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CSK Auto Corp Completes Secondary Offering of 7 Million Shares

15 December 1998

CSK Auto Corporation Completes Secondary Offering of 7 Million Shares at $26.375 Per Share

    PHOENIX, Dec. 14 -- CSK Auto Corporation , the
parent company of CSK Auto, Inc., today announced the completion of a
secondary public offering of 7,000,000 shares of common stock at a price of
$26.375 per share.
    The offering was 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 included in the offering were 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."