Company: ORLY
Filing Date: 2025-03-31
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000898173-25-000017
Chunk: 44

Company: O REILLY AUTOMOTIVE INC
Filing Date: 2025-03-31
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 44
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 card? You may receive more than one proxy card if you owned shares in more than one account. You should vote the shares on each of your proxy cards. What matters will be voted on at the Annual Meeting? At the Annual Meeting, shareholders will be asked to vote on four proposals that were solicited by the Board (Proposals 1 through 4), as well as a shareholder proposal (Proposal 5), if properly presented at the Annual Meeting:

| 1) | To elect as Directors the nine nominees named in this proxy statement. |

| 2) | To conduct an advisory (non-binding) vote to approve executive compensation. |

| 3) | To consider 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. |

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| 74  |  O’REILLY AUTOMOTIVE, INC. | 2025 PROXY STATEMENT |

#### ​​​GENERAL INFORMATION​

#### 4)To ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025.5)A shareholder proposal entitled “Support Improved Clawback Policy for Unearned Executive Pay,” if properly presented.How do I vote my shares?You may vote your share by proxy or during the meeting:1)Via Mail:  You may vote by properly completing and signing the enclosed proxy card and returning the card in the enclosed, postage-paid envelope.  Please specify your choices on the proxy card by marking the appropriate boxes.  Shares will be voted in accordance with your written instructions; however, it is not necessary to mark any boxes if you wish to vote in accordance with the Board’s recommendations, outlined further below.  Mark, sign, and date your proxy card and return it in the postage-paid envelope provided or send it to O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. Vote Processing, c/o Broadridge, 51 Mercedes Way, Edgewood, NY 11717.2)Via the Internet:You may vote on the Internet by visiting www.proxyvote.com.  Have your proxy card in hand when you access the website and follow the instructions to obtain your records and create an electronic voting instruction form.3)Via Telephone:Using any touch-tone telephone, you may vote your shares by dialing toll-free:  1-800-690-6903.  Have your proxy card in hand