Springfield, MO, February 25, 2010 – O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (the “Company”) (Nasdaq: ORLY), announced today that Thomas T. Hendrickson, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial and Administrative Officer and Treasurer of The Sports Authority, Inc., has been nominated to the Company’s Board of Directors to serve as an independent director. As previously reported, on May 8, 2009, Mr. Joe C. Greene, an independent Director of the Company’s Board of Directors, died. Based on the recommendation of its Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee, the Company’s Board of Directors nominated Mr. Hendrickson to stand for election as a Class II Director. Mr. Hendrickson will be included on the Company’s 2010 Proxy Statement as a Class II Director candidate for the Board to be elected for a three-year term at the Company's next Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
