---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001144980-24-000106"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ABG"
cik: "0001144980"
company_name: "ASBURY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP INC"
filed_at: "2024-04-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T15:14:20.200600+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ABG Chief Legal Officer George Villasana to retire; search for successor underway

## Summary
- George Villasana will retire as SVP, CLO and Secretary effective June 30, 2024.
- He will serve as non-executive Special Advisor from July 1, 2024 to March 31, 2025, receiving $59,133/month.
- Unvested equity awards continue vesting during transition; one-third of 2024 awards accelerate upon expiry subject to covenants.
- Company conducting comprehensive search for successor, considering internal and external candidates.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001144980-24-000106
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ABG
- cik: 0001144980
- company_name: ASBURY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP INC
- filed_at: 2024-04-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1144980/000114498024000106/0001144980-24-000106-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1144980/000114498024000106/abg-20240418.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001144980-24-000106
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001144980-24-000106.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001144980-24-000106.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  George A. Villasana departed as Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary at ASBURY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP INC.
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary
  source text: George A. Villasana, the Company’s Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary will retire from those positions effective June 30, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1144980/000114498024000106/0001144980-24-000106-index.htm

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