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CSK Auto Corp Files Registration Statement for Secondary Offering

16 November 1998

CSK Auto Corporation Files Registration Statement for Secondary Offering

    PHOENIX, Nov. 13 -- CSK Auto Corporation , the
parent company of CSK Auto, Inc., today announced the filing of a registration
statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a secondary public
offering of seven million shares of common stock.  The offering will be led by
Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corporation and co-managed by Merrill
Lynch & Co., ING Baring Furman Selz LLC, Lehman Brothers, Morgan Stanley Dean
Witter and Salomon Smith Barney.  All of the shares to be included in the
proposed offering will be sold by existing stockholders.
    CSK Auto, Inc. is a specialty retailer in the automotive aftermarket
operating 773 stores in 12 Western states as of November 1, 1998, under the
brand names "Checker Auto Parts," "Schucks Auto Supply" and "Kragen Auto
Parts."
    A registration statement relating to these securities has been filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission but has not yet become effective.
These securities may not be sold nor may offers to buy be accepted prior to
the time the registration statement becomes effective.  This press release
shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy
nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state in which such
offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or
qualification under the securities laws of any such state.
    A copy of the prospectus relating to this offering can be obtained from
Don Watson at CSK Auto Corporation, 645 E. Missouri Avenue, Suite 400,
Phoenix, Arizona 85012.