-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, Pg/ASSascipTxwoK4gETulinXdHbDD8VVM05Ih96AguNF2G9dot7LeBL7ShMFRZs LXVeqyiFjuUJLeInwiEUHg== 0000893750-06-000169.txt : 20060510 0000893750-06-000169.hdr.sgml : 20060510 20060510172633 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000893750-06-000169 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13D/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20060510 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20060510 GROUP MEMBERS: CBL PARTNERS, L.P. GROUP MEMBERS: EDWARD S. LAMPERT GROUP MEMBERS: ESL INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS, L.P. GROUP MEMBERS: ESL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC GROUP MEMBERS: ESL INVESTORS, L.L.C. GROUP MEMBERS: ESL PARTNERS, L.P. GROUP MEMBERS: TYNAN, LLC GROUP MEMBERS: WILLIAM C. CROWLEY SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: AUTONATION INC /FL CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000350698 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RETAIL-AUTO DEALERS & GASOLINE STATIONS [5500] IRS NUMBER: 731105145 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-40342 FILM NUMBER: 06827516 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 110 SE 6TH ST CITY: FT LAUDERDALE STATE: FL ZIP: 33301 BUSINESS PHONE: 9547696000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 110 SE 6TH ST CITY: FT LAUDERDALE STATE: FL ZIP: 33301 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: REPUBLIC INDUSTRIES INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19951215 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: REPUBLIC WASTE INDUSTRIES INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: REPUBLIC RESOURCES CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19900226 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ESL INVESTMENTS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001126396 IRS NUMBER: 752435723 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D/A BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 200 GREENWICH AVENUE CITY: GREENWICH STATE: CT ZIP: 06830 BUSINESS PHONE: 2038614600 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 200 GREENWICH AVENUE CITY: GREENWICH STATE: CT ZIP: 06830 SC 13D/A 1 sch13d.txt SCHEDULE 13D/A UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 SCHEDULE 13D Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. 10)* AutoNation, Inc. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (Name of Issuer) Common Stock, par value $0.01 par share - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (Title of Class of Securities) 05329W102 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (CUSIP Number) John G. Finley, Esq. Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP 425 Lexington Avenue New York, New York 10017 (212) 455-2000 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications) May 8, 2006 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement) If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of ss.ss.240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box. Note: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See ss.240.13d-7 for other parties to whom copies are to be sent. * The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person's initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page. The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes). Page 1 of 18 Pages CUSIP No. 05329W102 Page 2 of 18 ________________________________________________________________________________ 1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON ESL Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership IRS IDENTIFICATION NO.: 22-2875193 ________________________________________________________________________________ 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a) X (b) [_] ________________________________________________________________________________ 3 SEC USE ONLY ________________________________________________________________________________ 4 SOURCE OF FUNDS N/A ________________________________________________________________________________ 5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) OR 2(e) [_] ________________________________________________________________________________ 6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Delaware ________________________________________________________________________________ 7 SOLE VOTING POWER NUMBER OF 34,158,042 SHARES _________________________________________________________________ 8 SHARED VOTING POWER BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY 0 _________________________________________________________________ EACH 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER REPORTING 34,158,042 PERSON _________________________________________________________________ 10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER WITH 0 ________________________________________________________________________________ 11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 52,305,356 ________________________________________________________________________________ 12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES [_] ________________________________________________________________________________ 13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 24.3% ________________________________________________________________________________ 14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON PN ________________________________________________________________________________ CUSIP No. 05329W102 Page 3 of 18 ________________________________________________________________________________ 1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON ESL Institutional Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership IRS IDENTIFICATION NO.: 06-1456821 ________________________________________________________________________________ 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a) X (b) [_] ________________________________________________________________________________ 3 SEC USE ONLY ________________________________________________________________________________ 4 SOURCE OF FUNDS N/A ________________________________________________________________________________ 5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) OR 2(e) [_] ________________________________________________________________________________ 6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Delaware ________________________________________________________________________________ 7 SOLE VOTING POWER NUMBER OF 231,107 SHARES _________________________________________________________________ 8 SHARED VOTING POWER BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY 0 _________________________________________________________________ EACH 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER REPORTING 231,107 PERSON _________________________________________________________________ 10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER WITH 0 ________________________________________________________________________________ 11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 52,305,356 ________________________________________________________________________________ 12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES [_] ________________________________________________________________________________ 13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 24.3% ________________________________________________________________________________ 14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON PN ________________________________________________________________________________ CUSIP No. 05329W102 Page 4 of 18 ________________________________________________________________________________ 1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON ESL Investors, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company IRS IDENTIFICATION NO.: 13-4095958 ________________________________________________________________________________ 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a) X (b) [_] ________________________________________________________________________________ 3 SEC USE ONLY ________________________________________________________________________________ 4 SOURCE OF FUNDS N/A ________________________________________________________________________________ 5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) OR 2(e) [_] ________________________________________________________________________________ 6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Delaware ________________________________________________________________________________ 7 SOLE VOTING POWER NUMBER OF 11,494,559 SHARES _________________________________________________________________ 8 SHARED VOTING POWER BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY 0 _________________________________________________________________ EACH 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER REPORTING 11,494,559 PERSON _________________________________________________________________ 10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER WITH 0 ________________________________________________________________________________ 11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 52,305,356 ________________________________________________________________________________ 12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES [_] ________________________________________________________________________________ 13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 24.3% ________________________________________________________________________________ 14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON OO ________________________________________________________________________________ CUSIP No. 05329W102 Page 5 of 18 ________________________________________________________________________________ 1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON ESL Investments, Inc., a Delaware corporation IRS IDENTIFICATION NO.: ________________________________________________________________________________ 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a) X (b) [_] ________________________________________________________________________________ 3 SEC USE ONLY ________________________________________________________________________________ 4 SOURCE OF FUNDS N/A ________________________________________________________________________________ 5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) OR 2(e) [_] ________________________________________________________________________________ 6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Delaware ________________________________________________________________________________ 7 SOLE VOTING POWER NUMBER OF 51,972,218 SHARES _________________________________________________________________ 8 SHARED VOTING POWER BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY 0 _________________________________________________________________ EACH 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER REPORTING 51,972,218 PERSON _________________________________________________________________ 10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER WITH 0 ________________________________________________________________________________ 11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 52,305,356 ________________________________________________________________________________ 12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES [_] ________________________________________________________________________________ 13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 24.3% ________________________________________________________________________________ 14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON CO ________________________________________________________________________________ CUSIP No. 05329W102 Page 6 of 18 ________________________________________________________________________________ 1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON CBL Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership IRS IDENTIFICATION NO.: 06-1526810 ________________________________________________________________________________ 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a) X (b) [_] ________________________________________________________________________________ 3 SEC USE ONLY ________________________________________________________________________________ 4 SOURCE OF FUNDS N/A ________________________________________________________________________________ 5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) OR 2(e) [_] ________________________________________________________________________________ 6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Delaware ________________________________________________________________________________ 7 SOLE VOTING POWER NUMBER OF 5,954,408 SHARES _________________________________________________________________ 8 SHARED VOTING POWER BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY 0 _________________________________________________________________ EACH 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER REPORTING 5,954,408 PERSON _________________________________________________________________ 10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER WITH 0 ________________________________________________________________________________ 11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 52,305,356 ________________________________________________________________________________ 12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES [_] ________________________________________________________________________________ 13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 24.3% ________________________________________________________________________________ 14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON PN ________________________________________________________________________________ CUSIP No. 05329W102 Page 7 of 18 ________________________________________________________________________________ 1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON Tynan, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company IRS IDENTIFICATION NO. ________________________________________________________________________________ 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a) X (b) [_] ________________________________________________________________________________ 3 SEC USE ONLY ________________________________________________________________________________ 4 SOURCE OF FUNDS N/A ________________________________________________________________________________ 5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) OR 2(e) [_] ________________________________________________________________________________ 6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Delaware ________________________________________________________________________________ 7 SOLE VOTING POWER NUMBER OF 2,735 SHARES _________________________________________________________________ 8 SHARED VOTING POWER BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY 0 _________________________________________________________________ EACH 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER REPORTING 2,735 PERSON _________________________________________________________________ 10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER WITH 0 ________________________________________________________________________________ 11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 52,305,356 ________________________________________________________________________________ 12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES [_] ________________________________________________________________________________ 13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 24.3% ________________________________________________________________________________ 14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON OO ________________________________________________________________________________ CUSIP No. 05329W102 Page 8 of 18 ________________________________________________________________________________ 1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON ESL Investment Management, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company IRS IDENTIFICATION NO. ________________________________________________________________________________ 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a) X (b) [_] ________________________________________________________________________________ 3 SEC USE ONLY ________________________________________________________________________________ 4 SOURCE OF FUNDS N/A ________________________________________________________________________________ 5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) OR 2(e) [_] ________________________________________________________________________________ 6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Delaware ________________________________________________________________________________ 7 SOLE VOTING POWER NUMBER OF 70,403 SHARES _________________________________________________________________ 8 SHARED VOTING POWER BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY 0 _________________________________________________________________ EACH 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER REPORTING 70,403 PERSON _________________________________________________________________ 10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER WITH 0 ________________________________________________________________________________ 11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 52,305,356 ________________________________________________________________________________ 12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES [_] ________________________________________________________________________________ 13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 24.3% ________________________________________________________________________________ 14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON OO ________________________________________________________________________________ CUSIP No. 05329W102 Page 9 of 18 ________________________________________________________________________________ 1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON RBS Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership IRS IDENTIFICATION NO. ________________________________________________________________________________ 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a) X (b) [_] ________________________________________________________________________________ 3 SEC USE ONLY ________________________________________________________________________________ 4 SOURCE OF FUNDS N/A ________________________________________________________________________________ 5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) OR 2(e) [_] ________________________________________________________________________________ 6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Delaware ________________________________________________________________________________ 7 SOLE VOTING POWER NUMBER OF 45,652,601 SHARES _________________________________________________________________ 8 SHARED VOTING POWER BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY 0 _________________________________________________________________ EACH 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER REPORTING 45,652,601 PERSON _________________________________________________________________ 10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER WITH 0 ________________________________________________________________________________ 11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 52,305,356 ________________________________________________________________________________ 12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES [_] ________________________________________________________________________________ 13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 24.3% ________________________________________________________________________________ 14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON PN ________________________________________________________________________________ CUSIP No. 05329W102 Page 10 of 18 ________________________________________________________________________________ 1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON RBS Investment Management, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company IRS IDENTIFICATION NO. ________________________________________________________________________________ 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a) X (b) [_] ________________________________________________________________________________ 3 SEC USE ONLY ________________________________________________________________________________ 4 SOURCE OF FUNDS N/A ________________________________________________________________________________ 5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) OR 2(e) [_] ________________________________________________________________________________ 6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Delaware ________________________________________________________________________________ 7 SOLE VOTING POWER NUMBER OF 231,107 SHARES _________________________________________________________________ 8 SHARED VOTING POWER BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY 0 _________________________________________________________________ EACH 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER REPORTING 231,107 PERSON _________________________________________________________________ 10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER WITH 0 ________________________________________________________________________________ 11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 52,305,356 ________________________________________________________________________________ 12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES [_] ________________________________________________________________________________ 13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 24.3% ________________________________________________________________________________ 14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON OO ________________________________________________________________________________ CUSIP No. 05329W102 Page 11 of 18 ________________________________________________________________________________ 1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON Edward S. Lampert IRS IDENTIFICATION NO. ________________________________________________________________________________ 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a) X (b) [_] ________________________________________________________________________________ 3 SEC USE ONLY ________________________________________________________________________________ 4 SOURCE OF FUNDS N/A ________________________________________________________________________________ 5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) OR 2(e) [_] ________________________________________________________________________________ 6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION United States ________________________________________________________________________________ 7 SOLE VOTING POWER NUMBER OF 52,172,621 SHARES _________________________________________________________________ 8 SHARED VOTING POWER BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY 0 _________________________________________________________________ EACH 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER REPORTING 52,172,621 PERSON _________________________________________________________________ 10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER WITH 0 ________________________________________________________________________________ 11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 52,305,356 ________________________________________________________________________________ 12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES [_] ________________________________________________________________________________ 13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 24.3% ________________________________________________________________________________ 14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON IN ________________________________________________________________________________ CUSIP No. 05329W102 Page 12 of 18 ________________________________________________________________________________ 1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON William C. Crowley IRS IDENTIFICATION NO. ________________________________________________________________________________ 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a) X (b) [_] ________________________________________________________________________________ 3 SEC USE ONLY ________________________________________________________________________________ 4 SOURCE OF FUNDS N/A ________________________________________________________________________________ 5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) OR 2(e) [_] ________________________________________________________________________________ 6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION United States ________________________________________________________________________________ 7 SOLE VOTING POWER NUMBER OF 132,735 SHARES _________________________________________________________________ 8 SHARED VOTING POWER BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY 0 _________________________________________________________________ EACH 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER REPORTING 132,735 PERSON _________________________________________________________________ 10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER WITH 0 ________________________________________________________________________________ 11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 52,305,356 ________________________________________________________________________________ 12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES [_] ________________________________________________________________________________ 13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 24.3% ________________________________________________________________________________ 14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON IN ________________________________________________________________________________ Page 13 of 18 This Amendment No. 10 to Schedule 13D (this "Amendment") relates to shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Shares") of AutoNation, Inc. (the "Issuer"). This Amendment No. 10 supplementally amends the statement on Schedule 13D, as amended, filed by a group consisting of ESL Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("ESL"), ESL Institutional Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("Institutional"), ESL Investors, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company ("Investors"), ESL Investments, Inc. ("Investments"), CBL Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("CBL"), Tynan, LLC ("Tynan"), ESL Investment Management, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("ESLIM"), RBS Partners, L.P. a Delaware limited partnership ("RBS"), and RBS Investment Management, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("RBSIM"), Edward S. Lampert and William C. Crowley, both United States citizens, by furnishing the information set forth below. ESL, Institutional, Investors, Investments, CBL, Tynan, ESLIM, RBS, RBSIM, Mr. Lampert and Mr. Crowley are collectively defined in this Amendment as the "Filing Persons." Unless set forth below, all previous Items are unchanged. Capitalized terms used herein which are not defined herein have the meanings given to them in the Schedule 13D, as amended, previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In Item 4 of Amendment No. 9 to Schedule 13D, filed on April 20, 2006, the Filing Persons disclosed their intention to dispose of approximately 6.8 million additional Shares through sales and/or distributions to their partners within the subsequent 12 months. Since that time, the Filing Persons have sold 4,662,600 Shares. As a result of those sales, the number of Shares the Filing Persons may be deemed to beneficially own has decreased by an amount greater than one percent of the outstanding Shares of the Issuer. Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer Item 5 is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows: (a)-(b) The Filing Persons may be deemed to beneficially own an aggregate of 52,305,356 Shares (approximately 24.3% of the outstanding Shares based on the Issuer having 214,945,830 Shares outstanding on April 26, 2006, as disclosed in the Issuer's last quarterly report on Form 10-Q).
NUMBER OF SHARES PERCENTAGE OF SOLE SHARED BENEFICIALLY OUTSTANDING SOLE VOTING SHARED DISPOSITIVE DISPOSITIVE REPORTING PERSON OWNED SHARES POWER VOTING POWER POWER POWER - ---------------- -------------- ------------- -------------- ------------ ----------- ----------- ESL Partners, 52,305,356(1) 24.3% 34,158,042 0 34,158,042 0 L.P. ESL Institutional 52,305,356(1) 24.3% 231,107 0 231,107 0 Partners, L.P. ESL Investors, 52,305,356(1) 24.3% 11,494,559 0 11,494,559 0 L.L.C. ESL Investments, 52,305,356(1) 24.3% 51,972,218(2) 0 51,972,218(2) 0 Inc. CBL Partners, 52,305,356(1) 24.3% 5,954,408 0 5,954,408 0 L.P. Tynan, LLC 52,305,356(1) 24.3% 2,735 0 2,735 0 ESL Investment 52,305,356(1) 24.3% 70,403 0 70,403 0 Management, LLC RBS Partners, 52,305,356(1) 24.3% 45,652,601(3) 0 45,652,601(3) 0 L.P. RBS Investment 52,305,356(1) 24.3% 231,107(4) 0 231,107(4) 0 Management, LLC Edward S. Lampert 52,305,356(1) 24.3% 52,172,621(5) 0 52,172,621(5) 0 William C. 52,305,356(1) 24.3% 132,735(6) 0 132,735(6) 0 Crowley
Page 14 of 18 (1) This number consists of 34,158,042 Shares held for the account of ESL, 231,107 Shares held for the account of Institutional, 11,494,559 Shares held for the account of Investors, 134,102 Shares held for the account of Investments, 5,954,408 Shares held for the account of CBL, 2,735 Shares held for the account of Tynan, 70,403 Shares held for the account of ESLIM, 130,000 Shares issuable upon the exercise of director stock options held for the account of Mr. Lampert and 130,000 Shares issuable upon the exercise of director stock options held for the account of Mr. Crowley. (2) This number consists of 34,158,042 Shares held for the account of ESL, 231,107 Shares held for the account of Institutional, 11,494,559 Shares held for the account of Investors, 134,102 Shares held for the account of Investments and 5,954,408 Shares held for the account of CBL. (3) This number consists of 34,158,042 Shares held for the account of ESL and 11,494,559 Shares held for the account of Investors. (4) This number consists of 231,107 Shares held for the account of Institutional. (5) This number consists of 34,158,042 Shares held for the account of ESL, 231,107 Shares held for the account of Institutional, 11,494,559 Shares held for the account of Investors, 134,102 Shares held for the account of Investments, 5,954,408 Shares held for the account of CBL, 70,403 Shares held for the account of ESLIM and 130,000 Shares issuable upon the exercise of director stock options held for the account of Mr. Lampert. (6) This number consists of 2,735 Shares held for the account of Tynan and 130,000 Shares issuable upon the exercise of director stock options held for the account of Mr. Crowley. (c) Other than as set forth in Annex A hereto, there have been no transactions in Shares by any of the Filing Persons during the past 60 days. (d) Not applicable. (e) Not applicable. Page 15 of 18 SIGNATURE After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct. Dated: May 10, 2006 ESL PARTNERS, L.P. By: RBS Partners, L.P., as its general partner By: ESL Investments, Inc., as its general partner By: /s/ Theodore W. Ullyot ----------------------------- Name: Theodore W. Ullyot Title: EVP & General Counsel ESL INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS, L.P. By: RBS Investment Management, L.L.C., as its general partner By: ESL Investments, Inc., as its manager By: /s/ Theodore W. Ullyot ----------------------------- Name: Theodore W. Ullyot Title: EVP & General Counsel ESL INVESTORS, L.L.C. By: RBS Partners, L.P., as its managing member By: ESL Investments, Inc., as its general partner By: /s/ Theodore W. Ullyot ----------------------------- Name: Theodore W. Ullyot Title: EVP & General Counsel ESL INVESTMENTS, INC. By: /s/ Theodore W. Ullyot ----------------------------- Name: Theodore W. Ullyot Title: EVP & General Counsel PAGE 16 of 18 CBL PARTNERS, L.P. By: ESL Investments, Inc., as its general partner By: /s/ Theodore W. Ullyot ---------------------------- Name: Theodore W. Ullyot Title: EVP & General Counsel TYNAN, LLC By: /s/ William C. Crowley ---------------------------- Name: William C. Crowley Title: Member ESL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC By: /s/ Theodore W. Ullyot ---------------------------- Name: Theodore W. Ullyot Title: EVP & General Counsel RBS PARTNERS, L.P. By: ESL Investments, Inc., as its general partner By: /s/ Theodore W. Ullyot ---------------------------- Name: Theodore W. Ullyot Title: EVP & General Counsel RBS INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC By: ESL Investments, Inc., as its manager By: /s/ Theodore W. Ullyot ---------------------------- Name: Theodore W. Ullyot Title: EVP & General Counsel EDWARD S. LAMPERT /s/ Edward S. Lampert ---------------------------------- Edward S. Lampert WILLIAM C. CROWLEY /s/ William C. Crowley ---------------------------------- William C. Crowley Page 17 of 18 ANNEX A RECENT TRANSACTIONS BY THE FILING PERSONS IN THE SECURITIES OF AUTONATION, INC.
Entity Date of Transaction Nature of Transaction Number of Shares of Price per Share Common Stock ------ ------------------- --------------------- -------------------- --------------- ESL Partners, L.P. 4/19/06 private sale to issuer 13,362,883 $23.00 in tender offer ESL Institutional 4/19/06 private sale to issuer 90,411 $23.00 Partners, L.P. in tender offer ESL Investors, L.L.C. 4/19/06 private sale to issuer 4,496,756 $23.00 in tender offer CBL Partners, L.P. 4/19/06 private sale to issuer 2,329,409 $23.00 in tender offer ESL Investment Management, 4/19/06 private sale to issuer 25,270 $23.00 LLC in tender offer ESL Investments, Inc. 4/19/06 private sale to issuer 48,133 $23.00 in tender offer Tynan, LLC 4/19/06 private sale to issuer 982 $23.00 in tender offer ESL Partners, L.P. 5/1/06 open market sale 378,999 $22.50 Page 18 of 18 ESL Institutional 5/1/06 open market sale 2,564 $22.50 Partners, L.P. ESL Investors, L.L.C. 5/1/06 open market sale 127,537 $22.50 ESL Partners, L.P. 5/4/06 open market sale 425,234 $22.65 ESL Institutional 5/4/06 open market sale 2,877 $22.65 Partners, L.P. ESL Investors, L.L.C. 5/4/06 open market sale 143,096 $22.65 CBL Partners, L.P. 5/4/06 open market sale 140,193 $22.65 ESL Partners, L.P. 5/5/06 open market sale 197,681 $22.80 ESL Institutional 5/5/06 open market sale 1,337 $22.80 Partners, L.P. ESL Investors, L.L.C. 5/5/06 open market sale 66,522 $22.80 CBL Partners, L.P. 5/5/06 open market sale 34,460 $22.80 ESL Partners, L.P. 5/8/06 open market sale 1,183,121 $22.77 ESL Institutional 5/8/06 open market sale 8,005 $22.77 Partners, L.P. ESL Investors, L.L.C. 5/8/06 open market sale 398,133 $22.77 CBL Partners, L.P. 5/8/06 open market sale 206,241 $22.77 ESL Partners, L.P. 5/9/06 open market sale 530,510 $22.83 ESL Institutional 5/9/06 open market sale 3,590 $22.83 Partners, L.P. ESL Investors, L.L.C. 5/9/06 open market sale 178,522 $22.83 CBL Partners, L.P. 5/9/06 open market sale 92,478 $22.83 ESL Partners, L.P. 5/10/06 open market sale 356,814 $22.82 ESL Institutional 5/10/06 open market sale 2,414 $22.82 Partners, L.P. ESL Investors, L.L.C. 5/10/06 open market sale 120,072 $22.82 CBL Partners, L.P. 5/10/06 open market sale 62,200 $22.82
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