text: **Corporate History**
  
  We were incorporated as a Delaware corporation in 1996 by our former parent company, AutoNation, 
  Inc. In 1998, AutoNation separated its non-hazardous solid waste services division from its other businesses 
  and we completed an initial public oÅering of shares of our common stock. In 1999, AutoNation sold 
  substantially all of its remaining interest in our company in a secondary public oÅering. 