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EX-12.1 - STATEMENT REGARDING COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES - AUTONATION, INC.a8k917ex121ratioofearnings.htm


 
 
 
 
 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
 
FORM 8-K
 

 CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date Of Report (Date Of Earliest Event Reported) November 7, 2017
 
 AutoNation, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
  
Delaware
 
1-13107   
 
73-1105145
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
 
(Commission     
File Number)     
 
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
200 SW 1st Ave
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code (954) 769-6000
 
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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Emerging growth company o
 
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. o
 
 
 
 
 






Item 8.01
Other Events.
AutoNation, Inc. is filing this Current Report on Form 8-K to file the computation of its ratio of earnings to fixed charges for the nine months ended September 30, 2017, and each of the five years from 2012 through 2016 as an exhibit for incorporation by reference into its Registration Statement on Form S-3, as amended (File No. 333-209585).
Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
12.1






SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 
 
 
AUTONATION, INC.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Date:
November 7, 2017
 
By:
 
/s/ C. Coleman Edmunds
 
 
 
 
 
C. Coleman Edmunds
 
 
 
 
 
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary