 

(170,782)

 

109,700

 

7,450

Comprehensive income

$

2,491,645

$

2,638,126

$

2,437,054

(1)

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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AutoZone, Inc. Consolidated Balance Sheets

August 31,

August 26,

(in thousands)

2024

2023

Assets

 

  

Current assets:

 

  

Cash and cash equivalents

$

298,172

$

277,054

Accounts receivable

 

545,575

 

520,385

Merchandise inventories

 

6,155,218

 

5,764,143

Other current assets

 

307,794

 

217,844

Total current assets

 

7,306,759

 

6,779,426

Property and equipment:

Land

 

1,390,713

 

1,367,391

Buildings and improvements

 

5,124,448

 

4,860,216

Equipment

 

3,308,967

 

2,972,879

Leasehold improvements

 

922,466

 

831,508

Construction in progress

 

558,531

 

305,896

Property and equipment

 

11,305,125

 

10,337,890

Less: Accumulated depreciation and amortization

 

(5,121,586)

 

(4,741,342)

 

6,183,539

 

5,596,548

Operating lease right-of-use assets

3,057,780

2,998,097

Goodwill

 

302,645

 

302,645

Deferred income taxes

 

83,689

 

86,002

Other long-term assets

 

242,126

 

223,160

Total long-term assets

 

3,686,240

 

3,609,904

Total assets

$

17,176,538

$

15,985,878

Liabilities and Stockholders’ Deficit

Current liabilities:

Accounts payable

$

7,355,701

$

7,201,281

Current portion of operating lease liabilities

266,855

257,256

Accrued expenses and other

 

1,060,746

 

1,000,841

Income taxes payable

 

30,941

 

52,478

Total current liabilities

 

8,714,243

 

8,511,856

Long-term debt

 

9,024,381

 

7,668,549

Operating lease liabilities, less current portion

2,960,174

2,917,046

Deferred income taxes

 

447,067

 

536,278

Other long-term liabilities

 

780,287

 

702,043

Commitments and contingencies

Stockholders’ deficit:

Preferred stock, authorized 1,000 shares; no shares issued

 

 

Common stock, par value $.01 per share, authorized 200,000 shares; 17,451 shares issued and 16,926 shares outstanding as of August 31, 2024; 18,936 shares issued and 17,857 shares outstanding as of August 26, 2023

 

175

 

189

Additional paid-in capital

 

1,621,553

 

1,484,992

Retained deficit

 

(4,424,982)

 

(2,959,278)

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

 

(361,618)

 

(190,836)

Treasury stock, at cost

 

(1,584,742)

 

(2,684,961)

Total stockholders’ deficit

 

(4,749,614)

 

(4,349,894)

Total liabilities and stockholders' deficit

$

17,176,538

$

15,985,878

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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AutoZone, Inc. Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

Year Ended

August 31,

August 26,

August 27,

2024

2023

2022

(in thousands)

(53 weeks)

(52 weeks)

(52 weeks)

Cash flows from operating activities:

 

  

Net income

$

2,662,427

$

2,528,426

$

2,429,604

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

 

Depreciation and amortization of property and equipment

549,755

497,577

 

442,223

Other non-cash (income) charges

(40,000)

44,000

 

15,000

Amortization of debt origination fees

11,988

9,264

 

11,276

Deferred income taxes

(254,393)

(25,707)

 

185,594

Share-based compensation expense

106,246

93,087

 

70,612

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

 

Accounts receivable

(38,282)

(6,674)

 

(125,732)

Merchandise inventories

(453,101)

(89,180)

 

(1,005,686)

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

244,134

(183,679)

 

1,224,692

Income taxes

296,398

92,832

 

(10,517)

Other, net

(81,056)

(19,158)

 

(25,931)

Net cash provided by operating activities

3,004,116

2,940,788

 

3,211,135

Cash flows from investing activities:

 

Capital expenditures

(1,072,696)

(796,657)

 

(672,391)

Purchase of marketable debt securities

(38,757)

(66,917)

 

(56,040)

Proceeds from sale of marketable debt securities

40,849

58,357

 

53,882

Investment in tax credit equity investments

(227,494)

(98,003)

(31,537)

Other, net

11,592

27,042

 

57,987

Net cash used in investing activities

(1,286,506)

(876,178)

 

(648,099)

Cash flows from financing activities:

 

Net (payments of)/proceeds from commercial paper

(629,600)

606,200

 

603,400

Proceeds from issuance of debt

2,300,000

1,750,000

 

750,000

Repayment of debt

(300,000)

(800,000)

(500,000)

Net proceeds from sale of common stock

176,236

182,494

 

113,934

Purchase of treasury stock

(3,140,917)

(3,699,552)

 

(4,359,991)

Repayment of principal portion of finance lease liabilities

(85,258)

(81,055)

 

(67,182)

Other, net

(4,197)

(18,169)

 

(10,658)

Net cash used in financing activities

(1,683,736)

(2,060,082)

 

(3,470,497)

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash

(12,756)

8,146

 

506

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

21,118

12,674

 

(906,955)

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

277,054

264,380

 

1,171,335

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

$

298,172

$

277,054

$

264,380

Supplemental cash flow information:

 

  

Interest paid, net of interest cost capitalized

$

353,819

$

260,866

$

178,561

Income taxes paid

$

437,552

$

570,250

$

461,232

Leased assets obtained in exchange for new finance lease liabilities

$

196,112

$

58,316

$

100,711

Leased assets obtained in exchange for new operating lease liabilities

$

415,212

$

428,150

$

527,966

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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AutoZone, Inc. Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Deficit

Accumulated

Common

Additional

Other

    

Shares

    

Common

    

Paid-in

    

Retained

    

Comprehensive

    

Treasury

    

(in thousands)

Issued

Stock

Capital

Deficit

Loss

Stock

Total

Balance at August 28, 2021

 

23,007

$

230

$

1,465,669

$

(419,829)

$

(307,986)

$

(2,535,620)

$

(1,797,536)

Net income

 

 

 

 

2,429,604

 

 

 

2,429,604

Total other comprehensive income

 

 

 

 

 

7,450

 

7,450

Purchase of 2,220 shares of treasury stock

 

 

 

 

 

 

(4,359,991)

 

(4,359,991)

Retirement of treasury shares

 

(2,484)

 

(25)

 

(292,975)

 

(3,339,842)

 

 

3,632,842

 

Issuance of common stock under stock options and stock purchase plans

 

209

 

2

 

113,932

 

113,934

Share-based compensation expense

 

 

 

67,626

 

 

 

 

67,626

Balance at August 27, 2022

 

20,732

 

207

 

1,354,252

 

(1,330,067)

 

(300,536)

 

(3,262,769)

 

(3,538,913)

Net income

 

 

 

 

2,528,426

 

 

 

2,528,426

Total other comprehensive income

 

 

 

 

 

109,700

 

 

109,700

Purchase of 1,524 shares of treasury stock

 

 

 

 

 

 

(3,723,289)

 

(3,723,289)

Retirement of treasury shares

 

(2,051)

 

(20)

 

(143,440)

 

(4,157,637)

 

 

4,301,097

 

Issuance of common stock under stock options and stock purchase plans

 

255

 

2

 

182,492

 

182,494

Share-based compensation expense

 

 

 

91,688

 

 

 

 

91,688

Balance at August 26, 2023

 

18,936

 

189

 

1,484,992

 

(2,959,278)

 

(190,836)

 

(2,684,961)

 

(4,349,894)

Net income

 

 

 

 

2,662,427

 

 

 

2,662,427

Total other comprehensive loss

 

 

 

 

 

(170,782)

 

 

(170,782)

Purchase of 1,149 shares of treasury stock

 

(3,170,320)

 

(3,170,320)

Retirement of treasury shares

 

(1,703)

 

(17)

 

(142,391)

 

(4,128,131)

 

 

4,270,539

 

Issuance of common stock under stock options and stock purchase plans

 

218

 

3

 

176,233

 

176,236

Share-based compensation expense

 

 

 

102,719

 

 

 

 

102,719

Balance at August 31, 2024

 

17,451

$

175

$

1,621,553

$

(4,424,982)

$

(361,618)

$

(1,584,742)

$

(4,749,614)

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

Note A – Significant Accounting Policies

Business: AutoZone, Inc. (“AutoZone” or the “Company”) is the leading retailer and distributor of automotive replacement parts and accessories in the Americas. At the end of fiscal 2024, the Company operated 6,432 stores in the U.S., 794 stores in Mexico and 127 stores in Brazil. Each store carries an extensive product line for cars, sport utility vehicles, vans and light duty trucks, including new and remanufactured automotive hard parts, maintenance items, accessories and non-automotive products. At the end of fiscal 2024, in 5,898 of the domestic stores as well as the vast majority of our stores in Mexico and Brazil, we had a commercial sales program that provided prompt delivery of parts and other products and commercial credit to local, regional and national repair garages, dealers, service stations, fleet owners and other accounts. We also sell automotive hard parts, maintenance items, accessories and non-automotive products through www.autozone.com, and our commercial customers can make purchases through www.autozonepro.com. Additionally, the Company sells the ALLDATA brand automotive diagnostic, repair, collision and shop management software through www.alldata.com. The Company also provides product information on its Duralast branded products through www.duralastparts.com. The Company does not derive revenue from automotive repair or installation services.

Fiscal Year: The Company’s fiscal year consists of 52 or 53 weeks ending on the last Saturday in August. Fiscal 2024 represented 53 weeks. Fiscal 2023 and 2022 represented 52 weeks.

Basis of Presentation: The Consolidated Financial Statements include the accounts of AutoZone, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation.

Variable Interest Entities: The Company invests in certain tax credit funds that promote renewable energy and generate a return primarily through the realization of federal tax credits. The deferral method is used to account for the tax attributes of these investments.

The Company considers its investment in these tax credit funds as investments in variable interest entities (“VIEs”). The Company evaluates the investment in any VIE to determine whether it is the primary beneficiary. The Company considers a variety of factors in identifying the entity that holds the power to direct matters that most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance including, but not limited to, the ability to direct financing, leasing, construction and other operating decisions and activities. As of August 31, 2024, the Company held tax credit equity investments that were deemed to be VIEs and determined that it was not the primary beneficiary of the entities, as it did not have the power to direct the activities that most significantly impacted the entity and accounted for this investment using the equity method. The Company’s maximum exposure to losses is generally limited to its net investment, which was $53.9 million as of August 31, 2024 and $29.6 million as of August 26, 2023 and was included within the Other long-term assets caption in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets. As of August 31, 2024, the Company had commitments to make certain additional capital contributions to one of its tax credit funds totaling $26.3 million.

Use of Estimates: Management of the Company has made a number of estimates and assumptions relating to the reporting of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent liabilities to prepare these financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Cash and Cash Equivalents: Cash equivalents consist of investments with original maturities of 90 days or less. Cash equivalents include proceeds due from credit and debit card transactions with settlement terms of less than five days. Credit and debit card receivables included within cash and cash equivalents were $91.5 million at August 31, 2024 and $88.6 million at August 26, 2023.

Cash balances are held in various locations around the world. Cash and cash equivalents of $99.8 million and $108.5 million were held outside of the U.S. as of August 31, 2024, and August 26, 2023, respectively, and were generally utilized to support the liquidity needs in foreign operations.

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Accounts Receivable: In accordance with ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326), the Company estimates all expected credit losses for financial assets measured at amortized cost basis, including trade receivables, based on historical experience, current market conditions and supportable forecasts. The Company’s accounts receivable primarily consists of receivables from commercial customers. The Company routinely grants credit to certain commercial customers on a short-term basis consisting primarily of daily, weekly or monthly terms. The risk of credit loss in its trade receivables is substantially mitigated by the Company’s credit evaluation process, short collection terms and diversification of customers, as well as the low dollar value for its typical sales transaction.

Receivables are presented net of an allowance for credit losses. Allowances for expected credit losses are determined based on historical experience, the current economic environment, our expectations of future economic conditions and the current evaluation of the composition of accounts receivable. The Company will apply adjustments for specific factors and current economic conditions as needed at each reporting date. The Company’s allowance for credit losses is included in “Accounts receivable” on the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets as of August 31, 2024 and August 26, 2023. The balance of the allowance for credit losses was $10.3 million at August 31, 2024, and $7.7 million at August 26, 2023.

Vendor Receivables: The Company’s vendor receivables primarily consist of balances arising from its vendors through a variety of programs and arrangements, including rebates, allowances, promotional funds and reimbursement of specific, incremental, identifiable costs incurred by the Company in selling the vendors’ products. The amounts to be received are prescribed by the terms of the vendor agreements and therefore collection of such amounts is generally not at risk. The Company regularly reviews vendor receivables for collectability and assesses the need for an allowance for credit losses based on an evaluation of the vendors’ financial positions and corresponding abilities to meet financial obligations. Management does not believe there is a reasonable likelihood that the Company will be unable to collect the receivables from vendors and did not record a reserve for expected credit losses from vendors in the Consolidated Financial Statements as of August 31, 2024 and August 26, 2023. Vendor receivables are included in “Accounts receivable” on the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets as of August 31, 2024 and August 26, 2023.

Merchandise Inventories: Merchandise inventories include related purchasing, storage and handling costs. Inventory cost has been determined using the last-in, first-out (“LIFO”) method stated at the lower of cost or market for domestic inventories and the weighted average cost method stated at the lower of cost or net realizable value for Mexico and Brazil inventories. The Company’s policy is not to write up inventory in excess of replacement cost. Due to recent price changes on the Company’s merchandise purchases, primarily driven by fluctuating freight costs, the Company’s LIFO credit reserve balance was $19.0 million at August 31, 2024 and $59.0 million at August 26, 2023. Increases to the Company’s LIFO credit reserve balance are recorded as a non-cash charge to cost of sales and decreases are recorded as a non-cash benefit to cost of sales.

Marketable Debt Securities: The Company invests a portion of its assets held by the Company’s wholly owned insurance captive in marketable debt securities and classifies them as available-for-sale. The Company includes these marketable debt securities within the Other current assets and Other long-term assets captions in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets and records the amounts at fair market value, which is determined using quoted market prices at the end of the reporting period. (Refer to “Note B – Fair Value Measurements” and “Note C – Marketable Debt Securities” for a discussion of marketable debt securities.)

Property and Equipment: Property and equipment is stated at cost. Property consists of land, which includes finance leases – real estate, buildings and improvements, equipment, which includes finance leases – vehicles, and construction in progress. Depreciation and amortization are computed principally using the straight-line method over the following estimated useful lives: buildings, 40 to 50 years; building improvements, 5 to 15 years; equipment, including software, 3 to 10 years; and leasehold improvements, over the shorter of the asset’s estimated useful life or the remaining lease term, which includes any reasonably assured renewal periods. Depreciation and amortization include amortization of assets under finance leases.

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Impairment of Long-Lived Assets: The Company evaluates the recoverability of its long-lived assets whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value of an asset may not be recoverable. When such an event occurs, the Company compares the sum of the undiscounted expected future cash flows of the asset (asset group) with the carrying amounts of the asset. If the undiscounted expected future cash flows are less than the carrying value of the assets, the Company measures the amount of impairment loss as the amount by which the carrying amount of the assets exceeds the fair value of the assets.

Goodwill: The cost in excess of fair value of identifiable net assets of businesses acquired is recorded as goodwill. Goodwill has not been amortized since fiscal 2001, but an analysis is performed at least annually to compare the fair value of the reporting unit to the carrying amount to determine if any impairment exists. The Company had approximately $302.6 million of goodwill, which is allocated to the Domestic Auto Parts operating segment at August 31, 2024 and August 26, 2023. The Company performs its annual impairment assessment in the fourth quarter of each fiscal year, unless circumstances dictate more frequent assessments. In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2024 and 2023, the Company concluded its remaining goodwill was not impaired.

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities: AutoZone is exposed to market risk from, among other things, changes in interest rates, foreign exchange rates and fuel prices. From time to time, the Company uses various derivative instruments to reduce such risks. To date, based upon the Company’s current level of foreign operations, no derivative instruments have been utilized to reduce foreign exchange rate risk. All of the Company’s hedging activities are governed by guidelines that are authorized by AutoZone’s Board of Directors (the “Board”). Further, the Company does not buy or sell derivative instruments for trading purposes.

AutoZone’s financial market risk results primarily from changes in interest rates. At times, AutoZone reduces its exposure to changes in interest rates by entering into various interest rate hedge instruments such as interest rate swap contracts, treasury lock agreements and forward-starting interest rate swaps. All of the Company’s interest rate hedge instruments are designated as cash flow hedges. (Refer to “Note L – Derivative Financial Instruments” for additional disclosures regarding the Company’s derivative instruments and hedging activities.) Cash flows related to these instruments designated as qualifying hedges are reflected in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows in the same categories as the cash flows from the items being hedged. The resulting gain or loss from such settlement is deferred to Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss and reclassified to interest expense over the term of the underlying debt. This reclassification of the deferred gains and losses impacts the interest expense recognized on the underlying debt that was hedged.

Foreign Currency: The Company accounts for its foreign operations using the local market currency and converts its financial statements from these currencies to U.S. dollars. The cumulative loss on currency translation is recorded as a component of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss (Refer to “Note M – Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss” for additional information regarding the Company’s Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss.)

Self-Insurance Reserves: The Company retains a significant portion of the risks associated with workers’ compensation, general liability, product liability, property and vehicle insurance. The Company obtains third party insurance to limit the exposure related to certain of these risks. The reserve for the Company’s liability associated with these risks totaled $257.7 million and $268.8 million at August 31, 2024 and August 26, 2023, respectively.

The assumptions made by management in estimating its self-insurance reserves include consideration of historical cost experience, judgments about the present and expected levels of cost per claim and retention levels. The Company utilizes various methods, including analyses of historical trends and use of a specialist, to estimate the costs to settle reported claims and claims incurred but not yet reported. The actuarial methods develop estimates of the future ultimate claim costs based on claims incurred as of the balance sheet date. When estimating these liabilities, the Company considers factors, such as the severity, duration and frequency of claims, legal costs associated with claims, healthcare trends and projected inflation of related factors.

The Company’s liabilities for workers’ compensation, general and product liability, property and vehicle claims do not have scheduled maturities; however, the timing of future payments is predictable based on historical patterns and

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is relied upon in determining the current portion of these liabilities. Accordingly, the Company reflects the net present value of the obligations it determines to be long-term using the risk-free interest rate as of the balance sheet date.

Leases: The Company leases certain real estate and vehicles under various non-callable leases. Leases are recorded on their commencement date, which is the date the Company takes possession or control of the underlying asset. Most of the Company’s leases are operating leases; however, certain land and vehicles are leased under finance leases. The leases have varying terms and expire at various dates through 2044. Real estate operating leases typically have initial terms between one and 20 years, and real estate finance leases typically have terms of 20 or more years, with multiple optional renewal periods of one to five years each. Vehicle finance leases typically have original terms between one and five years. The Company subleases certain properties that are not used in its operations. Sublease income was not significant for the periods presented.

Lease-related assets and liabilities are recognized for all leases with an initial term of 12 months or greater. The exercise of lease renewal options is at the Company’s sole discretion. The Company evaluates renewal options at commencement and on an ongoing basis and includes options that are reasonably certain to exercise in its expected lease terms when classifying leases and measuring lease liabilities.

Certain lease agreements require variable payments based upon actual costs of common-area maintenance, real estate taxes and insurance. Lease components are not separated from the non-lease components (typically fixed common-area maintenance costs at its retail store locations) for all classes of leased assets, except vehicles which contain variable non-lease components that are expensed as incurred. The Company uses the stated borrowing rate in determining the present value of the lease payments over the lease term for vehicles. The Company’s incremental borrowing rate is used to determine the present value of the lease payments over the lease term for substantially all the operating and financing leases for retail stores, distribution centers and other real estate, as these leases typically do not have a stated borrowing rate. For operating leases that commenced prior to the date of adoption of ASU 2016-02 – Leases (Topic 842), the Company used the incremental borrowing rate that corresponded to the remaining lease term as of the date of adoption. The Company’s lease agreements do not contain any material residual value guarantees or material restrictive covenants. (Refer to “Note D – Leases” for additional disclosures regarding the Company’s leases.)

Financial Instruments: The Company has financial instruments, including cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, other current assets and accounts payable. The carrying amounts of these financial instruments approximate fair value because of their short maturities. (Refer to “Note I – Financing” for a discussion of the carrying values and fair values of the Company’s debt, “Note C – Marketable Debt Securities” for additional disclosures related to marketable debt securities and “Note L – Derivative Financial Instruments” for additional information regarding derivatives.)

Income Taxes: The Company accounts for income taxes under the liability method. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on differences between financial reporting and tax bases of assets and liabilities and are measured using the enacted tax rates and laws that will be in effect when the differences are expected to reverse. Our effective tax rate is based on income by tax jurisdiction, statutory rates and tax saving initiatives available to the Company in the various jurisdictions in which we operate.

The Company recognizes liabilities for uncertain income tax positions based on a two-step process. The first step is to evaluate the tax position for recognition by determining if the weight of available evidence indicates that it is more likely than not that the position will be sustained on audit, including resolution of related appeals or litigation processes, if any. The second step requires the Company to estimate and measure the tax benefit as the largest amount that is more than 50% likely to be realized upon ultimate settlement. The Company reevaluates these uncertain tax positions on a quarterly basis or when new information becomes available to management. These reevaluations are based on factors including, but not limited to, changes in facts or circumstances, changes in tax law, successfully settled issues under audit, expirations due to statutes and new audit activity. Such a change in recognition or measurement could result in the recognition of a tax benefit or an increase to the tax accrual.

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The Company classifies interest related to income tax liabilities, and if applicable, penalties, as a component of Income tax expense. The income tax liabilities and accrued interest and penalties are expected to be payable within one year of the balance sheet date are presented within the Accrued expenses and other caption in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets. The remaining portion of the income tax liabilities and accrued interest and penalties are presented within the Other long-term liabilities caption in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets because payment of cash is not anticipated within one year of the balance sheet date. (Refer to “Note E – Income Taxes” for additional disclosures regarding the Company’s income taxes.)

Sales and Use Taxes: Governmental authorities assess sales and use taxes on the sale of goods and services. The Company excludes taxes collected from customers in its reported sales results; such amounts are included within the Accrued expenses and other caption until remitted to the taxing authorities.

Dividends: The Company currently does not pay a dividend on its common stock. The ability to pay dividends is subject to limitations imposed by Nevada law. Under Nevada law, any future payment of dividends would be dependent upon the Company’s financial condition, capital requirements, earnings and cash flow.

Revenue Recognition: The Company’s primary source of revenue is derived from the sale of automotive aftermarket parts and merchandise to its retail and commercial customers. Revenue is recognized when performance obligations under the terms of a contract with a customer are satisfied, in an amount representing the consideration the Company expects to receive in exchange for selling products to its customers. Shipping and handling activities are considered activities to fulfill the order, and therefore are not evaluated as a separate performance obligation. Sales are recorded net of variable consideration in the period incurred, including discounts, sales incentives and rebates, sales taxes and estimated sales returns. Sales returns are based on historical return rates. The Company may enter into contracts that include multiple combinations of products and services, which are accounted for as separate performance obligations and do not require significant judgment.

The Company’s performance obligations are typically satisfied when the customer takes possession of the merchandise. Revenue from retail customers is recognized when the customer leaves our store with the purchased products, typically at the point of sale or for E-commerce orders when the product is shipped. Revenue from commercial customers is recognized upon delivery, typically same-day. Payment from retail customers is at the point of sale and payment terms for commercial customers are based on the Company’s pre-established credit requirements and generally range from 1 to 30 days. Discounts, sales incentives and rebates are treated as separate performance obligations, and revenue allocated to these performance obligations is recognized as the obligations to the customer are satisfied. Additionally, the Company estimates and records gift card breakage as redemptions occur. The Company offers diagnostic, repair, collision and shop management information software used in the automotive repair industry through ALLDATA. This revenue is recognized as services are provided. Revenue from these services is recognized over the life of the contract.

A portion of the Company’s transactions include the sale of auto parts that contain a core component. The core component represents the recyclable portion of the auto part. Customers are not charged for the core component of the new part if a used core is returned at the point of sale of the new part; otherwise the Company charges customers a specified amount for the core component. The Company refunds that same amount in the event the customer returns a used core to the store at a later date. The Company does not recognize sales or cost of sales for the core component of these transactions when a used part is returned or expected to be returned from the customer.

There were no material contract assets, liabilities or deferred costs recorded on the Consolidated Balance Sheet as of August 31, 2024 and August 26, 2023. Revenue related to unfulfilled performance obligations as of August 31, 2024 and August 26, 2023 is not significant. (Refer to “Note Q – Segment Reporting” for additional information related to revenue recognized during the period.)

Vendor Allowances and Advertising Costs: The Company receives various payments and allowances from its vendors through a variety of programs and arrangements. Monies received from vendors include rebates, allowances and promotional funds. The amounts to be received are subject to the terms of the vendor agreements, which generally do not state an expiration date, but are subject to ongoing negotiations that may be impacted in the future

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based on changes in market conditions, vendor marketing strategies and changes in the profitability or sell-through of the related merchandise.

Rebates and other miscellaneous incentives are earned based on purchases or product sales and are accrued ratably over the purchase or sale of the related product. These monies are generally recorded as a reduction of merchandise inventories and are recognized as a reduction to cost of sales as the related inventories are sold.

For arrangements that provide for reimbursement of specific, incremental, identifiable costs incurred by the Company in selling the vendors’ products, the vendor funds are recorded as a reduction to Operating, selling, general and administrative expenses in the period in which the specific costs were incurred.

The Company expenses advertising costs as incurred. Advertising expense, net of vendor promotional funds, was $102.7 million in fiscal 2024, $99.5 million in fiscal 2023 and $97.1 million in fiscal 2022. Vendor promotional funds, which reduced advertising expense, amounted to $67.8 million in fiscal 2024, $62.4 million in fiscal 2023 and $52.1 million in fiscal 2022.

Cost of Sales and Operating, Selling, General and Administrative Expenses: The following illustrates the primary costs classified in each major expense category:

Cost of Sales

Total cost of merchandise sold, including:
oFreight expenses associated with moving merchandise inventories from the Company’s vendors to the distribution centers;
oVendor allowances that are not reimbursements for specific, incremental and identifiable costs
Costs associated with operating the Company’s supply chain, including payroll and benefits, warehouse occupancy, transportation and depreciation; and
Inventory shrinkage

Operating, Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

Payroll and benefits for store, field leadership and store support employees;
Occupancy of store and store support facilities;
Depreciation and amortization related to store and store support assets;
Transportation associated with field leadership, commercial sales force and deliveries from stores;
Advertising;
Self-insurance;
Technology; and
Other administrative costs, such as credit card transaction fees, legal costs, supplies and travel and lodging

Warranty Costs: The Company or the vendors supplying its products provides the Company’s customers limited warranties on certain products that range from 30 days to lifetime. In most cases, the Company’s vendors are primarily responsible for warranty claims. Warranty costs relating to merchandise sold under warranty not covered by vendors are estimated and recorded as warranty obligations at the time of sale based on each product’s historical return rate. These obligations, which are often funded by vendor allowances, are recorded within the Accrued expenses and other caption in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. For vendor allowances in excess of the related estimated warranty expense for the vendor’s products, the excess is recorded in inventory and recognized as a reduction to cost of sales as the related inventory is sold.

Pre-opening Expenses: Pre-opening expenses, which consist primarily of payroll and occupancy costs, are expensed as incurred.

Earnings per Share: Basic earnings per share is based on the weighted average outstanding common shares. Diluted earnings per share is based on the weighted average outstanding common shares adjusted for the effect of common stock equivalents, which are primarily stock options. There were 118,771, 140,071 and 142,887 stock

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options excluded for the year ended August 31, 2024, August 26, 2023 and August 27, 2022, respectively, because they would have been anti-dilutive.

Share-Based Payments: Share-based payments include stock option grants, restricted stock, restricted stock units, stock appreciation rights and other transactions under the Company’s equity incentive plans. The Company recognizes compensation expense for its share-based payments over the requisite service period based on the fair value of the awards. The Company uses the Black-Scholes option pricing model to calculate the fair value of stock options. The value of restricted stock is based on the stock price of the award on the grant date. (Refer to “Note O – Share-Based Payments” for further discussion.)

Risk and Uncertainties: In fiscal 2024, one class of similar products accounted for approximately 15 percent of the Company’s total revenues and one individual vendor provided 12 percent of our total purchases. No other class of similar products accounted for 10 percent or more of total revenues, and no other individual vendor provided more than 10 percent of total purchases.

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

In September 2022, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2022-04, Liabilities – Supplier Finance Programs (Subtopic 405-50). This ASU requires buyers in a supplier finance program to disclose sufficient qualitative and quantitative information about the program to allow a reader of the financial statements to understand the program’s nature, activity during the period, changes from period to period and the program’s potential magnitude. This ASU is effective for all companies for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2022, including interim periods within those years, and requires retrospective adoption. The Company adopted this standard on a retrospective basis beginning with its first quarter ended November 18, 2023. The adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements and related disclosures. Refer to “Note F – Supplier Financing Programs.”

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

In November 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-07, Segment Reporting (Topic 280). The amendments in this ASU require disclosures, on an annual and interim basis, of significant segment expenses that are regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker (CODM), as well as the aggregate amount of other segment items included in the reported measure of segment profit or loss. This ASU requires that a public entity disclose the title and position of the CODM and an explanation of how the CODM uses the reported measure(s) of segment profit or loss. Public entities will be required to provide all annual disclosures currently required by Topic 280 in interim periods, and entities with a single reportable segment are required to provide all the disclosures required by the amendments in the update and existing segment disclosures in Topic 280. ASU 2023-07 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024, and requires retrospective adoption. Early adoption is permitted. The Company will adopt this standard with our fiscal 2025 annual filing. The Company is currently evaluating these new disclosure requirements and the impact of adoption.

In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740). The amendments in this ASU are intended to enhance the transparency of income tax information by updating income tax disclosure requirements. The guidance is effective for public entities for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024, and early adoption is permitted. The amendments in this ASU should be applied on a prospective basis; however, retrospective application is permitted. The Company will adopt this standard with our fiscal 2026 annual filing. The Company is currently evaluating these new disclosure requirements and does not expect the adoption to have a material impact.

Note B – Fair Value Measurements

The Company defines fair value as the price received to transfer an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. In accordance with ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures, the Company uses the fair value hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs used to

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measure fair value. The hierarchy, as defined below, gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs. The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are set forth below:

Level 1 inputs — unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Company can access at the measurement date.

Level 2 inputs — inputs other than quoted market prices included within Level 1 that are observable, either directly or indirectly, for the asset or liability.

Level 3 inputs — unobservable inputs for the asset or liability, which are based on the Company’s own assumptions as there is little, if any, observable activity in identical assets or liabilities.

Marketable Debt Securities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis

The Company’s marketable debt securities measured at fair value on a recurring basis were as follows:

August 31, 2024

(in thousands)

    

Level 1

    

Level 2

    

Level 3

    

Fair Value

Other current assets

$

26,697

$

11,734

$

$

38,431

Other long-term assets

 

27,031

56,696

 

 

83,727

$

53,728

$

68,430

$

$

122,158

August 26, 2023

(in thousands)

    

Level 1

    

Level 2

    

Level 3

    

Fair Value

Other current assets

$

35,349

$

4,290

$

$

39,639

Other long-term assets

 

71,028

 

10,846

 

 

81,874

$

106,377

$

15,136

$

$

121,513

At August 31, 2024, the fair value measurement amounts for assets and liabilities recorded in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheet consisted of short-term marketable debt securities of $38.4 million, which are included within Other current assets and long-term marketable debt securities of $83.7 million, which are included within Other long-term assets. The Company’s marketable debt securities are typically valued at the closing price in the principal active market as of the last business day of the quarter or through the use of other market inputs relating to the debt securities, including benchmark yields and reported trades.

A discussion on how the Company’s cash flow hedges are valued is included in “Note L – Derivative Financial Instruments,” while the fair values of the marketable debt securities by asset class are described in “Note C – Marketable Debt Securities.”

Non-Financial Assets Measured at Fair Value on a Non-Recurring Basis

Certain non-financial assets and liabilities are required to be measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis in certain circumstances, including the event of impairment. These non-financial assets and liabilities could include assets and liabilities acquired in an acquisition as well as goodwill, intangible assets and property, plant and equipment that are determined to be impaired. At August 31, 2024, the Company did not have any other significant non-financial assets or liabilities that had been measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis subsequent to initial recognition.

Financial Instruments not Recognized at Fair Value

The Company has financial instruments, including cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, other current assets and accounts payable. The carrying amounts of these financial instruments approximate fair value because of their short maturities. A discussion of the carrying values and fair values of the Company’s debt is included in “Note I – Financing.”

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Note C – Marketable Debt Securities

The Company’s basis for determining the cost of a security sold is the “Specific Identification Model.” Unrealized gains (losses) on marketable debt securities are recorded in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss. The Company’s available-for-sale marketable debt securities consisted of the following:

August 31, 2024

    

Amortized

    

Gross

    

Gross

    

Cost

Unrealized

Unrealized

Fair

(in thousands)

Basis

Gains

Losses

Value

Corporate debt securities

$

32,355

$

183

$

(78)

$

32,460

Government bonds

 

50,251

 

483

 

(493)

 

50,241

Mortgage-backed securities

 

22,859

 

326

 

(95)

 

23,090

Asset-backed securities and other

 

16,327

 

66

 

(26)

 

16,367

$

121,792

$

1,058

$

(692)

$

122,158

August 26, 2023

    

Amortized

    

Gross

    

Gross

    

Cost

Unrealized

Unrealized

Fair

(in thousands)

Basis

Gains

Losses

Value

Corporate debt securities

$

31,683

$

17

$

(504)

$

31,196

Government bonds

 

63,747

 

 

(1,440)

 

62,307

Mortgage-backed securities

 

3,215

 

 

(213)

 

3,002

Asset-backed securities and other

 

25,242

 

 

(234)

 

25,008

$

123,887

$

17

$

(2,391)

$

121,513

The marketable debt securities held at August 31, 2024, had effective maturities ranging from less than one year to approximately twenty-nine years. At August 31, 2024, the Company held 45 securities that are in an unrealized loss position of approximately $0.7 million. In evaluating whether a credit loss exists for the securities, the Company considers factors such as the severity of the loss position, the credit worthiness of the investee, the term to maturity and the intent and ability to hold the investments until maturity or until recovery of fair value. An allowance for credit losses was deemed unnecessary given consideration of the factors above. The Company did not realize any material gains or losses on its marketable debt securities during fiscal 2024, 2023 or 2022.

Included above in total marketable debt securities are $111.5 million and $105.0 million of marketable debt securities transferred by the Company’s insurance captive to a trust account to secure its obligations to an insurance company related to future workers’ compensation and casualty losses as of August 31, 2024 and August 26, 2023, respectively.

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Note D – Leases

Lease-related assets and liabilities recorded on the Consolidated Balance Sheets are as follows:

(in thousands)

    

Classification

    

August 31, 2024

August 26, 2023

Assets:

 

  

 

  

Operating

 

Operating lease right-of-use assets

$

3,057,780

$

2,998,097

Finance

 

Property and equipment

 

528,482

 

419,247

Total lease assets

 

  

$

3,586,262

$

3,417,344

Liabilities:

 

  

 

  

 

Current:

Operating

 

Current portion of operating lease liabilities

$

266,855

$

257,256

Finance

 

Accrued expenses and other

 

115,559

 

86,916

Noncurrent:

 

  

 

  

 

  

Operating

 

Operating lease liabilities, less current portion

 

2,960,174

 

2,917,046

Finance

 

Other long-term liabilities

 

283,882

 

200,702

Total lease liabilities

 

  

$

3,626,470

$

3,461,920

Accumulated amortization related to finance lease assets was $132.1 million as of August 31, 2024 and $132.5 million as of August 26, 2023.

Lease costs for finance and operating leases for the 53 weeks ended August 31, 2024 and 52 weeks ended August 26, 2023 are as follows:

For the year ended

(in thousands)

Statement of Income Location

August 31, 2024

August 26, 2023

Finance lease cost:

 

  

 

  

  

Amortization of lease assets

 

Depreciation and amortization

$

84,392

$

71,913

Interest on lease liabilities

 

Interest expense, net

 

19,279

 

14,608

Operating lease cost(1)

 

Selling, general and administrative expenses

 

485,164

 

437,762

Total lease cost

$

588,835

$

524,283

(1)Includes short-term leases, variable lease costs and sublease income, which are immaterial.

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The future rental payments, inclusive of renewal options that have been included in defining the expected lease term, of our operating and finance lease obligations as of August 31, 2024 having initial or remaining lease terms in excess of one year are as follows:

    

Finance

    

Operating 

    

(in thousands)

Leases

Leases

Total

2025

$

116,999

$

391,901

$

508,900

2026

 

117,426

424,859

542,285

2027

 

92,415

404,075

496,490

2028

 

61,692

375,799

437,491

2029

 

30,697

344,197

374,894

Thereafter

 

42,425

2,217,046

2,259,471

Total lease payments

461,654

4,157,877

 

4,619,531

Less: Interest

 

(62,213)

(930,848)

(993,061)

Present value of lease liabilities

$

399,441

$

3,227,029

$

3,626,470

The following table summarizes the Company’s lease term and discount rate assumptions:

August 31, 2024

Weighted-average remaining lease term in years, inclusive of renewal options that are reasonably certain to be exercised:

 

  

Finance leases – real estate

 

21

Finance leases – vehicles

 

4

Operating leases

 

12

Weighted-average discount rate:

 

Finance leases – real estate

 

3.90

%

Finance leases – vehicles

 

5.17

%

Operating leases

 

4.13

%

Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of operating lease liabilities of $362.5 million and $335.2 million was reflected in cash flows from operating activities in the consolidated statement of cash flows for fiscal years 2024 and 2023, respectively.

As of August 31, 2024, the Company has entered into additional leases which have not yet commenced and are therefore not part of the right-of-use asset and liability. These leases have undiscounted future payments of approximately $58.9 million and $26.0 million for real estate and vehicles, respectively, and will commence when the Company obtains possession of the underlying leased asset. Commencement dates are expected to be from fiscal 2025 to fiscal 2026.

Note E – Income Taxes

The components of operating income before income taxes are as follows:

Year Ended

August 31,

August 26,

August 27,

(in thousands)

2024

2023

2022

Domestic

$

2,663,148

$

2,621,714

$

2,429,262

International

 

673,982

 

545,900

 

649,829

$

3,337,130

$

3,167,614

 

$

3,079,091

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The provision for income tax expense consisted of the following:

Year Ended

August 31,

August 26,

August 27,

(in thousands)

    

2024

2023

2022

Current tax provision (benefit):

 

  

 

  

 

  

Federal

$

846,176

$

491,338

$

341,462

State

 

54,837

 

86,687

 

48,490

International

 

193,794

 

154,907

 

122,381

Purchased tax credits

(368,870)

(68,037)

(48,440)

 

725,937

 

664,895

 

463,893

Deferred tax provision (benefit):

 

  

 

  

 

  

Federal

 

(163,775)

 

26,858

 

157,807

State

 

12,264

 

(21,847)

 

34,564

International

 

(10,616)

 

(24,126)

 

(9,719)

Purchased tax credits

110,893

(6,592)

2,942

 

(51,234)

 

(25,707)

 

185,594

Income tax expense

$

674,703

$

639,188

$

649,487

A reconciliation of the provision for income taxes to the amount computed by applying the federal statutory tax rate to income before income taxes is as follows:

Year Ended

    

August 31,

August 26,

August 27,

(in thousands)

2024

2023

2022

 

Federal tax at statutory U.S. income tax rate

 

21.0

%  

21.0

%  

21.0

%

State income taxes, net

 

1.6

%  

1.6

%  

2.1

%

Share-based compensation

 

(1.9)

%  

(2.3)

%  

(1.6)

%  

US Tax on Non-U.S. Income (Subpart F)

2.9

%  

2.5

%  

2.3

%  

US Tax on Non-U.S. Income (GILTI)

1.2

%  

0.8

%  

0.8

%  

Non-U.S. Permanent Differences

(1.3)

%  

(1.4)

%  

(1.5)

%  

Non-US Rate Differences

1.1

%  

0.4

%  

1.0

%  

Foreign Tax Credits

(2.9)

%  

(2.3)

%  

(1.9)

%  

Other

 

(1.5)

%  

(0.1)

%  

(1.1)

%  

Effective tax rate

 

20.2

%  

20.2

%  

21.1

%

For the year ended August 31, 2024, August 26, 2023, and August 27, 2022, the Company recognized excess tax benefits from stock option exercises of $81.4 million, $92.2 million, and $63.2 million, respectively.

The Company is subject to a tax on global intangible low-taxed income (“GILTI”) which is imposed on foreign earnings. The Company has made the election to record this tax as a period cost, thus has not adjusted the deferred tax assets or liabilities of its foreign subsidiaries for this tax.

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Significant components of the Company's deferred tax assets and liabilities were as follows:

    

August 31,

    

August 26,

(in thousands)

2024

2023

Deferred tax assets:

 

  

 

  

Net operating loss and credit carryforwards

$

47,030

$

45,081

Accrued benefits

 

86,119

 

82,318

Operating lease liabilities

722,156

698,728

Federal credit carryforwards

131,895

Other

 

102,820

 

90,897

Total deferred tax assets

 

1,090,020

 

917,024

Valuation allowances

 

(26,922)

 

(24,940)

Net deferred tax assets

 

1,063,098

 

892,084

Deferred tax liabilities:

 

  

 

  

Property and equipment

 

(228,184)

 

(194,686)

Inventory

 

(499,022)

 

(451,360)

Operating lease assets

(660,949)

(652,652)

Other

 

(38,320)

 

(43,662)

Deferred tax liabilities

 

(1,426,475)

 

(1,342,360)

Net deferred tax liabilities

$

(363,377)

$

(450,276)

For the year ended August 31, 2024, the Company asserts indefinite reinvestment for basis differences and accumulated earnings through fiscal 2020 with respect to its foreign subsidiaries. The Company does not assert permanent reinvestment of fiscal 2021 through current year earnings with respect to its Mexican subsidiaries while maintaining its assertion of indefinite reinvestment of fiscal 2021 through current year earnings of other foreign subsidiaries. Where necessary, taxes resulting from foreign distributions of current and accumulated earnings (e.g., withholding taxes) have been considered in the Company’s provision for income taxes.

As of August 31, 2024, we have not recorded incremental income taxes for outside basis differences of $386.7 million in our investments in foreign subsidiaries, as these amounts are indefinitely reinvested in foreign operations. Determining the amount of unrecognized deferred tax liability related to the outside basis differences in these entities is not practicable.

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development has issued Pillar Two model rules introducing a new global minimum tax of 15% intended to be effective for our tax periods ending August 30, 2025 and forward. While the U.S. has not yet adopted the Pillar Two rules, various other governments around the world are enacting similar legislation. As currently designed, Pillar Two will ultimately apply to our worldwide operations. There remains uncertainty as to the final Pillar Two model rules. We are continuing to evaluate the Pillar Two rules and their potential impact on future periods, but we do not expect the rules to have a material impact on our effective tax rate.

At August 31, 2024 and August 26, 2023, the Company had net operating loss (“NOL”) carryforwards totaling approximately $309.8 million ($37.2 million tax effected) and $314.6 million ($37.2 million tax effected), respectively. Certain NOLs have no expiration date and others will expire, if not utilized, in various years from fiscal 2025 through 2043. At August 31, 2024 and August 26, 2023, the Company had deferred tax assets for income tax credit carryforwards of $141.7 million and $7.9 million, respectively. Income tax credit carryforwards will expire, if not utilized, in various years from fiscal 2025 through 2051.

Pursuant to provisions under the Inflation Reduction Act, enacted in August of 2022, the Company purchased transferable federal tax credits during fiscal year 2024 from various counterparties. Such federal tax credits were purchased at negotiated discounts, resulting in an income tax benefit recorded during the year ended August 31,

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2024. Receivables associated with transferable federal tax credits are recorded (netted) within taxes payable and deferred tax liabilities

At August 31, 2024 and August 26, 2023, the Company had a valuation allowance of $26.9 million and $24.9 million, respectively, on deferred tax assets associated with NOL and tax credit carryforwards for which management has determined it is more likely than not that the deferred tax asset will not be realized. Management believes it is more likely than not that the remaining deferred tax assets will be fully realized given the extended carryforward periods referenced.

A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits is as follows:

    

August 31,

    

August 26,

(in thousands)

2024

2023

Beginning balance

$

49,487

$

49,316

Additions based on tax positions related to the current year

 

5,386

 

9,416

Additions for tax positions of prior years

 

5,373

 

8,012

Reductions for tax positions of prior years

 

(8,595)

 

(5,336)

Reductions due to settlements

 

(8,600)

 

(6,800)

Reductions due to statute of limitations

 

(5,065)

 

(5,121)

Ending balance

$

37,986

$

49,487

Included in the August 31, 2024 and the August 26, 2023 balances are $32.1 million and $37.0 million, respectively, of unrecognized tax benefits that, if recognized, would reduce the Company’s effective tax rate. The balances above also include amounts of $3.8 million and $8.6 million for August 31, 2024 and August 26, 2023, respectively, that are accounted for as reductions to deferred tax assets for NOL carryforwards and tax credit carryforwards. It is anticipated that in the event the associated uncertain tax positions are disallowed, the NOL carryforwards and tax credit carryforwards would be utilized to settle the liability.

The Company accrues interest on unrecognized tax benefits as a component of income tax expense. Penalties, if incurred, would be recognized as a component of income tax expense. The Company had $11.2 million and $10.1 million accrued for the payment of interest and penalties associated with unrecognized tax benefits at August 31, 2024 and August 26, 2023, respectively.

The Company files U.S. federal, U.S. state and local, and international income tax returns. With few exceptions, the Company is no longer subject to U.S. federal, U.S. state and local, or Non-U.S. examinations by tax authorities for fiscal year 2020 and prior. The Company is typically engaged in various tax examinations at any given time by U.S. federal, U.S. state and local, and Non-U.S. taxing jurisdictions. As of August 31, 2024, the Company estimates that the amount of unrecognized tax benefits could be reduced by approximately $13.1 million over the next twelve months as a result of tax audit settlements. While the Company believes that it is adequately accrued for possible audit adjustments, the final resolution of these examinations cannot be determined at this time and could result in final settlements that differ from current estimates.

Note F – Supplier Financing Programs

The Company has arrangements with third-party financial institutions to confirm invoice balances owed by the Company to certain suppliers and pay the financial institutions the confirmed amounts on the invoice due dates. These arrangements allow the Company’s inventory suppliers, at their sole discretion, to enter into agreements directly with these financial institutions to finance the Company’s obligations to the suppliers at terms negotiated between the suppliers and the financial institutions. Supplier participation is optional and our obligations to our suppliers, including the amount and dates due, are not impacted by our suppliers’ decision to enter into an agreement with a third-party financial institution. As of August 31, 2024 and August 26, 2023, the Company had supplier obligations outstanding that had been confirmed under these arrangements of $4.9 billion and $4.8 billion, respectively, which are included in Accounts payable and $226.7 million and $224.8 million, respectively, which are included in Other long-term liabilities in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

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Note G – Accrued Expenses and Other

Accrued expenses and other consisted of the following:

    

August 31,

    

August 26,

(in thousands)

2024

2023

Accrued compensation, related payroll taxes and benefits

$

291,728

$

343,379

Property, sales and other taxes

 

190,317

 

165,731

Finance lease liabilities

 

115,559

 

86,916

Medical and casualty insurance claims (current portion)

 

107,877

 

127,624

Accrued interest

 

88,590

 

54,493

Accrued gift cards

 

58,529

 

59,254

Accrued sales and warranty returns

 

46,794

 

43,355

Other

 

161,352

 

120,089

$

1,060,746

$

1,000,841

The Company retains a significant portion of the insurance risks associated with workers’ compensation, general, product liability, property and vehicle insurance. A portion of these self-insured losses is managed through a wholly owned insurance captive. The Company maintains certain levels for stop-loss coverage for each self-insured plan in order to limit its liability for large claims. The retained limits per claim type are $2.0 million for workers’ compensation, $7.5 million for auto liability, $21.5 million for property and $2.0 million for general and product liability.

Note H – Litigation

The Company is involved in various legal proceedings incidental to the conduct of its business, including, but not limited to, claims and allegations related to wage and hour violations, unlawful termination, employment practices, product liability, privacy and cybersecurity, environmental matters, intellectual property rights or regulatory compliance. The Company does not currently believe that, either individually or in the aggregate, these matters will result in liabilities material to the Company’s financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

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Note I – Financing

The Company’s debt consisted of the following:

    

August 31,

    

August 26,

(in thousands)

2024

2023

3.125% Senior Notes due April 2024, effective interest rate 3.32%

$

$

300,000

3.250% Senior Notes due April 2025, effective interest rate 3.36%

 

400,000

 

400,000

3.625% Senior Notes due April 2025, effective interest rate 3.78%

500,000

500,000

3.125% Senior Notes due April 2026, effective interest rate 3.28%

 

400,000

 

400,000

5.050% Senior Notes due July 2026, effective interest rate 5.09%

450,000

450,000

3.750% Senior Notes due June 2027, effective interest rate 3.83%

 

600,000

 

600,000

4.500% Senior Notes due February 2028, effective interest rate 4.43%

450,000

450,000

6.250% Senior Notes due November 2028, effective interest rate 6.46%

500,000

3.750% Senior Notes due April 2029, effective interest rate 3.86%

 

450,000

 

450,000

5.100% Senior Notes due July 2029, effective interest rate 5.30%

600,000

4.000% Senior Notes due April 2030, effective interest rate 4.09%

750,000

750,000

1.650% Senior Notes due January 2031, effective interest rate 2.19%

600,000

600,000

4.750% Senior Notes due August 2032, effective interest rate 4.76%

750,000

750,000

4.750% Senior Notes due February 2033, effective interest rate 4.70%

550,000

550,000

5.200% Senior Notes due August 2033, effective interest rate 5.22%

300,000

300,000

6.550% Senior Notes due November 2033, effective interest rate 6.71%

500,000

5.400% Senior Notes due July 2034, effective interest rate 5.54%

700,000

Commercial paper, weighted average interest rate 5.40% at August 31, 2024 and 5.43% at August 26, 2023

 

580,000

 

1,209,600

Total debt before discounts and debt issuance costs

 

9,080,000

 

7,709,600

Less: Discounts and debt issuance costs

55,619

 

41,051

Long-term debt

$

9,024,381

$

7,668,549

On November 15, 2021, the Company amended and restated its existing revolving credit facility (the “Revolving Credit Agreement”) pursuant to which the Company’s borrowing capacity was increased from $2.0 billion to $2.25 billion and the maximum borrowing under the Revolving Credit Agreement may, at the Company’s option, subject to lenders approval, be increased from $2.25 billion to $3.25 billion. On November 15, 2022, the Company amended the Revolving Credit Agreement, extending the termination date by one year. As amended, the Revolving Credit Agreement will terminate, and all amounts borrowed will be due and payable, on November 15, 2027, but the Company may make one additional request to extend the termination date for an additional period of one year. Revolving borrowings under the Revolving Credit Agreement may be base rate loans, SOFR loans, or a combination of both, at AutoZone’s election. The Revolving Credit Agreement includes (i) a $75 million sublimit for swingline loans, (ii) a $50 million individual issuer letter of credit sublimit and (iii) a $250 million aggregate sublimit for all letters of credit.

Under the Company’s Revolving Credit Agreement, covenants include restrictions on liens, a maximum debt to earnings ratio, a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio and a change of control provision that may require acceleration of the repayment obligations under certain circumstances.

As of August 31, 2024, the Company had no outstanding borrowings and $1.8 million of outstanding letters of credit under the Revolving Credit Agreement.

The Revolving Credit Agreement requires that the Company’s consolidated interest coverage ratio as of the last day of each quarter shall be no less than 2.5:1. This ratio is defined as the ratio of (i) consolidated earnings before interest, taxes and rents to (ii) consolidated interest expense plus consolidated rents. The Company’s consolidated interest coverage ratio as of August 31, 2024 was 5.4:1.

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As of August 31, 2024, the $580 million of commercial paper borrowings, the $400 million 3.250% Senior Notes due April 2025 and the $500 million 3.625% Senior Notes due April 2025 were classified as long-term in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets as the Company currently has the ability and intent to refinance them on a long-term basis through available capacity in its Revolving Credit Agreement. As of August 31, 2024, the Company had $2.2 billion of availability under its Revolving Credit Agreement, without giving effect to commercial paper borrowings, which would allow the Company to replace these short-term obligations with a long-term financing facility.

On April 18, 2024, the Company repaid its outstanding $300 million 3.125% Senior Notes due April 2024.

On July 17, 2023, the Company repaid its outstanding $500 million 3.125% Senior Notes due July 2023.

On January 17, 2023, the Company repaid its outstanding $300 million 2.875% Senior Notes due January 2023.

On January 18, 2022, the Company repaid the $500 million 3.700% Senior Notes due April 2022, which were callable at par in January 2022.

On June 28, 2024, the Company issued $600 million in 5.100% Senior Notes due July 2029 and $700 million 5.400% Senior Notes due July 2034 under the automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3, filed with the SEC on July 19, 2022 (File No. 333-266209) (the “2022 Shelf Registration Statement”). The 2022 Shelf Registration Statement allows us to sell an indeterminate amount in debt securities to fund general corporate purposes, including repaying, redeeming or repurchasing outstanding debt and for working capital, capital expenditures, new store or distribution center openings, stock repurchases and acquisitions. Proceeds from the debt issuance were used to repay a portion of our outstanding commercial paper borrowings and for other general corporate purposes.

On October 25, 2023, the Company issued $500 million in 6.250% Senior Notes due November 2028 and $500 million 6.550% Senior Notes due November 2033 under the 2022 Shelf Registration Statement. Proceeds from the debt issuance were used for general corporate purposes.

On July 21, 2023, the Company issued $450 million in 5.050% Senior Notes due July 2026 and $300 million in 5.200% Senior Notes due August 2033 under the 2022 Shelf Registration Statement. Proceeds from the debt issuance were used for general corporate purposes.

On January 27, 2023, the Company issued $450 million in 4.500% Senior Notes due February 2028 and $550 million in 4.750% Senior Notes due February 2033 under the 2022 Shelf Registration Statement. Proceeds from the debt issuance were used to repay a portion of the Company’s outstanding commercial paper borrowings and for other general corporate purposes.

On August 1, 2022, the Company issued $750 million in 4.750% Senior Notes due August 2032 under the 2022 Shelf Registration Statement. Proceeds from the debt issuance were used to repay a portion of the outstanding commercial paper borrowings and for other general corporate purposes.

The Senior Notes contain a provision that repayment of the Senior Notes may be accelerated if the Company experiences a change in control (as defined in the agreements). The Company’s borrowings under its senior notes contain minimal covenants, primarily restrictions on liens. All of the repayment obligations under its borrowing arrangements may be accelerated and come due prior to the scheduled payment date if covenants are breached or an event of default occurs. Interest for Senior Notes is paid on a semi-annual basis.

The Company also maintains a letter of credit facility that allows it to request the participating bank to issue letters of credit on its behalf up to an aggregate amount of $25 million. The letter of credit facility is in addition to the letters of credit that may be issued under the Revolving Credit Agreement and expired in June 2022. On May 16, 2022, the Company amended and restated the letter of credit facility to, among other things, extend the facility

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through June 2025. As of August 31, 2024, the Company had no letters of credit outstanding under the letter of credit facility.

In addition to the outstanding letters of credit issued under the committed facility discussed above, the Company had $141.6 million in letters of credit outstanding as of August 31, 2024. These letters of credit have various maturity dates and were issued on an uncommitted basis. As of August 31, 2024, the Company was in compliance with all covenants related to its borrowing arrangements.

The fair value of the Company’s debt was estimated at $9.0 billion as of August 31, 2024, and $7.3 billion as of August 26, 2023, based on the quoted market prices for the same or similar issues or on the current rates available to the Company for debt of the same terms (Level 2). Such fair value is greater than the carrying value of debt by $3.5 million and less than the carrying value of debt by $406.6 million at August 31, 2024 and August 26, 2023, respectively. This amount reflects face amount, adjusted for any unamortized debt issuance costs and discounts.

All of the Company’s debt is unsecured. Scheduled maturities of debt are as follows:

    

Scheduled

(in thousands)

Maturities

2025

$

1,480,000

2026

 

850,000

2027

 

600,000

2028

 

450,000

2029

 

1,550,000

Thereafter

 

4,150,000

Subtotal

 

9,080,000

Discount and debt issuance costs

 

55,619

Total Debt

$

9,024,381

Note J – Interest Expense

Net interest expense consisted of the following:

Year Ended

    

August 31,

    

August 26,

    

August 27,

(in thousands)

2024

2023

2022

Interest expense

$

465,191

$

320,121

$

198,883

Interest income

 

(11,312)

 

(12,054)

 

(6,048)

Capitalized interest

 

(2,301)

 

(1,695)

 

(1,197)

$

451,578

$

306,372

$

191,638

Note K – Stock Repurchase Program

During 1998, the Company announced a program permitting the Company to repurchase a portion of its outstanding shares not to exceed a dollar maximum established by the Company’s Board of Directors. The Board voted to increase the repurchase authorization by $2.0 billion on December 20, 2023 and $1.5 billion on June 19, 2024, bringing the total authorization to $39.2 billion. Previously, the Board voted to increase the authorization by $4.5 billion in fiscal 2023 and $5.0 billion in fiscal 2022. The Company has $2.2 billion remaining under the Board’s authorization to repurchase its common stock.

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The Company’s share repurchase activity consisted of the following:

Year Ended

    

August 31,

    

August 26,

    

August 27,

(in thousands)

2024

2023

2022

Amount

$

3,170,320

$

3,723,289

$

4,359,991

Shares

 

1,149

 

1,524

 

2,220

During fiscal year 2024, the Company retired 1.7 million shares of treasury stock which had previously been repurchased under the Company’s share repurchase program. The retirement increased Retained deficit by $4.1 billion and decreased Additional paid-in capital by $142.4 million. During the comparable prior year period, the Company retired 2.1 million shares of treasury stock, which increased Retained deficit by $4.2 billion and decreased Additional paid-in capital by $143.4 million.

Subsequent to August 31, 2024 and through October 21, 2024, the Company has repurchased 67,677 shares of common stock at an aggregate cost of $212.0 million. Considering the cumulative repurchases through October 21, 2024, the Company has $2.0 billion remaining under the Board’s authorization to repurchase its common stock.

Note L – Derivative Financial Instruments

The Company periodically uses derivatives to hedge exposures to interest rates. The Company does not hold or issue financial instruments for trading purposes. For transactions that meet the hedge accounting criteria, the Company formally designates and documents the instrument as a hedge at inception and quarterly thereafter assesses the hedges to ensure they are effective in offsetting changes in the cash flows of the underlying exposures. Derivatives are recorded in the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheet at fair value, determined using available market information or other appropriate valuation methodologies. In accordance with ASC Topic 815, Derivatives and Hedging, to the extent our derivatives are effective in offsetting the variability of the hedged cash flows, changes in the derivatives’ fair value are not included in current earnings but are included in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss, net of tax. 

At August 31, 2024, the Company had $10.6 million (excluding the impact of deferred taxes) recorded in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss related to net realized losses associated with terminated interest rate swap and treasury rate lock derivatives which were designated as hedging instruments. Net losses are amortized into Interest expense over the remaining life of the associated debt. During fiscal 2024 and 2023, the Company reclassified $2.3 million and $2.8 million of net losses from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss to Interest expense, respectively. The Company expects to reclassify $2.3 million of net losses from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss to Interest expense over the next 12 months.

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Note M – Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss includes certain adjustments to foreign currency translation adjustments, certain activity for interest rate swaps and treasury rate locks that qualify as cash flow hedges and unrealized gains (losses) on available-for-sale marketable debt securities. Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss consisted of the following:

Net

Unrealized

Foreign

Gain (Loss)

(in thousands)

   

Currency(1)

   

on Securities

Derivatives

Total

Balance at August 27, 2022

$

(280,190)

$

(2,171)

$

(18,175)

$

(300,536)

Other Comprehensive Income before reclassifications

 

103,633

 

472

 

3,635

 

107,740

Amounts reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss(2)

 

 

(152)

 

2,112

 

1,960

Balance at August 26, 2023

(176,557)

(1,851)

(12,428)

(190,836)

Other Comprehensive (Loss) Income before reclassifications

 

(174,715)

2,179

 

(172,536)

Amounts reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss(2)

 

(28)

1,782

 

1,754

Balance at August 31, 2024

$

(351,272)

$

300

$

(10,646)

$

(361,618)

(1)Foreign currency is shown net of U.S. tax to account for foreign currency impacts of certain undistributed non-U.S. subsidiaries earnings. Other foreign currency is not shown net of additional U.S. tax as other basis differences of non-U.S. subsidiaries are intended to be permanently reinvested.
(2)Amounts shown are net of taxes/tax benefits.

Note N – 401(k) Savings Plan

The Company has a 401(k) plan that covers all domestic employees who meet the plan’s participation requirements. The plan features include Company matching contributions, immediate 100% vesting of Company contributions and a savings option up to 25% of qualified earnings. The Company makes matching contributions, per pay period, up to a specified percentage of employees’ contributions as approved by the Board. The Company made matching contributions to employee accounts in connection with the 401(k) plan of $39.0 million in fiscal 2024, $37.3 million in fiscal 2023 and $37.9 million in fiscal 2022.

Note O – Share-Based Plans

The Company has several active and inactive equity incentive plans under which the Company has been authorized to grant share-based awards to key employees and non-employee directors. Awards under these plans have been in the form of restricted stock, restricted stock units, stock options, stock appreciation rights and other awards as defined by the plans. The Company also has an Employee Stock Purchase Plan that allows employees to purchase Company shares at a discount subject to certain limitations. The Company also has an Executive Stock Purchase Plan which permits all eligible executives to purchase AutoZone’s common stock using up to twenty-five percent of his or her annual salary and bonus.

Amended and Restated AutoZone, Inc. 2011 Equity Incentive Award Plan

On December 15, 2010, the Company’s stockholders approved the 2011 Equity Incentive Award Plan (the “2011 Plan”), allowing the Company to provide equity-based compensation to non-employee directors and employees for their service to AutoZone or its subsidiaries or affiliates. Prior to the Company’s adoption of the 2011 Plan, equity-based compensation was provided to employees under the 2006 Stock Option Plan and to non-employee directors under the 2003 Director Compensation Plan (the “2003 Comp Plan”).

During fiscal 2016, the Company’s stockholders approved the Amended and Restated AutoZone, Inc. 2011 Equity Incentive Award Plan (the “Amended 2011 Equity Plan”). The Amended 2011 Equity Plan imposes a maximum limit on the compensation, measured as the sum of any cash compensation and the aggregate grant date fair value of

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awards granted under the Amended 2011 Equity Plan, which may be paid to non-employee directors for such service during any calendar year. The Amended 2011 Equity Plan also applies a ten-year term on the Amended 2011 Equity Plan through December 16, 2025 and extends the Company’s ability to grant incentive stock options under the Amended 2011 Equity Plan through October 7, 2025.

AutoZone, Inc. 2020 Omnibus Incentive Award Plan

On December 16, 2020, the Company’s stockholders approved the AutoZone, Inc. 2020 Omnibus Incentive Award Plan (the “2020 Omnibus Plan”), which serves as the successor to the Amended 2011 Equity Plan. The 2020 Omnibus Plan provides equity-based compensation to our non-employee directors and employees for their service to AutoZone or our subsidiaries or affiliates. Under the 2020 Omnibus Plan, participants may receive equity-based compensation in the form of stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units, dividend equivalents, deferred stock, stock payments, performance based awards, cash based awards and other incentive awards structured by the Compensation Committee and the Board within parameters set forth in the 2020 Omnibus Plan.

AutoZone, Inc. Director Compensation Program

Under the Company’s Director Compensation Program (the “Program”), non-employee directors will receive their compensation in awards of restricted stock units under the 2020 Omnibus Plan, with an option for a certain portion of a director’s compensation to be paid in cash at the non-employee director’s election. Under the Program, restricted stock units are granted on January 1 of each year (the “Grant Date”). The number of restricted stock units is determined by dividing the amount of the annual retainer by the fair market value of the shares of common stock as of the Grant Date. The restricted stock units are fully vested on the date of grant and are paid in shares of the Company’s common stock on the first or the fifth anniversary of the Grant Date (at the Director’s election) or if sooner, the date the non-employee director ceases to be a member of the Board (“Separation from Service”). The cash portion of the award, if elected, is paid ratably over each calendar quarter.

Total share-based compensation expense (a component of Operating, selling, general and administrative expenses) was $106.2 million, $93.1 million and $70.6 million for fiscal 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

General terms and methods of valuation for the Company’s share-based awards are as follows:

Stock Options

The Company grants options to purchase common stock to certain of its employees under the 2020 Omnibus Plan at prices equal to the market value of the stock on the date of grant. Options have a term of ten years from grant date. Option-vesting periods range from four to five years, with the vast majority of options vesting ratably over four years. Options generally have 90 days after the service relationship ends, or one year after death, to exercise all vested options, unless retirement provisions are met. The fair value of each option grant is separately estimated for each vesting date. The fair value of each option is amortized into compensation expense on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period, less estimated forfeitures. Employees who meet the qualified retirement provisions under the 2020 Omnibus Plan are assumed to have a 0% forfeiture rate. All other employee grants assume a 10% forfeiture rate, which is based on historical experience.

The Company has estimated the fair value of all stock option awards as of the date of the grant by applying the Black-Scholes-Merton multiple-option pricing valuation model. The following table presents the weighted average

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for key assumptions used in determining the fair value of options granted and the related share-based compensation expense:

Year Ended

 

August 31,

August 26,

August 27,

 

2024

2023

2022

Expected price volatility

29

%

29

%

28

%

Risk-free interest rate

4.7

%

3.8

%

1.1

%

Weighted average expected lives (in years)

5.5

5.5

5.6

Forfeiture rate

7

%

10

%

10

%

Dividend yield

0

%

0

%

0

%

The following methodologies were applied in developing the assumptions used in determining the fair value of options granted:

Expected price volatility – This is a measure of the amount by which a price has fluctuated or is expected to fluctuate. The Company uses actual historical changes in the market value of its stock to calculate the volatility assumption as it is management’s belief that this is the best indicator of future volatility. The Company calculates daily market value changes from the date of grant over a past period representative of the expected life of the options to determine volatility. An increase in the expected volatility will increase compensation expense.

Risk-free interest rate – This is the U.S. Treasury rate for the week of the grant having a term equal to the expected life of the option. An increase in the risk-free interest rate will increase compensation expense.

Expected lives – This is the period of time over which the options granted are expected to remain outstanding and is based on historical experience. Separate groups of employees that have similar historical exercise behavior are considered separately for valuation purposes. Options granted have a maximum term of ten years. An increase in the expected life will increase compensation expense.

Forfeiture rate – This is the estimated percentage of options granted that are expected to be forfeited or canceled before becoming fully vested. This estimate is based on historical experience at the time of valuation and reduces expense ratably over the vesting period. An increase in the forfeiture rate will decrease compensation expense. This estimate is evaluated periodically based on the extent to which actual forfeitures differ, or are expected to differ, from the previous estimate.

Dividend yield – The Company has not made any dividend payments nor does it have plans to pay dividends in the foreseeable future. An increase in the dividend yield will decrease compensation expense.

The weighted average grant date fair value per share of options granted was $922.10, $764.68 and $463.45 during fiscal 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively. The intrinsic value of options exercised was $424.5 million, $424.6 million and $282.7 million in fiscal 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively. The total fair value of options vested was $67.0 million, $47.9 million and $39.3 million in fiscal 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

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The Company generally issues new shares when options are exercised. The following table summarizes information about stock option activity for the year ended August 31, 2024:

    

    

    

Weighted

    

Average

Remaining

Aggregate

Weighted

Contractual

Intrinsic

Number

Average

Term

Value

of Shares

Exercise Price

(in years)

(in thousands)

Outstanding – August 26, 2023

 

1,027,588

$

1,180.39

 

Granted

 

139,534

2,577.52

 

  

 

  

Exercised

 

(209,829)

799.06

 

  

 

  

Forfeited/Cancelled

 

(33,450)

1,884.80

 

  

 

  

Outstanding – August 31, 2024

 

923,843

 

1,452.52

 

5.96

$

1,597,289

Exercisable

 

589,743

1,054.66

4.73

1,254,276

Expected to vest

 

321,772

2,148.75

8.13

332,305

Available for future grants

 

722,644

As of August 31, 2024, total unrecognized share-based compensation expense related to stock options, net of estimated forfeitures, was approximately $103.6 million, before income taxes, and will be recognized over an estimated weighted average period of 2.9 years.

Restricted Stock Units

Restricted stock unit awards are valued at the market price of a share of the Company’s stock on the date of grant and vest ratably on an annual basis over a four-year service period and are payable in shares of common stock on the vesting date. Compensation expense for grants of employee restricted stock units is recognized on a straight-line basis over the four-year service period, less estimated forfeitures, which are consistent with stock option forfeiture assumptions.

As of August 31, 2024, total unrecognized stock-based compensation expense related to nonvested restricted stock unit awards, net of estimated forfeitures, was approximately $6.8 million, before income taxes, which we expect to recognize over an estimated weighted average period of 2.4 years.

Transactions related to restricted stock units for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2024 are as follows:

Weighted-

    

Number

    

Average Grant

of Shares

Date Fair Value

Nonvested at August 26, 2023

 

8,133

$

1,572.87

Granted

 

3,173

2,560.56

Vested

 

(4,781)

1,614.94

Forfeited

 

(1,015)

2,144.26

Nonvested at August 31, 2024

 

5,510

$

1,999.92

Stock Appreciation Rights

At August 31, 2024 and August 26, 2023, the Company had $15.3 million and $11.8 million, respectively of accrued compensation expense. There were 4,822 outstanding units issued under the 2003 Comp Plan and prior plans. As directors retire, this balance will be reduced. No additional shares of stock or units will be issued in future years under the 2003 Comp Plan or prior plans.

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Employee Stock Purchase Plan and Executive Stock Purchase Plan

The Company recognized $3.1 million, $2.5 million and $3.2 million in compensation expense related to the discount on the selling of shares to employees and executives under the various share purchase plans in fiscal 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively. Under the Employee Plan, 5,000, 5,183 and 6,238 shares were sold to employees in fiscal 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively. The Company repurchased 4,886 shares in fiscal 2022 at market value from employees electing to sell their stock. Purchases under the Executive Plan were 540, 689 and 709 shares in fiscal 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively. Issuances of shares under the Employee Plan are netted against repurchases and such repurchases are not included in share repurchases disclosed in “Note K – Stock Repurchase Program.” At August 31, 2024, 117,341 shares of common stock were reserved for future issuance under the Employee Plan, and 232,426 shares of common stock were reserved for future issuance under the Executive Plan.

Note P – Commitments and Contingencies

Construction commitments, primarily for new stores, totaled approximately $103.8 million at August 31, 2024.

The Company had $143.4 million in outstanding standby letters of credit and $48.9 million in surety bonds as of August 31, 2024, which all have expiration periods of less than one year. A substantial portion of the outstanding standby letters of credit (which are primarily renewed on an annual basis) and surety bonds are used to cover reimbursement obligations to our workers’ compensation carriers. There are no additional contingent liabilities associated with these instruments as the underlying liabilities are already reflected in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. The standby letters of credit and surety bonds arrangements have automatic renewal clauses.

The Company has entered into agreements to make capital contributions to certain tax credit instruments upon the completion of project milestones. As of August 31, 2024, the Company had commitments to make certain additional capital contributions to these tax credit instruments totaling $49.3 million in fiscal 2025.

Note Q – Segment Reporting

The Company’s primary operating segments (Domestic Auto Parts, Mexico and Brazil) are aggregated as one reportable segment: Auto Parts Stores. The criteria the Company used to identify the reportable segment are primarily the nature of the products the Company sells and the operating results that are regularly reviewed by the Company’s chief operating decision maker to make decisions about the resources to be allocated to the business units and to assess performance. The accounting policies of the Company’s reportable segment are the same as those described in “Note A – Significant Accounting Policies.”

The Auto Parts Stores segment is the leading retailer and distributor of automotive parts and accessories through the Company’s 7,353 stores in the U.S., Mexico and Brazil. Each store carries an extensive product line for cars, sport utility vehicles, vans and light duty trucks, including new and remanufactured automotive hard parts, maintenance items, accessories and non-automotive products.

The Other category reflects business activities of two operating segments that are not separately reportable due to the materiality of these operating segments. The operating segments include ALLDATA, which produces, sells and maintains diagnostic, repair, collision and shop management software used in the automotive repair industry and E-commerce, which includes direct sales to customers through www.autozone.com for sales that are not fulfilled by local stores.

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The Company evaluates its reportable segment primarily on the basis of net sales and segment profit, which is defined as gross profit. The following table shows segment results for the following fiscal years:

Year Ended

    

August 31,

    

August 26,

    

August 27,

(in thousands)

2024

2023

2022

Net Sales

 

  

 

  

 

  

Auto Parts Stores

$

18,151,276

$

17,145,137

$

15,963,196

Other

 

338,992

 

312,072

 

289,034

Total

$

18,490,268

$

17,457,209

$

16,252,230

Segment Profit

 

  

 

  

 

  

Auto Parts Stores

$

9,616,098

$

8,885,403

$

8,301,234

Other

 

200,954

 

185,019

 

171,416

Gross profit

 

9,817,052

 

9,070,422

 

8,472,650

Operating, selling, general and administrative expenses

 

(6,028,344)

 

(5,596,436)

 

(5,201,921)

Interest expense, net

 

(451,578)

 

(306,372)

 

(191,638)

Income before income taxes

$

3,337,130

$

3,167,614

$

3,079,091

Segment Assets:

 

  

 

  

 

  

Auto Parts Stores

$

16,829,351

$

15,664,891

$

15,060,704

Other

 

347,187

 

320,987

 

214,339

Total

$

17,176,538

$

15,985,878

$

15,275,043

Capital Expenditures:

 

  

 

  

 

  

Auto Parts Stores

$

1,048,952

$

775,601

$

650,495

Other

 

23,744

 

21,056

 

21,896

Total

$

1,072,696

$

796,657

$

672,391

Auto Parts Stores Sales by Product Grouping:

 

  

 

  

 

  

Failure

$

8,979,152

$

8,407,690

$

7,801,155

Maintenance items

 

6,618,494

 

6,223,620

 

5,670,278

Discretionary

 

2,553,630

 

2,513,827

 

2,491,763

Auto Parts Stores net sales

$

18,151,276

$

17,145,137

$

15,963,196

The following table presents the Company’s net sales disaggregated by geographical area:

Year Ended

August 31,

    

August 26,

    

August 27,

2024

2023

2022

United States

88

%

89

%

92

%

Mexico

11

%

10

%

8

%

Brazil

1

%

1

%

%

Total

100

%

100

%

100

%

The Company’s long-lived assets, consisting primarily of property and equipment, net and operating lease right-of-use assets, within the United States were 89%, 88% and 91% in fiscal years 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively. No individual country outside of the United States had long-lived assets that were material to the consolidated totals.

Item 9. Changes In and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure

Not applicable.

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Item 9A. Controls and Procedures

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

As of August 31, 2024, an evaluation was performed under the supervision and with the participation of AutoZone’s management, including the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act, as amended. Based on that evaluation, our management, including the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer, concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of August 31, 2024.

Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

A report of AutoZone’s management on our internal control over financial reporting (as such term defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act) and a report of Ernst & Young, LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, on the effectiveness of AutoZone’s internal control over financial reporting are included in Part I, Item 8 of this document and is incorporated herein by reference.

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the quarter ended August 31, 2024 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

Attestation Report of Registered Public Accounting Firm

Our internal control over financial reporting as of August 31, 2024 has been audited by Ernst & Young, LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, which also audited our Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended August 31, 2024, as stated in their report included herein, which expresses an unqualified opinion on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of August 31, 2024.

Item 9B. Other Information

None. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, during the quarterly period ended August 31, 2024, no officer or director of the Company adopted or terminated any “Rule 10b5-1 trading agreement” or any “non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement,” as each item is defined in Item 408 of Regulation S-K.

Item 9C. Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections

Not applicable.

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PART III

Certain information required by Part III is incorporated by reference from AutoZone’s definitive Proxy Statement for the 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on December 18, 2024 (our “Proxy Statement”). Except for those portions specifically incorporated in this Annual Report on Form 10-K by reference to the Proxy Statement, no other portions of the Proxy Statement are deemed to be filed as part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance

The information set forth in Part I, Item 1 of this document in the section entitled “Information about our Executive Officers,” is incorporated herein by reference in response to this item. Additionally, the information contained in AutoZone, Inc.’s Proxy Statement relating to our 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, in the sections entitled “Corporate Governance Matters,” “Proposal 1 – Election of Directors” and “Delinquent Section 16(a) Reports,” is incorporated herein by reference in response to this item.

The Company has adopted a Code of Ethical Conduct for Financial Executives that applies to its chief executive officer, chief financial officer, chief accounting officer and other financial executives. The Company has made the Code of Ethical Conduct available at www.autozone.com, which can be accessed by clicking “Investor Relations” located at the bottom of the page.

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 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, in the section entitled “Executive Compensation,” 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 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, in the sections entitled “Security Ownership of Management and Board of Directors,” “Security 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 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, in the sections entitled “Related Party Transactions” and “Corporate Governance Matters – Independence” is incorporated herein by reference in response to this item.

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Item 14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services

The information contained in AutoZone, Inc.’s Proxy Statement relating to our 2024 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.

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PART IV

Item 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules

The following information required under this item is filed as part of this report.

(a) Financial Statements

The following financial statements, related notes and reports of independent registered public accounting firm are filed with this Annual Report on Form 10-K in Part II, Item 8:

Reports of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Consolidated Statements of Income for the fiscal years ended August 31, 2024, August 26, 2023 and August 27, 2022

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the fiscal years ended August 31, 2024, August 26, 2023 and August 27, 2022

Consolidated Balance Sheets as of August 31, 2024 and August 26, 2023

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the fiscal years ended August 31, 2024, August 26, 2023 and August 27, 2022

Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Deficit for the fiscal years ended August 31, 2024, August 26, 2023 and August 27, 2022

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

(b) Exhibits

The following exhibits are being filed herewith:

3.1

Restated Articles of Incorporation of AutoZone, Inc. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended February 13, 1999.

3.2

Eighth Amended and Restated By-Laws of AutoZone, Inc. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 23, 2023.

4.1

Indenture dated as of August 8, 2003, between AutoZone, Inc. and Bank One Trust Company, N.A. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-107828) filed August 11, 2003.

4.2

Agreement of Resignation, Appointment and Acceptance by and among AutoZone, Inc., The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as prior Trustee, and Regions Bank, as successor Trustee, dated January 29, 2019. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-230719), filed April 4, 2019).

4.3

Officers’ Certificate dated April 29, 2015, pursuant to Section 3.2 of the Indenture dated August 8, 2003, setting forth the terms of the 3.250% Senior Notes due 2025. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 29, 2015.

4.4

Form of 3.250% Senior Notes due 2025. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 29, 2015.

4.5

Officers’ Certificate dated April 21, 2016, pursuant to Section 3.2 of the Indenture dated August 8, 2003, setting forth the terms of the 3.125% Senior Notes due 2026. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 21, 2016.

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4.6

Form 3.125% Senior Notes due 2026. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 21, 2016.

4.7

Officers’ Certificate dated April 18, 2017, pursuant to Section 3.2 of the Indenture dated August 8, 2003, setting forth the terms of the 3.750% Senior Notes due 2027. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 18, 2017.

4.8

Form of 3.750% Senior Notes due 2027. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 18, 2017.

4.9

Officers’ Certificate dated April 18, 2019, pursuant to Section 3.2 of the Indenture dated August 8, 2003, setting forth the terms of the 3.125% Senior Notes due 2024. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 18, 2019.

4.10

Officers’ Certificate dated April 18, 2019, pursuant to Section 3.2 of the Indenture dated August 8, 2003, setting forth the terms of the 3.750% Senior Notes due 2029. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 18, 2019.

4.11

Form of 3.125% Senior Notes due 2024. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 18, 2019.

4.12

Form of 3.750% Senior Notes due 2029. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 18, 2019.

4.13

Officers’ Certificate dated March 30, 2020, pursuant to Section 3.2 of the Indenture, dated August 8, 2003, setting forth the terms of the 3.625% Senior Notes due 2025. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 30, 2020.

4.14

Officers’ Certificate dated March 30, 2020, pursuant to Section 3.2 of the Indenture, dated August 8, 2003, setting forth the terms of the 4.000% Senior Notes due 2030. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 30, 2020.

4.15

Form of 3.625% Senior Notes due 2025. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 30, 2020.

4.16

Form of 4.000% Senior Notes due 2030. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 30, 2020.

4.17

Form of 4.000% Senior Notes due 2030. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 30, 2020.

4.18

Form of 1.650% Senior Notes due 2031. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated August 14, 2020.

4.19

Form of 1.650% Senior Notes due 2031. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated August 14, 2020.

4.20

Officers’ Certificate dated August 14, 2020, pursuant to Section 3.2 of the Indenture, dated August 8, 2003, setting forth the terms of the 1.650% Senior Notes due 2031. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated August 14, 2020.

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4.21

Officers’ Certificate dated August 1, 2022, pursuant to Section 3.2 of the Indenture dated August 8, 2003, setting forth the terms of the 4.750% Senior Notes due 2032. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated August 1, 2022.

4.22

Form of 4.750% Senior Notes due 2032. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated August 1, 2022.

4.23

Officers’ Certificate dated January 27, 2023, pursuant to Section 3.2 of the Indenture dated August 8, 2003, setting forth the terms of the 4.500% Senior Notes due 2028. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 27, 2023.

4.24

Officers’ Certificate dated January 27, 2023, pursuant to Section 3.2 of the Indenture dated August 8, 2003, setting forth the terms of the 4.750% Senior Notes due 2033. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 27, 2023.

4.25

Form of 4.500% Senior Notes due 2028. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 27, 2023.

4.26

Form of 4.750% Senior Notes due 2033. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 27, 2023.

4.27

Officers’ Certificate dated July 21, 2023, pursuant to Section 3.2 of the Indenture dated August 8, 2003, setting forth the terms of the 5.050% Senior Notes due 2026. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated July 21, 2023.

4.28

Officers’ Certificate dated July 21, 2023, pursuant to Section 3.2 of the Indenture dated August 8, 2003, setting forth the terms of the 5.200% Senior Notes due 2033. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated July 21, 2023.

4.29

Form of 5.050% Note due 2026. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated July 21, 2023.

4.30

Form of 5.200% Note due 2033. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated July 21, 2023.

4.31

Officers’ Certificate dated October 25, 2023, pursuant to Section 3.2 of the Indenture dated August 8, 2003, setting forth the terms of the 6.250% Senior Notes due 2028. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated October 25, 2023.

4.32

Officers’ Certificate dated October 25, 2023, pursuant to Section 3.2 of the Indenture dated August 8, 2003, setting forth the terms of the 6.550% Senior Notes due 2033. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated October 25, 2023.

4.33

Form of 6.250% Note due 2028. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated October 25, 2023.

4.34

Form of 6.550% Note due 2033. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated October 25, 2023.

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4.35

Officers’ Certificate dated June 28, 2024, pursuant to Section 3.2 of the Indenture dated August 8, 2003, setting forth the terms of the 5.100% Senior Notes due 2029. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 28, 2024.

4.36

Officers’ Certificate dated June 28, 2024, pursuant to Section 3.2 of the Indenture dated August 8, 2003, setting forth the terms of the 5.400% Senior Notes due 2034. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 28, 2024.

4.37

Form of 5.100% Note due 2029. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 28, 2024.

4.38

Form of 5.400% Note due 2034. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 28, 2024.

4.39

Description of Securities of AutoZone, Inc. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.24 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K dated October 28, 2019.

*10.1

Second Amended and Restated 1998 Director Compensation Plan. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 26, 2000.

*10.2

AutoZone, Inc. 2003 Director Compensation Plan. Incorporated by reference to Appendix D to the definitive proxy statement dated November 1, 2002, for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders held December 12, 2002.

*10.3

Amended and Restated AutoZone, Inc. 2003 Director Compensation Plan. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 4, 2008.

*10.4

Form of non-compete and non-solicitation agreement for Section 16 executive officers and by AutoZone, Inc. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 26, 2023.

*10.5

Agreement dated February 14, 2008, between AutoZone, Inc. and William C. Rhodes, III. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.4 to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 15, 2008.

*10.6

AutoZone, Inc. 2011 Equity Incentive Award Plan. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit A to the definitive proxy statement dated October 25, 2010, for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders held December 15, 2010.

*10.7

Form of Letter Agreement dated as of December 14, 2010, amending certain Stock Option Agreements of executive officers. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q dated December 16, 2010.

*10.8

Form of Stock Option Agreement under the 2011 Equity Incentive Award Plan. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q dated March 17, 2011.

*10.9

Form of Stock Option Agreement under the 2011 Equity Incentive Award Plan for officers effective September 27, 2011. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.37 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 27, 2011.

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*10.10

AutoZone, Inc. Enhanced Severance Pay Plan. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.12 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 27, 2022.

*10.11

Form of Stock Option Agreement under the 2011 Equity Incentive Award Plan for certain executive officers effective September 27, 2011. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.38 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 27, 2011.

*10.12

Agreement dated January 2, 2024 with Philip B. Daniele, III. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 3, 2024.

*10.13

Amended and Restated AutoZone, Inc. Executive Deferred Compensation Plan dated June 13, 2023. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.13 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal year ended August 26, 2023.

*10.14

AutoZone, Inc. Director Compensation Program effective January 1, 2022. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.17 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 26, 2023.

*10.15

AutoZone, Inc. Director Compensation Program effective January 1, 2024. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q dated March 15, 2024.

*10.16

Amended and Restated AutoZone, Inc. 2011 Equity Incentive Award Plan dated December 16, 2015. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit A to the definitive proxy statement dated October 26, 2015, for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders held December 16, 2015.

*10.17

AutoZone, Inc. Sixth Amended and Restated Executive Stock Purchase Plan. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit A to the definitive proxy statement dated October 24, 2016, for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders held December 14, 2016.

*10.18

Form of Restricted Stock Unit Grant Notice and Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement under the 2011 Equity Incentive Award Plan for officers effective September 27, 2011. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q dated December 17, 2018.

*10.19

AutoZone, Inc. 2020 Omnibus Incentive Award Plan. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 17, 2020.

*10.20

Form of Grant Notice and Award Agreement for Stock Options granted to Officers under the AutoZone, Inc. 2020 Omnibus Incentive Award Plan. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 17, 2020.

*10.21

Form of Grant Notice and Award Agreement for Restricted Stock Units granted to Officers under the AutoZone, Inc. 2020 Omnibus Incentive Award Plan. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 17, 2020.

*10.22

Form of Grant Notice and Award Agreement for Restricted Stock Units granted to Directors under the AutoZone, Inc. 2020 Omnibus Incentive Award Plan. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 17, 2020.

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10.23

Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of November 15, 2021, among AutoZone, Inc. as Borrower, the lenders party thereto and Bank of America, N.A. as Administrative Agent, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Current Report on Form 8-K dated November 16, 2021.

10.24

First Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of November 15, 2022, among AutoZone, Inc. as borrower, the lenders party thereto, Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as syndication agent, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended November 19, 2022.

*10.25

Amendment No. 1 to the AutoZone, Inc. 2020 Omnibus Incentive Award Plan. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.34 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 28, 2021.

*10.26

Form of Grant Notice and Award Agreement for Stock Options granted to Officers under the AutoZone, Inc. 2020 Omnibus Incentive Award Plan. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.27 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 26, 2023.

*10.27

Form of Grant Notice and Award Agreement for Restricted Stock Units granted to Officers under the AutoZone, Inc. 2020 Omnibus Incentive Award Plan. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.28 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 26, 2023.

19.1

AutoZone, Inc. Insider Trading Policy.

21.1

Subsidiaries of the Registrant.

23.1

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.

31.1

Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

31.2

Certification of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

**32.1

Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

**32.2

Certification of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

97

AutoZone, Inc. Clawback Policy. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 97 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 26, 2023.

101.INS

Inline XBRL Instance Document – the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document

101.SCH

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document

101.CAL

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Document

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101.LAB

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Document

101.PRE

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Document

101.DEF

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Document

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*

Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.

**

Certificate of Principal Executive Officer furnished pursuant to Item 601(b)(32)(ii) of Regulation S-K.

c) Financial Statement Schedules

Schedules are omitted because the information is not required or because the information required is included in the financial statements or notes thereto.

Item 16. Form 10-K Summary

None.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

    

AUTOZONE, INC.

By:

/s/ Philip B. Daniele, III

Philip B. Daniele, III

President and Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer)

Dated: October 28, 2024

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated:

SIGNATURE

   

TITLE

   

DATE

/s/ PHILIP B. DANIELE, III

President and Chief Executive Officer

October 28, 2024

Philip B. Daniele, III

(Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ JAMERE JACKSON

Chief Financial Officer

October 28, 2024

Jamere Jackson

(Principal Financial Officer)

/s/ J. SCOTT MURPHY

Vice President and Controller

October 28, 2024

J. Scott Murphy

(Principal Accounting Officer)

/s/ WILLIAM C. RHODES, III

Executive Chairman

October 28, 2024

William C. Rhodes, III

/s/ MICHAEL A. GEORGE

Director

October 28, 2024

Michael A. George

/s/ LINDA A. GOODSPEED

Director

October 28, 2024

Linda A. Goodspeed

/s/ EARL G. GRAVES, JR.

Director

October 28, 2024

Earl, G. Graves, Jr.

/s/ ENDERSON GUIMARAES

Director

October 28, 2024

Enderson Guimaraes

/s/ BRIAN HANNASCH

Director

October 28, 2024

Brian Hannasch

/s/ D. BRYAN JORDAN

Director

October 28, 2024

D. Bryan Jordan

/s/ GALE V. KING

Director

October 28, 2024

Gale V. King

/s/ GEORGE R. MRKONIC, JR.

Director

October 28, 2024

George R. Mrkonic, Jr.

/s/ JILL A. SOLTAU

Director

October 28, 2024

Jill A. Soltau

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