---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000350698-21-000137"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AN"
cik: "0000350698"
company_name: "AUTONATION, INC."
filed_at: "2021-09-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T02:26:48.039714+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AutoNation appoints Mike Manley as CEO effective Nov 1, 2021; Jackson retires

## Summary
- Michael Manley appointed CEO and director, effective Nov 1, 2021; current CEO Michael Jackson retires.
- Manley previously Head of Americas at Stellantis, former CEO of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles.
- Employment terms: $1.3M base salary, target annual bonus 200% of base, $7.2M annual LTI, $6.7M RSU inducement, $1.5M cash sign-on.
- Manley joins Board; initial 3-year term with automatic renewal.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000350698-21-000137
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AN
- cik: 0000350698
- company_name: AUTONATION, INC.
- filed_at: 2021-09-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/350698/000035069821000137/0000350698-21-000137-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/350698/000035069821000137/an-20210909.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000350698-21-000137
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000350698-21-000137.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000350698-21-000137.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Michael J. Jackson departed as Chief Executive Officer at AUTONATION, INC..
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Michael J. Jackson, the current Chief Executive Officer of the Company and a member of the Board, will retire from both roles, effective November 1, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/350698/000035069821000137/0000350698-21-000137-index.htm
- Executive change
  Michael Manley was appointed as Chief Executive Officer at AUTONATION, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: appointed Michael Manley as Chief Executive Officer of the Company and as a member of the Board, effective November 1, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/350698/000035069821000137/0000350698-21-000137-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.