---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001144980-24-000114"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ABG"
cik: "0001144980"
company_name: "ASBURY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP INC"
filed_at: "2024-05-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T19:17:10.090439+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Asbury Automotive stockholders elect all nine director nominees, approve executive compensation and auditor ratification

## Summary
- Nine director nominees elected: Thomas Reddin received 18.70M votes for, others also received over 18.5M; broker non-votes 575,357.
- Advisory vote on named executive officer compensation approved: 18.83M for, 149,610 against, 6,223 abstain.
- Ratification of Ernst & Young as independent auditor for FY2024 approved: 19.46M for, 97,574 against, 3,800 abstain.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001144980-24-000114
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ABG
- cik: 0001144980
- company_name: ASBURY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP INC
- filed_at: 2024-05-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1144980/000114498024000114/0001144980-24-000114-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1144980/000114498024000114/abg-20240514.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 39b62a8f2b087e1985eee2fa8e62d60a3247a95f
  claim: ASBURY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP INC shareholders approved Ratification of Ernst & Young LLP as independent registered public accounting firm at the 2024-05-14 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: Proposal 3 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, 2024 was approved based on the following votes: FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN 19,463,132 97,574 3,800
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1144980/000114498024000114/0001144980-24-000114-index.htm
- claim_id: 524fa5e74e64fd6a67fbf9d5982140183c1ef3f3
  claim: ASBURY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP INC shareholders approved Advisory resolution on compensation of named executive officers at the 2024-05-14 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: Proposal 2 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 18,833,316 149,610 6,223 575,357
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1144980/000114498024000114/0001144980-24-000114-index.htm
- claim_id: 79d9a2b7317cbf24a6b0791e519ccaf45b573fb2
  claim: ASBURY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP INC shareholders approved Election of nine director nominees at the 2024-05-14 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: Proposal 1 The nine director nominees named in the Company's proxy statement were elected, each to hold office until the 2025 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified, based upon the following votes:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1144980/000114498024000114/0001144980-24-000114-index.htm

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