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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-028353"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AN"
cik: "0000350698"
company_name: "AUTONATION, INC."
filed_at: "2026-04-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T02:30:15.651101+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AutoNation shareholders approve 2026 equity plan, elect directors, reject two proposals

## Summary
- Stockholders approved 2026 equity plan (29.1M for, 330.8K against); plan provides 1,275,000 new shares plus 883,316 carryover.
- All nine director nominees elected; Claire Bennett received most 'for' votes (29.3M), Jacqueline Travisano least (28.3M).
- Say-on-pay approved (27.8M for, 1.6M against); KPMG ratified as auditor for 2026 (31.5M for).
- Stockholder proposal for independent board chairman defeated (1.8M for, 27.6M against).
- Stockholder proposal for GHG emissions report defeated (4.4M for, 24.4M against).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-028353
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AN
- cik: 0000350698
- company_name: AUTONATION, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-04-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/350698/000162828026028353/0001628280-26-028353-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/350698/000162828026028353/an-20260428.htm

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