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This excerpt taken from the AN DEF 14A filed Apr 5, 2007. Election
of Directors
(Proposal 1)
Our Board of Directors currently consists of ten members. Each
of our current directors was elected by our stockholders at the
Annual Meeting of Stockholders in 2006, except for Carlos A.
Migoya and Robert R. Grusky, who were appointed to the Board
effective June 22, 2006, and Kim C. Goodman, who was
appointed to our Board effective February 5, 2007,
respectively, by our Board of Directors upon the recommendation
of our Nominating Subcommittee, and are standing for election
for the first time. A third party search firm engaged by the
Nominating Subcommittee to identify potential nominees for
director recommended to the Nominating Subcommittee
Ms. Goodman as a nominee for director. Messrs. Grusky
and Migoya were recommended to the Nominating Subcommittee as
nominees for director by an independent director and executive
officer, respectively. Our Board, upon the recommendation of the
Nominating Subcommittee, has nominated the eight persons listed
below to stand for election for a new term expiring at the
Annual Meeting of Stockholders in 2008 or until their successors
are duly elected and qualified. Each of the nominees listed
below is currently serving as a director. Detailed biographical
and other information concerning each nominee for director is
provided on pages 7 and 8 of this Proxy Statement. Each
nominee is willing and able to serve as a director of
AutoNation. As previously announced, Edward S. Lampert, who has
served as one of our Directors since January 2002, has declined
to stand for re-election in order to devote more time to his
duties as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ESL
Investments, Inc. and Chairman of Sears Holdings Corporation.
Additionally, as previously announced, Irene Rosenfeld, who has
served as one of our Directors since March 1999, has declined to
stand for re-election in order to focus her attention on her
duties as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Kraft Foods
Inc.
Our Board of Directors recommends a vote FOR the
election
of each of the nominees for director named above.
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This excerpt taken from the AN DEF 14A filed Apr 28, 2006. Election
of Directors
(Proposal 1)
Our Board of Directors currently consists of eight members. Each
of our current directors was elected by our stockholders at the
Annual Meeting of Stockholders in 2005, except for Michael E.
Maroone, who was appointed to our Board effective July 27,
2005 upon the recommendation of our Corporate Governance
Committee, and is standing for election for the first time. Our
Board, upon the recommendation of the Nominating Subcommittee,
has nominated the seven persons listed below to stand for
election for a new term expiring at the Annual Meeting of
Stockholders in 2007 or until their successors are duly elected
and qualified. Each of the nominees listed below is currently
serving as a director. Detailed biographical and other
information concerning each nominee for director is provided on
pages 7 and 8 of this Proxy Statement. Each nominee is
willing and able to serve as a director of AutoNation. J.P.
Bryan, who has served as one of our Directors since 1991, has
announced that he will retire from our Board on the date of the
Annual Meeting and has, therefore, declined to stand for
re-election.
Our Board of Directors recommends a vote FOR the
election
of each of the nominees for director named above.
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