Edgar Filing: ESL INVESTORS LLC

Ownership Submission

FORM 4

Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN 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(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

LAMPERT EDWARD S

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
AUTONATION, INC. [AN]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

_____ Director	__X__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below)	_____ Other (specify below)

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

200 GREENWICH AVENUE

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
06/02/2010

(Street)

GREENWICH, CT 06830

4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
___ Form filed by One Reporting Person
_X_ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share	06/02/2010		J⁽¹⁾		665,660 ⁽¹⁾	D	$ 0 ⁽¹⁾	58,775,840	I	See Footnotes ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽¹⁴⁾
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share	06/02/2010		J⁽⁵⁾		665,660 ⁽⁵⁾	D	$ 0 ⁽⁵⁾	0	I	See Footnotes ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽¹⁴⁾
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share								12,882,401	I	See Footnotes ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁷⁾ ⁽¹⁴⁾
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share								6,704	I	See Footnotes ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁸⁾ ⁽¹⁴⁾
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share	06/02/2010		J⁽⁹⁾		491,929 ⁽⁹⁾	A	$ 0 ⁽⁹⁾	5,220,154	I	See Footnotes ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽¹⁰⁾ ⁽¹⁴⁾
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share								102,995	I	See Footnotes ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽¹¹⁾ ⁽¹⁴⁾
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share								3,766,897 ⁽¹²⁾	D ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽¹³⁾ ⁽¹⁴⁾

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)

Code

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
LAMPERT EDWARD S 200 GREENWICH AVENUE GREENWICH, CT 06830		X
ESL INVESTMENTS INC 200 GREENWICH AVENUE GREENWICH, CT 06830		X
RBS PARTNERS L P /CT ONE LAFAYETTE PLACE GREENWICH, CT 06830		X
ESL PARTNERS, L.P. 200 GREENWICH AVENUE GREENWICH, CT 06830		X
ESL INVESTORS LLC 200 GREENWICH AVE GREENWICH, CT 06830		X

Signatures

/s/ Edward S. Lampert (See signatures of Reporting Persons as Exhibit 99.1)		06/02/2010
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	As part of an internal restructuring by the Reporting Persons that occurred on June 2, 2010, ESL Partners, L.P. ("Partners") distributed these shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Shares"), of AutoNation, Inc. (the "Issuer") to its general partner, RBS Partners, L.P. ("RBS"). RBS then immediately distributed 575,973 of these Shares to Edward S. Lampert and 89,687 of these Shares to William C. Crowley. Mr. Lampert and Mr. Crowley are parties to an agreement with Partners that generally requires Mr. Lampert and Mr. Crowley to sell these Shares received, and to make certain purchases of additional Shares of the Issuer, on a pro rata basis with Partners, at the same time and on substantially the same economic terms and conditions (subject to certain legal, tax, accounting or regulatory considerations).
(2)	The internal restructuring transactions described herein will result in direct ownership by Mr. Lampert and Mr. Crowley of a portion of their indirect ownership interests in the Issuer. Specifically, Partners is making a partial distribution to RBS based on RBS's pro rata share of the assets of Partners. Of that distribution, a portion of the Shares indirectly owned by Mr. Lampert will initially be retained by ESL Partners and, upon expiration or termination of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended ("HSR Approval"), will be distributed to RBS, which in turn will make a distribution to Mr. Lampert. Filing for HSR Approval is expected to be made shortly.
(3)	As a result of this internal restructuring, described in footnote 1 above and footnote 8 below, both after the distribution of Shares reflected in this filing, and after the additional distribution of Shares to Mr. Lampert upon receiving HSR Approval, the combined direct and indirect ownership of Mr. Lampert and Mr. Crowley in the Issuer, and the pecuniary interest of each of Mr. Lampert and Mr. Crowley in the Issuer, will not change.
(4)	These Shares are held by Partners.
(5)	These Shares were distributed by RBS to Mr. Lampert and Mr. Crowley as a result of the transactions described in footnote 1 above.
(6)	These Shares are held by RBS.
(7)	These Shares are held in an account established by the investment member of ESL Investors, L.L.C. ("Investors").
(8)	These Shares are held by ESL Institutional Partners, L.P. ("Institutional").
(9)	These Shares were distributed by CBL Partners, L.P. ("CBL") to Mr. Lampert and Mr. Crowley. As a result of this transaction, Mr. Lampert directly holds Shares in which he previously held an indirect interest through his interest in CBL.
(10)	These Shares are held by CBL.
(11)	These Shares are held in grantor retained annuity trusts, of which Mr. Lampert is the trustee.
(12)	These Shares include 575,973 Shares distributed by RBS as a result of the transactions described in footnote 1 above and 482,090 Shares distributed by CBL as a result of the transactions described in footnote 8 above. As a result of these distributions, Mr. Lampert directly holds Shares in which he previously held an indirect interest.
(13)	These Shares are held by Mr. Lampert.
(14)	This Form 4 is filed on behalf of Mr. Lampert, ESL Investments, Inc. ("Investments"), RBS, Partners and Investors. RBS is the general partner of Partners and the managing member of Investors. RBS Investment Management, L.L.C. ("RBSIM") is the general partner of Institutional. Investments is the general partner of RBS and CBL and the manager of RBSIM. Mr. Lampert is the Chairman, Chief Ex-ecutive Officer and Director of Investments. Mr. Crowley is separately filing a Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership on Form 4 in connection with these transactions and disclaims beneficial own-ership of all securities beneficially owned by Mr. Lampert.
Remarks: Pursuant to Rule 16a-1(a)(2)(ii)(B) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Act"), each of the Reporting Persons may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the securities reported herein only to the extent of his or its pecuniary interest therein. Pursuant to Rule 16a-1(a)(4) under the Act, this filing shall not be deemed an admission that any of the Reporting Persons is, for purposes of Section 16 of the Act or otherwise, the beneficial owner of any securities reported herein in excess of such amount.

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