---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000350698-23-000087"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AN"
cik: "0000350698"
company_name: "AUTONATION, INC."
filed_at: "2023-05-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T00:10:45.671336+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AutoNation appoints Thomas Szlosek as EVP & CFO, effective August 7, 2023

## Summary
- Former Avantor/Honeywell CFO Szlosek named EVP & CFO; starts on or about Aug 7, 2023.
- Compensation: $825k base salary, $1M cash sign-on, $1.5M time-based RSUs, $1M performance-based RSUs.
- Joe Lower remains CFO until Szlosek joins, then transitions to lead business transformation.
- Szlosek to oversee Accounting, Treasury, Tax, Audit, IR, Finance Ops, Risk Mgmt, Real Estate.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000350698-23-000087
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AN
- cik: 0000350698
- company_name: AUTONATION, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-05-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/350698/000035069823000087/0000350698-23-000087-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/350698/000035069823000087/an-20230511.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000350698-23-000087
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000350698-23-000087.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000350698-23-000087.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Joseph Lower changed role as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at AUTONATION, INC..
  - Action: transition
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Joseph Lower agreed to continue as the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company until Mr. Szlosek’s first day of employment with the Company, at which time he will transition to a new role overseeing business transformation initiatives for the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/350698/000035069823000087/0000350698-23-000087-index.htm
- Executive change
  Thomas Szlosek was appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at AUTONATION, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: appointed Thomas Szlosek as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective as of the commencement of his employment with the Company, which is expected to be on or about August 7, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/350698/000035069823000087/0000350698-23-000087-index.htm

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