SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* ESL INVESTMENTS INC (Last) (First) (Middle) 200 GREENWICH AVENUE (Street) GREENWICH CT 06830 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol AUTOZONE INC [ AZO ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 09/28/2004
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) Form filed by One Reporting Person X Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	09/28/2004		P		43,000	A	$75.215	10,576,625	D(1)(3)(4)
Common Stock	09/30/2004		P		340,000	A	$76.975	10,916,625	D(1)(3)(4)
Common Stock								9,653,460	I(2)(3)(4)	See footnotes

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* ESL INVESTMENTS INC (Last) (First) (Middle) 200 GREENWICH AVENUE (Street) GREENWICH CT 06830 (City) (State) (Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* ESL PARTNERS LP (Last) (First) (Middle) 200 GREENWICH AVENUE (Street) GREENWICH CT 06830 (City) (State) (Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* RBS PARTNERS L P /CT (Last) (First) (Middle) 200 GREENWICH AVENUE (Street) GREENWICH CT 06830 (City) (State) (Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* LAMPERT EDWARD S (Last) (First) (Middle) (Street) (City) (State) (Zip)

Explanation of Responses:

1. These securities are owned by ESL Partners, L.P. ("Partners").

2. Includes (i) 3,683,037 shares held by ESL Investors, L.L.C. ("Investors"), (ii) 71,771 shares held by ESL Institutional Partners, L.P. ("Institutional"), (iii) 5,875,557 shares held by Acres Partners, L.P. ("Acres"), (iv) 19,310 shares held by ESL Investment Management, LLC ("ESLIM") and (v) 3,785 shares held by Edward S. Lampert.

3. This Form 4 is filed on behalf of Partners, ESL Investments, Inc. ("Investments"), RBS Partners, L.P. ("RBS") and Edward S. Lampert. RBS is the general partner of Partners and the manager of Investors. Investments is the general partner of RBS and Acres. RBS Investment Management, LLC ("RBSIM") is the general partner of Institutional. Mr. Lampert is a controlling stockholder of Investments and the managing member of ESLIM and RBSIM.

4. Each of Partners, Institutional, Investors, Acres, ESLIM, Investments, RBS, RBSIM and Mr. Lampert may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the securities reported herein. The total amount of securities reported as beneficially owned by Partners, Institutional, Investors, Acres and ESLIM is greater than Investments' or Mr. Lampert's indirect pecuniary interest in such securities. The total amount of securities reported as beneficially owned by Partners and Investors is greater than RBS' indirect pecuniary interest in such securities. The total amount of securities reported as beneficially owned by Institutional is greater than RBSIM's indirect pecuniary interest in such securities.

	/s/ William C. Crowley, for ESL Investments, Inc.	09/30/2004
	/s/ William C. Crowley, for ESL Partners, L.P.	09/30/2004
	/s/ William C. Crowley, for RBS Partners, L.P.	09/30/2004
	/s/ Edward S. Lampert	09/30/2004
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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