Corporate Information
     
Headquarters

AutoNation, Inc.
110 S.E. 6th Street, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
Telephone: (954) 769-7000
www.AutoNation.com

Investor Contact and Information Requests

Shareholders, securities analysts, portfolio managers and representatives of financial institutions requesting copies of the Annual Report, Form 10-K, quarterly reports and other corporate literature should please call (954) 769-7339 or write AutoNation, Inc., Investor Relations, at the above address.

Notice of Annual Meeting

The Annual Meeting of Shareholders of AutoNation, Inc. will be held at 10:00 a.m., May 17, 2001, at The Broward Center for the Performing Arts, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Common Stock Information

    Since April 6, 1999, the Company's common stock has traded on the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") under the symbol "AN." From June 20, 1997 through April 5, 1999, the Company's common stock traded on the NYSE under the symbol "RII."

    At March 26, 2001, there were approximately 337,000,000 shares of common stock outstanding, held by approximately 3,700 holders of record.
Common Stock Transfer Agent and Registrar

For inquiries regarding address changes, stock transfers, lost shares or other account matters, please contact:

First Chicago Trust Company, a division of Equiserve
P.O. Box 2500
Jersey City, NJ 07303-2500

    Registered owners of AutoNation common stock may also call (800) 519-3111 between 8:30 a.m. and 7:00 p.m., Monday - Friday (EST). Shareholders with e-mail addresses may send e-mails by visiting http://www.equiserve.com.

Independent Certified Public Accountants

Arthur Andersen LLP
100 N.E. 3rd Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301

Some of the statements and information contained throughout this Annual Report constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Federal Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The forward-looking statements describe our expectations, plans and intentions about our business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flows and prospects. Known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Please refer to the disussion of risk factors set forth in the Form 10-K contained in this Annual Report. We undertake no duty to update or revise our forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.