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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-061375"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AN"
cik: "0000350698"
company_name: "AUTONATION, INC."
filed_at: "2022-03-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T03:15:36.210925+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AutoNation closes $700M issuance of 3.850% Senior Notes due 2032

## Summary
- Issued $700M aggregate principal of 3.850% Senior Notes due 2032 at 99.835% of par (yield 3.870%).
- Notes mature March 1, 2032; interest payable semi-annually on March 1 and September 1 starting September 1, 2022.
- Underwriters include BofA Securities, J.P. Morgan, Truist, and Wells Fargo.
- Notes are unsecured, structurally subordinated; covenants restrict liens, sale/leaseback, and mergers.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-061375
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AN
- cik: 0000350698
- company_name: AUTONATION, INC.
- filed_at: 2022-03-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/350698/000119312522061375/0001193125-22-061375-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/350698/000119312522061375/d217066d8k.htm

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