AutoNation Announces Pricing of $500 Million Aggregate Principal Amount of Senior Notes

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May 19, 2020, 17:15 ET

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., May 19, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- AutoNation, Inc. (NYSE: AN), America's largest and most recognized automotive retailer (the "Company"), announced today the pricing of $500 million aggregate principal amount of senior unsecured notes due 2030 at 4.750% (the "notes"). The notes will be issued at 99.479% of the aggregate principal amount, representing a yield to maturity of 4.816%. The offering is expected to close on May 22, 2020, subject to customary closing conditions.

The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the offering of the notes for general corporate purposes, which may include, in the short term, reducing borrowings under its commercial paper program and/or its revolving credit facility and, in the longer term, repaying its 3.350% senior unsecured notes due 2021.

BofA Securities, Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc., Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Mizuho Securities USA LLC, and U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. are acting as joint book-running managers of the debt offering.

The offering is being made solely by means of a prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus, which has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). Copies of these documents may be obtained on the SEC's website, www.sec.gov. Alternatively, you may request these documents by contacting BofA Securities, Inc., 200 North College Street, 3rd Floor, Charlotte, NC 28255, Attention: Prospectus Department (tel: 800-294-1322, email: [email protected]), J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, 383 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10179, Attention: Investment Grade Syndicate Desk, 3rd Floor (tel: collect at 212-834-4533), SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc., 303 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, GA 30308, Attention: Prospectus Department (tel: 800-685-4786, email: [email protected]), or Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, 608 2nd Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55402, Attention: WFS Customer Service (tel: 800-645-3751, email: [email protected].

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities of the Company, and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any state or other jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.

About AutoNation, Inc.

AutoNation is America's largest and most recognized automotive retailer. As of March 31, 2020, AutoNation owned and operated over 325 locations from coast to coast. AutoNation has sold over 12 million vehicles, the first automotive retailer to reach this milestone. Since 2013, AutoNation has raised over $22 million to drive out cancer, create awareness, and support critical research through its DRIVE PINK initiative, which was officially branded in 2015.

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