--- schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1" accession: "0000350698-23-000079" form_type: "8-K" ticker: "AN" cik: "0000350698" company_name: "AUTONATION, INC." filed_at: "2023-04-20T23:59:59+00:00" generated_at: "2026-06-16T22:52:03.735186+00:00" event_type: "other" sentiment: "neutral" materiality_score: 0.1 calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1 confidence: "high" source: SEC EDGAR --- # AutoNation annual meeting: all directors elected, say-on-pay approved, severance proposal rejected ## Summary - All eight director nominees elected; votes ranged from 37.7M to 40.7M for, broker non-votes ~2.36M. - KPMG ratified as auditor with 42.8M for, 0.76M against. - Executive compensation approved on advisory basis: 40.6M for, 0.59M against. - Preferred frequency for future say-on-pay votes set to 1 year (29.9M votes). - Stockholder proposal on ratification of severance arrangements rejected: 1.85M for, 39.3M against. ## SEC filing metadata - accession: 0000350698-23-000079 - form_type: 8-K - ticker: AN - cik: 0000350698 - company_name: AUTONATION, INC. - filed_at: 2023-04-20T23:59:59+00:00 - event_type: other - sentiment: neutral - materiality_score: 0.1 - calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1 - confidence: high - sec_items: 5.07 - EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/350698/000035069823000079/0000350698-23-000079-index.htm - EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/350698/000035069823000079/an-20230419.htm ## Machine-readable alternates - HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000350698-23-000079 - JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000350698-23-000079.json - Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000350698-23-000079.txt ## Key facts - Shareholder Votes AUTONATION, INC. shareholders approved Advisory vote on frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation at the 2023-04-19 meeting. - Proposal: say on pay frequency - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-04-19 source text: The option “1 Year” received the most votes as the preferred frequency for future advisory votes on executive compensation (“Proposal 4”). Proposal 4 received the following votes: 1 Year 2 Years 3 Years Abstain Broker Non-Votes 29,925,641 62,578 11,104,698 132,987 2,362,388 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/350698/000035069823000079/0000350698-23-000079-index.htm - Shareholder Votes AUTONATION, INC. shareholders approved Ratification of KPMG LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for 2023 at the 2023-04-19 meeting. - Proposal: auditor ratification - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-04-19 source text: The proposal to ratify the selection of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2023 was approved based upon the following votes: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 42,783,643 759,472 45,177 N/A evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/350698/000035069823000079/0000350698-23-000079-index.htm - Shareholder Votes AUTONATION, INC. shareholders approved Election of eight director nominees at the 2023-04-19 meeting. - Proposal: director election - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-04-19 source text: The eight director nominees 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 Rick L. Burdick 39,808,716 1,373,708 43,480 2,362,388 David B. Edelson 40,211,721 970,813 43,370 2,362,388 Robert R. Grusky 39,510,203 1,671,957 43,744 2,362,388 Norman K. Jenkins 40,709,244 445,217 71,443 2,362,388 Lisa Lutoff-Perlo 40,204,347 950,293 71,264 2,362,388 Michael Manley 40,530,181 643,502 52,221 2,362,388 G. Mike Mikan 40,248,777 934,142 42,985 2,362,388 Jacqueline A. Travisano 37,709,779 3,471,786 44,339 2,362,388 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/350698/000035069823000079/0000350698-23-000079-index.htm - Shareholder Votes AUTONATION, INC. shareholders rejected Stockholder proposal regarding stockholder ratification of severance arrangements at the 2023-04-19 meeting. - Proposal: auditor ratification - Outcome: failed - Meeting: 2023-04-19 source text: The stockholder proposal regarding stockholder ratification of severance arrangements was not approved based upon the following votes: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 1,848,469 39,270,455 106,980 2,362,388 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/350698/000035069823000079/0000350698-23-000079-index.htm - Shareholder Votes AUTONATION, INC. shareholders approved Advisory resolution on executive compensation at the 2023-04-19 meeting. - Proposal: say on pay - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-04-19 source text: The proposal to approve, on an advisory basis, the resolution on executive compensation was approved based upon the following votes: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 40,559,838 587,894 78,172 2,362,388 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/350698/000035069823000079/0000350698-23-000079-index.htm This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. 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