Company: ORLY
Filing Date: 2025-03-14
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0000898173-25-000013
Chunk: 62

Company: O REILLY AUTOMOTIVE INC
Filing Date: 2025-03-14
Form: PRE 14A
Chunk 62
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 any other applicable law be amended or adopted hereafter so as to permit the elimination or limitation of such liability, the liability of the directors of the corporation shall be so eliminated or limited to the greatest possible extent without the need for amendment of this Article IX or further action on the part of the Board of Directors or shareholders of the corporation. ARTICLE X The Board of Directors shall have power to adopt, repeal, or amend the By-laws of this corporation and to adopt new or additional By-laws, subject however, to the paramount right of the holders or common stock to limit or divest such power of the Board of Directors, to such extent and for such periods as the holders of common stock at any regular or special meeting shall determine. ARTICLE XI No director of the corporation shall be personally liable to the corporation or its shareholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty by such director as a director; provided, however, that this Article XI shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director to the extent provided by applicable law (i) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its shareholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in subjective good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under section 351.345 of the General Corporation Law of Missouri, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. No amendment to or repeal of this Article XI shall apply to or have any

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effect on the liability or alleged liability of any director of the corporation for or with respect to any acts or omissions of such director prior to such amendment or repeal.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed these Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation on behalf of the Corporation this ___ day of ________________, 2025. O’REILLY AUTOMOTIVE, INC. By: Tamara F. Conn General Counsel & Senior Vice President of Legal Services

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