secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     AUTONATION, INC. (AN)
CIK:        0000350698
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-04-29T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-26-028353
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

AutoNation shareholders approve 2026 equity plan, elect directors, reject two proposals
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- 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).

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/350698/000162828026028353/0001628280-26-028353-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/350698/000162828026028353/an-20260428.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-028353

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