SEC Form 4 · accession 0000350698-18-000070

AUTONATION, INC. · AN

Statement of changes in beneficial ownership, as filed. Original on EDGAR ↗

Reporting owner

Officer — Chairman, CEO & President · Director

Period of report

Mar 1, 2018

Accepted (ET)

Mar 5, 2018 · 7:36 pm EST

Rule 10b5-1 plan

unknown — predates the checkbox

Issuer CIK

0000350698

Table I — non-derivative securities

Security	Date	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Owned after	D/I	Nature of ownership
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share^F1	Mar 1, 2018	M	31,287	—	A	145,750	D
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share	Mar 1, 2018	F	14,649	$49.16	D	131,101	D

Security	Conv. / exercise price	Date	Code	Shares	A/D	Exercisable	Expires	Underlying	Underlying shares	Owned after	D/I
Restricted Stock Units^F1,F2	—	Mar 1, 2018	M	31,287	D	—	—	Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share	31,287	93,864	I

F1The restricted stock units converted into shares of AutoNation common stock on a one-for-one basis.
F2The reporting person received a grant of 125,151 restricted stock units on March 1, 2017, subject to stockholder approval of the AutoNation, Inc. 2017 Employee Equity and Incentive Plan, which was obtained on April 19, 2017. The restricted stock units became reportable on February 14, 2018, upon the satisfaction of a performance condition. The restricted stock units vest in 25% annual increments on each of the first four anniversaries of March 1, 2017, subject to continued employment through the applicable vesting date. Each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of AutoNation common stock, or at AutoNation's election, the cash value thereof.