Form 8-K

 

 

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):

April 29, 2010

 

 

Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Delaware

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

 

001-31262   01-0609375

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

2905 Premiere Parkway NW, Suite 300

Duluth, GA

  30097
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

(770) 418-8200

(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:

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 

 


Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Conditions.

Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. (the “Company”) issued an earnings release on April 29, 2010, announcing its financial results for the first quarter and three months ended March 31, 2010. A copy of the earnings release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report.

 

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

A copy of the earnings release announcing the Company’s financial results for the first quarter and three months ended March 31, 2010, as identified under Item 2.02, is being furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Report and is incorporated by reference herein.

In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, and shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit

No.

  

Description

99.1    Press Release dated April 29, 2010.


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: April 29, 2010   By:  

/S/    CHARLES R. OGLESBY      

  Name:   Charles R. Oglesby
  Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

No.

  

Description

99.1    Press Release dated April 29, 2010.