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Description Objectives
Stock options and other
equity compensation
• Senior executives receive non-
qualified stock options (NQSOs).
• Historically, incentive stock options
(ISOs) have been granted as well;
however, the company stopped
granting ISOs beginning in fiscal
2013.
• All stock options are granted at fair
market value on the grant date
(discounted options are prohibited).
• AutoZone’s equity compensation plan
prohibits re-pricing of stock options
and does not include a “reload”
program.
• AutoZone may occasionally grant
awards of performance-restricted
stock units, as well as awards of
restricted stock with time-based
vesting.
• Align long-term compensation with
stockholder results. Opportunities for
significant wealth accumulation by
executives are tightly linked to
stockholder returns.
• ISOs provide an incentive to hold
shares after exercise, thus increasing
ownership and further reinforcing the
tie to stockholder results.
• Provide retention incentives to ensure
business continuity, and facilitate
succession planning and executive
knowledge transfer.
Stock purchase plans • AutoZone maintains a broad-based
employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
which is qualified under Section 423
of the Internal Revenue Code. The
Employee Stock Purchase Plan allows
AutoZoners to make quarterly
purchases of AutoZone shares at 85%
of the fair market value on the first or
last day of the calendar quarter,
whichever is lower. The annual
contribution limit under the ESPP is
$15,000.
• The Company has implemented an
Executive Stock Purchase Plan so that
executives may continue to purchase
AutoZone shares beyond the limit the
IRS and the company set for the
Employee Stock Purchase Plan. An
executive may make purchases using
up to 25% of their prior fiscal year’s
eligible compensation.
• Allow all AutoZoners to participate in
the growth of AutoZone’s stock.
• Encourage ownership, and therefore
alignment of executive and
stockholder interests.
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