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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September&nbsp;21, 2004



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No.&nbsp;333-</DIV>



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, DC 20549</B>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 18pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>CSK Auto Corporation</B>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>86-0765798</B></TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or Other Jurisdiction
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(I.R.S. Employer</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">of Incorporation or Organization)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Identification No.)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>645 E. Missouri Ave., Suite&nbsp;400</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>85012</B></TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Phoenix, Arizona</B>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(Zip Code)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>CSK Auto Corporation 2004 Stock and Incentive Plan</B><BR>
(Full Title of the Plan)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Maynard Jenkins<BR>
CSK Auto Corporation<BR>
645 E. Missouri Ave., Suite&nbsp;400<BR>
Phoenix, Arizona 85012</B><BR>
(Name and Address of Agent For Service)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>(602)&nbsp;265-9200</B><BR>
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">Copies to:<BR>
Richard M. Russo, Esq.<BR>
Gibson, Dunn &#038; Crutcher LLP<BR>
1801 California Street, Suite&nbsp;4100<BR>
Denver, Colorado 80202<BR>
(303)&nbsp;298-5700



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>


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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed Maximum</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount of</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title of Each Class of</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount To Be</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Maximum Offering</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Aggregate Offering</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Registration</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Securities To Be Registered</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Registered (1)</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Price Per Share(2)</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Price (2)</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:0px">Common Stock, par value $0.01
per share, issuable upon
exercise of:</DIV></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:20px; text-indent:-10px">Outstanding stock options:</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">14,450</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">15.81</TD>
    <TD nowrap>(3)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">228,455</TD>
    <TD nowrap>(3)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">29</TD>
    <TD nowrap>(3)</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:20px; text-indent:-10px">Reserved for future grants:</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">3,985,550</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">13.33</TD>
    <TD nowrap>(4)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">53,127,382</TD>
    <TD nowrap>(4)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">6,731</TD>
    <TD nowrap>(4)</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">TOTAL</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">4,000,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">&#151;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">53,355,837</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">6,760</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416(a), this registration statement also covers
additional securities that may be offered under the CSK Auto Corporation
2004 Stock and Incentive Plan as a result of stock splits, stock dividends
or similar transactions.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(2)</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(3)</TD>
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    <TD>Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(h) based on the weighted average per
share exercise price of outstanding options granted under the CSK Auto
Corporation 2004 Stock and Incentive Plan.</TD>
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    <TD>Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(c) and Rule&nbsp;457(h)(1) based upon the
average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock on the New York
Stock Exchange on September&nbsp;14, 2004, which was $13.33 per share.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART I</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001">Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#003">PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities</A></TD></TR>
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<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008">Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed</A></TD></TR>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#011">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="p69650exv5w1.htm">EX-5.1</A></TD></TR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>INTRODUCTION</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This registration statement on Form S-8 is filed by CSK Auto Corporation,
a Delaware corporation (the &#147;Company&#148; or the &#147;Registrant&#148;), relating to
4,000,000 shares of its common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the &#147;Common
Stock&#148;), issuable to eligible directors and employees of the Company under the
CSK Auto Corporation 2004 Stock and Incentive Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;).

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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART I</B>

<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information.</B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not filed as part of this registration statement pursuant to Note to Part
I of Form S-8.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.</B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not filed as part of this registration statement pursuant to Note to Part
I of Form S-8.

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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART II</B>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents of the Registrant heretofore filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) are hereby incorporated
in this registration statement by reference:


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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(1)</TD>
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    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s latest annual report filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange
Act&#148;);</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by Registrant&#146;s
latest annual report or prospectus referred to in (1)&nbsp;above; and</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(3)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The description of the Common Stock contained in the registration
statement on Form 8-A, filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;5, 1998 (file
no. 001-13927), together with any amendment or report filed with the
Commission for the purpose of updating such description.</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All reports and other documents subsequently filed by the Registrant
pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to
the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities
offered hereunder have been sold or which


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to be a part
hereof from the date of filing of such documents.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any statement contained herein or in a document incorporated or deemed to
be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded for purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a
statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which
also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or
supersedes such earlier statement. Any statement so modified or superseded
shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part
of this registration statement.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the &#147;DGCL&#148;) makes
provisions for the indemnification of officers and directors of corporations in
terms sufficiently broad to indemnify the officers and directors of the
Registrant under certain circumstances from liabilities (including
reimbursement of expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;).


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As permitted by the DGCL, CSK Auto Corporation&#146;s Restated Certificate of
Incorporation, as amended (the &#147;Charter&#148;), provides that, to the fullest extent
permitted by the DGCL, no director shall be liable to the Registrant or to its
stockholders for monetary damages for breach of his fiduciary duty as a
director. Delaware law does not permit the elimination of liability (i)&nbsp;for
any breach of the director&#146;s duty of loyalty to the Registrant or its
stockholders, (ii)&nbsp;for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve
intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii)&nbsp;in respect of
certain unlawful dividend payments or stock redemptions or repurchases, or (iv)
for any transaction from which the director derives an improper personal
benefit. The effect of this provision in the Charter is to eliminate the
rights of the Registrant and its stockholders (through stockholders&#146; derivative
suits on behalf of the Registrant) to recover monetary damages against a
director for breach of fiduciary duty as a director thereof (including breaches
resulting from negligent or grossly negligent behavior) except in the
situations described in clauses (i) &#151; (iv), inclusive, above. These provisions
will not alter the liability of directors under federal securities laws.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, the Charter provides that the Registrant may indemnify any
person who was or is a party or who was or is threatened to be made a party to
or is otherwise involved in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit
or proceeding (including, without limitation, one by or in the right of the
corporation to procure judgment in its favor), whether civil, criminal,


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that he or she is
or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Registrant or is or was
serving at the request of the Registrant as a director, officer, employee or
agent of any other corporation or enterprise, from and against any and all
expenses (including attorney&#146;s fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in
settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person. The Charter also
provides that the indemnification provided in the Charter shall not be deemed
exclusive of any other rights to which the indemnified party may be entitled
and that the Registrant may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect
itself and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Registrant or any
other corporation or enterprise against expense liability or loss whether or
not the Registrant would have the power to indemnify such person against such
expense, liability or loss under the DGCL or under the respective charters.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;CSK Auto Corporation&#146;s By-Laws (the &#147;Bylaws&#148;) provide that the Registrant
may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a
party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding,
whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action
by or in the right of the Registrant) by reason of the fact that he is or was a
director, officer, employee or agent of the Registrant or is or was serving at
the request of the Registrant as a director, officer, employee or agent of any
other corporation or enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees),
judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably
incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if
such person acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in
or not opposed to the best interests of the Registrant, and, with respect to
any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe such
person&#146;s conduct was unlawful.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Bylaws also provide that the Registrant may indemnify any person who
was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened,
pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the Registrant to
procure judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that such person acted in
any of the capacities set forth above, against expenses (including attorneys&#146;
fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with the
defense or settlement of such action or suit if such person acted under similar
standards, except that no indemnification may be made in respect of any claim,
issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable
to the Registrant unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery of
the State of Delaware or the court in which such action or suit was brought
shall determine that despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all
the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to
be indemnified for such expenses which the Court of Chancery of the State of
Delaware or the court in which such action was brought shall deem proper.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Bylaws also provide that to the extent a director or officer of the
Registrant has been successful in the defense of any action, suit or proceeding
referred to in the previous paragraphs or in the defense of any claim, issue,
or matter therein, he shall be indemnified against expenses (including
attorneys&#146; fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection
therewith and that indemnification provided for in the Bylaws shall not be
deemed exclusive of any other rights to which the indemnified party may be
entitled.


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant also provides indemnity insurance pursuant to which
officers and directors are indemnified or insured against liability or loss
under certain circumstances, which may include liability or related loss under
the Securities Act and the Exchange Act.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Unless otherwise indicated below as being incorporated by reference to
another filing of the Registrant with the Commission, each of the following
exhibits is filed herewith:


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    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">5.1</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Opinion of Gibson, Dunn &#038; Crutcher LLP.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">23.1</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Consent of Gibson, Dunn &#038; Crutcher LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">23.2</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">24</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Power of Attorney (contained on signature page hereto).</TD>
</TR>


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:


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    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(a)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To file, during any period in which offers or
sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this
registration statement:</TD>
</TR>

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<P align="left" style="margin-left:6%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) To include any prospectus required by section
10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;



<P align="left" style="margin-left:6%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
arising after the effective date of the registration
statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a
fundamental change in the information set forth in the
registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any
increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed
that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or
high and of the estimated maximum offering range may be
reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in
volume and price represent no more than a 20&nbsp;percent change
in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
&#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective
registration statement;



<P align="left" style="margin-left:6%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) To include any material information with respect
to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the
registration statement or any material change to such
information in the registration statement;


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>provided, however, </I>that paragraphs (1)(a)(i) and (1)(a)(ii) do not apply
if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by
those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the Registrant
pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are
incorporated by reference in this registration statement.


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    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(b)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>That, for the purpose of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective
amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering
of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(c)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To remove from registration by means of a
post-effective amendment any of the securities being
registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering.</TD>
</TR>

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons
of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the
Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.


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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Phoenix, State of Arizona, on this 20th day of
September, 2004.


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    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3">CSK AUTO CORPORATION<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp; &nbsp; /s/ Don W. Watson
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2">Don W. Watson&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2">Senior Vice President, Chief Financial
Officer and Chief Accounting Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each of the undersigned, being a director or officer of CSK Auto
Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;), hereby constitutes and
appoints Lon Novatt and Don Watson, and each of them, his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead in any and all
capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to this registration statement, and any registration statement
related to the offering contemplated by this registration statement that is to
be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done to the end that such Registration Statement
or Registration Statements shall comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and the applicable Rules and Regulations adopted or issued pursuant
thereto, as fully and to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could
do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact
and agents, or any of them or their substitute or resubstitute, may lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.

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    <TD width="27%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="9%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="25%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Signature</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Date</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp; &nbsp; /s/ Maynard Jenkins
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Maynard Jenkins
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman of the
Board, Chief
Executive Officer and
Director (Principal
Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">September&nbsp;20, 2004</TD>
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    <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="9%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="27%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="9%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="25%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Signature</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Date</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp; &nbsp; /s/ Don W. Watson
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Don W. Watson
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Senior Vice
President, Chief
Financial Officer and
Chief Accounting
Officer (Principal
Financial Officer)
(Principal Accounting
Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">September&nbsp;20, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp; &nbsp; /s/ James G. Bazlen
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James G. Bazlen
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">September&nbsp;20, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp; &nbsp; /s/ Morton Godlas
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Morton Godlas
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">September&nbsp;20, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp; &nbsp; /s/ Terilyn A. Henderson
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Terilyn A. Henderson
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">September&nbsp;20, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp; &nbsp; /s/ Charles K. Marquis
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Charles K. Marquis
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">September&nbsp;20, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp; &nbsp; /s/ Charles J. Philippin
<HR size="1" noshade>
Charles J. Philippin
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">September&nbsp;20, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp; &nbsp; /s/ William A. Shutzer
<HR size="1" noshade>
William A. Shutzer
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">September&nbsp;20, 2004</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>&nbsp;</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Number</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Description</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Gibson, Dunn &#038; Crutcher LLP.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Gibson, Dunn &#038; Crutcher LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (contained on signature page hereto).</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 21, 2004
Registration
No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
CSK Auto Corporation
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Delaware
86-0765798
(State or Other Jurisdiction
(I.R.S. Employer
of Incorporation or Organization)
Identification No.)
645 E. Missouri Ave., Suite 400
85012
Phoenix, Arizona
(Zip Code)
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
CSK Auto Corporation 2004 Stock and Incentive Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Maynard Jenkins
CSK Auto Corporation
645 E. Missouri Ave., Suite 400
Phoenix, Arizona 85012
(Name and Address of Agent For Service)
(602) 265-9200
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
Copies to:
Richard M. Russo, Esq.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
1801 California Street, Suite 4100
Denver, Colorado 80202
(303) 298-5700
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed Maximum
Amount of
Title of Each Class of
Amount To Be
Maximum Offering
Aggregate Offering
Registration
Securities To Be Registered
Registered (1)
Price Per Share(2)
Price (2)
Fee
Common Stock, par value $0.01
per share, issuable upon
exercise of:
Outstanding stock options:
14,450
$
15.81
(3)
$
228,455
(3)
$
29
(3)
Reserved for future grants:
3,985,550
$
13.33
(4)
$
53,127,382
(4)
$
6,731
(4)
TOTAL
4,000,000
—
$
53,355,837
$
6,760
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a), this registration statement also covers
additional securities that may be offered under the CSK Auto Corporation
2004 Stock and Incentive Plan as a result of stock splits, stock dividends
or similar transactions.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee.
(3)
Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(h) based on the weighted average per
share exercise price of outstanding options granted under the CSK Auto
Corporation 2004 Stock and Incentive Plan.
(4)
Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h)(1) based upon the
average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock on the New York
Stock Exchange on September 14, 2004, which was $13.33 per share.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I
Item 1. Plan Information
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information
PART II
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Item 4. Description of Securities
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Item 8. Exhibits
Item 9. Undertakings
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EX-5.1
EX-23.2
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INTRODUCTION
This registration statement on Form S-8 is filed by CSK Auto Corporation,
a Delaware corporation (the "Company" or the "Registrant"), relating to
4,000,000 shares of its common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Common
Stock"), issuable to eligible directors and employees of the Company under the
CSK Auto Corporation 2004 Stock and Incentive Plan (the "Plan").
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1. Plan Information.
Not filed as part of this registration statement pursuant to Note to Part
I of Form S-8.
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.
Not filed as part of this registration statement pursuant to Note to Part
I of Form S-8.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents of the Registrant heretofore filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") are hereby incorporated
in this registration statement by reference:
(1)
The Registrant's latest annual report filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange
Act");
(2)
All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by Registrant's
latest annual report or prospectus referred to in (1) above; and
(3)
The description of the Common Stock contained in the registration
statement on Form 8-A, filed with the Commission on March 5, 1998 (file
no. 001-13927), together with any amendment or report filed with the
Commission for the purpose of updating such description.
All reports and other documents subsequently filed by the Registrant
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to
the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities
offered hereunder have been sold or which
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deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to be a part
hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Any statement contained herein or in a document incorporated or deemed to
be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded for purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a
statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which
also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or
supersedes such earlier statement. Any statement so modified or superseded
shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part
of this registration statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "DGCL") makes
provisions for the indemnification of officers and directors of corporations in
terms sufficiently broad to indemnify the officers and directors of the
Registrant under certain circumstances from liabilities (including
reimbursement of expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the "Securities Act").
As permitted by the DGCL, CSK Auto Corporation's Restated Certificate of
Incorporation, as amended (the "Charter"), provides that, to the fullest extent
permitted by the DGCL, no director shall be liable to the Registrant or to its
stockholders for monetary damages for breach of his fiduciary duty as a
director. Delaware law does not permit the elimination of liability (i) for
any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the Registrant or its
stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve
intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) in respect of
certain unlawful dividend payments or stock redemptions or repurchases, or (iv)
for any transaction from which the director derives an improper personal
benefit. The effect of this provision in the Charter is to eliminate the
rights of the Registrant and its stockholders (through stockholders' derivative
suits on behalf of the Registrant) to recover monetary damages against a
director for breach of fiduciary duty as a director thereof (including breaches
resulting from negligent or grossly negligent behavior) except in the
situations described in clauses (i) — (iv), inclusive, above. These provisions
will not alter the liability of directors under federal securities laws.
In addition, the Charter provides that the Registrant may indemnify any
person who was or is a party or who was or is threatened to be made a party to
or is otherwise involved in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit
or proceeding (including, without limitation, one by or in the right of the
corporation to procure judgment in its favor), whether civil, criminal,
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administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that he or she is
or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Registrant or is or was
serving at the request of the Registrant as a director, officer, employee or
agent of any other corporation or enterprise, from and against any and all
expenses (including attorney's fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in
settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person. The Charter also
provides that the indemnification provided in the Charter shall not be deemed
exclusive of any other rights to which the indemnified party may be entitled
and that the Registrant may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect
itself and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Registrant or any
other corporation or enterprise against expense liability or loss whether or
not the Registrant would have the power to indemnify such person against such
expense, liability or loss under the DGCL or under the respective charters.
CSK Auto Corporation's By-Laws (the "Bylaws") provide that the Registrant
may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a
party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding,
whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action
by or in the right of the Registrant) by reason of the fact that he is or was a
director, officer, employee or agent of the Registrant or is or was serving at
the request of the Registrant as a director, officer, employee or agent of any
other corporation or enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees),
judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably
incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if
such person acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in
or not opposed to the best interests of the Registrant, and, with respect to
any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe such
person's conduct was unlawful.
The Bylaws also provide that the Registrant may indemnify any person who
was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened,
pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the Registrant to
procure judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that such person acted in
any of the capacities set forth above, against expenses (including attorneys'
fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with the
defense or settlement of such action or suit if such person acted under similar
standards, except that no indemnification may be made in respect of any claim,
issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable
to the Registrant unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery of
the State of Delaware or the court in which such action or suit was brought
shall determine that despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all
the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to
be indemnified for such expenses which the Court of Chancery of the State of
Delaware or the court in which such action was brought shall deem proper.
The Bylaws also provide that to the extent a director or officer of the
Registrant has been successful in the defense of any action, suit or proceeding
referred to in the previous paragraphs or in the defense of any claim, issue,
or matter therein, he shall be indemnified against expenses (including
attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection
therewith and that indemnification provided for in the Bylaws shall not be
deemed exclusive of any other rights to which the indemnified party may be
entitled.
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The Registrant also provides indemnity insurance pursuant to which
officers and directors are indemnified or insured against liability or loss
under certain circumstances, which may include liability or related loss under
the Securities Act and the Exchange Act.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Unless otherwise indicated below as being incorporated by reference to
another filing of the Registrant with the Commission, each of the following
exhibits is filed herewith:
5.1
Opinion of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP.
23.1
Consent of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
24
Power of Attorney (contained on signature page hereto).
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Item 9. Undertakings.
(1) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(a)
To file, during any period in which offers or
sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this
registration statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by section
10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
arising after the effective date of the registration
statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a
fundamental change in the information set forth in the
registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any
increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed
that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or
high and of the estimated maximum offering range may be
reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in
volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change
in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
"Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective
registration statement;
(iii) To include any material information with respect
to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the
registration statement or any material change to such
information in the registration statement;
provided, however,
that paragraphs (1)(a)(i) and (1)(a)(ii) do not apply
if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by
those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the Registrant
pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are
incorporated by reference in this registration statement.
(b)
That, for the purpose of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective
amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering
of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(c)
To remove from registration by means of a
post-effective amendment any of the securities being
registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering.
(2) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the
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Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(3) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons
of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the
Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Phoenix, State of Arizona, on this 20th day of
September, 2004.
CSK AUTO CORPORATION
By:
/s/ Don W. Watson
Don W. Watson
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial
Officer and Chief Accounting Officer
Each of the undersigned, being a director or officer of CSK Auto
Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), hereby constitutes and
appoints Lon Novatt and Don Watson, and each of them, his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead in any and all
capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to this registration statement, and any registration statement
related to the offering contemplated by this registration statement that is to
be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done to the end that such Registration Statement
or Registration Statements shall comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and the applicable Rules and Regulations adopted or issued pursuant
thereto, as fully and to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could
do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact
and agents, or any of them or their substitute or resubstitute, may lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Maynard Jenkins
Maynard Jenkins
Chairman of the
Board, Chief
Executive Officer and
Director (Principal
Executive Officer)
September 20, 2004
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Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Don W. Watson
Don W. Watson
Senior Vice
President, Chief
Financial Officer and
Chief Accounting
Officer (Principal
Financial Officer)
(Principal Accounting
Officer)
September 20, 2004
/s/ James G. Bazlen
James G. Bazlen
Director
September 20, 2004
/s/ Morton Godlas
Morton Godlas
Director
September 20, 2004
/s/ Terilyn A. Henderson
Terilyn A. Henderson
Director
September 20, 2004
/s/ Charles K. Marquis
Charles K. Marquis
Director
September 20, 2004
/s/ Charles J. Philippin
Charles J. Philippin
Director
September 20, 2004
/s/ William A. Shutzer
William A. Shutzer
Director
September 20, 2004
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
5.1
Opinion of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP.
23.1
Consent of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
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Power of Attorney (contained on signature page hereto).