WATSON DON W 4

4 · CSK AUTO CORP · Filed Jan 23, 2004

Form 4

Period: 2004-01-21

Senior Vice President - CFO

Transactions

Exercise/Conversion
Non-Qualified Stock Option
2004-01-21$18.97/sh+3,500$66,395→ 2,710 total
Exercise: $12.04Exp: 2005-01-21→ Common Stock (3,500 underlying)
Exercise/Conversion
Common Stock
2004-01-21$12.04/sh+3,500$42,140→ 14,269 total
Sale
Common Stock
2004-01-21$18.97/sh−3,500$66,395→ 10,769 total

Holdings

Non-Qualified Stock Option
Exercise: $12.04From: 1999-04-30Exp: 2009-04-30→ Common Stock (1,202 underlying)
1,202
Non-Qualified Stock Option
Exercise: $9.87Exp: 2009-05-05→ Common Stock (17,500 underlying)
17,500
Non-Qualified Stock Option
Exercise: $12.04From: 2000-04-30Exp: 2010-04-30→ Common Stock (2,225 underlying)
2,225
Non-Qualified Stock Option
Exercise: $12.04From: 2001-04-30Exp: 2008-05-31→ Common Stock (2,005 underlying)
2,005
Non-Qualified Stock Option
Exercise: $14.00Exp: 2007-01-21→ Common Stock (9,150 underlying)
9,150
Non-Qualified Stock Option
Exercise: $11.00Exp: 2009-02-09→ Common Stock (12,200 underlying)
12,200

Footnotes (6)

[F1]Exercise and sale of 3,500 stock options. A portion of the proceeds from the sale will be used to pay off Mr. Watson's outstanding loan to the Company in connection with the Company's Senior Executive Stock Loan Plan, which permitted the Company to extend loans to program participants for the purchase of shares of the Company's common stock on the open market pursuant to the terms of the plan documents.
[F2]Includes 1,624 shares of common stock held in the common stock fund of the Company's 401(k) Plan.
[F3]Grant of 6,210 non-qualified stock options that became effective on December 22, 1997. This option became exercisable upon vesting, of which 84% of the option vested in three equal installments on the second, third and fourth anniversaries of the date of the grant, and the remaining 16% vested over the same period based on achieving certain operationg results.
[F4]This option vests and becomes exercisable in three equal installments beginning 1/30/2001.
[F5]This option vests and becomes exercisable at a rate of 34% on 12/31/1999, 33% on 12/31/2000, and 33% on 12/31/2001.
[F6]This option vests and becomes exercisable at a rate of 34% on 4/5/2003, 33% on 4/5/2004, and 33% on 4/5/2005.

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