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Autozone Inc – ‘10-Q’ for 11/23/19 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Friday, 12/20/19, at 4:34pm ET   ·   For:  11/23/19   ·   Accession #:  1193125-19-320984   ·   File #:  1-10714

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

12/20/19  Autozone Inc                      10-Q       11/23/19   74:10M                                    Donnelley … Solutions/FA

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML   1.13M 
 2: EX-15.1     Letter re: Unaudited Interim Financial Info         HTML     24K 
 3: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     28K 
 4: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     28K 
 5: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     23K 
 6: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     23K 
32: R1          Cover Page                                          HTML     76K 
74: R2          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML    118K 
52: R3          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     38K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
24: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income         HTML     68K 
31: R5          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     46K 
                Income                                                           
73: R6          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     27K 
                Income (Parenthetical)                                           
51: R7          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML     96K 
23: R8          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders'  HTML     67K 
                Deficit                                                          
33: R9          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders'  HTML     26K 
                Deficit (Parenthetical)                                          
57: R10         General                                             HTML     43K 
66: R11         Share-Based Payments                                HTML     94K 
38: R12         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML    129K 
14: R13         Marketable Debt Securities                          HTML    159K 
56: R14         Derivative Financial Instruments                    HTML     26K 
65: R15         Merchandise Inventories                             HTML     26K 
37: R16         Financing                                           HTML    118K 
13: R17         Stock Repurchase Program                            HTML     27K 
59: R18         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss                HTML    153K 
64: R19         Goodwill and Intangibles                            HTML     68K 
36: R20         Litigation                                          HTML     25K 
26: R21         Leases                                              HTML    336K 
50: R22         Segment Reporting                                   HTML     97K 
72: R23         General (Policies)                                  HTML     43K 
35: R24         Share-Based Payments (Tables)                       HTML     87K 
25: R25         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML    123K 
49: R26         Marketable Debt Securities (Tables)                 HTML    153K 
71: R27         Financing (Tables)                                  HTML    114K 
34: R28         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss (Tables)       HTML    152K 
27: R29         Goodwill and Intangibles (Tables)                   HTML     66K 
16: R30         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML    338K 
39: R31         Segment Reporting (Tables)                          HTML     94K 
62: R32         General - Additional Information (Detail)           HTML     27K 
53: R33         Share-Based Payments - Weighted Average for Key     HTML     36K 
                Assumptions Used in Determining Fair Value of                    
                Options Granted and Related Share-Based                          
                Compensation Expense (Detail)                                    
17: R34         Share-Based Payments - Schedule of Nonvested        HTML     45K 
                Restricted Stock Units Activity (Detail)                         
40: R35         Share-Based Payments - Additional Information       HTML     51K 
                (Detail)                                                         
63: R36         Fair Value Measurements - Company's marketable      HTML     38K 
                debt securities measured at Fair Value on                        
                Recurring Basis (Detail)                                         
54: R37         Fair Value Measurements - Additional Information    HTML     29K 
                (Detail)                                                         
15: R38         Marketable Debt Securities - Available-for-Sale     HTML     45K 
                Marketable Securities (Detail)                                   
41: R39         Marketable Debt Securities - Additional             HTML     31K 
                Information (Detail)                                             
21: R40         Derivative Financial Instruments - Additional       HTML     31K 
                Information (Detail)                                             
28: R41         Merchandise Inventories - Additional Information    HTML     24K 
                (Detail)                                                         
69: R42         Financing - Schedule of Debt (Detail)               HTML     56K 
47: R43         Financing - Schedule of Debt (Parenthetical)        HTML     60K 
                (Detail)                                                         
22: R44         Financing - Additional Information (Detail)         HTML     59K 
29: R45         Stock Repurchase Program - Additional Information   HTML     38K 
                (Detail)                                                         
70: R46         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss - Changes in   HTML     45K 
                Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss (Detail)                    
48: R47         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss - Changes in   HTML     32K 
                Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss                             
                (Parenthetical) (Detail)                                         
20: R48         Goodwill and Intangibles - Additional Information   HTML     26K 
                (Detail)                                                         
30: R49         Goodwill and Intangibles - Schedule of Carrying     HTML     45K 
                Amounts of Intangible Assets (Detail)                            
45: R50         Leases - Additional Information (Detail)            HTML     32K 
19: R51         Lease - Summary of Lease-related assets and         HTML     53K 
                liabilities recorded on the Condensed Consolidated               
                Balance Sheet (Detail)                                           
61: R52         Leases - Lease Cost (Detail)                        HTML     35K 
68: R53         Leases - Summary Of The Future Maturities Of The    HTML     76K 
                Company's Lease Liabilities (Detail)                             
44: R54         Leases - Future Minimum Annual Rental Commitments   HTML     63K 
                Under Non-Cancelable Operating Leases and Capital                
                Leases (Detail)                                                  
18: R55         Leases - Information On Lease Term And Discount     HTML     37K 
                Rate (Detail)                                                    
60: R56         Leases - Other Information Related To Lease         HTML     30K 
                Liabilities (Detail)                                             
67: R57         Segment Reporting - Additional Information          HTML     25K 
                (Detail)                                                         
42: R58         Segment Reporting - Segment Results (Detail)        HTML     42K 
12: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    129K 
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55: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     59K 
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10: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- azo-20191123_lab                      XML    931K 
11: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- azo-20191123_pre               XML    713K 
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58: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              291±   438K 
46: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001193125-19-320984-xbrl      Zip    186K

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