{"url_path":"/sec/azo/8-k/2026-07-09/item-1-01","section_key":"item-1-01","section_title":"Item 1.01 **","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-07-09","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866787/0001104659-26-082304-index.html","accession_number":"0001104659-26-082304","cik":"0000866787","ticker":"AZO","issuer_name":"AUTOZONE INC","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866787/0001104659-26-082304-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0000866787","primary_entity_name":"AUTOZONE INC"},"word_count":206,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"**Item 1.01.**\n**Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.**\n\n \n\nOn\nJuly 7, 2026, AutoZone, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”),\nby and among the Company and BofA Securities, Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Truist Securities, Inc., and U.S. Bancorp Investments,\nInc., as representatives of the several underwriters named therein (the “Underwriters”), pursuant to which the Company agreed\nto issue and sell to the Underwriters, and the Underwriters agreed to purchase, $850,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s\n4.950% Notes due 2031 (the “Notes”). The Underwriting Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and agreements\nof the Company and customary conditions to closing, indemnification rights and obligations of the parties and termination provisions.\nThe description of the Underwriting Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Underwriting Agreement, a copy of which\nis attached hereto as Exhibit 1.1.\n\n \n\nCertain\nof the Underwriters or their respective affiliates have, from time to time, performed, and may in the future perform, various financial\nadvisory, commercial banking and investment banking services for the Company and its affiliates, for which they received or will receive\ncustomary fees and expense reimbursement. Certain of the Underwriters or their affiliates are lenders and/or agents under the Company’s\nexisting revolving credit facilities."}