UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):

July 11, 2005

 

 

Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

 

5511

 

01-0609375

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

622 Third Avenue, 37th Floor, New York, NY

 

10017

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

(212) 885-2500

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

None

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

o            Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

o            Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 


 

Item 5.02  Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers

 

On July 11, 2005, Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that in connection with the Company’s previously announced regional reorganization, Robert D. Frank, Jr. has resigned from his position as the Company’s Senior Vice President of Automotive Operations by mutual agreement with the Company.  As a result of this mutual agreement, the Company shall pay Mr. Frank the amounts and benefits set forth in the agreement, dated November 1, 2002, between the Company and Mr. Frank (the “Agreement”), which Agreement was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 25, 2003 as an exhibit to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended 2002.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

ASBURY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date: July 14, 2005

By: /s/ Kenneth B. Gilman

 

 

Name:

Kenneth B. Gilman

 

Title:

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

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