Company: ORLY
Filing Date: 2025-03-31
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000898173-25-000017
Chunk: 2

Company: O REILLY AUTOMOTIVE INC
Filing Date: 2025-03-31
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 2
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 of Shareholders (“Annual Meeting”) to be held in a virtual only format via live audio webcast at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/ORLY2025 on Thursday, May 15, 2025, at 9:00 a.m., Central Time, and at any adjournments thereof. Whether or not you expect to virtually attend the meeting, please return your executed proxy card in the enclosed postage-paid envelope or vote via telephone or Internet, using the instructions discussed below and on the proxy card, and the shares represented thereby will be voted in accordance with your instructions. References to the Company’s website and the contents thereof do not constitute incorporation by reference of the information contained on the Company’s website, and such information is not part of this proxy statement. The proxy statement and the accompanying proxy card is expected to first begin mailing to shareholders on or about March 31, 2025. MEETING INFORMATION

VOTING

| INTERNET                                            | ​ | TELEPHONE                                                                                      | ​ | MAIL                                                                                      | ​ | AT THE MEETING                                                                                                                                                                       |
| Vote on the Internet by visiting www.proxyvote.com. | ​ | Using any touch-tone telephone, you may vote your shares by dialing toll-free: 1-800-690-6903. | ​ | Mark, sign, and date your proxy card and return it in the postage paid envelope provided. | ​ | Vote at the Annual Meeting using the 16-digit control number included on your proxy card, voting instruction form or Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials. |

ITEMS OF BUSINESS

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| PROPOSAL                                                                                                                                                                                          |   | BOARD          
 RECOMMENDATION |   | PAGE |
| 1Elect as Directors the nine nominees named in the attached proxy statement.                                                                                                                      | ​ | FOR            | ​ |    5 |
| 2Conduct an advisory (non-binding) vote to approve executive compensation.                                                                                                                        | ​ | FOR            | ​ |   15 |
| 3Consider and act upon a proposal to amend the Articles of Incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of common stock for the primary purpose of effecting a 15-for-1 stock split. | ​ | FOR            | ​ |   16 |
| 4Ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025.                                                                                | ​ | FOR            | ​ |   18 |
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