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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May&nbsp;24, 2007</B></DIV>


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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>AutoNation, Inc.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>110
S.E.
6</B><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"><B>th</B></SUP>
<b>Street<BR>
Fort Lauderdale, Florida<BR>
33301</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)<BR>
(Zip Code)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>2007 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan</B><BR>
(Full Title of the Plan)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Jonathan P. Ferrando, Esq.<BR>
110 S.E.
6</B><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"><B>th</B></SUP> Street<BR>
<b>Fort Lauderdale, Florida<BR>
33301</B><BR>
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>With a copy to:</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Jonathan L. Awner, Esq.<BR>
Akerman Senterfitt<BR>
One Southeast Third Avenue,
25</B><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"><B>th</B></SUP>
<b>Floor<BR>
Miami, Florida 33131<BR>
(305)&nbsp;374-5600</B></DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">2,000,000</TD>
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    <TD align="CENTER" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$21.39<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(1)(2)</SUP></TD>
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<TD align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$42,780,000<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(1)(2)</SUP></TD>
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    <TD>Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), based upon the average of the high and low sales prices
per share of the Registrant&#146;s common stock reported on the New
York Stock Exchange on May 21, 2007, and the maximum number of shares of common stock currently issuable pursuant to the
AutoNation, Inc. 2007 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;).<BR></TD>
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    <TD>Also registered hereby are such additional and indeterminate number of shares
of common stock as may become issuable under the Plan as a result of adjustments resulting from
certain events of recapitalization as provided for in the Plan.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>The registration statement will become effective upon filing in accordance with Rule&nbsp;462(a) under the Securities Act.</B></DIV>


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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART I</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Information required by Item&nbsp;1 to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from
this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule&nbsp;428 under the Securities Act and the Note to
Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8. This information will be sent or given to all persons who participate in the
Plan as specified by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) of the Securities Act. This information and the documents
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item&nbsp;3 of Part&nbsp;II of this
Registration Statement, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the
Securities Act.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART II</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;)
by AutoNation, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:
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    <TD>The Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2006,
filed with the Commission on February&nbsp;28, 2007;</TD>
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    <TD>The Company&#146;s Proxy Statement for the Company&#146;s Annual Meeting of Shareholders
held on May&nbsp;9, 2007, filed with the Commission on April&nbsp;5, 2007;</TD>
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    <TD>The Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March
31, 2007, filed with the Commission on April&nbsp;27, 2007;</TD>
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    <TD>The Company&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on January
5, 2007, February&nbsp;8, 2007, March&nbsp;21, 2007, and March&nbsp;26, 2007;</TD>
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    <TD>The Company&#146;s description of its common stock contained in its Registration
Statement on Form 8-A, filed with the Commission on June&nbsp;17, 1997; and</TD>
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    <TD>All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, from the date of filing of such documents,
before the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which
indicates that all securities offered hereunder have been sold or which deregisters all
securities then remaining unsold.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the
extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document, which also is
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, modifies or supersedes such
statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Not applicable.
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    <TD><B>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B></TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The legality of the shares of Common Stock registered hereby has been passed upon for the Company
by Akerman Senterfitt, Miami, Florida. As of the date of this Registration Statement, certain
attorneys employed by Akerman Senterfitt beneficially own shares of the Company&#146;s Common Stock.
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    <TD><B>Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B></TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company&#146;s Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that no
director of the Company shall be personally liable to the Company or its stockholders for monetary
damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (i)&nbsp;for any breach by a
director of the duty of loyalty to the Company or its stockholders, (ii)&nbsp;for acts or omissions not
in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii)&nbsp;for
unlawful payments of dividends, or for unlawful stock purchases or redemptions, or (iv)&nbsp;for any
transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Certificate of Incorporation further provides that the Board of Directors shall have all
powers and authority which may be granted to a board of directors of a corporation under the
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the &#147;Act&#148;) to provide indemnification for
directors, officers, employees, and/or agents of the Company to the fullest extent permitted by
law, subject however, to the rules against limitation on liability of directors as set forth in
Section&nbsp;102 of the Act, as amended from time to time.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Article&nbsp;VII of the Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Company (the &#147;Bylaws&#148;) provides that
the Company shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to
any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the Company) by reason
of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the Company, or is or was a
director or officer of the Company serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer,
employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan
or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines and amounts
paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action,
suit or proceeding if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably
believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company, and with respect to any
criminal action or proceeding, such person had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was
unlawful. The termination of an action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement,
conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a
presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which such person reasonably
believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company, and with respect to any
criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Bylaws provide that the Company&#146;s obligation to indemnify directors and officers of the
Company applies to actions brought by or in the right of the Company as well, but only to the
extent of defense and settlement expenses and not to any satisfaction of a judgment or settlement
of the claim itself, and with the further limitation that in such actions no indemnification shall
be made (i)&nbsp;unless the indemnified person acted in good faith and in a manner such person
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company or (ii)&nbsp;in the
event such person seeking indemnity was adjudged to be liable to the Company, unless the court, in
its discretion, believes that in light of all the circumstances indemnification should nonetheless
apply.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Bylaws provide that the Company, to the extent authorized from time to time by the board
of directors, provide rights of indemnification and to the advancement of expenses to employees and
agents of the Company similar to those rights conferred to directors and officers of the Company
under Article&nbsp;VII.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Bylaws provide that any decision as to indemnification, unless ordered by a court, shall
be made: (a)&nbsp;by a majority vote of the directors who are not parties to such action, suit or
proceeding (&#147;disinterested directors&#148;), even though less than a quorum; (b)&nbsp;by a committee of
disinterested directors designated by a majority vote of all disinterested directors, even though
less than a quorum; (c)&nbsp;if there are no such disinterested directors, or if such directors so
direct, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion; or (d)&nbsp;by the stockholders. However, the
Bylaws provide that a present or former director or officer of the Company who has been successful
on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding for which indemnification
would be appropriate as described above shall be indemnified without the necessity of authorization
in the specific case.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Bylaws provide that the Company shall pay expenses incurred by an officer or director in
defending a civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding in advance
of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by such
person to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled
to indemnification. Indemnification pursuant to these provisions is not exclusive of any other
rights to which those seeking indemnification may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of
stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise and shall continue as to a person who has
ceased to be a director or officer.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a
director or officer of the Company. Under an insurance policy maintained by the Company, the
directors and officers of the Company are insured, within the limits and subject to the limitations
of the policy, against certain expenses in connection with the defense of certain claims, actions,
suits or proceedings, and certain liabilities which might be imposed as a result of such claims,
actions, suits or proceedings, which may be brought against them by reason of being or having been
such directors or officers.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted
to directors, officers or persons controlling the Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, the
Company has been advised that, in the opinion of the Commission, such indemnification is against
public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-top: 12pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; background: transparent; color: #000000">
<TR>
    <TD width="3%"></TD>
    <TD width="1%"></TD>
    <TD></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Item&nbsp;7.</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="margin-top: 12pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; background: transparent; color: #000000">
<TR>
    <TD width="3%"></TD>
    <TD width="1%"></TD>
    <TD></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Item&nbsp;8.</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>Exhibits.</B></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
</DIV>
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    <TD width="8%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="87%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Exhibit No.</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Description</B></TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of AutoNation, Inc.
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to AutoNation&#146;s Quarterly Report on
Form&nbsp;10-Q for the three and six months ended June&nbsp;30, 1999, filed on August&nbsp;13,
1999).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Bylaws of AutoNation, Inc. (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to AutoNation&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K, filed on December&nbsp;15,
2000).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Akerman Senterfitt.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">10.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">The AutoNation, Inc. 2007 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.17 to AutoNation&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K, for the
year ended December&nbsp;31, 2006, filed on February&nbsp;28, 2007).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Akerman Senterfitt (Included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of KPMG LLP.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included in the signature pages to this Registration Statement).</TD>
</TR>
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<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; background: transparent; color: #000000">
<TR>
    <TD width="3%"></TD>
    <TD width="1%"></TD>
    <TD></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Item&nbsp;9.</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>Undertakings.</B></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">(i)&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of
1933;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">(ii)&nbsp;To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective
date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in
the information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total
dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and
any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may
be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule
424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than
a 20&nbsp;percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
&#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective registration statement;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">(iii)&nbsp;To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution
not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to
such information in the registration statement;
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) will not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is
contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to
Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference
in the Registration Statement.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933,
each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">(3)&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">(4)&nbsp;That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s
annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">(5)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may
be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to
the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion
of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of
expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in
the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director,
officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the
Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, AutoNation, Inc.
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement on Form S-8 to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Fort Lauderdale, State of
Florida, on May 24, 2007.
</DIV>


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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">AUTONATION, INC.<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Michael J. Jackson</FONT>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Michael J. Jackson&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints Michael J. Jackson and Jonathan P. Ferrando his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and
agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments to this Registration Statement, and
to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact full power and authority to
do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact or his substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by
the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
</DIV>

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    <TD width="36%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="37%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Signature</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Title(s)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Date</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Michael J. Jackson</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Michael J. Jackson</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center">
Chairman of the Board and Chief
Executive <br>Officer (Principal
Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May 24, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Michael J. Short</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Michael J. Short</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center">
Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial <br>Officer (Principal
Financial Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May 24, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Michael J. Stephan</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Michael J. Stephan</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center">
Vice President &#151; Corporate Controller<br>(Principal Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May 24, 2007</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Robert J. Brown</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Robert J. Brown</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="BOTTOM">May 24, 2007</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Rick L. Burdick</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Rick L. Burdick</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="BOTTOM">May 24, 2007</TD>
</TR>


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    <TD align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">William C. Crowley</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
William C. Crowley</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="BOTTOM">May 24, 2007</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Kim C. Goodman</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Kim C. Goodman</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="BOTTOM">May 24, 2007</TD>
</TR>


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    <TD align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Robert R. Grusky</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Robert R. Grusky</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="BOTTOM">May 24, 2007</TD>
</TR>


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    <TD align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Michael E. Maroone</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Michael E. Maroone</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="BOTTOM">May 24, 2007</TD>
</TR>



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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Carlos A. Migoya</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Carlos A. Migoya</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="BOTTOM">May 24, 2007</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX</B>
</DIV>

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</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Exhibit No.</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Description</B></TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Akerman Senterfitt</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Akerman Senterfitt (Included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of KPMG LLP.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included in the signature pages to this Registration Statement).</TD>
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AutoNation, Inc.
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 24, 2007
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
AutoNation, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
73-1105145
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
110
S.E.
6
th
Street
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
33301
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
2007 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Jonathan P. Ferrando, Esq.
110 S.E.
6
th
Street
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
33301
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
With a copy to:
Jonathan L. Awner, Esq.
Akerman Senterfitt
One Southeast Third Avenue,
25
th
Floor
Miami, Florida 33131
(305) 374-5600
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Each Class
Proposed Maximum
of Securities to be
Amount to be
Proposed Maximum Offering
Aggregate Offering
Amount of
Registered
Registered
Price Per Share
Price
Registration Fee
Common Stock
2,000,000
$21.39
(1)(2)
$42,780,000
(1)(2)
$1,313.35
(1)
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Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), based upon the average of the high and low sales prices
per share of the Registrant's common stock reported on the New
York Stock Exchange on May 21, 2007, and the maximum number of shares of common stock currently issuable pursuant to the
AutoNation, Inc. 2007 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan (the "Plan").
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Also registered hereby are such additional and indeterminate number of shares
of common stock as may become issuable under the Plan as a result of adjustments resulting from
certain events of recapitalization as provided for in the Plan.
The registration statement will become effective upon filing in accordance with Rule 462(a) under the Securities Act.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Information required by Item 1 to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from
this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act and the Note to
Part I of Form S-8. This information will be sent or given to all persons who participate in the
Plan as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act. This information and the documents
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this
Registration Statement, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the
Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission")
by AutoNation, Inc. (the "Company") pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the "Exchange Act"), are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:
1)
The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006,
filed with the Commission on February 28, 2007;
2)
The Company's Proxy Statement for the Company's Annual Meeting of Shareholders
held on May 9, 2007, filed with the Commission on April 5, 2007;
3)
The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March
31, 2007, filed with the Commission on April 27, 2007;
4)
The Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on January
5, 2007, February 8, 2007, March 21, 2007, and March 26, 2007;
5)
The Company's description of its common stock contained in its Registration
Statement on Form 8-A, filed with the Commission on June 17, 1997; and
6)
All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, from the date of filing of such documents,
before the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which
indicates that all securities offered hereunder have been sold or which deregisters all
securities then remaining unsold.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the
extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document, which also is
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, modifies or supersedes such
statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4.
Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
The legality of the shares of Common Stock registered hereby has been passed upon for the Company
by Akerman Senterfitt, Miami, Florida. As of the date of this Registration Statement, certain
attorneys employed by Akerman Senterfitt beneficially own shares of the Company's Common Stock.
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Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The Company's Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that no
director of the Company shall be personally liable to the Company or its stockholders for monetary
damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (i) for any breach by a
director of the duty of loyalty to the Company or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not
in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) for
unlawful payments of dividends, or for unlawful stock purchases or redemptions, or (iv) for any
transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.
The Certificate of Incorporation further provides that the Board of Directors shall have all
powers and authority which may be granted to a board of directors of a corporation under the
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the "Act") to provide indemnification for
directors, officers, employees, and/or agents of the Company to the fullest extent permitted by
law, subject however, to the rules against limitation on liability of directors as set forth in
Section 102 of the Act, as amended from time to time.
Article VII of the Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Company (the "Bylaws") provides that
the Company shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to
any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the Company) by reason
of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the Company, or is or was a
director or officer of the Company serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer,
employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan
or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts
paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action,
suit or proceeding if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably
believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company, and with respect to any
criminal action or proceeding, such person had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was
unlawful. The termination of an action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement,
conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a
presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which such person reasonably
believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company, and with respect to any
criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.
The Bylaws provide that the Company's obligation to indemnify directors and officers of the
Company applies to actions brought by or in the right of the Company as well, but only to the
extent of defense and settlement expenses and not to any satisfaction of a judgment or settlement
of the claim itself, and with the further limitation that in such actions no indemnification shall
be made (i) unless the indemnified person acted in good faith and in a manner such person
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company or (ii) in the
event such person seeking indemnity was adjudged to be liable to the Company, unless the court, in
its discretion, believes that in light of all the circumstances indemnification should nonetheless
apply.
The Bylaws provide that the Company, to the extent authorized from time to time by the board
of directors, provide rights of indemnification and to the advancement of expenses to employees and
agents of the Company similar to those rights conferred to directors and officers of the Company
under Article VII.
The Bylaws provide that any decision as to indemnification, unless ordered by a court, shall
be made: (a) by a majority vote of the directors who are not parties to such action, suit or
proceeding ("disinterested directors"), even though less than a quorum; (b) by a committee of
disinterested directors designated by a majority vote of all disinterested directors, even though
less than a quorum; (c) if there are no such disinterested directors, or if such directors so
direct, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion; or (d) by the stockholders. However, the
Bylaws provide that a present or former director or officer of the Company who has been successful
on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding for which indemnification
would be appropriate as described above shall be indemnified without the necessity of authorization
in the specific case.
The Bylaws provide that the Company shall pay expenses incurred by an officer or director in
defending a civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding in advance
of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by such
person to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled
to indemnification. Indemnification pursuant to these provisions is not exclusive of any other
rights to which those seeking indemnification may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of
stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise and shall continue as to a person who has
ceased to be a director or officer.
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The Company may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a
director or officer of the Company. Under an insurance policy maintained by the Company, the
directors and officers of the Company are insured, within the limits and subject to the limitations
of the policy, against certain expenses in connection with the defense of certain claims, actions,
suits or proceedings, and certain liabilities which might be imposed as a result of such claims,
actions, suits or proceedings, which may be brought against them by reason of being or having been
such directors or officers.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted
to directors, officers or persons controlling the Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, the
Company has been advised that, in the opinion of the Commission, such indemnification is against
public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.
Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits.
Exhibit No.
Description
4.1
Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of AutoNation, Inc.
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to AutoNation's Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q for the three and six months ended June 30, 1999, filed on August 13,
1999).
4.2
Amended and Restated Bylaws of AutoNation, Inc. (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.2 to AutoNation's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on December 15,
2000).
5.1
Opinion of Akerman Senterfitt.
10.1
The AutoNation, Inc. 2007 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.17 to AutoNation's Annual Report on Form 10-K, for the
year ended December 31, 2006, filed on February 28, 2007).
23.1
Consent of Akerman Senterfitt (Included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2
Consent of KPMG LLP.
24.1
Power of Attorney (included in the signature pages to this Registration Statement).
Item 9.
Undertakings.
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of
1933;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective
date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in
the information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total
dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and
any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may
be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule
424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than
a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
"Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement;
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution
not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to
such information in the registration statement;
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provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) will not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is
contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to
Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference
in the Registration Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933,
each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(4) That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's
annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(5) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may
be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to
the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion
of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of
expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in
the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director,
officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the
Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, AutoNation, Inc.
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement on Form S-8 to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Fort Lauderdale, State of
Florida, on May 24, 2007.
AUTONATION, INC.
By:
/s/
Michael J. Jackson
Name:
Michael J. Jackson
Title:
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints Michael J. Jackson and Jonathan P. Ferrando his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and
agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments to this Registration Statement, and
to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact full power and authority to
do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact or his substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by
the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature
Title(s)
Date
/s/
Michael J. Jackson
Michael J. Jackson
Chairman of the Board and Chief
Executive
Officer (Principal
Executive Officer)
May 24, 2007
/s/
Michael J. Short
Michael J. Short
Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial
Officer (Principal
Financial Officer)
May 24, 2007
/s/
Michael J. Stephan
Michael J. Stephan
Vice President — Corporate Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
May 24, 2007
/s/
Robert J. Brown
Robert J. Brown
Director
May 24, 2007
/s/
Rick L. Burdick
Rick L. Burdick
Director
May 24, 2007
/s/
William C. Crowley
William C. Crowley
Director
May 24, 2007
/s/
Kim C. Goodman
Kim C. Goodman
Director
May 24, 2007
/s/
Robert R. Grusky
Robert R. Grusky
Director
May 24, 2007
/s/
Michael E. Maroone
Michael E. Maroone
Director
May 24, 2007
/s/
Carlos A. Migoya
Carlos A. Migoya
Director
May 24, 2007
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description
5.1
Opinion of Akerman Senterfitt
23.1
Consent of Akerman Senterfitt (Included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2
Consent of KPMG LLP.
24.1
Power of Attorney (included in the signature pages to this Registration Statement).
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