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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May&nbsp;8, 2008</DIV>

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    <TD align="right" valign="top">Registration No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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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: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE<BR>
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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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Delaware</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>73-1105145</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>110 S.E. 6th Street</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Fort Lauderdale, Florida</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>33301</B></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>AutoNation, Inc. 2008 Employee Equity and Incentive 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. 6th Street<BR>
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301</B><BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>(954)&nbsp;769-6000</B><BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</DIV>

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

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Jonathan L. Awner, Esq.<BR>
Akerman Senterfitt<BR>
One Southeast Third Avenue, 25th Floor<BR>
Miami, Florida 33131<BR>
(305)&nbsp;374-5600</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer,
a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.
See the definitions of &#147;large
accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):</DIV>






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Large accelerated filer
<FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Accelerated filer
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&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Non-accelerated filer
<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Smaller reporting company
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></DIV>

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<TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, par
value $0.01 per
share</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">12,000,000(1)</TD>
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<TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$16.30(2)</TD>
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<TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$195,600,000</TD>
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<TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$7,687.08</TD>
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    <TD>In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933 (&#147;Securities Act&#148;),
this Registration Statement also covers any additional shares of the
Registrant&#146;s common stock that become issuable under the
AutoNation, Inc. 2008 Employee Equity and Incentive Plan (the
&#147;Plan&#148;) by reason of any stock dividend, stock split,
recapitalization or other similar transaction.</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee and, pursuant to Rules
457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities Act, based upon the average of the high and low sales
prices per share of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange
on May&nbsp;6, 2008 and the maximum number of shares of common stock currently issuable
pursuant to the Plan.</TD>
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the Securities Act.</B>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The document(s) containing the information required by Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8 will be sent or given to
participants as specified by Rule&nbsp;428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities
Act&#148;). In accordance with Rule&nbsp;428 and the requirements of Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8, such documents are
not being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) either as part of
this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424 under
the Securities Act.
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><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, which have previously been 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 fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2007, filed
with the Commission on February&nbsp;28, 2008;</TD>
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    <TD>The Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2008,
filed with the Commission on April&nbsp;25, 2008;</TD>
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    <TD>The Company&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the
Commission on February&nbsp;8, 2008 and May&nbsp;8, 2008; and</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.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">In addition, all documents filed with the Commission by the Company pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a),
13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement and
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates
that all securities offered hereby have been sold, or which deregisters all securities then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement
and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
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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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<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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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The
Company&#146;s Third Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation (the &#147;Certificate of Incorporation&#148;) 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
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">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.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">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 Delaware General
Corporation Law (the &#147;DGCL&#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 DGCL, as amended from time to time.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">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">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.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The Bylaws
provide that the Company may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the board of
directors, provide rights to 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.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">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.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">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,
unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified, continue as to a person who has
ceased to be a director or officer.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">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.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Not applicable.
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    <TD width="7%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="90%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <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>
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    <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;3.1 to AutoNation&#146;s Quarterly Report on
Form&nbsp;10-Q as filed on August&nbsp;13, 1999 (Commission File No. 001-13107)).</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</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 By-Laws of AutoNation, Inc. (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to AutoNation&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K as filed on February&nbsp;8,
2008 (Commission File No. 001-13107)).</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</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>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</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">AutoNation, Inc. 2008 Employee Equity and Incentive Plan (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to AutoNation&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q as filed
on April&nbsp;25, 2008 (Commission File No. 001-13107)).</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</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>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</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>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</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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    <TD nowrap align="left">*</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Incorporated herein by reference as indicated.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
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<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: 6%">(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: 6%">(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: 6%">(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>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(i) and (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">(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">(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">(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">(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.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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 to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Fort Lauderdale, State of Florida, on
May&nbsp;8, 2008.
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    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <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/ Michael J. Jackson
&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<BR> 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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints Michael J. Jackson and Jonathan P. Ferrando and each of them, his or her true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her
and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments
(including post-effective 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 attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, 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 or she might or could do in person,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, or
the substitute or substitutes of any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
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    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="20%">&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 align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Michael J. Jackson
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Michael J. Jackson
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May&nbsp;8, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Michael J. Short
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Executive Vice President and Chief Financial</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Michael J. Short
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May&nbsp;8, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Michael J. Stephan
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Vice President &#151; Corporate Controller</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Michael J. Stephan
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;(Principal
Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May&nbsp;8, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Rick L. Burdick</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Rick L. Burdick
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May&nbsp;8, 2008</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ William C. Crowley</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
William C. Crowley
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May&nbsp;8, 2008</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Kim C. Goodman</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Kim C. Goodman
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May&nbsp;8, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Robert R. Grusky</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Robert R. Grusky
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May&nbsp;8, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Michael E. Maroone</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Michael E. Maroone
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May&nbsp;8, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Carlos A. Migoya</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Carlos A. Migoya
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May&nbsp;8, 2008</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of AutoNation, Inc.
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to AutoNation&#146;s Quarterly Report on
Form&nbsp;10-Q as filed on August&nbsp;13, 1999 (Commission File No. 001-13107)).</TD>
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated By-Laws of AutoNation, Inc. (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to AutoNation&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K as filed on February&nbsp;8,
2008 (Commission File No. 001-13107)).</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">10.1*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">AutoNation, Inc. 2008 Employee Equity and Incentive Plan (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to AutoNation&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q as filed
on April&nbsp;25, 2008 (Commission File No. 001-13107)).</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Akerman Senterfitt (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
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AutoNation, Inc.
As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 8, 2008
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
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
Incorporation or Organization)
110 S.E. 6th Street
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
33301
(Address of Principal Executive Officers)
(Zip Code)
AutoNation, Inc. 2008 Employee Equity and Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Jonathan P. Ferrando, Esq.
110 S.E. 6th Street
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301
(Name and address of agent for service)
(954) 769-6000
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
With a copy to:
Jonathan L. Awner, Esq.
Akerman Senterfitt
One Southeast Third Avenue, 25th Floor
Miami, Florida 33131
(305) 374-5600
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer,
a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.
See the definitions of "large
accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
þ
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
Smaller reporting company
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of
Proposed Maximum
Amount of
Securities to be
Amount to be
Proposed Maximum Offering
Aggregate Offering
Registration
Registered
Registered
Price Per Share
Price
Fee
Common Stock, par
value $0.01 per
share
12,000,000(1)
$16.30(2)
$195,600,000
$7,687.08
(1)
In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933 ("Securities Act"),
this Registration Statement also covers any additional shares of the
Registrant's common stock that become issuable under the
AutoNation, Inc. 2008 Employee Equity and Incentive Plan (the
"Plan") by reason of any stock dividend, stock split,
recapitalization or other similar transaction.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee and, pursuant to Rules
457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities Act, based upon the average of the high and low sales
prices per share of the Registrant's Common Stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange
on May 6, 2008 and the maximum number of shares of common stock currently issuable
pursuant to 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
The document(s) containing the information required by Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or given to
participants as specified by Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
Act"). In accordance with Rule 428 and the requirements of Part I of Form S-8, such documents are
not being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") either as part of
this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 under
the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents, which have previously been 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 fiscal year ended December 31, 2007, filed
with the Commission on February 28, 2008;
(2)
The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2008,
filed with the Commission on April 25, 2008;
(3)
The Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the
Commission on February 8, 2008 and May 8, 2008; and
(4)
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.
In addition, all documents filed with the Commission by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement and
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates
that all securities offered hereby have been sold, or which deregisters all securities then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement
and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
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.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The
Company's Third Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation (the "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 Delaware General
Corporation Law (the "DGCL") 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 DGCL, 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 may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the board of
directors, provide rights to 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,
unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified, continue as to a person who has
ceased to be a director or officer.
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.
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 3.1 to AutoNation's Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q as filed on August 13, 1999 (Commission File No. 001-13107)).
4.2*
Amended and Restated By-Laws of AutoNation, Inc. (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.1 to AutoNation's Current Report on Form 8-K as filed on February 8,
2008 (Commission File No. 001-13107)).
5.1
Opinion of Akerman Senterfitt.
10.1*
AutoNation, Inc. 2008 Employee Equity and Incentive Plan (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.1 to AutoNation's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q as filed
on April 25, 2008 (Commission File No. 001-13107)).
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).
*
Incorporated herein by reference as indicated.
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;
provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(i) and (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.
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 to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Fort Lauderdale, State of Florida, on
May 8, 2008.
AUTONATION, INC.
By:
/s/ Michael J. Jackson
Name:
Michael J. Jackson
Title:
Chairman of the Board and Chief
Executive Officer
KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints Michael J. Jackson and Jonathan P. Ferrando and each of them, his or her true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her
and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments
(including post-effective 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 attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, 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 or she might or could do in person,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, or
the substitute or substitutes of any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 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
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive
Michael J. Jackson
Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
May 8, 2008
/s/ Michael J. Short
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Michael J. Short
Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
May 8, 2008
/s/ Michael J. Stephan
Vice President — Corporate Controller
Michael J. Stephan
(Principal
Accounting Officer)
May 8, 2008
/s/ Rick L. Burdick
Rick L. Burdick
Director
May 8, 2008
/s/ William C. Crowley
William C. Crowley
Director
May 8, 2008
/s/ Kim C. Goodman
Kim C. Goodman
Director
May 8, 2008
/s/ Robert R. Grusky
Robert R. Grusky
Director
May 8, 2008
/s/ Michael E. Maroone
Michael E. Maroone
Director
May 8, 2008
/s/ Carlos A. Migoya
Carlos A. Migoya
Director
May 8, 2008
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description
4.1*
Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of AutoNation, Inc.
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to AutoNation's Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q as filed on August 13, 1999 (Commission File No. 001-13107)).
4.2*
Amended and Restated By-Laws of AutoNation, Inc. (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.1 to AutoNation's Current Report on Form 8-K as filed on February 8,
2008 (Commission File No. 001-13107)).
5.1
Opinion of Akerman Senterfitt.
10.1*
AutoNation, Inc. 2008 Employee Equity and Incentive Plan (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.1 to AutoNation's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q as filed
on April 25, 2008 (Commission File No. 001-13107)).
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).
*
Incorporated herein by reference as indicated.