Company: ORLY
Filing Date: 2025-03-14
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0000898173-25-000013
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Company: O REILLY AUTOMOTIVE INC
Filing Date: 2025-03-14
Form: PRE 14A
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-for-1 stock split.​FOR4Ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025.​FOR5Consider and act upon a shareholder proposal, if properly presented at the Annual Meeting.​AGAINSTTransact such other germane business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournments thereof.​The Board of Directors has fixed the close of business on March 6, 2025, as the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to notice of and to vote at the Annual Meeting and any adjournments or postponements thereof.  A list of all shareholders entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting, arranged in alphabetical order and showing the address of and number of shares held by each shareholder, will be available during usual business hours at the office of the Corporate Secretary, Julie Gray, at 455 South Patterson Avenue, Springfield, Missouri 65802, to be examined by any shareholder for any purpose reasonably related to the Annual Meeting for ten days prior to the date thereof.  The list will also be electronically available for examination throughout the course of the meeting.A copy of the Company’s Annual Shareholders’ Report for fiscal year 2024 accompanies this notice.By Order of the Board of Directors,Julie GraySecretary​Springfield, Missouri[March 31, 2025]YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT TO ENSURE A QUORUM AT THE MEETING.​​Even if you own only a few shares, and whether or not you expect to virtually attend the meeting, we request you mark, date, sign, and mail the enclosed proxy card in the postage-paid envelope provided or vote your shares by telephone or Internet as directed on the enclosed proxy card.  Telephone and Internet voting for shareholders of record will be available 24 hours a day and will close on Wednesday, May 14, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time.​​​​​​
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| PROXY SUMMARY                                                                                                      |  1 |
| PROPOSAL 1  ELECTION OF DIRECTORS                                                                                  |  5 |
| PROPOSAL 2  ADVISORY VOTE TO APPROVE EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION                                                        | 15 |
| PROPOSAL 3  AMENDMENT TO THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF AUTHORIZED SHARES OF COMMON STOCK | 16 |
| PROPOSAL 4  RATIFICATION OF