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Issuer

Cik	Name	Symbol	Sector (SIC)	IRS No
350698	Autonation Inc.	AN	Retail-Auto Dealers & Gasoline Stations (5500)	731105145

Insiders

Cik	Name	Reported Address	Insider Title	Director	Officer	Large Shareholder	Other
1228976	C William Crowley	200 Greenwich Avenue Greenwich CT 06830		Yes	No	No	No

Reported Non-Derivative Transactions

Sec. Name	Acquisiton - Disposition	Date	Amount	Price	Remaning Holdings	Equity Swap Involved	Form Type	Code	Nature of Ownership	Explanation
Common Stock, Par Value $0.01 Per Share	Disposition	2011-10-27	4,229	$40.25	83,728	No	4	S	Indirect	See Footnotes
Common Stock, Par Value $0.01 Per Share	Disposition	2011-10-28	183	$40.20	83,545	No	4	S	Indirect	See Footnotes
Common Stock, Par Value $0.01 Per Share	Acquisiton	2011-10-28	50,000	$12.60	71,049	No	4	M	Direct
Common Stock, Par Value $0.01 Per Share	Disposition	2011-10-28	15,723	$40.07	55,326	No	4	F	Direct

Equity Swap Involved	Form Type	Code	Nature of Ownership	Explanation
No	4	S	Indirect	See Footnotes
No	4	S	Indirect	See Footnotes
No	4	M	Direct
No	4	F	Direct

Reported Derivative Transactions

Sec. Name	Sec. Type	Acquisiton - Disposition	Date	Amount	Price	Amount - 2	Price - 2
Common Stock, Par Value $0.01 Per Share	Stock option (right to buy)	Acquisiton	2011-10-28	50,000	$0.00	50,000	$12.60

Remaning Holdings	Exercise Date	Expiration Date	Equity Swap Involved	Transaction Form Type	Transaction Code	Nature of Ownership
0	2002-01-29	2012-01-29	No	4	M	Direct

Reported Non-Derivative Holdings

Sec. Name	Remaning Holdings	Nature of Ownership	Explanation
Common Stock, Par Value $0.01 Per Share	40,024	Indirect	See Footnotes

Footnotes

This price represents the approximate weighted average price per share of common stock of AutoNation, Inc. (the "Issuer"), par value $0.01 per share (each, a "Share"), of sales that were executed at prices ranging from $40.08 to $41.00 per Share. The Reporting Persons undertake to provide, upon request by the Securities and Exchange Commission staff, the Issuer or a security holder of the Issuer, full information regarding the number of Shares sold at each price.
These Shares are held by Tynan, LLC, a limited liability company of which William C. Crowley is the manager and a member.
This Form 4 is filed on behalf of Mr. Crowley. Mr. Crowley is the President and Chief Operating Officer of ESL Investments, Inc. ("Investments") which together with various of its affiliates beneficially owns securities of the Issuer. Mr. Crowley disclaims beneficial ownership of all securities of the Issuer beneficially owned by Investments.
This price represents the approximate weighted average price per Share, of sales that were executed at prices ranging from $40.00 to $40.20 per Share. The Reporting Persons undertake to provide, upon request by the Securities and Exchange Commission staff, the Issuer or a security holder of the Issuer, full information regarding the number of Shares sold at each price.
These Shares are held directly by Mr. Crowley.
These Shares are held in grantor retained annuity trusts, of which Mr. Crowley is the trustee.