secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     AUTONATION, INC. (AN)
CIK:        0000350698
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-09-22T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000350698-23-000121
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

AutoNation hires Jeff Parent as COO effective Oct 16; Steve Kwak departs
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- Jeff Parent, ex-President of Gulf States Toyota, named COO starting ~Oct 16, 2023.
- Compensation: $800K base salary, $1.5M sign-on cash, $300K sign-on RSUs, annual target RSUs of $1.5M.
- Current COO Steve Kwak leaves on Sept 30, 2023, to pursue another opportunity.
- CEO Mike Manley will cease serving as principal operating officer upon Parent's start.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/350698/000035069823000121/0000350698-23-000121-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/350698/000035069823000121/an-20230918.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000350698-23-000121

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