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  0001983979
  XXXXXXXX
  LIVE
  0000898173
  O REILLY AUTOMOTIVE INC
  000-21318
  233 S PATTERSON AVE
  SPRINGFIELD
  MO
  65802
  417-829-5878
  CONN TAMARA F.
  Officer
  Common
  Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC
  900 Salem Street
  Smithfield
  RI
  02917
  1524
  2022017.21
  57730693
  02/26/2025
  NASDAQ
  Common
  02/26/2025
  Option Granted - 01/01/2018
  Issuer
  N
  1374
  02/26/2025
  Cash
  Common
  02/26/2025
  Option Granted - 03/09/2018
  Issuer
  N
  150
  02/26/2025
  Cash
  N
  Tamara De Wild
  233 South Patterson Avenue
  Springfield
  MO
  65802
  Common
  11/29/2024
  1750
  2179380.00
  CONN TAMARA F. and Tamara De Wild are one in the same person.
  02/26/2025
  /s/ Margaret Campbell, as a duly authorized representative of Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, as attorney-in-fact for Tamara De Wild