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Charles฀M.฀Elson(3*)
Edgar S. Woolard Jr.
Professor of Corporate Governance
University of Delaware
Sue฀E.฀Gove(1)
Executive Vice President and COO
Zale Corporation
Earl฀G.฀Graves,฀Jr.(1,3)
President and COO
Earl G. Graves Publishing
Dr.฀N.฀Gerry฀House(2)
President and CEO
Institute for Student Achievement
J.฀R.฀Hyde,฀III
Chairman
AutoZone, Inc.
Edward฀S.฀Lampert(2*)
Chairman and CEO
ESL Investments, Inc.
W.฀Andrew฀McKenna(1*,2)
Private Investor
William฀C.฀Rhodes,฀III
President and CEO
AutoZone, Inc.
(1) Audit Committee
(2) Compensation Committee
(3) Nominating and Corporate
Governance Committee
* Committee Chair
In฀Fortune฀magazine’s฀recent฀75th฀Anniversary฀Special฀Issue,฀AutoZone฀was฀recognized฀as฀
one฀of฀the฀top฀ten฀organizations฀across฀America฀that฀believe฀“customer฀service฀is฀an฀ethos฀
to฀be฀lived—imbuing฀the฀often฀thankless฀task฀of฀pleasing฀customers฀with฀an฀almost฀spiri-
tual฀sense฀of฀mission.”฀While฀we฀beg฀to฀differ฀with฀Fortune’s฀characterization฀of฀helping฀
customers฀as฀thankless,฀we’re฀extremely฀proud฀to฀be฀recognized฀as฀having฀this฀unique฀
trait.฀AutoZone฀was฀built฀on฀customer฀service,฀and฀we฀look฀forward฀to฀sharing฀our฀knowl-
edge฀on฀vehicle฀solutions฀with฀our฀customers฀for฀many฀years฀to฀come.
AutoZone฀continues฀to฀be฀an฀amazing฀success฀story฀in฀American฀business฀history.฀We฀enjoy฀industry฀leading฀
earnings฀and฀returns฀on฀capital.฀It฀is฀an฀honor฀to฀share฀our฀successes฀and฀future฀plans฀with฀you,฀our฀customers,฀
AutoZoners,฀and฀stockholders฀who฀continue฀to฀have฀confidence฀in฀us.฀We฀look฀forward฀to฀sharing฀with฀you฀
our฀future฀successes.
Earl฀G.฀Graves,฀Jr. Dr.฀N.฀Gerry฀House
J.฀R.฀Hyde,฀III Edward฀S.฀Lampert W.฀Andrew฀McKenna
Charles฀M.฀Elson
William฀C.฀Rhodes,฀III
Sue฀E.฀Gove
Board฀of฀Directors
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