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  0001754662
  XXXXXXXX
  LIVE
  0000866787
  AUTOZONE INC
  001-10714
  123 SOUTH FRONT ST
  MEMPHIS
  TN
  38103
  9014956500
  HURTADO DOMINGO
  Officer
  Common
  Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC
  900 Salem Street
  Smithfield
  RI
  02917
  4800
  17568000.00
  16728657
  04/22/2025
  NYSE
  Common
  04/22/2025
  Option Granted 10/07/2020
  Issuer
  N
  4800
  04/22/2025
  Cash
  Y
  04/22/2025
  /s/ Jennifer Ruchti, as a duly authorized representative of Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, as attorney-in-fact for Domingo Hurtado