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FORM 3
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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f)
of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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|1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* |2. Date of Event Requiring |4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol |
| | Statement | |
| Ferrando Jon P. | (Month/Day/Year) | |
|------------------------------------------| | AutoNation, Inc. ("AN") |
| (Last) (First) (Middle) | |-----------------------------------------------------------|
| | 1/26/00 |5. Relationship of Reporting | 6. If Amendment, Date |
| 110 SE 6th Street |---------------------------| Person to Issuer | of Original |
|------------------------------------------|3. IRS Identification | (Check all applicable) | (Month/Day/Year) |
| (Street) | Number of Reporting | | |
| | Person, if an Entity |[ ] Director [ ] 10% Owner | |
| | (Voluntary) | | |
| | |[X] Officer [ ] Other (specify| -- |
| | | (give below) |-------------------------|
| | | title below) | 7. Individual or Joint/ |
| | -- | Senior Vice President, | Group Filing (Check |
| | | General Counsel and | applicable line) |
| Ft. Lauderdale FL 33301 | | Secretary | |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| [X] Form Filed by |
| (City) (State) (ZiP) | One Reporting |
| | Person |
| | [ ] Form Filed by |
| | More than One |
| | Reporting Person |
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| TABLE 1 -- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED |
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|1. Title of Security | 2. Amount of Securities | 3. Ownership Form: | 4. Nature of Indirect |
| (Instr. 4) | Beneficially Owned | Direct (D) or | Beneficial |
| | (Instr. 4) | Indirect (I) | Ownership (Instr. 4) |
| | | (Instr. 5) | |
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| Common Stock | 245 | (I)(2) | -- |
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* If the form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see Instruction
5(b)(v). Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities
beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
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FORM 3 (CONTINUED) TABLE II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED
(E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES)
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| 1. Title of Derivative Security |2. Date |3. Title and Amount of |4. Conver- | 5. Owner- |6. Nature of Indirect|
| (Instr. 4) | Exercisable and | Securities Underlying | sion or | ship | Beneficial Owner- |
| | Expiration Date | Derivative Securities | Exercise | Form of | ship (Instr. 5) |
| | (Month/Day/Year )| (Instr. 4) | Price of | Deriva- | |
| | | | Deriva- | tive | |
| | | | tive | Security:| |
| | | | Security | Direct | |
| |--------------------|--------------------------| | (D) or | |
| | Date | Expira- | | Amount or | | Indirect | |
| | Exercis-| tion | Title | Number of | | (I) | |
| | able | Date | | Shares | | (Instr. | |
| | | | | | | 5) | |
|---------------------------------|----------|---------|--------------|-----------|------------|-------------|---------------------|
| Options (right to buy) | (3) | 7/15/06 | Common Stock | 20,000 | $12.75 | (D) | -- |
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| Options (right to buy) | (4) | 1/2/07 | Common Stock | 20,961 | $12.75 | (D) | -- |
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| Options (right to buy) | (5) | 1/2/08 | Common Stock | 27,195 | $12.75 | (D) | -- |
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| Options (right to buy) | (6) | 1/6/09 | Common Stock | 40,000 | $15.9375 | (D) | -- |
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Explanation of Responses:
- ------------------------- /s/ Jon P. Ferrando 1/4/00
(1) Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal --------------------------------- ----------
Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). Signature of Reporting Person (1) Date
(2) These shares are held in trust under the Issuer's 401(k) Plan for the
benefit of Mr. Ferrando.
(3) These options become exercisable in four equal annual installments which
began on July 15, 1997.
(4) 5,241 of these options became exercisable on January 2, 1998. The remaining
options become exercisable in three equal annual installments which began
on January 2, 1999.
(5) These options become exercisable in four equal annual installments which
began on January 2, 1999 (although only the remaining balance of 6,798
options will become exercisable on January 2, 2002).
(6) These options become exercisable in four equal annual installments which
began on January 6, 2000.
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