---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001144980-23-000109"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ABG"
cik: "0001144980"
company_name: "ASBURY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP INC"
filed_at: "2023-05-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T03:34:58.575474+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Asbury Automotive stockholders elect all nine director nominees, approve say-on-pay and auditor ratification

## Summary
- Nine directors elected with vote totals ranging from 19,768,275 to 20,149,161 for; broker non-votes of 711,197 on each.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation passed with 20,076,298 for, 125,654 against, 4,735 abstain.
- Advisory vote on frequency: 1-year option received 19,666,263 votes; company will hold annual say-on-pay votes.
- Ratification of Ernst & Young as auditor for FY2023 approved with 20,849,511 for, 65,113 against, 3,260 abstain.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001144980-23-000109
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ABG
- cik: 0001144980
- company_name: ASBURY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP INC
- filed_at: 2023-05-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1144980/000114498023000109/0001144980-23-000109-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1144980/000114498023000109/abg-20230509.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  ASBURY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP INC shareholders approved Advisory resolution on the compensation of the Company's named executive officers at the 2023-05-09 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-09
  source text: The proposal to approve an advisory resolution on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers was approved based on the following votes: FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN BROKER NON-VOTES 20,076,298 125,654 4,735 711,197
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1144980/000114498023000109/0001144980-23-000109-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ASBURY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP INC shareholders approved Advisory vote on the frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation at the 2023-05-09 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-09
  source text: The "1 year" option for the advisory vote on the frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation was approved based on the following votes: 1 YEAR 2 YEAR 3 YEAR ABSTAIN BROKER NON-VOTES 19,666,263 13,730 522,933 4,735 711,197
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1144980/000114498023000109/0001144980-23-000109-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ASBURY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP INC shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2023 at the 2023-05-09 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-09
  source text: The proposal to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2023 was approved based on the following votes: FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN 20,849,511 65,113 3,260
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1144980/000114498023000109/0001144980-23-000109-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ASBURY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP INC shareholders approved Election of nine director nominees named in the proxy statement at the 2023-05-09 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-09
  source text: The nine director nominees named in the Company's proxy statement were elected, each to hold office until the 2024 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified, based upon the following votes: NOMINEE FOR WITHHELD BROKER NON-VOTES Thomas J. Reddin 20,061,178 145,509 711,197 Joel Alsfine 20,127,164 79,523 711,197 William D. Fay 20,149,161 57,526 711,197 David W. Hult 20,149,136 57,551 711,197 Juanita T. James 19,768,275 438,412 711,197 Philip F. Maritz 20,000,163 206,524 711,197 Maureen F. Morrison 20,110,417 96,270 711,197 Bridget Ryan-Berman 20,115,107 91,580 711,197 Hilliard C. Terry, III 20,143,120 63,567 711,197
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1144980/000114498023000109/0001144980-23-000109-index.htm

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