AutoNation (AN)

Fair Value Measurements

In September 2006, the FASB issued an accounting standard that defines fair value and applies to other accounting pronouncements that require or permit fair value measurements and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. This standard was effective for financial assets and liabilities in fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007, and for nonfinancial assets and liabilities in fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2008.

Our adoption of the provisions of this standard on January 1, 2008, with respect to financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value, did not have a material impact on our fair value measurements or our financial statements. Our adoption of the provisions of this standard on January 1, 2009, with respect to nonfinancial assets and liabilities, including the valuation of our reporting units for

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the purpose of assessing goodwill impairment, the valuation of our franchise rights when assessing franchise impairments, the valuation of property and equipment (including property held for sale) when assessing long-lived asset impairment, and the valuation of assets acquired and liabilities assumed in business combinations, did not have a material impact on our fair value measurements or our financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2009. See Note 17 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for disclosures of our fair value measurements.