Online Guide to AAPEX 2008

"Leadership in a Changing Global Aftermarket"
AAPEX Executive Breakfast, Tuesday, Nov. 4

Join AASA for its AAPEX Executive Breakfast 7 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 4, in Ballrooms B-D at The Venetian and hear the insights of Bill Rhodes, chairman, president and CEO of AutoZone Inc.

Rhodes will be the featured speaker at the fourth annual event offered by AASA on the opening day of AAPEX. The breakfast is sponsored by Ernst & Young.

Steve Handschuh, AASA president and COO, will open the meeting by addressing the state of the aftermarket industry and recent association initiatives. Following Rhodes’ keynote presentation, he and Handschuh will answer questions from the crowd.

Breakfast participants can earn 0.1 CEUs through the University of the Aftermarket towards their AAP or MAAP designation.

Click here to reserve a table or purchase individual tickets online or click here to download a faxback form. Tickets will be mailed in mid-October.

About Bill Rhodes

Bill Rhodes is chairman, president and chief executive officer of AutoZone Inc. Rhodes was named president and CEO of AutoZone on March 13, 2005 and chairman on June 6, 2007.

He has been with the company for more than 13 years and has served in a variety of executive-level roles including executive vice president overseeing store operations and commercial, senior vice president supply chain and information technology, senior vice president supply chain, divisional vice president of stores and senior vice president of finance.

Rhodes, who joined AutoZone in 1994, began his career with Ernst & Young serving in various capacities from 1988 to 1994. He is a graduate of the University of Tennessee at Martin with an accounting degree. He also earned a master of business administration degree from the University of Memphis, and is a certified public accountant (inactive).

Rhodes currently serves on several industry and community boards: Coalition for Auto Repair Equality (CARE), Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA), Memphis Tomorrow (vice chairman), and the National Civil Rights Museum (treasurer).

About AutoZone Inc.

AutoZone is the nation’s leading retailer and a leading distributor of auto parts and accessories with 4,000 stores in 48 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico in the United States and 128 stores in Mexico as of Feb. 9. AutoZone (NYSE:AZO) has been a public company since 1991 and an S&P component since 1996.