SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION
Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. )
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AutoZone, Inc.
(Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
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THIS FORM OF PROXY WAS INADVERTENTLY OMITTED FROM THE PROXY MATERIALS FILED WITH THE COMMISSION ON OCTOBER 26, 2005. IT WILL BE FIRST MAILED TO STOCKHOLDERS ON OR ABOUT OCTOBER 28, 2005.
PROXY
AUTOZONE, INC.
PROXY SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE COMPANY
FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
I hereby appoint Harry L. Goldsmith and Rebecca W. Ballou, and each of them, as proxies, with full power of substitution to vote all shares of common stock of AutoZone, Inc., which I would be entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting of AutoZone, Inc., to be held at the J.R. Hyde III Store Support Center, 123 South Front Street, Memphis, Tennessee, on Wednesday, December 14, 2005, at 8:30 a.m. CST, and at any adjournments, on items 1 and 2 as I have specified, and in their discretion on other matters as may come before the meeting.
SEE REVERSE SIDE | CONTINUED AND TO BE SIGNED ON REVERSE SIDE | SEE REVERSE SIDE |
AUTOZONE, INC.
C/O COMPUTERSHARE
P.O. BOX 8078
EDISON, NJ 08818-8694
Your vote is important. Please vote immediately.
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This proxy when properly executed will be voted in the manner directed below. If no direction is made, this proxy will be voted FOR the election of the directors nominated by the Board of Directors and FOR proposal 2.
| 1. | Election of Directors. | |
Nominees: | (01) Charles M. Elson, (02) Sue E. Gove, (03) Earl G. Graves, Jr., | |
| (04) N. Gerry House, (05) J.R. Hyde, III, (06) Edward S. Lampert, | ||
| (07) W. Andrew McKenna and (08) William C. Rhodes, III. | ||
FOR ALL NOMINEES | o | o | WITHHELD FROM ALL NOMINEES |
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| For all nominees except as noted above | ||||||||
FOR | AGAINST | ABSTAIN | ||||||
| 2. | Ratification of Ernst & Young LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for the 2006 fiscal year. | o | o | o | ||||
| 3. | In the discretion of the proxies named herein, upon such other matters as may properly come before the meeting. | |||||||
| MARK HERE FOR ADDRESS CHANGE AND NOTE AT LEFT | o | |||||||
| MARK HERE IF YOU PLAN TO ATTEND THE MEETING | o | |||||||
Please sign this proxy exactly as name appears hereon. When shares are held by joint tenants, both should sign. When signing as attorney, administrator, trustee or guardian, please give full title as such.
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