Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On February 7, 2013, the Board of Directors of AutoZone, Inc. ("the Company" or "AutoZone") elected Linda A. Goodspeed as a director of the Company.

Ms. Goodspeed is Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer of The ServiceMaster Company. Prior to joining ServiceMaster, she was Vice President of Information Systems for Nissan North America, Inc., from 2007 to 2011. She also serves as a director of American Electric Power Co., Inc. and Columbus McKinnon Corp.

The Company's Board of Directors has not yet determined on which committees Ms. Goodspeed will serve.

The press release announcing this matter is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

The following exhibit is filed with this Current Report pursuant to Item 5.02:

(d) Exhibits

99.1 Press Release dated February 7, 2013

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