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O REILLY AUTOMOTIVE INC
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2026-03-12
2026-03-12
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO
SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): March 12, 2026
O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its
Charter)
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000-21318 |
27-4358837 |
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(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer
Identification No.) |
233 South Patterson Avenue
Springfield, Missouri 65802
(Address of principal executive offices, Zip code)
(417) 862-6708
(Registrant’s telephone number, including
area code)
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K
filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the Registrant under any of the following provisions:
¨ Written communications pursuant
to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
¨ Soliciting material pursuant to
Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
¨ Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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Trading Symbol(s) |
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Name of Each Exchange on which
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| Common Stock $0.01 par value |
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ORLY |
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The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
(NASDAQ Global Select Market) |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant
is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of Securities Act of 1933 (230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (240.12b-2).
¨ Emerging
growth company
If an emerging growth company,
indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised
financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨
| Item 1.01. | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
On
March 12, 2026 (the “Closing Date”), O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (the “Company”) issued and sold $850,000,000
aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 5.100% Senior Notes due 2036 (the “Notes”).
The terms of the Notes are governed by an Indenture,
dated as of May 20, 2019 (the “Base Indenture”), by and between the Company and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association
(f/k/a U.S. Bank National Association) (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by the Seventh Supplemental Indenture, dated as of
the Closing Date (the “Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), by and
between the Company and the Trustee.
The
Notes mature on March 12, 2036 and bear interest at a rate of 5.100% per year. Interest on the Notes is payable on March 12 and
September 12 of each year, beginning on September 12, 2026. The Notes are the Company’s general unsecured senior obligations and
are equal in right of payment with all of the Company’s other existing and future unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness, including
the Company’s credit facility and the Company’s 3.550% Senior Notes due 2026, the Company’s 5.750% Senior Notes due
2026, the Company’s 3.600% Senior Notes due 2027, the Company’s 4.350% Senior Notes due 2028, the Company’s 3.900% Senior
Notes due 2029, the Company’s 4.200% Senior Notes due 2030, the Company’s 1.750% Senior Notes due 2031, the Company’s
4.700% Senior Notes due 2032 (such series of notes, collectively, the “Existing Notes”) and the Company’s 5.000% Senior
Notes due 2034. The Notes are effectively junior to the Company’s future secured indebtedness, if any, to the extent of the value
of the collateral securing such indebtedness.
The Notes are not initially guaranteed by any of
the Company’s subsidiaries. However, if in the future, any of the Company’s subsidiaries incurs or guarantees obligations
under the Company’s credit facility or certain other credit facility debt or capital markets debt of the Company or any future subsidiary
guarantor, such subsidiary would be required to guarantee the Notes on a senior unsecured basis. The
Company would be permitted to release any such future guarantee without the consent of holders of the Notes under the circumstances described
in the Indenture.
Prior
to December 12, 2035 (three months prior to their maturity date) (the “Par Call Date”), the Company may redeem the
notes at our option, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at a redemption price (expressed as a percentage of principal
amount and rounded to three decimal places) equal to the greater of: (1) (a) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled
payments of principal and interest thereon discounted to the redemption date (assuming the notes matured on the Par Call Date) on a semi-annual
basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate (as defined in the Indenture) plus 15 basis points
less (b) interest accrued to the date of redemption, and (2) 100% of the principal amount of the notes to be redeemed, plus, in either
case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but not including, the redemption date. On or after the Par Call Date, the Company may redeem
the notes, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the
notes being redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but not including, the redemption date.
Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering
Event (as defined in the Indenture), unless the Company has exercised its right to redeem the Notes, each holder of Notes will have the
right to require the Company to repurchase all or a portion of such holder’s Notes, for cash, at a repurchase price equal to 101%
of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the amount repurchased to, but not including, the
date of repurchase.
The
Indenture contains covenants that limit the ability of the Company and each of its subsidiaries, as applicable to, among other things:
(i) create certain liens on its assets to secure certain debt; (ii) enter into certain sale and leaseback transactions; and
(iii) in the case of the Company, merge or consolidate with another company or transfer all or substantially all of the Company’s
property, in each case as set forth in the Indenture. These covenants are, however, subject to a number of important limitations and exceptions.
The
Indenture also contains customary event of default provisions including, among others, the following: (i) default in the payment of principal
of or premium, if any, on any Note when due at its maturity; (ii) default for 30 days in the payment when due of interest on the Notes;
(iii) failure to comply with the other covenants or agreements in the Indenture or the Notes and failure to cure or obtain a waiver
of such default within 90 days following notice as described below; (iv) a default under any debt for money borrowed by the Company or
any future subsidiary guarantor that results in acceleration of the maturity of such debt, or failure to pay any such debt within any
applicable grace period after final stated maturity, in an aggregate amount greater than (a) $25.0 million, at any time that any Existing
Notes remain outstanding, or (b) $100.0 million at any time that no Existing Notes remain outstanding, without such debt having been discharged
or acceleration having been rescinded or annulled; and (v) certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization with respect to
the Company or any future subsidiary guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary (as defined in the Indenture), in each case as set forth
in the Indenture. In the case of an event of default, other than a default under clause (v) above, the Trustee or the holders of at least
25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, by written notice to the Company (and to the Trustee if the notice is
given by the holders of the Notes), may declare the principal of and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes to be immediately
due and payable. If an event of default under clause (v) above occurs, the principal of and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the
Notes will be immediately due and payable without any act on the part of the Trustee or holders of the Notes.
The Trustee is also a lender under the Company’s
credit facility, and an affiliate of the Trustee was an underwriter in the offering of the Notes.
The
offering of the Notes was registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to the Company’s shelf registration
statement on Form S-3 which became automatically effective upon filing with Securities and Exchange Commission on April 1, 2025
(File No. 333-286320).
The above description of the Indenture and the
Notes does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Base Indenture (which was previously filed
by the Company with the SEC) and the Seventh Supplemental Indenture (including the Form of Note included therein), attached as Exhibit
4.1 and referenced as Exhibit 4.2 hereto, respectively, and incorporated herein by reference.
In addition to the specific agreements and arrangements
described above, from time to time, certain of the underwriters of the Notes and/or their respective affiliates have been, and may in
the future be, lenders under the Company’s credit facility and have directly and indirectly engaged, and may engage in the future,
in investment and/or commercial banking transactions with the Company for which they have received, or may receive, customary compensation
and expense reimbursement.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
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Exhibit No. |
Description |
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4.1 |
Seventh Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 12, 2026, by and between the Company and the Trustee |
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4.2 |
Form of Note (included in Exhibit 4.1) |
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5.1 |
Opinion of Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. |
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5.2 |
Opinion of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP |
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23.1 |
Consent of Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. (included in Exhibit 5.1) |
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23.2 |
Consent of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP (included in Exhibit 5.2) |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
duly authorized.
Date: March 12, 2026
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O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. |
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By: |
/s/ Jeremy A. Fletcher |
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Jeremy A. Fletcher |
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Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
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(principal financial and accounting officer) |
