---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001144980-22-000112"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ABG"
cik: "0001144980"
company_name: "ASBURY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP INC"
filed_at: "2022-03-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T21:36:30.356357+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Asbury Automotive VP, Controller & CAO William Stax to resign effective May 13, 2022

## Summary
- William Stax, Vice President, Controller and CAO, resigns to relocate out of state for family reasons.
- Resignation effective May 13, 2022; no successor named as of filing date.
- Departure is not due to any disagreement with the company's operations or policies.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001144980-22-000112
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ABG
- cik: 0001144980
- company_name: ASBURY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP INC
- filed_at: 2022-03-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1144980/000114498022000112/0001144980-22-000112-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1144980/000114498022000112/abg-20220317.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001144980-22-000112
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001144980-22-000112.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001144980-22-000112.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  William Stax resigned as Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer at ASBURY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP INC.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: On March 17, 2022, Mr. William Stax provided notice of his intention to resign as Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer of Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. effective on May 13, 2022 in order to relocate out of state and be closer to his family.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1144980/000114498022000112/0001144980-22-000112-index.htm

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