David E Oreilly Form 4 O REILLY AUTOMOTIVE / DAVID E OREILLY ownership change

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

OREILLY DAVID E

(Last) (First) (Middle)

233 S. PATTERSON AVE

(Street)

SPRINGFIELD MO 65802

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
O REILLY AUTOMOTIVE INC [ ORLY ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

X	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
01/28/2017

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	01/28/2017		F		142(1)	D	$263.79	116,017	D
Common Stock	01/29/2017		F		178(1)	D	$263.79	115,839	D
Common Stock	01/30/2017		F		272(1)	D	$261.89	115,567(2)	D
Common Stock								864,841(3)	I	Indirectly as trustee for reporting person's children and of a GRAT, and in the Company's 401k plan.

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

1. Represents shares withheld to satisfy payroll tax withholding obligations upon the vesting of restricted shares previously awarded.

2. Total includes 1,377 unvested restricted share awards and 114,190 shares held directly by Mr. O'Reilly.

3. Total includes 581,184 shares held as trustee for reporting person's children, 276,046 shares held as trustee of a Grantor Retained Annuity Trust (GRAT) and 7,611 shares held in the Company's 401k Plan.

Remarks:

	/s/ David O'Reilly	01/31/2017
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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