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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): May 8, 2018
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O’REILLY AUTOMOTIVE, INC. |
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) |
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Missouri | 000-21318 | 27-4358837 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
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233 South Patterson |
Springfield, Missouri 65802 |
(Address of principal executive offices, Zip code) |
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(417) 862-6708 |
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code) |
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(Not Applicable) |
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.) |
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2):
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of Securities Act of 1933 (230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (240.12b-2).
¨ Emerging growth company
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨
Section 5 – Corporate Governance and Management
Item 5.02 – Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
Following O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.’s (the “Company”) 2018 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) held on May 8, 2018, two members of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”), Charles H. O’Reilly Jr. and Paul R. Lederer, tendered their notices of resignation from the Board, consistent with the Board’s mandatory retirement age policy. The Board accepted their resignations and subsequently decreased the size of the Board from 11 to nine members.
Item 5.07 – Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
At the Annual Meeting held on May 8, 2018, of the 83,300,192 shares entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting, 74,321,830 shares were present in person or by proxy. At the Annual Meeting, the shareholders were asked to vote on three Company proposals and one shareholder proposal. A brief description of each proposal, along with the outcome and tabulation of voting results is set forth below:
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(a) | The individuals listed in the table below were elected as directors, to hold office until the annual meeting of the Company’s shareholders in 2019 and until his or her successor has been duly elected and qualified. The voting results for each such director are as follows: |
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Name of Nominee | | Voted For | | Voted Against | | Abstain | | Broker Non-Votes |
David O'Reilly | | 63,446,576 |
| | 3,259,369 |
| | 96,423 |
| | 7,519,462 |
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Larry O'Reilly | | 59,420,849 |
| | 7,309,013 |
| | 72,506 |
| | 7,519,462 |
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Rosalie O'Reilly Wooten | | 59,395,953 |
| | 7,334,941 |
| | 71,474 |
| | 7,519,462 |
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Greg Henslee | | 63,814,461 |
| | 2,914,743 |
| | 73,164 |
| | 7,519,462 |
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Jay D. Burchfield | | 61,812,932 |
| | 4,912,165 |
| | 77,271 |
| | 7,519,462 |
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Thomas T. Hendrickson | | 66,374,790 |
| | 313,075 |
| | 114,503 |
| | 7,519,462 |
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John R. Murphy | | 63,621,738 |
| | 3,090,938 |
| | 89,692 |
| | 7,519,462 |
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Dana M. Perlman | | 66,576,221 |
| | 137,060 |
| | 89,087 |
| | 7,519,462 |
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Ronald Rashkow | | 65,452,116 |
| | 1,257,238 |
| | 93,014 |
| | 7,519,462 |
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(b) | The shareholders voted to approve, by a non-binding, advisory vote, the 2017 compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers (“NEOs”). The voting results are as follows: |
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Number of Shares |
Voted For | | Voted Against | | Abstain | | Broker Non-Votes |
64,297,880 |
| | 2,293,343 |
| | 211,145 |
| | 7,519,462 |
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(c) | The shareholders voted to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP, as the Company’s independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2018. The voting results are as follows: |
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Number of Shares |
Voted For | | Voted Against | | Abstain |
73,409,598 |
| | 783,708 |
| | 128,524 |
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(d) | The shareholders voted against the shareholder proposal entitled “Special Shareholder Meeting Improvement.” The voting results are as follows: |
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Number of Shares |
Voted For | | Voted Against | | Abstain | | Broker Non-Votes |
27,395,765 |
| | 39,093,798 |
| | 312,805 |
| | 7,519,462 |
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Section 7 – Regulation FD
Item 7.01 – Regulation FD Disclosure
On May 8, 2018, the Company issued a press release announcing the completion of its previously announced executive leadership succession plan and an update to its rent-adjusted debt to EBITDAR target leverage ratio. The text of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
Section 8 – Other Events
Item 8.01 – Other Events
On May 8, 2018, the Company announced the completion of its leadership succession plan, previously described in its Form 8-K dated February 7, 2018, and updated the Company’s target rent-adjusted Debt to EBITDAR leverage ratio, from the previous target range originally established in January of 2011 at 2.00 times to 2.25 times, to a target ratio of 2.50 times, using six-times capitalized rent.
Section 9 – Financial Statements and Exhibits
Item 9.01 – Financial Statements and Exhibits
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Exhibit Number | Description |
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The information in Section 7 and Section 9 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, including the exhibit hereto, shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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Date: May 8, 2018 | O’REILLY AUTOMOTIVE, INC. |
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| By: | /s/ Thomas McFall |
| | Thomas McFall |
| | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
| | (principal financial and accounting officer) |