AZO insider ownership: who sold, why, and what they still hold

Who	Shares	Price	% of total stake	Total stake after	Trade date	Filed
Dennis LeRiche Sr. Vice President	1,455	$3100.00	n/a	n/a	Aug 7, 2026	Aug 10, 2026

What stands out

Three officers sold $47.7M with no disclosed plan: Richard Smith ($33.0M), Philip Daniele ($10.2M) and Dennis LeRiche ($4.5M). The filings don't state a reason.Richard Smith: largest such sale, Jan 23, 2026 · Philip Daniele: largest such sale, Oct 17, 2025 · Dennis LeRiche: largest such sale, Aug 7, 2026

Three insiders bought shares: Brian Hannasch (312 shares, $992K), Michael George (145 shares, $493K) and Jamere Jackson (55 shares, $188K).Brian Hannasch: purchase, Dec 18, 2025 · Michael George: purchase, Dec 22, 2025 · Jamere Jackson: purchase, Dec 10, 2025

Michelle Borninkhof sold 44% of vested holdings: 300 shares for $1.1M, all under a disclosed plan.Largest sale, Oct 27, 2025

Percentages cover 18 of 28 officers and directors. 10 are left out

Left out: Richard Smith (most of their shares vested during the period, so a percentage would mislead); Philip Daniele, Jamere Jackson, Dennis LeRiche, Domingo Hurtado, Mary McCullough, Bailey Childress, Lindsay Lehman and Lucas Rauch (holdings couldn't be fully reconciled); Eric Leef (held no vested shares at the start).

Disclosed company stock is not an insider's whole wealth.

Who sold, and how much of their stake

Officers and directors, past 12 months. Each bar is 100% of that person's own stake; not comparable between people. The stake is the vested shares held at the start of the period (Oct 9, 2025); the gold part is what they sold.

SoldRest of starting stakeAdded during the period

Richard Smith

Sr. Vice President

Sold $33.0M (plan status beside the amount). That is 76% of the shares held or received (after tax withholding) during the period†. A share of the starting stake is not shown: most of these shares arrived during the period. Why

$33.0MNo plan disclosed

Philip Daniele

President & CEO

Sold $10.2M (plan status beside the amount). Share of stake not shown: holdings couldn't be fully reconciled. Why

$10.2MNo plan disclosed

Dennis LeRiche

Sr. Vice President

Sold $4.5M (plan status beside the amount). Share of stake not shown: holdings couldn't be fully reconciled. Why

$4.5MNo plan disclosed

Michelle Borninkhof

Senior Vice President & CIO

Sold 44%, but 300 shares were added (mostly vesting), so the stake grew

44% · $1.1MDisclosed plan

Earl Graves Jr.

Director

5.9% · $998KNo plan disclosed

All 6 sellers

Selling by month

Officers and directors, Oct 2025 to Oct 2026. Each sale is counted once: under a disclosed plan, else to cover taxes, else no plan disclosed.

Disclosed planNo plan disclosedOne dollar scale for every month; the tallest bar is labeled

Common questions

Is the AutoZone CEO selling stock?

Yes. Philip Daniele sold 2.5K shares ($10.2M) in the past 12 months, none of it under a trading plan disclosed in the filings.

Why are AutoZone insiders selling?

Filings rarely give a reason, and we don't guess at one. What they show is how the sales were made: 2% of sales by value ran under 10b5-1 trading plans disclosed in the filings and 98% had no disclosed plan. A trading plan schedules sales in advance.

Are any AutoZone insiders buying?

Yes. 3 officers or directors reported 4 purchases in the past 12 months (Form 4 code P, which includes private purchases).

How much of their stake did AutoZone insiders sell?

About 2.0% overall. As a group they ended with more shares than they started with. That covers the 12 months to Oct 9, 2026 and counts vested shares reported on SEC Forms 3, 4 and 5, which is not an insider's whole wealth.

The evidence

Who sold6 officers and directors: amount, % of holdings, trading plan

Who sold	Amount	% of holdings	Trading plan
Richard Smith Sr. Vice President	$33.0M 9.1K shares	76%† i † Most of the shares Richard Smith sold arrived during the period, so this is shares sold as a share of the 2.9K held at the start plus the 9.1K received, less 0 withheld by the company for taxes.	No plan disclosed
Philip Daniele President & CEO	$10.2M 2.5K shares	i No percentage: holdings couldn't be fully reconciled.	No plan disclosed
Dennis LeRiche Sr. Vice President	$4.5M 1.5K shares	i No percentage: holdings couldn't be fully reconciled.	No plan disclosed
Michelle Borninkhof Senior Vice President & CIO	$1.1M 300 shares	44%	Disclosed plan
Earl Graves Jr. Director	$998K 300 shares	5.9%	No plan disclosed
George Mrkonic Jr. Director	$324K 97 shares	2.7%	No plan disclosed

The full ownership picture20 of 28 insiders fully reconciled · 27 officers and directors

Vested shares across all share classes, held directly and through trusts, LLCs and family members, as reported on SEC Forms 3, 4 and 5. Unvested awards and options are never counted as owned shares.

Insider

Held Oct 9, 2025

Sold

Held Oct 9, 2026

Still held

William Rhodes III

Additional holdings last reported more than 3 years ago are shown separately and excluded from totals.

Chairman, Director

12K

13K

no sales

Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for William Rhodes III

0shares vested or exercised

0gifted (net of own trusts)

none reportedunvested awards, start → end

Additional holdings last reported more than 3 years ago are shown separately and excluded from totals.

Held through	Share class	Oct 9, 2025	Oct 9, 2026
Direct	Common Stock	10,046	10,202
Descendants Trust	Common Stock	1,936	1,936
Daughter's Trust	Common Stock	177	177
Son's trust	Common Stock	176	176
Siblings' Trust #2	Common Stock	50	50

Additional holdings last reported Jul 1, 2021, not confirmed since: 12,412 shares. Not included in any total or percentage on this page.

On May 24, 2017, the reporting person contributed 12,000 shares of common stock to a grantor retained annuity trust, Common Stock: 6,342 shares, last reported Dec 31, 2018
GRAT, Common Stock: 4,376 shares, last reported Mar 31, 2018
Trust for Daughter, Common Stock: 847 shares, last reported Jun 28, 2019
As Custodian for Son, Common Stock: 847 shares, last reported Jul 1, 2021

Stock options (not counted as shares):

Options held	Strike price	Expires	Intrinsic value (estimate)
1,015	$3442.76	Oct 11, 2034	$0
926	$3129.78	Oct 11, 2034	$0

Estimate: options held × ($3100.00 − strike price), using the most recent insider trade price on Form 4 (Aug 7, 2026), not a market close.

Earl Graves Jr.

Director

−300

4.8K

96%

Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Earl Graves Jr.

0shares vested or exercised

0gifted (net of own trusts)

none reportedunvested awards, start → end

Held through	Share class	Oct 9, 2025	Oct 9, 2026
Direct	Common Stock	5,048	4,837

George Mrkonic Jr.

Director

3.6K

−97

3.6K

99.9%

Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for George Mrkonic Jr.

0shares vested or exercised

0gifted (net of own trusts)

none reportedunvested awards, start → end

Held through	Share class	Oct 9, 2025	Oct 9, 2026
Direct	Common Stock	3,567	3,564

Thomas Newbern

Minor difference of 5 shares. Difference is under 0.5% of holdings.

COO

3.2K

no sales

Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Thomas Newbern

0shares vested or exercised

−44gifted (net of own trusts)

none reportedunvested awards, start → end

Held through	Share class	Oct 9, 2025	Oct 9, 2026
Direct	Common Stock	1,790	1,795
Trust	Common Stock	1,436	1,392

Stock options (not counted as shares):

Options held	Strike price	Expires	Intrinsic value (estimate)
4,597	$3129.78	Oct 11, 2034	$0
4,049	$4075.31	Oct 10, 2035	$0

Estimate: options held × ($3100.00 − strike price), using the most recent insider trade price on Form 4 (Aug 7, 2026), not a market close.

Reconciliation: minor difference of 5 shares. Difference is under 0.5% of holdings.

Richard Smith

Minor difference of 1 share. Difference is under 0.5% of holdings.

Sr. Vice President

2.9K

−9.1K

2.6K

not meaningful

Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Richard Smith

+9.1Kshares vested or exercised

−300gifted (net of own trusts)

none reportedunvested awards, start → end

Held through	Share class	Oct 9, 2025	Oct 9, 2026
Direct	Common Stock	2,925	2,627

Stock options (not counted as shares):

Options held	Strike price	Expires	Intrinsic value (estimate)
2,917	$3129.78	Oct 11, 2034	$0

Estimate: options held × ($3100.00 − strike price), using the most recent insider trade price on Form 4 (Aug 7, 2026), not a market close.

Reconciliation: minor difference of 1 share. Difference is under 0.5% of holdings.

Linda Goodspeed

Director

2.9K

no sales

Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Linda Goodspeed

0shares vested or exercised

0gifted (net of own trusts)

none reportedunvested awards, start → end

Held through	Share class	Oct 9, 2025	Oct 9, 2026
Direct	Common Stock	2,895	2,987

Philip Daniele

Holdings couldn't be fully reconciled. Balance changed with no matching transaction and no footnote: +1.5461 shares on Sep 25, 2026 (Direct). See the filing Sales and other transactions for Philip Daniele are complete.

President & CEO

n/a

−2.5K

n/a

Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Philip Daniele

+3.3Kshares vested or exercised

−1.1Kgifted (net of own trusts)

none reportedunvested awards, start → end

Holdings couldn't be fully reconciled. Balance changed with no matching transaction and no footnote: +1.5461 shares on Sep 25, 2026 (Direct). The balances below are as reported, not verified totals.

Held through	Share class	Oct 9, 2025	Oct 9, 2026
Direct	Common Stock	701	336
Family Trust #1	Common Stock	802	1,948

Stock options (not counted as shares):

Options held	Strike price	Expires	Intrinsic value (estimate)
1,677	$587.13	Sep 27, 2027	$4.2M
2,140	$2568.50	Jan 2, 2034	$1.1M
4,773	$3129.78	Oct 11, 2034	$0
1,555	$3442.76	Oct 11, 2034	$0
4,253	$4075.31	Oct 10, 2035	$0
1,417	$4482.84	Oct 10, 2035	$0

Estimate: options held × ($3100.00 − strike price), using the most recent insider trade price on Form 4 (Aug 7, 2026), not a market close.

Gale King

Director

1.3K

no sales

Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Gale King

0shares vested or exercised

0gifted (net of own trusts)

none reportedunvested awards, start → end

Held through	Share class	Oct 9, 2025	Oct 9, 2026
Direct	Common Stock	1,254	1,336

John Murphy

Minor difference of 3 shares. Difference is under 0.5% of holdings.

Vice President, Controller

1.2K

1.3K

no sales

Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for John Murphy

0shares vested or exercised

0gifted (net of own trusts)

none reportedunvested awards, start → end

Held through	Share class	Oct 9, 2025	Oct 9, 2026
Direct	Common Stock	1,247	1,260

Stock options (not counted as shares):

Options held	Strike price	Expires	Intrinsic value (estimate)
750	$3129.78	Oct 11, 2034	$0
680	$4075.31	Oct 10, 2030	$0

Estimate: options held × ($3100.00 − strike price), using the most recent insider trade price on Form 4 (Aug 7, 2026), not a market close.

Reconciliation: minor difference of 3 shares. Difference is under 0.5% of holdings.

Jill Soltau

Director

1.2K

1.3K

no sales

Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Jill Soltau

0shares vested or exercised

0gifted (net of own trusts)

none reportedunvested awards, start → end

Held through	Share class	Oct 9, 2025	Oct 9, 2026
Direct	Common Stock	1,172	1,254

Eric Gould

Minor difference of 1 share. Difference is under 0.5% of holdings.

Sr. Vice President

905

906

no sales

Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Eric Gould

0shares vested or exercised

0gifted (net of own trusts)

none reportedunvested awards, start → end

Held through	Share class	Oct 9, 2025	Oct 9, 2026
Direct	Common Stock	905	906

Stock options (not counted as shares):

Options held	Strike price	Expires	Intrinsic value (estimate)
2,917	$3129.78	Oct 11, 2034	$0
3,380	$4075.31	Oct 10, 2035	$0

Estimate: options held × ($3100.00 − strike price), using the most recent insider trade price on Form 4 (Aug 7, 2026), not a market close.

Reconciliation: minor difference of 1 share. Difference is under 0.5% of holdings.

Brian Hannasch

Director

815

1.2K

no sales

Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Brian Hannasch

0shares vested or exercised

0gifted (net of own trusts)

none reportedunvested awards, start → end

Held through	Share class	Oct 9, 2025	Oct 9, 2026
Direct	Common Stock	815	1,219

Michelle Borninkhof

Minor difference of 3 shares. Difference is under 0.5% of holdings.

Senior Vice President & CIO

675

−300

686

+1.6%

Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Michelle Borninkhof

+300shares vested or exercised

0gifted (net of own trusts)

none reportedunvested awards, start → end

Held through	Share class	Oct 9, 2025	Oct 9, 2026
Direct	Common Stock	416	427
Spouse	Common Stock	259	259

Stock options (not counted as shares):

Options held	Strike price	Expires	Intrinsic value (estimate)
1,050	$1519.62	May 10, 2031	$1.7M
1,980	$1651.22	Oct 5, 2031	$2.9M
2,917	$3129.78	Oct 11, 2034	$0
3,192	$4075.31	Oct 10, 2035	$0

Estimate: options held × ($3100.00 − strike price), using the most recent insider trade price on Form 4 (Aug 7, 2026), not a market close.

Reconciliation: minor difference of 3 shares. Difference is under 0.5% of holdings.

Jamere Jackson

Holdings couldn't be fully reconciled. Balance changed with no matching transaction and no footnote: +3.2162 shares on Mar 31, 2026 (Direct). See the filing Sales and other transactions for Jamere Jackson are complete.

CFO

n/a

Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Jamere Jackson

0shares vested or exercised

0gifted (net of own trusts)

none reportedunvested awards, start → end

Holdings couldn't be fully reconciled. Balance changed with no matching transaction and no footnote: +3.2162 shares on Mar 31, 2026 (Direct). The balances below are as reported, not verified totals.

Held through	Share class	Oct 9, 2025	Oct 9, 2026
Direct	Common Stock	433	494

Stock options (not counted as shares):

Options held	Strike price	Expires	Intrinsic value (estimate)
4,597	$3129.78	Oct 11, 2034	$0
4,049	$4075.31	Oct 10, 2035	$0

Estimate: options held × ($3100.00 − strike price), using the most recent insider trade price on Form 4 (Aug 7, 2026), not a market close.

Dennis LeRiche

Holdings couldn't be fully reconciled. Balance changed with no matching transaction and no footnote: +5.272 shares on Aug 7, 2026 (Direct). See the filing Sales and other transactions for Dennis LeRiche are complete.

Sr. Vice President

n/a

−1.5K

n/a

Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Dennis LeRiche

+1.5Kshares vested or exercised

0gifted (net of own trusts)

none reportedunvested awards, start → end

Holdings couldn't be fully reconciled. Balance changed with no matching transaction and no footnote: +5.272 shares on Aug 7, 2026 (Direct). The balances below are as reported, not verified totals.

Held through	Share class	Oct 9, 2025	Oct 9, 2026
Direct	Common Stock	431	441

Stock options (not counted as shares):

Options held	Strike price	Expires	Intrinsic value (estimate)
2,917	$3129.78	Oct 11, 2034	$0
3,192	$4075.31	Oct 10, 2035	$0

Estimate: options held × ($3100.00 − strike price), using the most recent insider trade price on Form 4 (Aug 7, 2026), not a market close.

Michael George

Director

421

653

no sales

Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Michael George

0shares vested or exercised

0gifted (net of own trusts)

none reportedunvested awards, start → end

Held through	Share class	Oct 9, 2025	Oct 9, 2026
Direct	Common Stock	421	653

Domingo Hurtado

Holdings couldn't be fully reconciled. Balance changed with no matching transaction and no footnote: +0.8234 shares on Oct 10, 2025 (Direct). See the filing Sales and other transactions for Domingo Hurtado are complete.

Sr. Vice President

n/a

Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Domingo Hurtado

0shares vested or exercised

0gifted (net of own trusts)

none reportedunvested awards, start → end

Holdings couldn't be fully reconciled. Balance changed with no matching transaction and no footnote: +0.8234 shares on Oct 10, 2025 (Direct). The balances below are as reported, not verified totals.

Held through	Share class	Oct 9, 2025	Oct 9, 2026
Direct	Common Stock	159	160

Stock options (not counted as shares):

Options held	Strike price	Expires	Intrinsic value (estimate)
2,917	$3129.78	Oct 11, 2034	$0
2,660	$4075.31	Oct 10, 2035	$0

Estimate: options held × ($3100.00 − strike price), using the most recent insider trade price on Form 4 (Aug 7, 2026), not a market close.

Mary McCullough

Holdings couldn't be fully reconciled. Balance changed with no matching transaction and no footnote: +3.5474 shares on Jul 13, 2026 (Direct). See the filing Sales and other transactions for Mary McCullough are complete.

SVP Supply Chain

n/a

Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Mary McCullough

0shares vested or exercised

−1gifted (net of own trusts)

none reportedunvested awards, start → end

Holdings couldn't be fully reconciled. Balance changed with no matching transaction and no footnote: +3.5474 shares on Jul 13, 2026 (Direct). The balances below are as reported, not verified totals.

Held through	Share class	Oct 9, 2025	Oct 9, 2026
Direct	Common Stock	134	137

Stock options (not counted as shares):

Options held	Strike price	Expires	Intrinsic value (estimate)
450	$587.13	Sep 26, 2027	$1.1M
250	$772.80	Sep 25, 2028	$582K
675	$1060.81	Oct 7, 2029	$1.4M
445	$1139.99	Oct 7, 2030	$872K
190	$1295.22	Mar 15, 2031	$343K
850	$1651.22	Oct 5, 2031	$1.2M
756	$2205.03	Oct 4, 2032	$677K
324	$2549.04	Oct 6, 2033	$179K
714	$2549.04	Oct 6, 2033	$393K
670	$3129.78	Oct 11, 2034	$0
2,660	$4075.31	Oct 10, 2035	$0

Estimate: options held × ($3100.00 − strike price), using the most recent insider trade price on Form 4 (Aug 7, 2026), not a market close.

Grace Sharpley

Started reporting during the period; starting holdings are from the Form 3.

SVP, Finance

132

no sales

Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Grace Sharpley

0shares vested or exercised

0gifted (net of own trusts)

none reportedunvested awards, start → end

Started reporting during the period; starting holdings are from the Form 3.

Held through	Share class	Oct 9, 2025	Oct 9, 2026
Direct	Common Stock	132	132

Stock options (not counted as shares):

Options held	Strike price	Expires	Intrinsic value (estimate)
260	$772.80	Sep 26, 2028	$605K
250	$1060.81	Oct 8, 2029	$510K
270	$1139.99	Oct 8, 2030	$529K
180	$1651.22	Oct 5, 2030	$261K
720	$2205.03	Oct 4, 2032	$644K
680	$2549.04	Oct 6, 2033	$375K
641	$3129.78	Oct 11, 2034	$0
276	$3129.78	Oct 11, 2034	$0
59	$3672.23	Mar 25, 2035	$0
713	$4075.31	Oct 10, 2035	$0
300	$3072.64	Jul 10, 2036	$8K

Estimate: options held × ($3100.00 − strike price), using the most recent insider trade price on Form 4 (Aug 7, 2026), not a market close.

William Hackney

New Form 3 filed 2022-10-26; earlier filings set aside.

Executive Vice President

no sales

Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for William Hackney

0shares vested or exercised

0gifted (net of own trusts)

none reportedunvested awards, start → end

New Form 3 filed 2022-10-26; earlier filings set aside.

Held through	Share class	Oct 9, 2025	Oct 9, 2026
Direct	Common Stock	99	99

Stock options (not counted as shares):

Options held	Strike price	Expires	Intrinsic value (estimate)
4,456	$3129.78	Oct 11, 2034	$0

Estimate: options held × ($3100.00 − strike price), using the most recent insider trade price on Form 4 (Aug 7, 2026), not a market close.

Jenna Bedsole

Minor difference of 3 shares. Small increase from an employee stock purchase plan. Small increase from an employee stock purchase plan.

Sr. Vice President

no sales

Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Jenna Bedsole

0shares vested or exercised

0gifted (net of own trusts)

none reportedunvested awards, start → end

Small increase from an employee stock purchase plan. Filing 1 Filing 2

Held through	Share class	Oct 9, 2025	Oct 9, 2026
Direct	Common Stock	57	70

Stock options (not counted as shares):

Options held	Strike price	Expires	Intrinsic value (estimate)
2,917	$3129.78	Oct 11, 2034	$0
2,660	$4075.31	Oct 10, 2035	$0

Estimate: options held × ($3100.00 − strike price), using the most recent insider trade price on Form 4 (Aug 7, 2026), not a market close.

Reconciliation: minor difference of 3 shares. Small increase from an employee stock purchase plan.

Claire McDonough

Director

143

no sales

Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Claire McDonough

0shares vested or exercised

0gifted (net of own trusts)

none reportedunvested awards, start → end

Held through	Share class	Oct 9, 2025	Oct 9, 2026
Direct	Common Stock	56	143

Bailey Childress

Holdings couldn't be fully reconciled. Balance changed with no matching transaction and no footnote: +1.8964 shares on Oct 10, 2025 (Direct). See the filing Sales and other transactions for Bailey Childress are complete.

SVP, Merchandising Support

n/a

Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Bailey Childress

0shares vested or exercised

0gifted (net of own trusts)

none reportedunvested awards, start → end

Holdings couldn't be fully reconciled. Balance changed with no matching transaction and no footnote: +1.8964 shares on Oct 10, 2025 (Direct). The balances below are as reported, not verified totals.

Held through	Share class	Oct 9, 2025	Oct 9, 2026
Direct	Common Stock	50	51

Stock options (not counted as shares):

Options held	Strike price	Expires	Intrinsic value (estimate)
270	$1139.99	Oct 8, 2030	$529K
375	$1651.22	Oct 5, 2031	$543K
720	$2205.03	Oct 4, 2032	$644K
680	$2549.04	Oct 6, 2033	$375K
324	$2549.04	Oct 6, 2033	$179K
788	$3129.78	Oct 11, 2034	$0
1,474	$3242.23	Dec 23, 2034	$0
2,660	$4075.31	Oct 10, 2035	$0

Estimate: options held × ($3100.00 − strike price), using the most recent insider trade price on Form 4 (Aug 7, 2026), not a market close.

Montesinos Spas

Director

132

no sales

Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Montesinos Spas

0shares vested or exercised

0gifted (net of own trusts)

none reportedunvested awards, start → end

Held through	Share class	Oct 9, 2025	Oct 9, 2026
Direct	Common Stock	45	132

Lindsay Lehman

Holdings couldn't be fully reconciled. Balance changed with no matching transaction and no footnote: +11.3899 shares on Oct 10, 2025 (Direct). See the filing Sales and other transactions for Lindsay Lehman are complete.

SVP, Marketing

n/a

Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Lindsay Lehman

0shares vested or exercised

0gifted (net of own trusts)

none reportedunvested awards, start → end

Holdings couldn't be fully reconciled. Balance changed with no matching transaction and no footnote: +11.3899 shares on Oct 10, 2025 (Direct). The balances below are as reported, not verified totals.

Held through	Share class	Oct 9, 2025	Oct 9, 2026
Direct	Common Stock	14	25

Stock options (not counted as shares):

Options held	Strike price	Expires	Intrinsic value (estimate)
925	$1139.99	Oct 7, 2030	$1.8M
500	$1207.42	Aug 1, 2030	$946K
800	$1651.22	Oct 5, 2031	$1.2M
756	$2205.03	Oct 4, 2032	$677K
714	$2549.04	Oct 6, 2033	$393K
2,185	$2605.82	Nov 6, 2033	$1.1M
2,917	$3129.78	Oct 11, 2034	$0
2,660	$4075.31	Oct 10, 2035	$0

Estimate: options held × ($3100.00 − strike price), using the most recent insider trade price on Form 4 (Aug 7, 2026), not a market close.

Kenneth Jaycox

Minor difference of 2 shares. Difference is under 0.5% of holdings.

SVP Commercial

1.7K

no sales

Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Kenneth Jaycox

0shares vested or exercised

0gifted (net of own trusts)

none reportedunvested awards, start → end

Held through	Share class	Oct 9, 2025	Oct 9, 2026
Direct	Common Stock	9	1,703

Stock options (not counted as shares):

Options held	Strike price	Expires	Intrinsic value (estimate)
4,713	$3072.66	Jul 29, 2034	$129K
2,917	$3129.78	Oct 11, 2034	$0
2,660	$4075.31	Oct 10, 2030	$0

Estimate: options held × ($3100.00 − strike price), using the most recent insider trade price on Form 4 (Aug 7, 2026), not a market close.

Reconciliation: minor difference of 2 shares. Difference is under 0.5% of holdings.

Lucas Rauch

Holdings couldn't be fully reconciled. Balance changed with no matching transaction and no footnote: +0.9491 shares on Oct 10, 2025 (Direct). See the filing Sales and other transactions for Lucas Rauch are complete.

SVP, Merchandising & Sourcing

n/a

Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Lucas Rauch

0shares vested or exercised

0gifted (net of own trusts)

none reportedunvested awards, start → end

Holdings couldn't be fully reconciled. Balance changed with no matching transaction and no footnote: +0.9491 shares on Oct 10, 2025 (Direct). The balances below are as reported, not verified totals.

Held through	Share class	Oct 9, 2025	Oct 9, 2026
Direct	Common Stock	0	1

Stock options (not counted as shares):

Options held	Strike price	Expires	Intrinsic value (estimate)
910	$2998.78	Apr 29, 2034	$92K
750	$3129.78	Oct 11, 2034	$0
1,500	$3242.23	Dec 23, 2034	$0
2,660	$4075.31	Oct 10, 2035	$0

Estimate: options held × ($3100.00 − strike price), using the most recent insider trade price on Form 4 (Aug 7, 2026), not a market close.

20 of 28 insiders fully reconciled: starting holdings plus reported transactions match ending holdings (13 exactly, 7 with a minor or footnoted difference). For 8 we show sales but not holdings; the ! icon on their rows explains why. Percentages cover 18 of 28 officers and directors. Left out: Richard Smith (most of their shares vested during the period, so a percentage would mislead); Philip Daniele, Jamere Jackson, Dennis LeRiche, Domingo Hurtado, Mary McCullough, Bailey Childress, Lindsay Lehman and Lucas Rauch (holdings couldn't be fully reconciled); Eric Leef (held no vested shares at the start). "Still held" compares ending with starting vested shares; a plus sign means the holding grew.

What explains the selling$50.2M of sales by plan status, purpose, seller and month

Officer and director open-market sales: $50.2M across 13,785 shares. Plan status and stated purpose are separate questions, and a sale can have both.

By plan status

Disclosed plan · $1.1M · 2%

98%

The lighter segment is sales with no plan disclosed in the filing ($49.0M), including tax-related sales outside a plan.

No plan disclosed · $49.0M

Sales with no 10b5-1 plan and no tax reference in the filing. $33.0M of it is Richard Smith. No plan disclosed is a statement about the filing, not about why the sale happened. Largest such sale: Richard Smith, Jan 23, 2026

Purchases · 3 buyers (4 trades)

3 officers and directors bought shares in this period, in 4 trades(Form 4 code P). Across all their filings on record there are 13 purchase trades.

Seller	Shares sold	Proceeds	Under a disclosed plan	Share of total	Sales dates
Richard Smith Sr. Vice President	9.1K	$33.0M	0%	66%	Jan 16, 2026 to Jan 23, 2026
Philip Daniele President & CEO	2.5K	$10.2M	0%	20%	Oct 17, 2025 to Oct 17, 2025
Dennis LeRiche Sr. Vice President	1.5K	$4.5M	0%	9%	Aug 7, 2026 to Aug 7, 2026
Michelle Borninkhof Senior Vice President & CIO	300	$1.1M	100%	2%	Oct 27, 2025 to Oct 27, 2025
Earl Graves Jr. Director	300	$998K	0%	2%	Jan 2, 2026 to Apr 10, 2026
George Mrkonic Jr. Director	97	$324K	0%	0.6%	Jan 2, 2026 to Jan 2, 2026

Sales by month

Month	Sale proceeds	Disclosed plan	To cover taxes	No plan disclosed
Oct 2025	$11.3M	$1.1M	$0	$10.2M
Nov 2025	$0	$0	$0	$0
Dec 2025	$0	$0	$0	$0
Jan 2026	$34.2M	$0	$0	$34.2M
Feb 2026	$0	$0	$0	$0
Mar 2026	$0	$0	$0	$0
Apr 2026	$174K	$0	$0	$174K
May 2026	$0	$0	$0	$0
Jun 2026	$0	$0	$0	$0
Jul 2026	$0	$0	$0	$0
Aug 2026	$4.5M	$0	$0	$4.5M
Sep 2026	$0	$0	$0	$0
Oct 2026	$0	$0	$0	$0

Is this normal? Selling year by year5 earlier years to compare with

Less than usual: about one-seventh of the 5-year average. 6 insiders sold; the average is 13 a year.

12 months ending	Shares sold	Insiders who sold	Proceeds
Oct 9, 2026 Latest 12 months	14K	6	$50.2M
Oct 9, 2025 1 year earlier	63K	11	$227M
Oct 9, 2024 2 years earlier	96K	14	$278M
Oct 10, 2023 3 years earlier	91K	14	$221M
Oct 10, 2022 4 years earlier	89K	12	$183M
Oct 10, 2021 5 years earlier	162K	13	$215M

Open-market sales (Form 4 code S) by people who were officers or directors, in split-adjusted shares. Earlier years include people who have since left. A sale that an outside holder also reports (a family trust, a fund) is counted with outside holders in every year. Shares, not dollars, are compared, so a change in the stock price doesn't look like a change in selling. Years the filings don't fully cover are shown but left out of the average.

Known gaps and uncertainty8 insiders whose holdings couldn't be fully reconciled

Philip Daniele: holdings couldn't be fully reconciled (difference of 1,150 shares). Balance changed with no matching transaction and no footnote: +1.5461 shares on Sep 25, 2026 (Direct). Filing, Sep 25, 2026

Jamere Jackson: holdings couldn't be fully reconciled (difference of 3 shares). Balance changed with no matching transaction and no footnote: +3.2162 shares on Mar 31, 2026 (Direct). Filing, Mar 31, 2026

Dennis LeRiche: holdings couldn't be fully reconciled (difference of 7 shares). Balance changed with no matching transaction and no footnote: +5.272 shares on Aug 7, 2026 (Direct). Filing, Aug 7, 2026

Domingo Hurtado: holdings couldn't be fully reconciled (difference of 1 share). Balance changed with no matching transaction and no footnote: +0.8234 shares on Oct 10, 2025 (Direct). Filing, Oct 10, 2025

Mary McCullough: holdings couldn't be fully reconciled (difference of 4 shares). Balance changed with no matching transaction and no footnote: +3.5474 shares on Jul 13, 2026 (Direct). Filing, Jul 13, 2026

Bailey Childress: holdings couldn't be fully reconciled (difference of 2 shares). Balance changed with no matching transaction and no footnote: +1.8964 shares on Oct 10, 2025 (Direct). Filing, Oct 10, 2025

Lindsay Lehman: holdings couldn't be fully reconciled (difference of 11 shares). Balance changed with no matching transaction and no footnote: +11.3899 shares on Oct 10, 2025 (Direct). Filing, Oct 10, 2025

Lucas Rauch: holdings couldn't be fully reconciled (difference of 1 share). Balance changed with no matching transaction and no footnote: +0.9491 shares on Oct 10, 2025 (Direct). Filing, Oct 10, 2025

Thomas Newbern: minor difference of 5 shares. Difference is under 0.5% of holdings.

Richard Smith: minor difference of 1 share. Difference is under 0.5% of holdings.

John Murphy: minor difference of 3 shares. Difference is under 0.5% of holdings.

Eric Gould: minor difference of 1 share. Difference is under 0.5% of holdings.

Michelle Borninkhof: minor difference of 3 shares. Difference is under 0.5% of holdings.

Jenna Bedsole: minor difference of 3 shares. Small increase from an employee stock purchase plan.

Kenneth Jaycox: minor difference of 2 shares. Difference is under 0.5% of holdings.

Inferred rename: "Investments" is treated as the same holder as "ESL Investments, Inc", because the old name was never reported again and the new one opened with the same balance (574,610 shares). Old name, new name

Inferred rename: "RBS Partners, L.P" is treated as the same holder as "RBS", because the old name was never reported again and the new one opened with the same balance (17,338 shares). Old name, new name

Inferred rename: "ESL Investors, L.L.C" is treated as the same holder as "Investors", because the old name was never reported again and the new one opened with the same balance (1,156,452 shares). Old name, new name

Inferred rename: "As Custodian for Daughter" is treated as the same holder as "Trust for Daughter", because the old name was never reported again and the new one opened with the same balance (847 shares). Old name, new name

Inferred rename: "GRAT 5" is treated as the same holder as "GRAT #5", because the old name was never reported again and the new one opened with the same balance (5,000 shares). Old name, new name

Inferred rename: "Mr. Crowley is the President and Chief Operating Officer of ESL Investments, Inc" is treated as the same holder as "a grantor retained annuity trust", because the old name was never reported again and the new one opened with the same balance (4,455 shares). Old name, new name

Inferred typo: the share class "Common Stock, par value$0.01 per share" is treated as the same class as "Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share" on 1 holding line, because the two spellings are nearly identical and each balance carried over exactly. Example (Edward Lampert, 12,327,761 shares): old title, new title

External context: we only cite outside events when a documented connection exists. None is shown for this period.

Sources and methodology2,173 filings from SEC EDGAR, and how we read them

All 2,173 Forms 3, 4 and 5 filed for AutoZone (SEC CIK 866787) from Nov 8, 1996 to Sep 29, 2026, retrieved from SEC EDGAR on Oct 9, 2026. Prices are the ones reported in each filing, often weighted averages. 163 older filings exist only on paper and could not be read.

Holdings. Each holding line (a share class plus an owner, such as a trust or LLC) carries its last reported balance forward. Entities first reported during the period start at zero, so transfers between an insider's own trusts don't count as selling. Lines not reported for three years or more are listed separately and left out of totals.

Sales. A sale counts as under a 10b5-1 plan if its footnote cites one or the filing's Rule 10b5-1 box is checked, and as tax-related if its footnote cites tax obligations or sell-to-cover. Shares withheld by the company for taxes are listed separately. Sales with neither attribute are labeled "no plan disclosed".

Full methodology

Former or inactive filers (47)No filing in 18 months; last reported balances, not in any total

Name	Last filed	Last reported balance
Enderson Guimaraes	Dec 20, 2024	2,295 shares, last reported balance as of Dec 18, 2024
Grant McGee	Jan 17, 2024	251 shares, last reported balance as of Jan 16, 2024
Albert Saltiel	Jan 2, 2024	538 shares, last reported balance as of Dec 31, 2023
Bryan Jordan	Jan 2, 2024	3,098 shares, last reported balance as of Jan 1, 2024
Charles Pleas III	Dec 7, 2023	3,416 shares, last reported balance as of Dec 6, 2023
Preston Frazer	Nov 1, 2023	1,604 shares, last reported balance as of Oct 31, 2023
Kristen Wright	Jan 4, 2023	468 shares, last reported balance as of Dec 31, 2022
Seong Ohm	Jul 5, 2022	95 shares, last reported balance as of Jun 30, 2022
Mark Finestone	Jan 3, 2022	4,627 shares, last reported balance as of Dec 31, 2021
Douglas Brooks	Jan 3, 2022	2,349 shares, last reported balance as of Jan 1, 2022
Ronald Griffin	Oct 4, 2021	506 shares, last reported balance as of Sep 30, 2021
Mitchell Major	Jan 11, 2021	592 shares, last reported balance as of Jan 8, 2021
William Giles	Jan 4, 2021	9,512 shares, last reported balance as of Dec 31, 2020
Michael Calbert	Jan 4, 2021	2,535 shares, last reported balance as of Jan 1, 2021
William McKenna	Jan 2, 2019	7,554 shares, last reported balance as of Jan 1, 2019
Luis Nieto Jr.	Jan 2, 2019	2,922 shares, last reported balance as of Jan 1, 2019
William Graves	Dec 7, 2018	7,057 shares, last reported balance as of Dec 6, 2018
Rodney Halsell	Nov 2, 2018	377 shares, last reported balance as of Nov 2, 2018
James Griffith	Jan 22, 2018	103 shares, last reported balance as of Jan 19, 2018
Joseph Hyde III	Jan 2, 2018	73,930 shares, last reported balance as of Jan 1, 2018
Sue Gove	Jan 3, 2017	3,078 shares, last reported balance as of Jan 1, 2017
Michael Womack	Oct 28, 2015	35 shares, last reported balance as of Oct 27, 2015
Larry Roesel	Oct 27, 2015	2,274 shares, last reported balance as of Oct 27, 2015
Harry Goldsmith	Jan 2, 2014	24,926 shares, last reported balance as of Dec 31, 2013
Robert Grusky	Dec 11, 2012	1,248 shares, last reported balance as of Dec 11, 2012
William Crowley	Oct 2, 2012	72,019 shares, last reported balance as of Oct 2, 2012
Lisa Kranc	Oct 1, 2012	12,748 shares, last reported balance as of Oct 1, 2012
Robert Olsen	Sep 26, 2012	34,132 shares, last reported balance as of Sep 26, 2012
Jon Bascom	Apr 20, 2012	3,484 shares, last reported balance as of Apr 20, 2012
Edward Lampert	Jan 24, 2012	72,148,484 shares, last reported balance as of Jan 20, 2012
Edward Lampert	Jan 24, 2012	12,367,552 shares, last reported balance as of Jan 20, 2012
Timothy Briggs	Jan 23, 2012	4,398 shares, last reported balance as of Jan 23, 2012
Theodore Ullyot	Oct 13, 2011	760 shares, last reported balance as of Oct 13, 2011
James Shea	Sep 29, 2010	3,885 shares, last reported balance as of Sep 29, 2010
Gerry House	Dec 11, 2008	1,113 shares, last reported balance as of Dec 11, 2008
Charles Elson	Dec 1, 2008	No balance on record
Bradley Bacon	Jan 18, 2007	400 shares, last reported balance as of Jan 18, 2007
Michael Longo	Oct 17, 2005	3,938 shares, last reported balance as of Jul 14, 2005
Daisy Vanderlinde	Oct 17, 2005	1,667 shares, last reported balance as of Jun 3, 2005
Michael Archbold	Jun 17, 2005	2,628 shares, last reported balance as of Jun 17, 2005
James Postl	Jun 1, 2005	No balance on record
Stephen Odland	Jan 3, 2005	81,814 shares, last reported balance as of Dec 31, 2004
Bret Easley	Sep 30, 2004	1,622 shares, last reported balance as of Sep 30, 2004
Stephen Handschuh	Sep 29, 2004	No balance on record
Marsha Evans	Mar 2, 2004	No balance on record
James Keegan	Dec 2, 2003	15,806 shares, last reported balance as of Dec 1, 2003
Bruce Clark	Sep 25, 2003	1,000 shares, last reported balance as of Sep 25, 2003

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AutoZone insiders sold $50.2M in the past 12 months. How much of their stake is that?

What stands out

Who sold, and how much of their stake

Selling by month

Common questions

Is the AutoZone CEO selling stock?

Why are AutoZone insiders selling?

Are any AutoZone insiders buying?

How much of their stake did AutoZone insiders sell?

The evidence

No plan disclosed · $49.0M

Purchases · 3 buyers (4 trades)

Sales by month