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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) April 19, 2018
 
AutoNation, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
  
Delaware
 
1-13107   
 
73-1105145
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
 
(Commission     
File Number)     
 
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
200 SW 1st Ave
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code (954) 769-6000
 
(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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):
 
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
 
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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On April 19, 2018, AutoNation, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders voted on the following three proposals and cast their votes as set forth below.
Proposal 1
The ten director nominees named in the Company’s proxy statement were elected, each for a term expiring at the next Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their successors are duly elected and qualified, based upon the following votes:
Nominee
For
Against
Abstain
Broker
Non-Votes
Mike Jackson
80,519,966

466,619

108,262

4,941,388

Rick L. Burdick
78,502,628

2,584,655

7,564

4,941,388

Tomago Collins
80,649,074

417,230

28,543

4,941,388

David B. Edelson
80,905,087

160,632

29,128

4,941,388

Robert R. Grusky
80,735,331

351,909

7,607

4,941,388

Kaveh Khosrowshahi
80,629,080

437,397

28,370

4,941,388

Michael Larson
79,139,849

1,926,578

28,420

4,941,388

G. Mike Mikan
80,920,481

146,137

28,229

4,941,388

Alison H. Rosenthal
80,666,171

400,166

28,510

4,941,388

Jacqueline A. Travisano
80,682,333

405,036

7,478

4,941,388

Proposal 2
The proposal to ratify the selection of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2018 was approved based upon the following votes:
For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
85,577,832
444,204
14,199
N/A
Proposal 3
The stockholder proposal regarding an independent Board chairman was not approved based upon the following votes:
For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
23,067,970
57,988,221
38,656
4,941,388
Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
On April 20, 2018, the Company issued a press release announcing that the Company’s stockholders elected Dr. Jacqueline A. Travisano to the Company’s Board of Directors. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
The information furnished pursuant to this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities under that Section and shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
99.1    Press Release of AutoNation, Inc. dated April 20, 2018.





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.

 
 
 
AUTONATION, INC.
 
 
 
 
 
Date:
April 20, 2018
 
By:
/s/ C. Coleman Edmunds
 
 
 
 
C. Coleman Edmunds
 
 
 
 
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary