FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., April 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AutoNation, Inc.
(NYSE: AN), America's largest automotive retailer, announced today that it
will release its financial results for the 1st quarter ended March 31, 2006 on
Thursday, April 27, 2006 before 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time. Mike Jackson,
chairman and chief executive officer, Mike Maroone, president and chief
operating officer, and Craig Monaghan, chief financial officer, will discuss
these results and information regarding the Company's business and operating
environment during a conference call and audio webcast that same morning at
11:00 a.m. Eastern Time.
The conference call may be accessed by phone at 800-230-1085 or via the
Internet (audio webcast) at http://www.AutoNation.com by clicking on the
"About Us" link then clicking on "Investors" and then "Webcasts." A playback
of the conference call will be available after 2:30 p.m. Eastern Time April
27, 2006 through May 4, 2006 by calling 800-475-6701 (access code #823916).
About AutoNation, Inc.
AutoNation, Inc., headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., is America's
largest automotive retailer. A component of the Standard and Poor's 500 Index,
AutoNation has approximately 27,000 full-time employees and owns and operates
345 new vehicle franchises in 16 states. For additional information, please
visit http://corp.AutoNation.com or http://www.AutoNation.com , where more
than 100,000 vehicles are available for sale.
SOURCE AutoNation, Inc.
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/CONTACT: Marc Cannon, AutoNation, Inc., +1-954-769-3146, or
cannonm@autonation.com/
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CO: AutoNation, Inc.
ST: Florida
IN: AUT FIN REA
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