---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001144980-26-000082"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ABG"
cik: "0001144980"
company_name: "ASBURY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP INC"
filed_at: "2026-05-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-14T22:32:12.990494+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Asbury shareholders remove supermajority vote rules; reject special meeting proposal

## Summary
- Amendment to charter and bylaws replacing 80% supermajority with majority vote approved: 16,612,986 for, 18,028 against.
- All 11 director nominees elected; e.g., Joel Alsfine 16,475,513 for, 157,433 withheld.
- Advisory say-on-pay approved: 16,161,591 for, 467,488 against.
- Ratification of Ernst & Young as auditor for 2026 approved: 17,705,139 for, 95,308 against.
- Stockholder proposal for special meetings rejected: 3,957,359 for, 12,668,959 against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001144980-26-000082
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ABG
- cik: 0001144980
- company_name: ASBURY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP INC
- filed_at: 2026-05-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1144980/000114498026000082/0001144980-26-000082-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1144980/000114498026000082/abg-20260504.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 484b3e9e59882c82e15cd4d0bdab5f9b508da5e2
  claim: ASBURY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP INC: Amended By-Laws to remove supermajority voting requirements by replacing 80% supermajority vote with majority vote in Section 8.01 of Article VIII (effective 2026-05-04).
  evidence_excerpt: (ii) Section 8.01 of Article VIII of the Company’s By-Laws were amended by replacing the 80% supermajority vote requirement with a majority vote requirement.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1144980/000114498026000082/0001144980-26-000082-index.htm
- claim_id: 4e3ad60c3a610c246f90706e87c754037b78b2a2
  claim: ASBURY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP INC: Amended Certificate of Incorporation to remove supermajority voting requirements by replacing 80% supermajority vote with majority vote in Sections 6.04, 8.01, and 9.01 (effective 2026-05-04).
  evidence_excerpt: the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the "Charter") to remove all supermajority voting requirements.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1144980/000114498026000082/0001144980-26-000082-index.htm

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