---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001144980-24-000153"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ABG"
cik: "0001144980"
company_name: "ASBURY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP INC"
filed_at: "2024-11-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-29T22:19:35.594652+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Asbury Automotive appoints Shamla Naidoo to Board effective Jan 1, 2025

## Summary
- Shamla Naidoo appointed to Asbury Board effective Jan 1, 2025; brings cybersecurity and tech expertise.
- Naidoo served as VP & Global CISO at IBM (2015-2021) and Head of Cloud Strategy at Netskope (2021-2024).
- Will serve on Audit Committee and Compensation & Human Resources Committee.
- Board expands to ten directors, nine independent; annual equity retainer for non-employee directors increased to $210,000.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001144980-24-000153
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ABG
- cik: 0001144980
- company_name: ASBURY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP INC
- filed_at: 2024-11-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1144980/000114498024000153/0001144980-24-000153-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1144980/000114498024000153/abg-20241114.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001144980-24-000153
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001144980-24-000153.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001144980-24-000153.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Shamla Naidoo was appointed as Director at ASBURY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: appointed Shamla Naidoo to serve as a member of the Board effective January 1, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1144980/000114498024000153/0001144980-24-000153-index.htm

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