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AutoZone Announces Approval for Stock Repurchase

20 January 1998

AutoZone Announces Approval for Stock Repurchase

    MEMPHIS, Tenn., Jan. 19 -- John C. Adams Jr., chairman and
chief executive officer of AutoZone, Inc. , announced that the
AutoZone board of directors approved the repurchase of up to $100 million of
the company's common stock in the open market.
    AutoZone sells auto parts, chemicals and accessories through its chain of
1,772 stores in 32 states.

SOURCE  AutoZone, Inc.