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This excerpt taken from the AN DEF 14A filed Mar 23, 2009.
What vote is required to elect directors or take other action at the Annual Meeting?
 
In order to be approved, any proposal that comes before the Annual Meeting, including the proposal to elect directors, the proposal to ratify the selection of our independent registered public accounting firm, and each of the stockholder proposals, must receive the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote at the


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Annual Meeting with respect to such proposal. If you mark your proxy or vote instruction card “withhold” with respect to any director or “abstain” with respect to any other proposal, you will effectively be voting against the election of such director or against the approval of such proposal. If your shares are not voted by your brokerage firm or nominee with respect to a particular proposal, or if you direct your proxy holder not to vote all or a portion of your shares with respect to a particular proposal, such shares will not be considered to be present at the Annual Meeting for purposes of considering such proposal and will not be counted.
 
This excerpt taken from the AN DEF 14A filed Mar 27, 2008.
What vote is required to elect directors or take other action at the Annual Meeting?
 
In order to be approved, any proposal that comes before the Annual Meeting, including the proposal to elect directors, the proposal to ratify the selection of our independent registered public accounting firm, the proposal to approve the AutoNation, Inc. 2008 Employee Equity and Incentive Plan, and each of the stockholder proposals, must receive the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares present and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting with respect to such proposal. If you mark your proxy or vote instruction card “withhold” with respect to any director or “abstain” with respect to any other proposal, you will effectively be voting against the election of such director or against the approval of such proposal. If your shares are not voted by your brokerage firm or nominee with respect to a particular proposal, or if you direct your proxy holder not to vote all or a portion of your shares with respect to a particular proposal, such shares will not be considered to be present at the Annual Meeting for purposes of considering such proposal and will not be counted.
 
This excerpt taken from the AN DEF 14A filed Apr 5, 2007.
What vote is required to elect directors or take other action at the Annual Meeting?
 
In order to be approved, any proposal that comes before the Annual Meeting, including the proposal to elect directors, the proposal to ratify the appointment of our independent auditor, the proposal to approve the AutoNation, Inc. 2007 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan and AutoNation, Inc. Senior Executive Incentive Bonus Plan and the stockholder proposal, must receive the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares present and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting with respect to such proposal. If you mark your proxy or vote instruction card “withhold” with respect to any director or “abstain” with respect to any other proposal, you will effectively be voting against the election of such director or the approval of such proposal. If your shares are not voted by your brokerage firm or nominee with respect to a particular proposal, or if you direct your proxy holder not to vote all or a portion of your shares with respect to a particular proposal, such shares will not be considered to be present at the Annual Meeting for purposes of considering such proposal and will not be counted.
 
This excerpt taken from the AN DEF 14A filed Apr 28, 2006.
What vote is required to elect directors or take other action at the Annual Meeting?
 
In order to be approved, any proposal that comes before the Annual Meeting must receive the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares present and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting with respect to such proposal. If you mark your proxy or vote instruction card “withhold” with respect to any director or “abstain” with respect to any other proposal, you will effectively be voting against the election of such director or the approval of such proposal. If your shares are not voted by your brokerage firm or nominee with respect to a particular proposal, or if you direct your proxy holder not to vote all or a portion of your shares with respect to a particular proposal, such shares will not be considered to be present at the Annual Meeting for purposes of considering such proposal and will not be counted.
 
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